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A society that runs on stimulants is badly broken

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Re: A society that runs on stimulants is badly broken

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>> There’s a generational split in those numbers; among the under-35 crowd, it’s 60 percent. The older demographic still prefers coffee, and 66 percent of Americans drink that every day, too.

But, but! Isn't coffee consumption supposed to provide health benefits too? Like "reduced risks of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, liver conditions, and overall mortality".

Seems odd to lump coffee into the same bucket with energy drinks.

Re: A society that runs on stimulants is badly broken

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They were alcoholics, opioid and weed smokers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse_in_ancient_Rom... Also there’s absolutely no aspect of Rome that I would want to repeat it was a bunch of pederasty, slavery and overall horrific conditions for almost everybody

Heroin? That was not discovered till acetylation was invented in the 19th century.

no, opium.

Re: A society that runs on stimulants is badly broken

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> brutal labor conditions in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Indonesia, where more and more workers are turning to amphetamines to “work without stopping.” ... > All of this adds up to one thing: a form of hyper-capitalist imperialism Does this just not happen, then, in communist Vietnam or Laos? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Russian_drugs

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Re: A society that runs on stimulants is badly broken

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The romans had society. No tobacco or coffee

They were alcoholics, opioid and weed smokers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse_in_ancient_Rom... Also there’s absolutely no aspect of Rome that I would want to repeat it was a bunch of pederasty, slavery and overall horrific conditions for almost everybody

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Re: A society that runs on stimulants is badly broken

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The romans had society. No tobacco or coffee

They were alcoholics, opioid and weed smokers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse_in_ancient_Rom... Also there’s absolutely no aspect of Rome that I would want to repeat it was a bunch of pederasty, slavery and overall horrific conditions for almost everybody

President ran a child rape cult

First world office workers codependent on sweatshop slavery

...but conditions improved for majority

1 of 3 we did better than the Romans

Re: A society that runs on stimulants is badly broken

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

They were alcoholics, opioid and weed smokers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse_in_ancient_Rom... Also there’s absolutely no aspect of Rome that I would want to repeat it was a bunch of pederasty, slavery and overall horrific conditions for almost everybody

President ran a child rape cult First world office workers codependent on sweatshop slavery ...but conditions improved for majority 1 of 3 we did better than the Romans

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Re: A society that runs on stimulants is badly broken

#29
post #9

Hasn't it been that way for at least a few hundred years? I'm surprised the article didn't mention the OG stimulant, tobacco.

Sometimes I wonder if coffee is responsible for modernity.

Probably, by replacing alcohol in places where people gathered during daytime.
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