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I think they are even bigger than you may think.

Addictive behavior is dramatically turned down while not affecting normal desires somehow. I've noticed this quite starkly, and my sister as well who tried it (a lifelong nail-biter who's since stopped).

It seems to fix my autoimmune condition as well, which is even more crazy. Hand and back pain gone, even the flare ups are largely minimized.

Finally, for some reason it fixes my sleep? I was an incredibly light sleeper who couldn't touch coffee because even a morning cup would interrupt my sleep. Now, I can drink coffee until noon and sleep like a baby.

Btw tizepatide works way better than semaglutide, in my experience.

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Why would you start drinking coffee?

Because coffee is awesome if you avoid the negative effects like sleep disruption?

So is meth apparently if you can avoid the negative effects.

In low doses it is quite useful, as is its cousin amphetamine. Luckily caffeine is even safer, possible net benefit to health, has been in wide use for thousands of years, and smells and tastes amazing.

I've heard lots of people who like the smell of coffee, I've never met anyone who's liked the taste of coffee the first time they drank it. There's a reason people put milk and sugar in it.

I don't know anyone who drinks anything but black coffee. But sure, extrapolate your cultural practices as universal truths.

... we all know that sugar is addictive like meth, in any case. ;)

Also so what if it tastes better with a bit of milk?

I heard most people don’t even drink straight lemon juice they water it down! Proof positive lemonade sucks.

They wouldn't say lemon juice is delicious though, they'd say I like lemonade. Said as someone who actually loves lemons.

I actually wondered if you would reply this. You’re making an irrelevant point: coffee is the term for plain coffee or with a splash of milk / sugar. We don’t have a separate term, like we do lemons/lemonade. There’s no gotcha here.

They do in Canada. People call it a double double ;) Or if they really dislike coffee, the Wayne Gretzky.

That applies to lots of things. Most kids don’t like broccoli the first time they try it either. Tastebuds are adaptable. The effects are more important.

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