Americans on TV drinking coffee

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Why do Americans on TV seem to get a speed / coke type high if they drink more than two cups of coffee? I have had coffee in the US and it's no different to here.
Culturally it seems to be everywhere from Garfield to Friends.

A coffee in the morning gives you that get up and go buzz, can't talk to anyone until I have had one.
Drink a couple of espressos and I can get just about anything done, but get really angry late afternoon.

I drink many cups of coffee a day but have never experienced anything of the sort.

What's all that about then?

 

[discokermit]

i went to a thing once when i was doing photography and i hammered the free coffee and chocolate eclairs. after that i was a total bellend, showing off and eventually got more and more offensive til i got sick of myself and went home.

 

[discokermit]

i went to a thing once when i was doing photography and i hammered the free coffee and chocolate eclairs. after that i was a total bellend, showing off and eventually got more and more offensive til i got sick of myself and went home.

Orang Utan will tell you this is my modus operandi anyway, but this time it was condensed into a couple of hours.

 

[Ax^]

coffee just makes me want a shit tbh

 

[gentlegreen]

I can only handle one brew a day made with 15g of beans and only at home.
I got over-caffeinated quite a lot until I started getting a bit more precise in my making of it.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

i went to a thing once when i was doing photography and i hammered the free coffee and chocolate eclairs. after that i was a total bellend, showing off and eventually got more and more offensive til i got sick of myself and went home.

Humm, I did once see a guy at college who went a bit bananas after a coffee. Like a drunkard. That's it though.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

 

[miss direct]

They also talk about "brain freeze" a lot. Am I alone in not knowing what that is?

 

[Orang Utan]

I have witnessed people go a bit Cornholio on strong coffee, even saw someone have a panic attack after a macchiato.

 

[Orang Utan]

They also talk about "brain freeze" a lot. Am I alone in not knowing what that is?

Apparently kids get it if they eat ice cream too quick.

 

[Orang Utan]

Not to mention sugar and cheese rushes

 

[Mrs Miggins]

They also talk about "brain freeze" a lot. Am I alone in not knowing what that is?

I found out what that was when I hoofed down a very sweet, very icey-cold drink once. Horrible feeling. I think it was the combination of ice and massive amounts of sugar.

 

[skyscraper101]

Coffee has virtually no effect on me. I don't think I've ever experienced this 'caffeine buzz' people bang on about.

I mean I know I'm a heathen who drinks instant and all, but whatever it is that people are getting off on, I'm not feeling it.

 

[discokermit]

They also talk about "brain freeze" a lot. Am I alone in not knowing what that is?

i get it with slushpuppies cos i fucking love them and gulp them down too quick. its why i cant have slushpuppies. i wear hush puppies while drinking slushpuppies. its my thing.

 

[Sue]

While I wouldn't completely agree with:

A coffee in the morning gives you that get up and go buzz, can't talk to anyone until I have had one.

I'm definitely much better/more tolerant in the morning once I've got some coffee down me so .

 

[hitmouse]

Is there a "thread titles that sound like they could be Half Man Half Biscuit songs" thread?

 

[harpo]

It's coffee in Italy that causes the problems. I daren't touch it.

 

[Numbers]

I love coffee, but it doesn't give me the kick like most people, it actually makes me relaxed/sleepy even.

 

[skyscraper101]

I love coffee, but it doesn't give me the kick like most people, it actually makes me relaxed/sleepy even.

Same. I've drank coffee, tea, and even red bull and just fallen asleep soon after. Does nothing for me.

 

[Numbers]

Same. I've drank coffee, tea, and even red bull and just fallen asleep soon after. Does nothing for me.

If I have trouble sleeping I sometimes make a coffee and I'm off zzZZZ in less than 10 mins.

 

[lazythursday]

I am like death in the morning till I've had a coffee. But I wouldn't say I feel much of a kick from them really. But then if I drink any coffee after noon (or eat strong dark chocolate) I will be unable to sleep at all till about 4 in the morning.

 

[discokermit]

at work in croydon i would get massively stoned in my smoke filled little fiat during dinnertime, then neck a can of cheap generic energy drink in one and go back to work, where i would sing very loudly and bang metal along with the radio and shout a lot.
this was a great way to get through another afternoon but could lead to negative results like broken ribs and stuff when i got punched.

 

[Cid]

I drink many cups of coffee a day but have never experienced anything of the sort.

There is your clue. Similar to ‘I snort cocaine all day, I dunno why these people are making a fuss about a tiny line, does fuck all to me’.

 

[gentlegreen]

But then if I drink any coffee after noon (or eat strong dark chocolate) I will be unable to sleep at all till about 4 in the morning.

I'm fine when I'm home, but whenever I drank some of the shitty filter coffee in a vain attempt to stay awake in morning work meetings, I would be wired all day ...

 

[prunus]

Self-reinforcing cultural expectations.

Same way you can get people to act drunk if you give them fake alcoholic drinks.

They expect to act/react in a certain way so they do. This then reinforces the expectation in both themselves and others that view it.

 

[Cid]

My morning coffee just takes the edge off (or puts it on more accurately), but if I have a couple of espressos within an hour of each other during the day I will be wired to fuck.

 

[SheilaNaGig]

One of the reasons I don’t drink coffee every day is so that I can get the buzz when I do drink it.



discokermit
I went to interview Senseless Things at their record label office in Soho Square and they all turned up really late (except for Ben: everyone else was shoplifting in the Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street). So I had at least three cups of record label strength coffee before the interview, and then I was a total idiot during the interview, couldn’t organise my thoughts at all and made a proper hash job of it. Had to cobble the piece together in the end. Taught me a lesson though. I never did interviews buzzed or high after that.

 

[Cid]

I do technically drink double espressos though (we have a machine at work and it’s easier to pull 16g shots).

 

[Cid]

The worst comedown I ever had was off a caffeine fuelled all-night work session.

 

[planetgeli]

See also people in films passing on a spliff after one toke. I don't care if it's just neat grass, you're not getting my spliff after one toke.