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No alcohol, no coffee for 15 months. This is what happened

18 points by hunvreus 11y ago

ColinWright 11y ago
Discussion yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10678872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10678872
- hunvreus 11y ago
  Thanks, hadn't noticed (HN took my submission).
weego 11y ago
Is this even noteworthy? I've never drunk coffee or tea and stopped drinking alcohol 12 years ago and never thought to mention it to the Internet.
- hunvreus 11y ago
  I stopped drinking alcohol myself over 4 years ago, as well as coffee. I still think it's worth reading about.
go_prodev 11y ago
$10 for a cocktail? Screw Australia and our $18 cocktails, I'm heading to NY for the cheap drinks
horsecaptin 11y ago
I don't drink coffee. I'm usually more alert and awake every single morning than most of my coffee drinking friends after they've gotten their morning fix. For those of you that aren't lazy, the best way to feel alert and awake in the morning is to exercise in the morning. Get that blood flowing everywhere!
- mcbutterbunz 11y ago
  I usually have my first cup around 9:00 so I've been awake for a few hours. I think the timing helps me avoid a coffee dependency for waking up.
akras14 11y ago
I am assuming he drinks non caffeinated tea.
Retra 11y ago
I don't really see how someone who is so willingly and naively a slave to their culture could ever be trusted to make good, objective decisions. Imagine for a moment that you've decided to go a year without speaking. What would your friends and family think of you? Are you too afraid of what they think to do it? If so, then how could you ever know if you have what it takes to be a good person? How do you know if your culture is depriving you of the freedom to make a hard-but-correct decision? How can someone call themselves a leader when their too busy following to even see forks in the road? Maybe I'm biased since I've had to pack an ascetic lifestyle into a duffel bag and go to war as a freshly-minted adult, but I'm thoroughly disappointed that someone would think going without completely unnecessary luxuries like coffee and alcohol is noteworthy in any way. People go without far more than that for far longer. What a small world some people live in.

18 points by hunvreus 11y ago

ColinWright 11y ago

Discussion yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10678872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10678872

hunvreus 11y ago
Thanks, hadn't noticed (HN took my submission).

weego 11y ago

Is this even noteworthy? I've never drunk coffee or tea and stopped drinking alcohol 12 years ago and never thought to mention it to the Internet.

hunvreus 11y ago
I stopped drinking alcohol myself over 4 years ago, as well as coffee. I still think it's worth reading about.

go_prodev 11y ago

$10 for a cocktail? Screw Australia and our $18 cocktails, I'm heading to NY for the cheap drinks

horsecaptin 11y ago

I don't drink coffee. I'm usually more alert and awake every single morning than most of my coffee drinking friends after they've gotten their morning fix. For those of you that aren't lazy, the best way to feel alert and awake in the morning is to exercise in the morning. Get that blood flowing everywhere!

mcbutterbunz 11y ago
I usually have my first cup around 9:00 so I've been awake for a few hours. I think the timing helps me avoid a coffee dependency for waking up.

akras14 11y ago

I am assuming he drinks non caffeinated tea.

Retra 11y ago

I don't really see how someone who is so willingly and naively a slave to their culture could ever be trusted to make good, objective decisions. Imagine for a moment that you've decided to go a year without speaking. What would your friends and family think of you? Are you too afraid of what they think to do it? If so, then how could you ever know if you have what it takes to be a good person? How do you know if your culture is depriving you of the freedom to make a hard-but-correct decision? How can someone call themselves a leader when their too busy following to even see forks in the road? Maybe I'm biased since I've had to pack an ascetic lifestyle into a duffel bag and go to war as a freshly-minted adult, but I'm thoroughly disappointed that someone would think going without completely unnecessary luxuries like coffee and alcohol is noteworthy in any way. People go without far more than that for far longer. What a small world some people live in.