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Re:Facebook loses users for the first time by spywaregorilla on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @08:43PM (#30187278)
> Peak coffee consumption (per capita/US): 1946

This one interested me. We're at a local maximum in terms of coffee consumption in recent years. After WWII coffee fell off in popularity and due to the substitute of carbonated soft drinks. Most likely in simplest terms it was a cheaper energy drink for the poor.

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Re:Facebook loses users for the first time by hailwren on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @08:47PM (#30187318)
Right, if anything -- coffee consumption has only gone down because we've moved on to more efficient stimulants. Either higher concentration/lower cost artificial substitutes or prescription drugs.

Hardly the best example of America getting over an addiction.

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