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We've also been drinking coffee for a long, long time.
by squigz 1y ago
We'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.