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0 pointsTeMPOraL1y ago0 comments

> some people use caffeine powder / pills for gym stuff apparently.

At 200mg per pill, which is the strongest I had, I'd still have to down some 70+ pills in one go. Not strictly impossible, but not something you could possibly do by accident, and even for the purpose of early check-out, it wouldn't be my first choice.

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dijksterhuis1y ago· 1 in thread

the problem isn’t someone’s intent (on purpose/by accident).

it’s intent (want to improve my gym performance so down a bunch of caffeine) combined with incorrect information gained from what is supposedly a trustworthy source (the limit presented is much higher than it actually is for humans).

vidarh1y ago

If they're searching for LD50, they're already setting themselves up for errors, even with the right information. The LD50 isn't a safe dose, after all, but the mean lethal dose. While it's not great if its wrong, if people search for an LD50 thinking it indicates what they can safely take, it's already going to be hard to protect them against themselves.

vidarh1y ago

An accident with it in powdered form is possible - people who use them are often used to pre-workout supplements tasting awful, and so might be prepared to down it as fast as possible - but it's a big enough volume of powder that it really is a freak accident.

And if on purpose, using caffeine would just be staggeringly awful...

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