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In short: my generation grew up without the concept of a tea break because Margaret Thatcher (who else) and massive marketing of coffee happened. Coffee is an a
by switch007 11y ago
In short: my generation grew up without the concept of a tea break because Margaret Thatcher (who else) and massive marketing of coffee happened. Coffee is an acceptable drug and it wakes us up in the morning for our crappy commute to our crappy job on a crappy contract and we hate our lives.
- mjevans 11y agoI too was thinking of this comic strip... http://dilbert.com/strip/2006-10-18 http://dilbert.com/strip/2006-10-18 (related to caffeine's use as an OTC anti-depressant)
- tostitos1979 11y agoAs a student of history and immigrant to North America, I've often wondered if I'd be in the UK or Germany instead of the US if I was born 50 years earlier. It seems until WW2, the UK and Germany were the places to be ... both places were progressive and attracted scientists, etc. It is worrisome to see how quickly things changed.
- malchow 11y agoThe Old World, ladies and gentlemen. Sounds like you need to move to the United States.