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[CypherHoof 26,483]

12 minutes ago, Fluttershy Friend said:

Oh. Your Nightmare Moon looks different since some time. Did you notice that?

I do like the new look though

 

12 minutes ago, Fluttershy Friend said:

And I think that Big Macintosh is definitely ready to a party.

The title is: I can explain.

Is it sad that my first thought was - that's a non-canon teaset?

[The Recherche 29,982]

Ugh.... I'm dead tired right now...  I guess that's what i get for sleeping in....

Well, regardless, good morning, guys and gals! I suppose you're all doing well? 

[CypherHoof 26,483]

1 minute ago, Recherche said:

Ugh.... I'm dead tired right now...  I guess that's what i get for sleeping in....

Well, regardless, good morning, guys and gals! I suppose you're all doing well? 

Well, good morning (or whatever time of day it is for you) - normally I see sleeping in as a way to catch up on sleep-debt, so if I am still tired, that means I haven't slept in anywhere near long enough

[Fluttershy Friend 25,448]

2 minutes ago, CoffeeHoof said:

Is it sad that my first thought was - that's a non-canon teaset?

Youn are an authority for me in coffee and tea matters. When you have doubts I have them too.

 

2 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Well, regardless, good morning, guys and gals! I suppose you're all doing well? 

Oh. Please sit down and drink a cup of coffee.

[The Recherche 29,982]

2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

Well, good morning (or whatever time of day it is for you) - normally I see sleeping in as a way to catch up on sleep-debt, so if I am still tired, that means I haven't slept in anywhere near long enough

Well, the thing is... I didn't need it.  So, yeah; I'm feeling particularly lazy right now.

2 hours ago, Fluttershy Friend said:

Oh. Please sit down and drink a cup of coffee.

Thank you very much, Flutters!  I don't mind if I do.

[Mirage 24,777]

At least Sundays are a good day to be lazy. 
Working on my second cup, then off to catch up on my imposing workload.

btw, thank you for the pics @Alexshy. 

[The Recherche 29,982]

3 hours ago, Mirage said:

Working on my second cup, then off to catch up on my imposing workload.

Ah, but why not THREE!? 

In all seriousness, though, has anyone else drank three cups of coffee in a day before? 

Edited April 22, 2018 by Recherche

[Wannabrony 11,642]

53 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Ugh.... I'm dead tired right now...  I guess that's what i get for sleeping in....

Well, regardless, good morning, guys and gals! I suppose you're all doing well? 

I'm doing well, I just woke up half an hour ago.

Did you sleep well?

29 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Ah, but why not THREE!? 

In all seriousness, though, has anyone else drank three cups of coffee in a day before? 

Nope, I've drank two in a day before but that's my limit. I'm sure some of the folks here have though!

 

38 minutes ago, Mirage said:

At least Sundays are a good day to be lazy. 
Working on my second cup, then off to catch up on my imposing workload.

btw, thank you for the pics @Alexshy. 

Well said, because that's exactly what Sundays are for.

[The Recherche 29,982]

2 hours ago, Wannabrony said:

I'm doing well, I just woke up half an hour ago.

Same, actually! 

2 hours ago, Wannabrony said:

Did you sleep well?

Oh, don't get me wrong I slept great! ... Just a bit too great. 

2 hours ago, Wannabrony said:

Nope, I've drank two in a day before but that's my limit. I'm sure some of the folks here have though!

Huh. It's not every day where I see someone below 20 (or so) drink coffee on a regular basis!  

[CypherHoof 26,483]

1 hour ago, Recherche said:

Ah, but why not THREE!? 

In all seriousness, though, has anyone else drank three cups of coffee in a day before? 

I have that many from my *first* french press in the morning - and that's full sized mugs, not fluttercup-sized ones

56 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Huh. It's not every day where I see someone below 20 (or so) drink coffee on a regular basis!  

Well, I haven't been below 20 (or so) for about 20 (or so) does that count?

[The Recherche 29,982]

2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

I have that many from my *first* french press in the morning - and that's full sized mugs, not fluttercup-sized ones

Damn! I guess you really love coffee, huh? 

2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

Well, I haven't been below 20 (or so) for about 20 (or so) does that count?

Close enough! 

In all seriousness, though, I rarely see teenagers who drink coffee, let alone on a regular basis. 

[Mirage 24,777]

I don't like coffee that much. 1 or 2 and I'm fine. Any more than two and I feel jittery and lose my appetite. 

After the romantic-zation of chilled coffee and all those other desert coffees - I see a lot more teens drinking it.

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2 hours ago, Mirage said:

I don't like coffee that much. 1 or 2 and I'm fine. Any more than two and I feel jittery and lose my appetite. 

Y'know, funnily enough, my father just gets tired when he drinks coffee!  I don't know how he manages to do that!

2 hours ago, Mirage said:

After the romantic-zation of chilled coffee and all those other desert coffees - I see a lot more teens drinking it.

That's probably true, but I was speaking more of the hot variety of coffee that you drink in the morning, not liquid pastries. 

[Mirage 24,777]

Just now, Recherche said:

That's probably true, but I was speaking more of the hot variety of coffee that you drink in the morning, not liquid pastries. 

I know what you meant, my point was, the popularity of the 'sub' varieties has made hot morning coffee drinking more popular. My daughter, for example.

 

[CypherHoof 26,483]

1 minute ago, Recherche said:

Damn! I guess you really love coffee, huh? 

Its an advancing age thing. Caffine has less and less effect on me, but I like the taste, so I drink more and more of it. it helps that the beans I buy aren't as high in caffine as some store-bought preground coffees, so I can drink more with less effect than otherwise.  Have been known to run low and have to buy store coffee, and found myself lightheaded as a result so....

 

1 minute ago, Recherche said:

Close enough! 

In all seriousness, though, I rarely see teenagers who drink coffee, let alone on a regular basis. 

Well, no, but for them it's all energy drinks or other caffinated fizzy things that often have more caffine than the coffee would have.

Even when drinking, they seem to feel the need to destroy perfectly good vodka or whisky with coke or redbull....

2 minutes ago, Mirage said:

I don't like coffee that much. 1 or 2 and I'm fine. Any more than two and I feel jittery and lose my appetite. 

After the romantic-zation of chilled coffee and all those other desert coffees - I see a lot more teens drinking it.

I actually miss that. My local chinese supermarket, at the height of the canned-coffee craze, had no less than six different canned coffees available in cases; I used to buy three or four cases at a time, stash them in the fridge at work, and enjoy ice-cold coffee in a country that was in the middle of a heatwave and had no legal maximums for temperature at work. Sadly, when the craze died, they stopped stocking all of them

 

2 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Y'know, funnily enough, my father just gets tired when he drinks coffee!  I don't know how he manages to do that!

I was always puzzled that chocolate is meant to make you sleepy, coffee keep you awake, when the active ingredients in both are closely related. but there you go...

1 minute ago, Mirage said:

I know what you meant, my point was, the popularity of the 'sub' varieties has made hot morning coffee drinking more popular. My daughter, for example.

Never seen the appeal of "cold brew", especially given it seems to require an arrangement of glassware that looks like the glassblower had hiccoughs, and would otherwise make the cops suspect you of running a drug lab...

[Wannabrony 11,642]

1 hour ago, Recherche said:

Huh. It's not every day where I see someone below 20 (or so) drink coffee on a regular basis!  

Well maybe not on a regular basis, it's more like once or twice a well. Just that I once had two coffees in a day.

 

[CypherHoof 26,483]

1 minute ago, Wannabrony said:

Well maybe not on a regular basis, it's more like once or twice a well. Just that I once had two coffees in a day.

It has been said that Starbucks was an attempt to introduce the coffee shop culture of europe to the USA - of course, back when THOSE were popular, they were male-only, had an age requirement like public houses, often charged an entry fee, and were the origin of a lot of trading houses (including the london stock exchange) and newspapers...

[The Recherche 29,982]

2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

Its an advancing age thing. Caffine has less and less effect on me, but I like the taste, so I drink more and more of it. it helps that the beans I buy aren't as high in caffine as some store-bought preground coffees, so I can drink more with less effect than otherwise.  Have been known to run low and have to buy store coffee, and found myself lightheaded as a result so....

Well, if I'm not mistaken, most people start to grow numb of certain substances. That's why drug addicts exist; they need to get high, but they need a stronger substance to do so.

I'm not comparing you to a methhead, I'm just trying to rationalize the situation. 

2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

Well, no, but for them it's all energy drinks or other caffinated fizzy things that often have more caffine than the coffee would have.

Even when drinking, they seem to feel the need to destroy perfectly good vodka or whisky with coke or redbull....

I've heard of people adding vodka to a lot things, but Red Bull is not one of them...  Well, the more you know...?

2 hours ago, Wannabrony said:

Well maybe not on a regular basis, it's more like once or twice a well. Just that I once had two coffees in a day.

Sure, but even then, I rarely see folks your and my age drinking coffee. 

[Mirage 24,777]

Franchises like Starbucks destroy our little family-owned diners that serve grits, flap jacks and grease burgers. And always had great coffee...

[CypherHoof 26,483]

1 minute ago, Recherche said:

Well, if I'm not mistaken, most people start to grow numb of certain substances. That's why drug addicts exist; they need to get high, but they need a stronger substance to do so.

I'm not comparing you to a methhead, I'm just trying to rationalize the situation. 

I don't mind coffee being my drug of choice.  It is socially acceptable in the workplace (where alcohol, tobacco and "vaping" are not), can be a social thing, and can be combined with actually working without any real harm.

I am fully aware of the fact it *is* a drug though, even if it has little effect on me now.

 

1 minute ago, Recherche said:

I've heard of people adding vodka to a lot things, but Red Bull is not one of them...  Well, the more you know...?

It's a common club drink here - with whisky less so, but then, I believe adding ginger to that is an american sourced abomination... I have known decent pubs refuse to sell certain combinations, unless with the house spirit.

 

1 minute ago, Recherche said:

Sure, but even then, I rarely see folks your and my age drinking coffee. 

I seem to have had a certain effect at my workplace - fair few of the teams, even those comprised of apprentices (under 17's) have their own french presses now

 

3 minutes ago, Mirage said:

Franchises like Starbucks destroy our little family-owned diners that serve grits, flap jacks and grease burgers. And always had great coffee...

I might dispute that the little diners had great coffee, but then, Starbucks has awful (and overextracted, often perculated) coffee so on a graduated scale....

[Mirage 24,777]

2 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Well, if I'm not mistaken, most people start to grow numb of certain substances. That's why drug addicts exist; they need to get high, but they need a stronger substance to do so.

Yes, it's known as adaptation. But addicts exist because they are in pain and for one reason or another, can't find comfort for their sadness. The body can recover from chemical abuse rather quickly (a week or so), the mind however, much harder.

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2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

I don't mind coffee being my drug of choice.  It is socially acceptable in the workplace (where alcohol, tobacco and "vaping" are not), can be a social thing, and can be combined with actually working without any real harm.

I am fully aware of the fact it *is* a drug though, even if it has little effect on me now.

I mean, it's no so much that coffee is a drug, it's more that caffeine is. But yes, I get what you're saying. 

2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

It's a common club drink here - with whisky less so, but then, I believe adding ginger to that is an american sourced abomination... I have known decent pubs refuse to sell certain combinations, unless with the house spirit.

I'm not very well versed in alcohol related subjects, so would you mind if I asked what's wrong with adding ginger to vodka/whiskey? 

2 hours ago, CoffeeHoof said:

I seem to have had a certain effect at my workplace - fair few of the teams, even those comprised of apprentices (under 17's) have their own french presses now

Well, I'm not working a a job yet, so I can't say much about that aspect. 

2 hours ago, Mirage said:

Yes, it's known as adaptation. But addicts exist because they are in pain and for one reason or another, can't find comfort for their sadness. The body can recover from chemical abuse rather quickly (a week or so), the mind however, much harder.

Y'know I think I heard once that if they practice good habits, a smoker's lungs can actually heal within only about a couple of years. Unfortunately, most smokers (like my older brother...) don't stop, nor do they practice good habits when it comes to lung health. 

Our brains can be assholes sometimes.

[Mirage 24,777]

3 minutes ago, Recherche said:

Y'know I think I heard once that if they practice good habits, a smoker's lungs can actually heal within only about a couple of years. Unfortunately, most smokers (like my older brother...) don't stop, nor do they practice good habits when it comes to lung health. 

Our brains can be assholes sometimes.

Actually, your lungs start to heal substantially after 24 hours of no smoking. So absolutely - the body can recover from immense damage if cleaned and nourished properly.

 

[CypherHoof 26,483]

1 minute ago, Recherche said:

I mean, it's no so much that coffee is a drug, it's more that caffeine is. But yes, I get what you're saying. 

Same applies to other sources of caffeine of course - tea, herbal infusions, caffinated soft drinks and so forth.

Theobromine sources (tea, chocolate, cola etc) also come under the same heading.

 

1 minute ago, Recherche said:

I'm not very well versed in alcohol related subjects, so would you mind if I asked what's wrong with adding ginger to vodka/whiskey? 

It destroys and masks the flavour - in theory, you could add just a drop, to contrast against the taste of the liquor, but in practice people who add strongly flavored mixers to alcohol don't actually want to taste the alcohol.

That is of course the entire origin story of cocktails - prohibition-era "bathtub" alcohol that was of low quality and whose flavour needed masking.

[Mirage 24,777]

OMG I'm not that into mixed drinks. Straight whiskey, tequila or vodka. However, I do like cranberry juice and vodka, bloody mary's and gin and tonic.