Comment on Under-16s to be banned from buying high-caffeine energy drinks including Monster

• Highlandcow@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Jeez, man this sucks, why shouldn’t a teenager be able to make these decisions for himself, they aren’t stupid

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  • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They’re not stupid, but their brains aren’t fully developed yet. A huge problem is the fact that the part of the brain that takes into consideration possible consequences for any action one decides to take is one of the last things to fully develop, and that doesn’t happen until roughly age 25.

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    • CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Peak Reddit/Lemmy

      The infantilism is so high. Teenagers just can’t be trusted with a dangerous drug like caffeine!

      God you people suck. Annoying everyone into fascism.

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      • Highlandcow@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Kind of agree, I dont care if they’re brain is fully developed or not, caffeine is a legal drug and a teens brain is developed enough to make a decision like this

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    • tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      perkcoffee.co/sg/countries-consume-coffee/

      The UK appears to be nowhere near the top of countries on per-capita coffee consumption, at less than a third Finland’s rate.

      However, it does appear to be very high on prevalence of cocaine consumption:

      en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_countries_by_prevalenc…

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      • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        We rather famously drink tea.

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    • Highlandcow@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Fully developed enough no, but developed enough to handle a legal drug such as caffeine and to look at the back of a bottle and make a decision on what they do not want to put into there bodies, the stupidity of select individual isn’t a valid justification of the curtailing of freedom

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      • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        So let’s sell cigarettes to kids, too. They’re a legal drug, right?

        Look, I’m no expert, and I’m not saying caffeine is as bad as cigarettes, but I’m sure neither of us has a full understanding of the brain, or caffeine’s effects upon it. How about admitting you might not know enough to make an informed decision, and let those who do know more work it out?

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    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      A huge problem is the fact that the part of the brain that takes into consideration possible consequences for any action one decides to take is one of the last things to fully develop, and that doesn't happen until roughly age 25.

      Deff missed this memo.

      Although it do get better with age, I guess.

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  • subignition@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    sometimes they are... sometimes they are.
    https://www.epicresearch.org/articles/caffeine-related-ed-visits-although-uncommon-doubled-for-middle-school-and-high-school-aged-children-since-2017

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