Caffeine must be one of, if not the, most used drug. It is vital to the operation of more or less every industry.

  • z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Michael Pollen wrote a audible book about how modern capitalism wouldn't have been possible without the invention of the light bulb and the abundance of caffeinated beverages as it facilitated a 24 hour economy. Literally titled Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World.

    So what would happen if the government illegalized caffeine? I'd say they'd be more likely to prohibit literally any other drug including alcohol and tobacco. But if I were to indulge this hypothetical scenario, I'd say other new stimulants without any legal status would be invented to replace caffeine.

    • Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de
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      11 months ago

      Wow, that weirdly explains why the 40 hour workweek has always made me suffer so much - caffeine doesn't affect me, so I've never gotten an energy boost from it.

      • codRL@lemmy.sdf.org
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        11 months ago

        I would classify the effects of caffeine as more anti-drowsy than energy-boosting but maybe that is just semantics.

        I haven’t had any caffeine in my diet for nearly 2 months now and I feel amazing.

        • Bongles@lemm.ee
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          11 months ago

          I'm pretty sure you're right. Without looking it up to correct myself I'm pretty sure caffeine blocks receptors for the tired stuff.