Comment by kibwen Comment by kibwen 3 days ago 7 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News To be pedantic, we've also been prescribing opioids since Ancient Sumer, 8,000 years ago.
Copy Link thaumasiotes 3 days ago Collapse Comment - 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. Reply View | 6 replies Copy Link squigz 3 days ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - That's more than 600 years. That counts as a long time in my book. Reply View | 4 replies Copy Link thaumasiotes 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - 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.) Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link esseph 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - How long have we been eating Twinkies Reply View | 2 replies 2 more replies Copy Link HK-NC 2 days ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - I've read about Dandelion coffee being drank long before then in England. Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link squigz 3 days ago Parent Next Collapse Comment - That's more than 600 years. That counts as a long time in my book. Reply View | 4 replies Copy Link thaumasiotes 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - 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.) Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link esseph 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - How long have we been eating Twinkies Reply View | 2 replies 2 more replies
Copy Link thaumasiotes 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - 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.) Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link esseph 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - How long have we been eating Twinkies Reply View | 2 replies 2 more replies
Copy Link esseph 3 days ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - How long have we been eating Twinkies Reply View | 2 replies 2 more replies
Copy Link HK-NC 2 days ago Parent Prev Collapse Comment - I've read about Dandelion coffee being drank long before then in England. Reply View | 0 replies
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.