Right like stimulants are super useful but more like for that guy in one of the world wars (who took way too many but other than that) and to his credit he did escape the Russians and lived to be like 70 or something. He also caught and ate a bird raw during this time period. Hang on actually let me go find the Wikipedia article.
Ok I’m back. I pasted the story here because I think it’s important to read BEFORE seeing the picture.
Koivunen was a Finnish soldier, assigned to a ski patrol on 15 March 1944 along with several other Finnish soldiers. Three days into their mission on 18 March, the group was attacked and surrounded by Soviet forces, from whom they were able to escape. Koivunen became fatigued after skiing for a long distance but could not stop. He was carrying his patrol’s entire supply of army-issued Pervitin, or methamphetamine, a stimulant used to remain awake while on duty. He consumed the entire supply of Pervitin, and had a short burst of energy, but soon entered a state of delirium and eventually lost consciousness. Koivunen later recalled waking up the following morning, separated from his patrol and having no supplies.
In the following days, Koivunen escaped Soviet forces once again, was injured by a land mine, and stayed in a ditch for a week, waiting for help. In the week that he was gone, he subsisted only on pine buds and a single Siberian jay that he caught and ate raw. Having skied more than 400 km (248.5 mi), he was later found and admitted to a nearby hospital, where his heart rate was measured at 200 beats per minute, and he weighed only 43 kg (94.8 lbs).
It’s also my understanding (now, I’ve forgotten where I read it though) that his thought process on the matter was that when he was trying to get one out of the bottle but his gloves were too thick to get just one, so he said “fuck it I’m probably gonna die anyway” and poured them into his palm and just slammed then bitches back.
Stimulants are also the reason WWII was so insane. A lot of it (and postwar actions) are thrown in a very different light once you realise everyone was on meth
They are why the Nazis were able to easily take most of Europe, one binge and it was over. And also why they faltered in Russia after starting out very well, because it was too much to take on one binge and they had to keep fighting during and then after the recovery period.
Yeah, you must listen to Hamilton Morris’s Podcast! It’s a fascinating story and an example of one of the many roles stimulants have played in human history and society.
As a coffee addict and enthusiast myself (used to home roast High grade Arabica when I had more time on my hands), I’m not going to knock stimulants outright.
But it’s not lost on me that we wouldn’t have a 24 hour economy without caffeine and electric lights, which block the uptake of adenosine and production of melatonin respectively, creating the biochemical response necessary for our civilization to exist as it currently does, for better and worse.
Right like stimulants are super useful but more like for that guy in one of the world wars (who took way too many but other than that) and to his credit he did escape the Russians and lived to be like 70 or something. He also caught and ate a bird raw during this time period. Hang on actually let me go find the Wikipedia article.
Ok I’m back. I pasted the story here because I think it’s important to read BEFORE seeing the picture.
The Article
It’s also my understanding (now, I’ve forgotten where I read it though) that his thought process on the matter was that when he was trying to get one out of the bottle but his gloves were too thick to get just one, so he said “fuck it I’m probably gonna die anyway” and poured them into his palm and just slammed then bitches back.
Stimulants are also the reason WWII was so insane. A lot of it (and postwar actions) are thrown in a very different light once you realise everyone was on meth
They are why the Nazis were able to easily take most of Europe, one binge and it was over. And also why they faltered in Russia after starting out very well, because it was too much to take on one binge and they had to keep fighting during and then after the recovery period.
Yeah, you must listen to Hamilton Morris’s Podcast! It’s a fascinating story and an example of one of the many roles stimulants have played in human history and society.
As a coffee addict and enthusiast myself (used to home roast High grade Arabica when I had more time on my hands), I’m not going to knock stimulants outright.
But it’s not lost on me that we wouldn’t have a 24 hour economy without caffeine and electric lights, which block the uptake of adenosine and production of melatonin respectively, creating the biochemical response necessary for our civilization to exist as it currently does, for better and worse.