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    Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    This study sounds like a load of fresh, ground bull.


    I drink on average what would probably amount to at least a pot of coffee a day and I don't hallucinate. I don't get sweaty palms, rapid heartbeat or nervous jitters either. I'd venture to say I would need to drink something on the order of two pots to start feeling those effects.


    Actually, come to think of it, there's plenty of things I wish I didn't have to look at on a daily basis however no amount of coffee (or alcohol for that matter) would fix that...

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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    i once had 11 shots of espresso in about 2 hours time. it definitely fucked me up. like chewy blunt fucked me up. so learn from my mistakes - do not drink more than 10 shots of espresso in 2 hours time.
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    "taking into account their intake of tea, coffee, energy drinks, caffeine pills or coffee consumed on an average day"


    the writer must have attended camp redundancy camp.

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    Image of Hamsfork Hamsfork
    01/14/09

    @brian s.: I agree, the article says coffee twice. That's redundant.
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    Man, I can't function unless I get close to 300mg a day. I do get jumpy and overly-alert... isn't that what java is supposed to do? Or is it just supposed to cost 5bux and be served in places that let you practice douchery while showing off your shiny mac products on wifi? Is that the Mayer connection?
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    01/14/09

    @JB: 300mg is equivalent to one grande Pike (or any morning pick). Now imagine the folks who has several of those in a day.
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    gotta love the green mountain coffee adsense
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    Wine = good for your heart, at the expense of your liver.

    Coffee = good for your liver, at the expense of your brain.


    Wine + Coffee = a hallucinating drunk with a healthy heart & liver

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    01/14/09

    @admoseremic: Coffee to wake up in the morning, wine for nightcap.
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    01/14/09

    @admoseremic: Technically, if you eat right and don't overdo it, wine should have no impact on your liver at all. That's why it's always good to eat well while drinking alcohol, instead of getting shitfaced and reading Gizmodo at 4 am like I do.... oh ...wait.
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    John Mayer here.


    Stop hallucinating about me. I'm trying to bang supermodels and you're not helping.


    fu

    jm

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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    If I am not mistaken, zero hallucinations increased three times, is still zero. I'm off to get my forth cup of Java just to test this. I will have to wrestle it from the sluglord that controls the invisible coffee maker though...where the hell is that thing...oh, look, sparkles...
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    01/14/09

    @subryu:


    right, the language seems misleading - out of a group of 200 if only one trips out without coffee, and 3 trip out with coffee, it's really still within the margin of error. Also, the placebo effect cannot be disregarded, as it's well known that making someone erroneously think they're on drugs, or drunk, will alter their behavior to fit.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    What will the 40 mg's of Amphetamines I take do? Besides walk through walls, that is.
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    I think the study is backwards. The people who had hallucinations just imagined that they drank all that coffee.
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    I drink about a 1-2litres of coca-cola a day and I'm perfectly fine; I guess if you're crazy from the get go, you've nothing to worry about.
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    01/14/09

    @MadCrazy: Just order a Large, Farva.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/14/09

    @McRib_GitEmSteveDave: You gonna spit in his burger now?
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    01/14/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: You know what I'll do when I win a million dollars?
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    Try and pry the coffee cup from my hand and you will see stars FOR SURE.
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    01/14/09

    @Curves: As one who's well familiar with coffee addicts, I know what you mean, especially the early morning type who craves that fix to get some zip into the rest of the day, or at least the rest of the morning 'til the afternoon spiral towards quitting time.


    Ever approach someone's full coffee cup with your hand reaching out? You hear a gravely rumble, the kind of growl never before heard from a human being. Be kind to the beaners.

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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    Oh I definitely had to cut down on caffeine lately. When I play tetris, the blocks seems to slow down on high levels; I've never gotten such a high score. The downside is the palpitations.
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    01/14/09

    @ripfire:

    That's my favourite level of cafeination.

    Where it feels like if you blink just right you can see the future!
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    01/14/09

    @Confuzius: Real life bullet time!
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    uh-oh...if 3's bad, I'm in for a bad day


    we can't stop here...this is bat country!

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    01/14/09

    In reply to Three Cups of Coffee Makes You Three Times More Likely to Hallucinate
    That picture is priceless.

    I tend to think what you suggested at the end, there, as you'd have to be crazy to drink that much coffee. blech
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    01/14/09

    @gadam07: That is one of the first pictures to make me actually laugh out loud at my desk at work, prompting my boss to walk in and ask me what the hell was so funny.


    On a related note, for the good of humanity I decided to offer myself as a guinea pig and test this theory personally. I have just consumed the aforementioned amount of coffee, and am finding that I can now see through time.


    Thank you, that is all.

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    Image of Gann Gann
    01/14/09

    @MURPHtheSURF: Kinda like this?


    [www.idkwtf.com]


    Best futurama ever.

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