• mudpuppy [it/its, she/her]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    my big developed grownup brain told me to drink like five cans a day because its yummy. (this was a short period where i tried them, i’m not using caffeine nowadays for the record.) the brain development argument is a reflexive excuse for claiming that the worst adult is better and more deserving than the best child, it just doesn’t translate to reality 99% of the time. i don’t see how the second paragraph is relevant at all. you have not proven that caffeine is inherently unhealthy, nobody has. and if it was, why are only kids being targeted? if kids feel a need to stay awake longer and overwork themselves, you should focus on fixing that rather than taking away the drug that makes it bearable for them. why are we expecting something from kids that we don’t expect from adults?