Month: February 2008

Although coffee has (and other warm beverages have) a particular value, there is also a downside to them. Therefore my relationship with them can be described as a love-hate relationship, moreso than a purely mutual hate-hate relationship.

Why do I hate it? I call it The Coffee (and other warm beverages) paradox.

When you are consuming something, your desire for consumption will decrease (unless you’re female and consuming ice cream while watching Desperate Housewives or Grey’s Anatomy).  The problem with coffee (and other warm beverages) is that although your desire for consumption decreases while consuming, the need for increasing the consumption speed increases due to the fact that the less coffee (or other warm beverages) is contained in the cup, the faster it will cool down… and coffee (and other warm beverages) are usually not so nice when cold.

The coffee (and other warm beverages) paradox provides modern-day society with a substantial problem, which (completely coincidentally) can only be seen as a problem in modern-day western society. Based on this concept, the most logical solution seems to be to revert to a less modern (more ancient) and poorer society in which scarcity is not just an economical force, but something you can actually witness during dinner (or anti-dinner).

If anyone can think of a better solution, please let me know. By commenting.