Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Probably so. I've always responded better to uppers rather than downers. For instance, I don't see the appeal of opiates, but I know many people who practically live for them.
Still, though, the physical effects of coke seem (as objectively as I can put it) nowhere near as unremarkable as drinking a bunch of Red Bull. There's a euphoric property to coke that I know Red Bull doesn't have. Coke is less about the energy, and more about the state of mind. The rush is a big part of it, but even the rush can't really be compared to that of a simple Red Bull rush.
I think the most Red Bull I've ever drank was 12 cans, during a night shift of armed transportation guard in Iraq, spanning between about 3 hours, consumption-wise. It wasn't fun. One line of coke, for me, blows that out of the water in terms of rush, euphoria, and just a general sense that everything is [temporarily] amazing.

But yea, the comedown is bad, and just as potent, but in a negative way.