• roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Now that’s some cyberpunk dystopian shit. Corpos drugging up employees for productivity.

    • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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      in the 1960s American cigarette companies used to leave free packs of cigarettes in freshman dorms at the beginning of the school year because at least some of them would get bored and try it.

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      I mean that’s not new - tech companies will still advertise “coffee on tap” as a perk to work for them

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      the whole idea of a coffee ‘break’ was created to pump stimulants into workers to improve productivity.

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        21 hours ago

        I think it is the unintended side effect of taking a short break which actually increases productivity.

        There are studys that show that constant coffein consumption just make being caffeinated the new normal.

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      Who’s actually going to use these if they’re not already a smoker / vaper? Maybe they’re just providing them so people don’t have to get up and go outside for 5-10 minutes to smoke.