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eqirhx@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Someone giving you a 5 hour energy, energy drink, aspirin, or ibuprofen is fine - but them giving you a caffeine pill seems sketchy.

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Someone giving you a 5 hour energy, energy drink, aspirin, or ibuprofen is fine - but them giving you a caffeine pill seems sketchy.

eqirhx@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world
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    Shows the interesting power of cultural context and perspective. Like how alcohol and its consumption is incredibly normalised and accepted despite the fact it’s literally poison and kills over 100,000 people each year in the US alone.

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      it is also delicious

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        No it isn’t. It tastes like hand sanatizer.

        The things it’s in taste good.

  • happydoors@lemm.ee
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    I would think this is pretty obvious since the majority of people don’t take caffeine in pill form and have no experience with it…

    • ᴅᴜᴋᴇᴛʜᴏʀɪᴏɴ@lemmy.world
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      No-Doze is pretty popular, or was, for decades.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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      I switched to caffeine pills a few months ago, when I realized just how much caffeine I was using.

      I’m down from >1200mg/day to 200mg/day.

  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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    What about an Excedrin?

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    Why would this be sketchy? If someone offered me a caffeine pill i would gladly take it, just like i would a shot of espresso. Its not even that its in pill form because you’d apparently be fine taking other pills from that person, but you draw the line at caffeine?

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    You mean a coffee or chocolatl?

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    • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world
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      No. You can get caffeine pills.

  • big_fat_fluffy@leminal.space
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    Because drugs are bad mmmkay?

    And drugs are defined by tv shows. Drugs are pills.

    Also, talk about drugs anywhere and you’ll encounter 40-somethings with an unreasonable hatred of drugs. They get crazy. That’s the “just say no” propaganda talking. It was pushed in the schools in the 80s, and we still hear the echoes.

    It’s a testament to the power of media and propaganda.

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