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> Coffee? every day is fine I wonder how people will look back on coffee hundreds of years from now. "Almost everyone used to constantly drink an addictive sti
by kens 4y ago
> Coffee? every day is fine
I wonder how people will look back on coffee hundreds of years from now. "Almost everyone used to constantly drink an addictive stimulant. Shops on every block sold it. People stated that they couldn't function (or even talk) in the morning until they had consumed the stimulant. At work, people needed to take constant stimulant breaks. If someone went a day without it, they often suffered debilitating headaches." It sounds like dystopian science fiction.
(To be clear, I'm not opposed to coffee. It's just one of those things that seems strange if you think about it from a distant perspective.)
- zinclozenge 4y agoIt only sounds like a dystopian science fiction if you describe it as such.
- Taywee 4y agoLanguage is really interesting in that way. You can positively or negatively frame literally anything without actually being untruthful.
- vkou 4y agoIt's even stranger when you look at how I chug decaff. I hate what caffeine does to me, but I like the taste of black coffee.
- throw34 4y agoOn the other hand, it's not like coffee houses are a recent invention. https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/05/24/coffee-a-revolutionary-drink/ https://livesandlegaciesblog.org/2017/05/24/coffee-a-revolut... https://blog.publicgoods.com/a-brief-history-of-coffee-in-america/ https://blog.publicgoods.com/a-brief-history-of-coffee-in-am... Check on the section on WW2, "An average of 20 pounds of coffee were consumed a year per adult. ... This amount was cut in half to 10 pounds a year, as one pound of coffee was allotted to each person over 15 years old every five weeks."