Comment by kibwen

3 days ago

To be pedantic, we've also been prescribing opioids since Ancient Sumer, 8,000 years ago.

Plus it isn't true that we've been drinking coffee for a long, long time.

Wikipedia:

> There is no confirmed evidence, either historical or archaeological, of coffee as a [missing word?] being consumed before the 15th century.

  • That's more than 600 years. That counts as a long time in my book.

    • It's basically infinitesimal in comparison to almost everything else we eat or drink.

      (Also, an unknown point in the 15th century could be less than 600 years ago.)

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  • I've read about Dandelion coffee being drank long before then in England.