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  • #605312
    ZeesKite
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    Shreck!!!

    1) You wouldn’t be reading this

    2) My day would be eight hours shorter

    3) My freshly laundered clothing would appear so at least untill mid-day

    #1220551
    ED IT OR
    Participant

    Imagine a world without tea!

    No more “Tea or Coffee?”

    No more Tea breaks!

    No more tea time……

    #1220552
    aurora77
    Participant

    Hello ZeesKite,

    Perish the thought!!!! 🙂

    #1220553
    yaakov doe
    Participant

    The world would be sleeping. Shachris without minyonim.

    #1220554
    WIY
    Member

    Actually I think after a few days everyone would adjust and get used to not drinking coffee. coffee is a stimulant that we got used to. We didnt always drink it and we don’t have to drink it daily if we choose not to. By the way not everyone drinks coffee (or tea or any form of caffeine).

    #1220555
    oomis
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    It would be a VERY grouchy one for me, believe you me!!!!!

    #1220556

    Caffeine pills.

    #1220557
    takahmamash
    Participant

    Actually, I don’t like coffee and I don’t drink coffee. I survive quite well, B”H. (For the record, I don’t drink hot tea either.)

    #1220558
    BaalHabooze
    Participant

    When I was a bochur in yeshiva, someone once said over in the name of Rabbi Avigdor Miller zt”l that he felt people rely too much on their daily coffee and it can be detrimental (note what happens by a fast day to coffee addicts). He said before davening he would drink a cup of cold refreshing water instead, y’know just to get the ‘ol body going, and that was good enough. I decided then and there to do the same. I always drink water before running out to shacharis. I only drink coffee occasionally.

    #1220559

    We therapists would suddenly become very rich with rates of anxiety soaring lol

    #1220560
    ZeesKite
    Participant

    BaalHabooze:

    So, no coffee but yes booze? Did Rabbi Miller booze out?

    #1220561
    zahavasdad
    Participant

    I cant stand Coffee, but if you like it Gezah D’Heh.

    There is no Halacha that says you have to eat bread and water. Eat and drink what you like and if a Shot of Johnny Walker gets you up in the morning . Enjoy it

    #1220562
    akuperma
    Participant

    Coffee is a new invention. They’ve only had it for the last few centuries. The world got along fine without it before that. While most American goyim can only imagine time in years or at most decades, our perspectives are in centuries or millenia (note how we call the Amidah the “18” even though it has been “19” for for over 1500 years).

    #1220563
    yaff80
    Participant

    many ??? ?????? would save money on the coffee, sugar, milk. they would have a spare room. People may have no excuse to be late for davening, some people would not find a replacement when they would catch up on the “Yach”.

    As an avid coffee drinker, I wouldnt miss my daily doses of caffiene, but I would use less Paracetamol on days when I couldnt have it!

    “??? ?? ?”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    #1220564
    uneeq
    Participant

    Apukerma: While coffee wasn’t drunk until the last couple of centuries, it hasn’t been as necessary as it is nowadays. A couple of centuries ago , the light bulb was invented. We now go to sleep much later and work many more hours.

    #1220565
    oomis
    Participant

    Caffeine pills do NOT make it for me. I love the taste of a really good cup of coffee. It’s like a symphony of flavor.

    #1220566
    ZeesKite
    Participant

    Of course it’s a new invention. Before that was an era known as the dark ages. For a reason.

    #1220567
    WIY
    Member

    Zeeskite

    However enlightenment preceded the invention of the lightbulb by a few centuries.

    #1220568
    aurora77
    Participant

    Excellent analogy oomis! And I like to drink that symphony while listening to a classical symphony, especially as I watch the sun rise. Cheesy, but true 🙂

    #1220569

    MediumThinker: The caffeine for caffeine pills is extracted from coffee. How do you think we ended up with decaff? World without coffee would be a world without, or at least with many, many less caffeine pills!

    #1220570
    BaalHabooze
    Participant

    Our company ran out of coffee this morning and it was, to say the least, absolute pandemonium and chaos, you’d think it was the beginning of an Apocalypts or Apocolytis (however you spell that word).

    Anyhow it reminded me of this thread, lol.

    #1220571
    ZeesKite
    Participant

    Generators…

    #1220572
    WIY
    Member

    BaalHabooze

    I believe the word you were looking for is Apocalypse.

    #1220573
    Josh31
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    The Fast Days will be easier, but the other days harder.

    #1220574
    Health
    Participant

    takahmamash -“Actually, I don’t like coffee and I don’t drink coffee. I survive quite well, B”H. (For the record, I don’t drink hot tea either.)”

    Ditto. But I do like some brands of coffee/tea and some flavors, but I could go years without it and do.

    #1220575
    147
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    BaalHabooze

    When I was a bochur in yeshiva, someone once said over in the name of Rabbi Avigdor Miller zt”l that he felt people rely too much on their daily coffee and it can be detrimental (note what happens by a fast day to coffee addicts).

    I love the taste of coffee, and B’H don’t have any withdrawal symptoms whatsoever on a Tzom when I cannot consume coffee.

    BTW I won’t go anywhere near near tea of any description. I thinks tea tastes & smells awful.

    #1220576
    uneeq
    Participant

    What about caffeine in sodas? It is extracted from coffee and sold to the soda and energy drink companies. That’s why companies LOVE to sell decaf coffee. They make crazy profits by selling each part separately.

    On a side note, I heard that caffeine poses a problem on Pesach, because most caffeine is extracted from coffee using an alcohol process.

    #1220577
    ZeesKite
    Participant

    uneeq: For me it’s pikuach nefesh.

    #1220578
    peacefull
    Member

    After seeing those addicted to coffee, I get a negativity towards the “coffee”

    #1220579
    ZeesKite
    Participant

    Nah.. It’s not our problem. It’s the other people, who are addicted to not drinking coffee.

    #1220580
    funnybone
    Participant

    I don’t know where this is from…

    If you can start the day without caffeine or pep pills,

    If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,

    If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,

    If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it,

    If you can understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time,

    If you can overlook when people take things out on you when, through no fault of yours, something goes wrong,

    If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,

    If you can face the world without lies and deceit,

    If you can conquer tension without medical help,

    If you can relax without liquor,

    If you can sleep without the aid of sleeping pills,

    Then you are probably the family dog.

    #1220581

    I agree with zahavasdad I don’t care for the taste of coffee either. Fortunately Hashem created other plants for energy. Green, Black and White Teas for starters. Ginseng, Guarana, Yerba Mate, Rooisbos and numerous other choices.

    #1220582
    tzaddiq
    Member

    hellooooo! (hot) chocolate milk…yummmmm! coffee doesn’t quite do it for me on those cold winter days like a good cup of hot chocolate!

    #1220583
    BaalHabooze
    Participant

    Hellooooo! booooze…yummm! Coffee doesn’t quite do it for me on those cold winter days like a good cup of schnaps!

    😉

    #1220584
    I. M. Shluffin
    Participant

    I would love a world without coffee! It would mean I can breathe again! No offense to those who like the smell of coffee, but I don’t. I kinda feel bad for people who can’t survive without their morning joe, but then again, I’m similarly addicted to sugar, so I can’t say anything.

    #1220585
    Little Froggie
    Participant

    .. and to think there’s someone here who wants to erase his/her coffee!!!!

    #1220586
    catch yourself
    Participant

    It’s a sinister mind that could imagine a world without coffee.

    #1220587
    👑RebYidd23
    Participant

    Hey! I only wanted to erase one cup because I had one cup too many and got high on caffeine instead of being more productive.

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