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Coffee is Addictive

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-headaches-proved-it dept.

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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  1. Re:So is alcohol by TeraCo · · Score: 0, Troll
    If it was legalised, why would there be rehab services? I mean, I dare say there would be the equivalent of 'AA', but there wouldn't be anything like there is now with methadone programs and so forth.

    You don't see recovering alcoholics getting free shots of coffee to help them get over it.

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  2. Re:Irresponsibility by DigitalCrackPipe · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well, it's been common knowledge for a while that caffine is physically addictive. Anything that gives you headaches and the shakes for 3 days when you quit using it is physically addictive.

    I personally feel there is some sort of mental defect in coffee addicts, but that doesn't relieve them of any responsibility in the matter.

  3. Re:Mental disorders are classifications by miskatonic+alumnus · · Score: 0, Troll

    Jesus. That definition is so broad in scope as to include almost everything. So, when someone nearly sideswipes me in traffic and I get pissed-off and start swearing like I'm afflicted with coprolalia, it's a mental disorder.

    There is a problem with this definition. What exactly is normal cognitive behavior? Mine varies with the amount of sleep, work, caffeine, etc. I've said it for years --- psychiatrists, sociologists, and their ilk are not real scientists. They are charlatans that clothe their gobbledygook in pseudo-mathematical formulae and reams of data in order to fool the laymen. And it works a great deal of the time --- but not all the time. Serge Lang talks about this kind of thing in "Challenges".