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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Is using caffeine pills "weird"

Posted: 8/10/2014 9:42:50 PM EDT

I know that this is mostly an issue of semantics, but would you consider someone who used caffeine pills, "weird'? I use them, but many people seem opposed to the idea. As if ingesting caffeine via pill is any different than simply drinking a coffee or energy drink. Am I missing something or are arguments against caffeine pills rooted in nothing but ignorant or emotional bias?

200mg x 100 = 20,000mg = $5 (pill)

160mg x 125 = 20,000mg = $187.5 - $250 (monster)

Posted: 8/10/2014 9:44:49 PM EDT

[#1]

cheaper fix. go for it.

Posted: 8/10/2014 9:44:50 PM EDT

[#2]

Caffeine alters your consciousness and should be banned. Pills are especially bad because they're like bad and stuff.

Posted: 8/10/2014 9:45:20 PM EDT

[#3]

I pop one when I wake up because its quicker and easier than making coffee
I use the Walmart ones

Posted: 8/10/2014 9:45:32 PM EDT

[#4]

Yep, it's weird.

Posted: 8/10/2014 9:47:04 PM EDT

[#5]

[Joe Friday]"Don't give me that jive mister.

Caffeine is the match, tobacco is the fuse, and alcohol is the bomb!"
[/Joe Friday]

Posted: 8/10/2014 9:47:41 PM EDT

[#6]

I have a sack of pure caffeine powder. Enough to last 5 or so years. I can caffeinate anything. If I feel like energy bacon I can have it.

Posted: 8/10/2014 9:50:17 PM EDT

[#7]

I take one when I get up and 1/2 of one before the gym. It's cheaper, cleaner, faster, stronger.

Posted: 8/10/2014 9:51:16 PM EDT

[#8]

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I know that this is mostly an issue of semantics, but would you consider someone who used caffeine pills, "weird'? I use them, but many people seem opposed to the idea. As if ingesting caffeine via pill is any different than simply drinking a coffee or energy drink. Am I missing something or are arguments against caffeine pills rooted in nothing but ignorant or emotional bias?

200mg x 100 = 20,000mg = $5 (pill)

160mg x 125 = 20,000mg = $187.5 - $250 (monster)

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I know you can get high as a kite on them if you take enough trying to write a long term paper from scratch (including library research back before computers) in 36 hours.

Posted: 8/10/2014 9:55:05 PM EDT

[#9]

I'll have a red bull once and a while now but during my work on ships I would have one or 2 pretty much every day. IMO it's best to stay away from that kind of stuff. I usually have a cup of tea in the morning now and that's it. If I am well rested and not very active I feel worse after caffein.

Posted: 8/10/2014 10:02:11 PM EDT

[#10]

http://www.wholehealth.com/guarana-seed-extract-400mg-180-capsules.html

Better than caffeine. Just try not to make it a daily habit.

Posted: 8/10/2014 10:08:30 PM EDT

[#11]

Anyone who has ever given me shit about taking caffeine pills has had a cup of coffee within two feet, usually starbucks

Posted: 8/10/2014 10:10:10 PM EDT

[#12]

Cheaper and healthier than pounding coffee or energy drinks, I usually take 1 a day with water.

Posted: 8/10/2014 11:37:46 PM EDT

[#13]

Caffeine powder can and has killed people. Some of that stuff is so concentrated a table spoon is equal to 30 or so cups of coffee!

oh ya. Ban it

Posted: 8/10/2014 11:44:03 PM EDT

[#14]

I used to when I worked nights...or did an ECA stack

Posted: 8/10/2014 11:50:41 PM EDT

[#15]

I would consider it "weird" to regularly use caffeine pills, but only because the norm is to take caffeine in the form of a beverage.

I've come to the understanding that caffeine is the only way I can make it through the night shift without feeling drowsy. I now drink coffee everyday. Something I never did before.

Posted: 8/10/2014 11:56:30 PM EDT

[#16]

I gave up tobacco year ago and I could reluctantly give up booze but there is no fucking way I'm giving up caffein. You would have to pry it from my cold dead hands.

Posted: 8/11/2014 12:03:00 AM EDT

[#17]

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Is it true you actually become less depressed permanently? Or is that simply an illusion you get as a result of quitting, a pride thing?

Genuinely curious.

Posted: 8/11/2014 12:06:39 AM EDT

[#18]

i worked graveyard shifts all last week then someone decided that i need to work dayshift today, yes there will be plenty of caffine.

pill form and coffee

Posted: 8/11/2014 12:26:33 AM EDT

[#19]

I use these

cop a buzz, don't need to pee, fresh breath

Posted: 8/11/2014 1:03:38 AM EDT

[#20]

Caffine and a bronkaid.

Stay alert and lose weight eating whatever you want.

Do not use irresonsibly.

Posted: 8/11/2014 1:12:22 AM EDT

[#21]

Weird? Probably not. A warning sign of the potential to be an addict? Perhaps...

Just don't ever try Adderall :)

Posted: 8/11/2014 7:45:37 AM EDT

[#22]

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Is it true you actually become less depressed permanently? Or is that simply an illusion you get as a result of quitting, a pride thing?

Genuinely curious.

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I gave up tobacco year ago and I could reluctantly give up booze but there is no fucking way I'm giving up caffein. You would have to pry it from my cold dead hands.

Is it true you actually become less depressed permanently? Or is that simply an illusion you get as a result of quitting, a pride thing?

Genuinely curious.

Fuck if I know.

All I know is without my morning cup of coffee or energy drink I'm an even less fun person to be around.

Posted: 8/11/2014 7:48:18 AM EDT

[#23]

I'll pop a No Doz if I'm on a road trip and feeling tired while driving. Coffee irritates my stomach but the pills don't.

But I already know I'm weird, so that answers that question.

Posted: 8/11/2014 7:52:33 AM EDT

[#24]

Where does one obtain this "pure caffeine powder"?

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I have a sack of pure caffeine powder. Enough to last 5 or so years. I can caffeinate anything. If I feel like energy bacon I can have it.

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