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You know... I understand people "want" to drink coffee and all. (Not me) But the older I get, the more I realize this habit isn't necessary. It's not beneficia
by ben_jones 3y ago
You know... I understand people "want" to drink coffee and all. (Not me)
But the older I get, the more I realize this habit isn't necessary. It's not beneficial to society, and if someone feels the need for coffee, they should really reconsider their lifestyle and find something more productive to do.
If there was a way to completely eliminate the culture of coffee consumption, I'd support it. Might even take action myself if I could. I don't want my kids to grow up in a world obsessed with coffee.
There are so many better and healthier alternatives available. And yes, I understand not everyone has it easy. I certainly didn't, coming from a 3rd world country, but I still chose other options. That's no excuse, though. It's honestly quite demeaning and foolish when well-off people treat coffee drinking as something essential.
- bequanna 3y agoA more apt comparison would be alcohol vs illegal drugs. Coffee vs meth or heroin does even come close to ringing true. What are the individual or societal costs to consuming coffee? Both approach zero.
- ttt11199907 3y agoThere may not be societal costs in the consuming country, but there are certainly negative externalities to the people/countries that produce the coffee beans
- bequanna 3y agoI guess I don't consider this a legit argument. You could point to negative externalities that are the result of literally everything humans produce/consume. But if we want to use that metric, OK. I would venture a guess that the production of coffee yields a heck of a lot less suffering than the production of cocaine, heroin or meth. Any far fewer people consume the latter.
- bb88 3y agoAlso to further your point: consider blood diamonds, mining of toxic substances, lead batteries, plastic in the oceans, etc.
- ttt11199907 3y agoYes! These are all things that rely on the subjugation and abuse of other human and are bad for our earth-spaceship
- rootusrootus 3y agoI don't know, the guy in Kona running the coffee farm seemed pretty happy. And the coffee was great (and I typically dislike coffee! It was that good...) In any case, legal production can be regulated in ways that illegal crops cannot. It's hard to draw a legitimate comparison.
- dleink 3y agoAlcohol would be a great comparison. Alcohol causes more deaths (and presumably human suffering) than illegal drugs. Only recently has the Opioid crisis caused a dent in these stats.
- paulddraper 3y agoEven sugar would be a better comparison than coffee.
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