Excess Coffee May Be Linked To Early Death 220
Mr.Intel writes "Should we believe it? Those of us under 55 who drink a lot of coffee – more than four cups per day – may be at greater risk of an early death. And not just death from heart problems, but death from all causes. The study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings (abstract), followed people for almost two decades, and found that in both sexes, younger people were more likely to die of anything than people who drank less."
eh (Score:4, Funny)
Life without coffee? (Score:5, Funny)
Why would you even want that?
I'm worried! (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I am 53... (Score:4, Funny)
Correlation equals Causality (Score:4, Funny)
Every good junk scientist knows that correlation always equals causality. I am a member of the junk scientists world club. We meet every year. Everyone flys to the west to get to our meeting so that no one will end up flying off the end of the earth. Correlation equals causality is thesis of every speach. So it can't be that people addicted to coffee might be more likely to be addicted to something else as well. If coffee is correlated to death then coffee must cause death!
Re:I'm worried! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not always... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Life without coffee? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:causation versus correlation (Score:4, Funny)
Why would you ever want to thin it that far?
I find Starbucks coffee already too weak. I want a fork to stand up in the coffee, ideally.
Re:Well, I am 53... (Score:4, Funny)
In American English your comment is very funny. You mention forgetting homosexuals, but you drink tea. I know what you meant, but man you are a bunch of Nancies.
Re:Juan Valdez (Score:5, Funny)
People who drink more coffee also have more sex.
It's the sex that kills 'em off. But what a way to go! Buzzed and polished.
This just in... (Score:5, Funny)
Coffee drinkers studied by Mayo Clinic scientists have a greater chance of dying than NIH coffee drinkers.
Re: causation versus correlation (Score:5, Funny)
Add DMSO and apply directly to the skin. It's the only way to be sure.
Mea Culpa (Score:5, Funny)
"If a and b or correlated"
*facepalm* Someone slap me, I must need more coffee!
BSD drinks too much coffee! (Score:4, Funny)
It is official; Netcraft now confirms: *BSD is drinking more than four cups of coffee per day.
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered *BSD community when IDC confirmed that *BSD coffee consumption has risen yet again, now over more than 4 cups a day. Coming close on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that *BSD has drunk more coffee, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is drinking pots of coffee every day.
You don't need to be a Juan Valdez to predict *BSD's future. The kettle is on the stove: *BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is drinking too much coffee. Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware, *BSD continues to drink coffee. Coffee flows like a river of coffee.
FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all, having drunk more than a pot a day for years. The unwashed cups on the desks of long time FreeBSD developers only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: FreeBSD is drinking coffee.
Fact: *BSD drinks excessive amounts of coffee.
Re:causation versus correlation (Score:5, Funny)
I want a fork to stand up in the coffee, ideally.
No, the fork should dissolve.
Re:causation versus correlation (Score:5, Funny)
Stop considering taking stock tips from random slashdotters. Not even as a joke.
That's almost worse than trolling "Ask Slashdot" for career advice.
Yeah, us random slashdotters haven't learned a thing about the stock market over the years.
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Re:causation versus correlation (Score:5, Funny)
No, the fork should bend out of the way to avoid entering the coffee at all.