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Coffee is Addictive
zpok writes "According to scientists, coffee is really addictive, which I guess must mean they'll come in and confiscate your latte any moment now..." Can't wait for the study proving sugar is sweet.
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Wow! With research such as "coffee is addictive", I'm amazed why people find it hard to get grants...
I didn't read the article I'm too jittery from the caffeine.
Amen.
Coffee isn't Addictive!
IS NOT
!
is not!!!
Wow, somebody didn't have his morning cup of coffee.... :P
Monstar L
Bears shit in the woods
Hey, don't steal my dissertation ideas! Some of us have put a lot of thought into that.
Light a fire for a man and he'll be warm for a day. Light a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Work is punishment for failing to procrastinate effectively.
A recent study shows that Calling Things Addictive and Evil is truely Addictive! Try to avoid sensational news stories at all costs else your head might rot and fall off.
-- Checking emails and kicking cheats `till the day I die.
And other blindingly obvious statements:
Bears shit in the woods
I resent that remark.
-- Yours truly, Teddy the constipated grizzly
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Perhaps starbucks should be careful they don't get added to the list, especially serving columbian blends !
"In other news, it has been found that eating food can be addictive. Studies show that some humans who start eating food shortly after they are born are unable to stop until their death."
"Nature doesn't care how smart you are. You can still be wrong." - Richard Feynman
Since we lost the war on drugs and are losing the war on obesity and are barely holding our ground on the war on terrorism maybe we could win the war on caffeine!
I find that daily use of coffee completely prevents all side-effects of caffeine withdrawal. Give it a try and you will see.
The only reason I'm on slashdot now instead of doing some real work is I'm waiting for my first cup of coffee to kick in.
It's highly addictive!
-- "You can lead a yak to water, but you can't teach an old dog to make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke" - Opus
Spot the difference?
"Coffee is really addictive" : Slashdot cover story
"Coffee really is addictive" : Original article
Who says Slashdot are really cut and paste merchants?
Remember kids! Guns don't kill people - Americans kill people.
It is amazing that there are people getting paid for stating the very obvious. I can't help thinking of Douglas Adams' theory that people need to state and repeat the very obvious or else their brain might start working.
So, to the list:
* High intake of any substance, exceeding some limit, will kill you.
* Low intake of some substances will kill you.
* It is generally not a good idea to be where the plane crashes.
* You may die from other causes than planes crashing on you.
* Nuclear weapons may be dangerous in the hands of kids (needs futher experimental confirmation).
What it does meen is I now have a legal basis for beating the cr@p out of the Starbucks clerk when he doesn't understand I just want plain black coffee.
It's worse here in Israel, where the idea of coffee is synonymous with milk. Every time I go somewhere for coffee it's a 5 minuet ordeal, that I am not caffinated enough to deal with.
"Caffe, Shovar, ein Chalav, ein sukar" (Translation: Coffee, black. No milk, no Sugar)
"Espresso".
"Lo Nescafe",(Trans: no instant.)
"Ah Nescafe Latte" (Trans: Oh, you must be wrong, and want Instant coffee mixed with steamed milk)
"LO! Nescafe, im maim cham. Ze Oh." (Trans: No you freaking moron. Put instant coffee in hot water, nothing else!)
"Maim? oh Chalav?" (Trans: No one actually drinks coffee like that here. You want it with milk)
"Look I'm a f@#$ing American. My hebrew sucks, and I know you speak 3 d@#$ languages so you can understand this. All I want is caffine in water. No milk, I'm lactose intolerant. No suggar I'm a diabetic. So unless you want me farting while I'm going through sugar shock on your floor, PUT INSTANT COFFEE IN HOT WATTER AND LET ME PAY YOU FOR IT!!"
Ah... I feel better now.
I would rather be ashes than dust!
These, I assume, are the people with a problem! Where I come from, that's called sacrilege!
One CPU cycle wasted on digital restrictions management is ONE TOO MANY.
Have you been to an AA meeting?
I want a new world. I think this one is broken.
Explaining and determining how you came to act in a particular way IS taking responsibility for your actions.
I think the only disease involved in all this "you're not an irresponsible jackass, you just need medical help!" attitude is an acute affliction of stupid.
You think it stupid that people examine and analyze situations instead of just belting out bold and unsupported statements like "that's ludicruous!"
Alright Monty Python, why don't you explain what is ludicruous about the fact that caffeine withdrawal turns people into crabs?
I'm going to get some coffee and come back... but don't worry, I'll be just as crabby after I get my fix.
mental illness
n.
Any of various conditions characterized by impairment of an individual's normal cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning, and caused by social, psychological, biochemical, genetic, or other factors...
So zits can now be considered a mental illness?
...Rob
The American Dream isn't an SUV and a house in the suburbs; it's Don't Tread On Me.
No *slurp* that is not *slurp* true. It can't *slurp* be. I can *slurp* always stop if I *slurp* want to.
Just *slurp* watch me.
That man is addicted to giving blowjobs.
I chow on some Kenyan AA in the freezer when I need to burn the midnight oil.
Isn't it rather chilly eating in the freezer?
Do you have a walk-in, or do you just curl up?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Sorry to hear about your plight, but it could be worse...
I live in "God's Country" (place your finger in the middle of the U.S. -- that's about where I am) and I have the opposite problem -- nobody has cream here.
Now, I started drinking coffee in the Italian area of Boston. I can't stand not having cream in my coffee. And out here, I'm literally surrounded by cows, but everyone insists on putting this "Creamer" stuff in their coffee. Creamer can be left open, in a warm room, for months and not go bad. It's simply not from this earth.
These fat slobs (some of the fattest in the nation!) would super-size their ASPIRIN if they had the chance, but "oh no, cream is too filling!" Gah!
And naturally nobody has ever heard of SUGAR. No, it's all artificial, carcinogenic "sweeteners". Most of the people just drink Foldgers instant-coffee, anyway. Mixed to half-strength.
If you're ever in the Mid-West, just remember that "coffee" means "slightly brown-tinted water with artifical sweeteners and fake milk."
If I were a bad evil guy like Osoma, rather than attack buildings and airports, I would attack coffee processing facilities. Without coffee the US economy would shift into sluggishness. Coffee allows people to stay awake through boring work and insipid PHB meetings. Coffee feuls the economy more so than gasoline. Coffee is the only known semi-anecdote to the Dilbert World, and without it we would all either go insane or go to sleep. It can be likened to the pills in 70's sci-fi films that kept the population from revolting against the overseers.
Table-ized A.I.
Oh shit, that described me to a tee. I sometimes get headaches and a coffee gets rid of them! I only drink 1 or 2 a day but occaisionally upto 4 or 5. But then there are times when i feel like a boost so i grab the big 4-person coffee pot and stuff it! Im just glad im so obsessed with making it right, i like to grind it on the spot and run the pot through empty to clean it every time which means i offen just can't be bothered to make a coffee, good thing i cant drink instant or i'd be OD'd by now! Oh fuck, thank you very much slashdot, now i need another!
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You're right, you should cut down on whatever it is you're drinking. It's making you type "slurp" repetitively.
More importantly, does the light really go out?
I did actually kick the habit for several months a while back. The first two weeks are murder (headaches, can't keep your eyes open in the afternoon, etc) but once you get done with withdrawl it's pretty nice. Then one day I needed to stay up late for something and I was back on. I stopped smoking far easier than stopping caffiene.
Some mental health professional I talked to a while back told me that one of the best signs of caffiene addiction that he's seen was Mountain Dew consumpsion. At the time I was drinking a fair bit of that stuff, and I was a bit startled that a lot of people in late night jobs also did. I stopped drinking soft drinks shortly thereafter. I want my daily caffiene quota to come from nice, wholesome coffee! (Heh heh heh)
If you're watching your intake, Excedrin and BC Headache Powder both contain caffiene, by the way. Make sure you check the active ingredients on the stuff you're using take the edge off those caffiene-withdrawl headaches. They make be taking the edge off very well due to having the stuff that you're trying to get away from.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
I hate all the folks around me say "Gah" when they want to express frustration. Never heard it in NY.
Sorry, what I meant to say was, "Goddamn fuckin' mutha-fuckah's!"
And there goes my karma.
I think that's Starbucks new slogan: "Burnt, Bitter Crap. Mortgage your home and get some today!"
While it isn't as strong as a 4-cup equivalent of "normal" coffee, a quad-shot espresso still has enough caffeine to give you a decent buzz. (Yes, I have done the comparison :-)
Gah - "Navy coffee"! If this is the same stuff that one of my coworkers prepared and called Navy coffee - about 6 times the recommended amount of "Folgers" (or whatever cheapie instant equivalent was available), and allowed to boil down on the heating plate for 3-4 hours before consumption. (Apparently this "cooking" time was important to make sure that all of the essential coffee-flavoring oils were made rancid.) I guess you could call it manly - I called it a substitute wood stainer.