Caffiene: Classic Or Dud?

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Following on from the 'how long have you stayed awake' thread: I was a caffiene monster, but was getting far too many headaches and too much fidgety tiredness. I've been on decaf for about two weeks now and, frankly, I feel much better and calmer, if a little less active. So - what it says.

And just in case this has already been covered, ingesting instant coffee nasally: Classic or Dud?

― John Davey, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

WAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I miss caffeine so much. I had to get off it for health reasons.

Oh, I was a monster, I was up to about 2 pots a day. Shaking, nervous, fidgety, tense, powerful, I-can-see-through-time, I don't see what the problem is, you're the one with the problem, not me, I would stop and fight you but I have to go to the looooooooooo NOW!

There is a weird codependency between computer programmers and caffeine, that's why they always call so many languages "Java" and the like.

I miss it. It is the best drug. And the hardest to get off. I had two cups of coffee at the Radiohead gig, just to get warm, and I got C-R-A-N-K-Y!!! It was very odd. I had forgotten the feeling.

I think I shall drink a pot of coffee this afternoon, just to prove I still can. (I think I'd explode if I went up to my old dosage).

::twitches and shakes uncontrollably::

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I probably have two or three caffienated things a week. Coffee - after a meal is a sure fire classic. I am generally irritated by peoples insistence that they need caffiene to work - its just a ritual to get out of doing work.

So as a ritual to get out of doing work I guess its a classic. If the caffiene is naturally there though I don't see a problem with it. I try not to monkey too much with my sleep patterns though and am loathe of stimulants which do.

― Pete, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic. In Coffee ( the thick black sludge) and choclate and in soda. I prefer the thick black sludge though . I am on my 6th cup today.

― anthony, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ClassicClassicClassic. After a rather hungover Nights After Karaoke and Picnic Weekend, I had a revelatorial experience. By the time I reached my friends picnic in the park, I had already had four very strong, and black coffees. It was BRILLIANT! Happy buzz without bouze! However! The next day, I then proceeded to enter into THE ZONE! My friends drinking BOUZE seemed slow and dullards and threatening to vom! However, I was princess of the world! Even to the point where we reached the pub part of the evening where I STUCK TO MY COFFEE GUNS!

However, for this, I faced abuse.

But there is a simple answer!!!

BUY A SHOT OF BRANDY! BOOZE AND CAFFIENE! It is the best!

It's better to eat it, than nose it.

Hmm maybe I'm just talking about coffee experiences. I get a different sensation from tea and other caffiene drinks than I do from coffee. But still. Decaf. It makes me uneasy.

― sarah, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Here's one for the "use other facts threads" - have been told (by a doctor friend) "there's actually more caffiene in tea than in coffee" - can this true? And do hot drinks help cool you down more than cold drinks on a warm day?

― Andrew L, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Caffeine = classic.

Can't be bothered making tea or coffee, but Anadin Extras have about the same caffeine content so four or five of those a day does the trick (also conveniently takes care of caffeine-induced headaches at the same time).

― scott, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oops - sp: caffeine, sorry.

I am a computer programmer of sorts, although I hope not the typical geek, and have experienced the computer/caffeine problem. It just feels kind of wrong not to have a hot, steaming cup of brown liquid sitting right next to the mouse. However, I believe it actually decreases the quality of my work! It makes my eyes hurt, increases my headache and makes me really fidgety, reminding me that every hour I spend moving my fingers while slumped in an office chair is another hour I could have been running about exercising my whole body in the sunshine. Ah well.

― John Davey, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm not sure if there's more caffeine in tea than coffee, but the truth is that it hits you slower, and therefore lasts longer. Coffee is an instant and transient buzz. Tea is a long, slow drip of caffeination.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There is definitely more caffeine in coffee than tea or in fact most things other than the dreaded Red Bull. I can take it or leave it though I love tea so very much. Yum.

― Emma, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic...oh God, classic. I need it. Its my wife. I drink so much superstrong coffee all day. Its so sexual...It doesnt make me hyper or nervous at all, it makes me relaxed and sleepy.

― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Happily am not and never was an addict. A bit of coffee here and there I don't mind.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I can take it or leave it. I develop intermittent caffiene addictions, but I don't ever drink it on the weekends and if I don't have any during the week I'm fine. I toy with it but I think my body is mostly immune to it, what with the 5 pots per day my mom would drink when she was pregnant.

― Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

oh yes Ned...a littel biton here... a bit on there...cofee everywhere..a coffee bath...coffee rivers...oooooh...oh, oh

― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh my god, coffee TASTES. SO. GOOD. !!!!!

How could I have forgotten?!??!

Must not slurp up this cup and run instantly for another. Oh, how can something this yummy be so bad for me? It's just not fair. Mmmmmm.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Coffee is totally the last thing you need right now.

― Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I actually feel a lot better. Like, I might actually be able to go and face the Tube and rehearsal, and then maybe a trip out to the Bull and Gate afterwards.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Coffee has been shown in numerous studies to have health benefits. Its a myth thats its bad for you

― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hang on, people snort instant coffee?

― Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yes, they do. Sad, isn't it? I've never actually done it, but I've seen people do it. I've only really ever eaten instant coffee. It was revolting. But neccessary.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

NECESSARY? What, you had no cold tap water? Milk? Coke? ANYTHING?

― Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Better than takin g it as a supository via Vivarin laced toilet tissue

― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pete once ate granulated Lift Lemon Tea and insisted it gave him a massive buzzzz. Of course it could've been faked but he was acting more weirdly than usual. We were planning on taking it to Glastonbury and selling it to 15 year olds but of course we forgot.

― Emma, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I ate instant coffee once, and that was bad.

Now I get far too much caffeine from drinking far too much Diet Coke. And I'm talking upwards of 15 cans a day here. I'm in a constant stressed-out caffeine induced haze... In fact there are three empty cans and two empty bottles on my desk right now.

― Paul Strange, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I really like DIet Soda, especially Pepsi One. I like it better than the fatty kind, its less sickeningly sweet.

― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nothing. It was at ATP, and my miserable chalet mates had drank every conceivable liquid in the flat. In order to get the leckie to get or heat water, I'd have had to walk all the way to the entertainment centre in order to get electricity tokens to feed the meter, which was impossible in a decaffeinated state.

Switch to coffee, Paul, it's a purer buzz, and you don't get all that nasty chemical shit that you get drinking Diet Coke.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Electricity tokens? WHat will they think of next! Relaxation tokens?

― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Coffee is disgusting.

― Otis Wheeler, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What's disgusting are the stories here of people eating and snorting instant. I'm with Ally -- have a little patience, you lazy instant gratification bastards.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's not lazy, instant gratification, it's fucking desperation and addiction.

I bet you laugh at coke addicts who mistakenly snort the contents of Pixie Sticks, too! OK, wait, I laugh when people do that... but STILL!!! It's no excuse.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I cheer the brave ones who get their cafiene by any means necesssary. I have just thrown grounds in hot water and ate the sludge. Sad but great.

― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

caffeine is better than sex.

― Geoff, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Geoff, you're officially a crackhead. I mean, I hate sex but caffiene is useless to me, so it's totally way worse.

I'm addicted to Power Bars.

― Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I usta do the eating instant thing. Then I discovered tea.

― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

But what possesses people to eat instant coffee?

― Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I just tried coffee for the first time today. Totally disgusting.

― Kris, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Coffee with Bailey's in it is a lot less vile, Kris. Can't say as I've had any good plain coffee though.

― Josh, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Coffee with Kahlua is wicked good too.

― Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh, and with Tia Maria. And Amaretto. And Frangelico. Sometimes Sambucca is good in it too...yeah, basically add liquor and you're doing okay.

― Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What possesses people to do coffee enemas, that's what I want to know.

I have a brain disorder that requires me to drink lots of coffee in the morning - without it, I tend to get the names of my co-workers mixed up.

― Kerry Keane, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yes Keyy, Janet Jackson is on e of those coffee enema people. I don't get it eithyer. I think Ally does it too.

― Mike Hanle y, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think Mike has a crush on me because he likes to slander me on here and in email randomly.

― Ally, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't like Baileys or Kahlua much either. Irish coffee is coffee + whiskey, right? What a silly waste of whiskey. Caffeine is alright though; I drink lots of Mountain Dew.

― Kris, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Coffee, whiskey, sugar, and cream on top (not mixed in).

― Josh, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Irish coffee is a waste of good whiskey and good coffee, but bad whiskey and bad coffee can be made miraculously drinkable by the simple act of mixing them. 'Sgrate.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

caffeine enamas sound like a shitty way to get high - how are you supposed to drink it? But yeah, coffee is my god, my saviour - I was so pissed off when i discovered in the pysch clinic they were feeding us decaf - bastards.

― Geoff, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I know. Me Too. They were afraid of bizzare drug interactions i think.

― anthony, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've always had a lingering suspicion that the whole 'coffee wakes you up' thing is a complete lie, and any effect it might have is a psychosomatic response to this piece of folklore. Do people actually feel coffee making a difference? Cause I don't think I do. I do obediently drink it as a stimulant, but I'm never really sure if it's doing anything. It tastes nice, though.

― Nick, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had one cup of coffee yesterday afternoon. I was SO WIRED for the rest of the day. I mean, I was bouncing around the rehearsal studio. It was great. Caffeine really stops having that effect on you when you take it every day.

Coffee with just about any booze = great. Except, like, absinthe, which is revolting. Malibu, Rum, Kaluha, Frangellico, Baileys are my personal favourites. Whiskey is just plain silly, doesn't go with the taste of coffee at all.

Don't MAKE me start drinking coffee again today. Can't do it again till tommorrow. I have to have my photigraph taken tomorrow, and I've got to get in the mood for that.

― masonic boom, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

caffeine has to be one of the most beautiful inventions - perhaps it is what separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom, though that theory does not explain decaf

― Geoff, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Deaf annoys me. Either have coffee or have coke.

― anthony, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If I could make a cup of coffee worth a damn, I'd probably drink pots of the stuff at home. As it is, I just drink lots of tea -- get a mug, some water, put the shit in a microwave for six minutes, take out, plop in some half-and-half and sugar and the teabag ... heaven! I rip through that shit pretty quick.

At work, though, I drink gallons of it. They have some machine where you put a packet of coffee (yer choice of Colombian, French Vanilla, whatever) in a slot, the machine punctures the packet and pours into a cup and you've got coffee. Very nice ... and tastes good (not sludgy).

I am spoiled.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

good coffee is so thick it is almost sludgy and the color of ink . None of that french vanilla shit.

― anthony, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

EVERYboy has a crush on ALLY! Thats what happens to tarts! Time for some deliscous java.

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Now, look here, I am not a tart, even if my roommate is trying to get me to sleep with some guy she knows, the point is I'm not going to do it, I haven't had sex since Memorial Day weekend, I am not a bloody tart and I'm tired of this slander. I prefer the world trollop anyhow.

― Ally, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You prefer the worlf trollop? Intersting seeing as how a minure ago you just became a HARLOT! How many Ally's doe sit take t screw in a lightbulb? THree. One to be the tart, one to be the trollop and one to be the Dick Van Dyke haridresser virgin/whore. I shall now have more steamin g black coffee

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have NO idea what that means, but it's going to become my new slogan.

― Ally, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am known in Boston as the Mega Futuristic Whoreman Pickled

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Dick Van Dyke hairdresser/whore"?

Christ, Mr. Hanle y - are you drinking some of that Boston Harbor water? Or is it the caffeine talking?

― David Raposa, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I desperately want to know how Mike makes his coffee, because CLEARLY I should be drinking it.

― Dan Perry, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The people of the future will al be pickled. Only our heads will be in the air. OUr bodies will absorb nutrients through the dill bath we are in at all times.

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This is not the Matrix.

― Ally, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You misundersatnd Allystrumpet! I refer to a WALKABOUT IN A PICKLE VAT!Fuilly mobile, fully aerobic

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

An aerobic pickle vat.

This board truly IS about everything, isn't it?

― Dan Perry, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

WHY do you insist I'm a tart?

― Ally, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm sorry Ally I take it all back. You win. I give up. I hope you're happy. You crushed me .

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hooray! But it still doesn't answer the question. What information have you heard?

― Ally, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I hear you are added to Strawberry Rhubarb pies that are too sweet.

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hrm.

― Ally, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hrm yourself

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, that answer made no sense. You're dodging my question.

― Ally, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ask a nonsense quiestion, get a nonsense answer!

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

How is "Why do you think I'm a tart?" a nonsense question?

― Ally, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Because you didn't say the magi c word.

― Mike Hanle y, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

...tell me now?

― Ally, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Do you know what my freaking *horrorscope* this morning said?

You're at your best when you stay in motion. Your adrenaline rush is a beautiful but fragile thing. Don't sit or lie down unless you're prepared to take a long rest. You've been going at it so hard and for so long that your body, quite likely, is ready for a good long nap. It seems that you have unfinished business to tend to. Perhaps what you need right now is a good strong cup of coffee or something to perk you up. You're on the last lap, so get ready with that last burst of energy!

Even the stars are against me. Mike, have you been writing for the eGroups horrorscopes?

― masonic boom, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have been reading your Tarrot cards and the card "Espresso" came up for you

― Mike Hanle y, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

three months pass...

I thought this board was about coffee, not an argument about who is a tart or not. i am an avid coffee drinker and love it more than sex. it is the best inovation.

― Jack, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think COFFEE and CAFFIENE is the best thing out there. And yes I do drink it by the pot each day. And yes that shit is ADDICTIVE like any other DRUG. BTW jack I KNOW u like SEX more then COFFEE wich is u'r second love.

― George M, Wednesday, 7 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

coffee rocketh my world like no other.

― Geoff, Thursday, 8 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Classic because it is 5 in the morning and I have class in 4 hours.

― Honda, Thursday, 8 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't believe Jack has anything to do with the NY Rangers.

― Ally, Thursday, 8 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No, i dont have anything to do with them, I used to be a fan

― jack, Thursday, 8 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Couldnt say it better Geoff!!! I'm coffee POWERED and proud of it!!!!

― George M, Thursday, 8 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

at first coffee kept me alert, then it kept me awake, now it keeps me alive.

Oh yes, I love coffee and caffeine but I limit myself. No instant, no decaf.

― Menelaus Darcy, Thursday, 8 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Same hear! Coffee/Caffiene keeps me alive too. Cant go a day without it. I'll NEVER touch Decrapinated, as I call them, (Decaffienated) coffee or drinks at all, infact my favorite sodas are Jolt and Mountain Dew. I will have instant coffee in an 'emergency' or just eat a tblspn followed by a glass of my favorite soda.

― George M, Thursday, 8 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

So when are we finally getting the answer from Mike on why Ally's a tart, that's my question. Screw this coffee crap!

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Caffiene =classic

Dunedin has the best coffee in the world bar none. I have a friend doing the world tour and she sez so.

don't drink instant coffee that makes you ill.

Daily intake 4 flat whites on average. Ocassionally I drink long sort black. Coke is preferred fizz.

― smythe,mr smythe, Saturday, 10 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The best 2 places for coffee to me is either at Starbucks, or Tim Hortons! MMM DELICIOUS!

― Gale Deslongchamps, Saturday, 10 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I personally LOVE StarBucks or Nordstrems (the department store in the mall) cafe. Dunkin Doughnuts is great too and 7 eleven is 3rd best.

― George M, Saturday, 10 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ned, isn't the answer obvious? Mike thinks Ally is sweet. Awww.

― Kim, Sunday, 11 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am answered and am filled with bliss.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

More love for the Tim Hortons! I am working on ecoffee (dont ask just wait) for school. It will be even better then parsley.com, the first busness to busness parsley provider or even Tunanet.

― Mr Noodles, Wednesday, 14 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

EVERYboy has a crush on ALLY! Thats what happens to tarts! Time for some deliscous java.

-- Mike Hanle y (pennyson...), July 16th, 2001 1:00 AM.

It all seems so long ago.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 23 May 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

eight years pass...

I am trying to quit caffeine! But I'm lying here in fear of the caffeine headache, and with each passing moment am convincing myself to have some tea. But once I have just a bit, my brain will say MORE, and I end up sucking down caffeinated stuff until I am a bit bouncy. The next day, the cycle begins anew. Help!!

― rayuela, Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:19 (fourteen years ago)

cut back gradually?

― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:21 (fourteen years ago)

The move to tea from coffee was supposed to be part of a gradual plan, but I don't have the self control to quit an addiction gradually. As soon as I get some caffeine, I want MORE, sleep be dammed. I had to quit smoking cold turkey too.

Well, I just made some tea.

― rayuela, Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:27 (fourteen years ago)

well maybe deal with one first and then the other?

caffeine headaches are no joke but last about 3-4 days then you're ok

also drink lots and lots of water!

― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:31 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, I think I just have to face the inevitable headache. Woo!

(Also, work is making it harder than usual to quit caffiene -- I've done it before -- because every day I go in, there is a steaming, full pot of COFFEE and I can't walk into the kitchen w/o pouring myself a cup.)

― rayuela, Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:36 (fourteen years ago)

your workplace is an enabler quit yr job now

― ASPIE Rocky (dayo), Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:37 (fourteen years ago)

good advice

― rayuela, Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:47 (fourteen years ago)

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