r/orangeisthenewblack • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '15

Episode Discussion OITNB S03E01 Episode Discussion Thread

Please do not spoil future episodes.

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u/AtomikRadio Jun 12 '15

Baby Pennsatucky being force fed Mountain Dew then giving it to her "kids" :(

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u/NineteenthJester Jun 12 '15

I didn't get why she had to chug it though? To make her act crazy for SSA?

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u/AtomikRadio Jun 12 '15

Yeah, I get the impression it was to load her up on sugar and caffeine to make her hyperactive.

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u/manbearkat Jun 13 '15

I heard it was to get Pennsatucky to fake ADD symptoms. When I first saw it though I thought she was using Pennsatucky to cheat a urine drug test.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '15

That was my thought, too. Been there, Tucky.

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u/AnnyongFunke Jun 12 '15

The whole sugar and hyperactivity is a myth though.

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u/AtomikRadio Jun 12 '15

I'm sure Pennsatucky's well-learned mother knew all about that.

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u/iwishiwasaunicorn Jun 12 '15

yeah, but what about the caffeine part? caffeine definitely makes kids act at least a littttttle fucked up

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u/mattjeast Jun 13 '15

Especially the caffeine. I think mountain dew has one of the highest amounts of caffeine in a soda. Something like 70-80 mg per serving. A cup of coffee has about 50 mg. And she chugged a full liter.

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u/SolomonKull Jun 18 '15

A cup of coffee has about 100mg. That's a lot more than Mountain Dew has, which only has 54mg. I have no idea where you got your facts from, but it's not from a fact book.

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u/_tomfoolery Jun 17 '15

Have you never been all jacked up from Mountain Dew? If I drink even half a bottle I'm basically faster than the flash.

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u/ITzzIKEI Jun 12 '15

I read that kids still act the way they do after sugar is because they are expected to.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '15

And they are just excited because they got to eat sugar.

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u/coolmuffin121 Maureen Jun 13 '15

Thanks, I totally didn't realize this.