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Love the story. Would also love the story of how normally non-druggie nerds get amphetamnines in the pre-adderal era.

JohnBooty 3y ago
I dunno, I think Adderall was pretty easily available back then our crew never really did illegal or prescription drugs But we'd drink booze and/or achieve Adderall-like effects with caffeinated energy drinks. None of us drank coffee so we had like... zero caffeine tolerance. If you have zero caffeine tolerance and you slam multiple energy drinks the effect is NOT subtle of course, TODAY, my ruined body is so immune to caffeine I can chug coffee directly before a satisfying REM nap lol
- eru 3y ago
  > of course, TODAY, my ruined body is so immune to caffeine I can chug coffee directly before a satisfying REM nap lol Going on a tangent: it takes a while for the caffeine you drink to make it through your digestive system, so even for someone without any tolerance at all, they could take a few shots of espresso on a full stomach and then have about a 30 minute window to have a nap, before the jitter starts.
  - thesnide 3y ago
    that's actually what i use to take naps wihtout alarm bell.
  - JohnBooty 3y ago
    Okay, I always read this. And my brother is a proponent of the nap technique you mention! BUT: On an empty stomach, or even if I've had a little bit of food, it feels like caffeine works fairly instantly for me? I'm the stereotypical "can't function until I've had a little coffee in the morning" type of guy. Is this purely psychosomatic?
    - clankyclanker 3y ago
      The speed that caffeine starts hitting your body depends very strongly on how full you are when you consume it and how much food/water you’ve already had throughout the day. The timing after a meal will be very different than an empty stomach, which is probably just minutes. People are more used to noticing the same effects with alcohol.
      - JohnBooty 3y ago
        Well, that makes a lot of sense.
- kalleboo 3y ago
  We were young and would never even consider illegal drugs - I remember before a LAN we'd send someone, extremely nervous they'd be "caught"(?), going into a pharmacy to buy a pack of caffeine pills!

I dunno, I think Adderall was pretty easily available back then our crew never really did illegal or prescription drugs But we'd drink booze and/or achieve Adderall-like effects with caffeinated energy drinks. None of us drank coffee so we had like... zero caffeine tolerance. If you have zero caffeine tolerance and you slam multiple energy drinks the effect is NOT subtle of course, TODAY, my ruined body is so immune to caffeine I can chug coffee directly before a satisfying REM nap lol

eru 3y ago
> of course, TODAY, my ruined body is so immune to caffeine I can chug coffee directly before a satisfying REM nap lol Going on a tangent: it takes a while for the caffeine you drink to make it through your digestive system, so even for someone without any tolerance at all, they could take a few shots of espresso on a full stomach and then have about a 30 minute window to have a nap, before the jitter starts.
- thesnide 3y ago
  that's actually what i use to take naps wihtout alarm bell.
- JohnBooty 3y ago
  Okay, I always read this. And my brother is a proponent of the nap technique you mention! BUT: On an empty stomach, or even if I've had a little bit of food, it feels like caffeine works fairly instantly for me? I'm the stereotypical "can't function until I've had a little coffee in the morning" type of guy. Is this purely psychosomatic?
  - clankyclanker 3y ago
    The speed that caffeine starts hitting your body depends very strongly on how full you are when you consume it and how much food/water you’ve already had throughout the day. The timing after a meal will be very different than an empty stomach, which is probably just minutes. People are more used to noticing the same effects with alcohol.
    - JohnBooty 3y ago
      Well, that makes a lot of sense.
kalleboo 3y ago
We were young and would never even consider illegal drugs - I remember before a LAN we'd send someone, extremely nervous they'd be "caught"(?), going into a pharmacy to buy a pack of caffeine pills!