• doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago
    1. Coffee smells good
    2. Coffee tastes good
    3. Coffee is warm and comforting
    4. Coffee is more socially acceptable than popping pills
    5. Caffeine pills are somewhat harder to find. I can’t order them at a restaurant.

    Edit: I’ll point out that you’ll rarely find someone who only drinks coffee for the caffeine. For many (most?) it’s just a perk, or even an unfortunate side-effect, hence the popularity of decaffeinated coffee.

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      11 months ago

      caffeine pills are easier to find. they come in the hundreds and then they’re just in your bag or coat or whatever.

      essential for travel in my opinion. no running around in the morning trying to find a good coffee or suffering through the awful hotel room coffee maker.

      A good cup of coffee is better than the pill, but often the pill is better than the coffee that is around and readily available

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        11 months ago

        Are you really unable to function without caffeine to the point this be running around wasting your morning looking for a coffee?

        It’s really interesting to me that it’s socially acceptable to be unable to deal without caffeine, and the source of many “light hearted” jokes about “ooooh, you don’t wanna meet me before my morning coffee!”.

        I don’t think it’s necessarily a very bad thing but have you ever considered it and thought wow, I’m carrying my drugs with me in case I can’t get my drugs drink?