Ohh shit....

Drugs are cool and good actually : kalm

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I find that the balmer peak holds not just for alcohol, but tracks better for most other drugs. Coding after smoking a joint is great.

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- I've never had much success with this. It starts out fine and then I'm like "I'm being stupid, I should write some code to write this code for me." Then later "I should write some code that will write the code that'll write the code for me." Then I get lost in all the abstraction and say "fuck it, I'll just play a video game".
  
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- I gotta save the Js for after I finish with my codebase, otherwise I run the risk of greening out at my workstation-- this year's harvest hits like a goddamn semi
  
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Sometimes I wonder if in 75 years people will look back on our caffeine use in this generation like we currently look back at cocaine use in products in the 19th century. Until then, I continue to slurp down coffee like that is my actual job.

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Caffeine is pretty well studied and it's known that the long term health effects are nothing close to cocaine. I doubt if there was any good science back then on the long term effects of cocaine, let alone enough education for the populace to know and understand it.

However social perceptions may change anyway. What we consider as not serious may be considered much more serious in the future. For example many people get headaches or even migraines as a withdrawal symptom of caffeine, and we don't consider a headache to be serious.

But I saw a Star Trek episode once where Picard gets a headache and it was a big deal because those had been solved for hundreds of years by that time! Turns out the ferengi were controlling his mind or something. So caffeine may be considered a serious drug in the future if it interferes with the detection of alien mind control devices.

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- If caffeine is considered a serious drug in my lifetime, I hope I've got a good cellmate because I'm going away forever.
  
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- Caffeine withdrawal can get more serious too. I've gotten cold sweats and vomited from caffeine withdrawal
  
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- S1E9 TNG
  
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It's either that, or all drugs will be cool (again?). No in between, because anybody that's honestly thought about it can see the current situation is a self-contradiction.

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Drug addiction is only negative if it causes you problems in life, and I'd say that coffee doesn't really cause me problems in life.

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Until you miss one...

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- Says the water addict. Oh, look at me! I can't go three days without water!
  
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Iirc coffee addiction worsens sleep quality and costs money. It's not like blocking your body from being tired can really be beneficial.

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- Alternatively you have undiagnosed adhd and it helps you function like a real human :D
  
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- Depends on how addicted. People tend to conflate 1 cup in the morning with 6 throughout the day because they both use them as a pick me up.
  
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- 4 cups of coffee a day is fine
  
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- Coffee also is high in polyphenols - the benefits almost certainly outweigh the drawbacks. Just don't drink coffee after the morning.
  
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Unless you have anxiety

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- True. I can't drink unlimited quantities of coffee without having negative effects, as such I limit myself to two cups a day, one in the morning and one after lunch.
  
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I get anxiety issues from Coffee and tend to feel completely exhausted at the end of days. I try to ditch it and mostly replace it with Jasmine Tea, Oolong or Yerba Mate

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- I like Yerba Mate, but I dare not drink it that much on account of the absolutely massive caffeine content it has (granted you drink it bombilla-style).
  
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- I get problems sleeping, plus I get dehydrated as well, on top of the things you mentioned
  
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Remember you’re not a Mormon, kalm

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What is this, a meme for Mormons?

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I mean, they're actually right about this one - caffeine is still a drug, so if you're addicted to it you're definitionally a drug addict.

Or, they would be, except apparently the issue with coffee is that it's hot. Dew is fine.

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I wish I didn’t have such a dependence on coffee. I’m about to go on a trip and am brining instant coffee with me to the airport in case the shops are closed during my early flight and I’m not able to get coffee until after checking in which is like an hour and a half from the airport.

As a side note, I’m in a third world country and going to an island. They will totally have coffee there, but i might not have access until later in the day.

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I totally get it. When I travel I take caffeine gum. So I don't have to worry about finding coffee or resort to a energy drink. Instant coffee I drink instead of soda at home. Lol.

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Same issue but with sleep time 😱

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And there's always Adderall for those of us that can't stand coffee

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