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2/3 of Americans drink coffee. I’ll grant you the rest of the list though.
by aqme28 1y ago
2/3 of Americans drink coffee. I’ll grant you the rest of the list though.
- squigz 1y agoWe've also been drinking coffee for a long, long time.
- kibwen 1y agoTo be pedantic, we've also been prescribing opioids since Ancient Sumer, 8,000 years ago.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoPlus it isn't true that we've been drinking coffee for a long, long time. Wikipedia: > There is no confirmed evidence, either historical or archaeological, of coffee as a [missing word?] being consumed before the 15th century.
- squigz 1y agoThat's more than 600 years. That counts as a long time in my book.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoIt's basically infinitesimal in comparison to almost everything else we eat or drink. (Also, an unknown point in the 15th century could be less than 600 years ago.)
- esseph 1y agoHow long have we been eating Twinkies
- thaumasiotes 1y agoGoing by the ingredients list: sugar, wheat, barley, egg, soybean oil, starch, whey, salt, tallow These go back before the beginning of history. Quite a long time before. There are also quite a few additives and preservatives in a Twinkie.† If you're making a point about ultraprocessed food, you're definitely correct. If you're trying to make a point about basic foodstuffs, you aren't. † https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcS3kQg5blw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcS3kQg5blw
- esseph 1y agoUltra processed over a very (relatively) short timeframe
- HK-NC 1y agoI've read about Dandelion coffee being drank long before then in England.
- shoobiedoo 1y agoI was on oxycodone for about 6 weeks for a growth inside my knee. After it was removed, I had to wean off the drugs. Wasn't too bad, took less than a week. Soon after I thought I'd try to kick the caffeine habit. Went from 4 cups, to 1 over a month, then just green tea, then just water. I only lasted about 6 weeks on water only. My god. I couldn't believe how unmotivated, soulless, and empty I felt. Judging by the reddit sub for kicking caffeine, this can last for over a year. It's terrifying
- badpun 1y agoImagine how hard it would be to kick oxy if you were taking it every day for 20 years. Habits and addictions get ingrained with time.
- watwut 1y agoWhen I stopped coffee it was 3 days of being tired and that was it. Which, from what I read, was to be expected normal.
- shoobiedoo 1y agoWow. Can I ask how much you usually drank per day on average?
- watwut 1y ago3 cups every day, sometimes more. A cup was a tee cup size (not a small coffee one) and I made it strong.
- dyauspitr 1y agoI drink about 3 cups of tea a day and no caffeine on the weekends. The reason I don’t have it on the weekends is because it’s not part of my weekend morning routine and I don’t even notice it’s missing.
- an0malous 1y ago15-20% of Americans have taken psychiatric medications in the last year