How much would you pay for a coffee mug?

@RiotDemon it is… kinda… the (8) 8 oz glasses
was based on either the average or Ideal weight person, made it easier for the news media to report.
the study from whence it came was a simple formula based on your weight.
let’s say, for example, you weigh 200lbs. take that number (200), divide by 2, so 100… so you should drink 100oz of water daily.(a little over 3 quarts)

so me, personally, I weigh 350 lbs. 350/2=175
I should drink 175 oz of water, or roughly 1 1/3 Gallon Daily.

I’m pretty sure the whole thing has been debunked anyway, but feel free to fact check me…

@earlyre @RiotDemon I read an interesting article quite a while ago that argued that the hydrating thing is a misconception. (I have no idea now where I read it.) It went like this: Water is the treatment for dehydration. Water cures dehydration. It does not necessarily follow that drinking water when you are not dehydrated will prevent dehydration. For one thing, people who have access to water don’t (or extremely rarely) become dehydrated in the medical sense. We get thirsty which is not remotely the same thing. Also, if you take a person who religiously drinks 8 glasses of water a day and a person who only drinks 2 on a island with no fresh water they will both get dehydrated. Will it take a little longer for the 8 glasses person? I have no idea. But all that “hydrating” won’t prevent them from getting dehydrated. So drink the amount of water you want to.

@earlyre @Pamela @RiotDemon
/youtube adam ruins water

@sammydog01 Never feel bad about that!

@tinamarie1974 I dispute that. I have too little money and not enough sense.

@ruouttaurmind did you buy one?

@tinamarie1974 Gifted to me, but I use it regularly and like it and see the appeal.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@ruouttaurmind so it was a perfect gift. Then maybe it was worth what that person spent for you. Kind of like my ridiculouslyexpensive teapot, that I love so very much.

@Targaryen Or drink out of a Bubba.

@Targaryen Or just zap your remaining 1/2 mug of lukewarm coffee in the microwave for 20 seconds. Works for me.

@macromeh @Targaryen
/giphy puke

ruining even bad coffee that way

@ruouttaurmind but this goes back to the insulated tumblers. They stay warm or cold for hours and they are cheap. I don’t really understand why this is so much better?

@RiotDemon @ruouttaurmind Coffee cools off in insulated tumblers. This keeps it at your favorite temperature.

Wait, you don’t have a favorite coffee temperature?

@ruouttaurmind @sammydog01 I don’t drink coffee. I occasionally drink tea. My bubbas have kept it plenty warm for several hours. I drink cold milk out of them almost every day I work. There’s been days that the milk has sat on my desk for six hours and it’s still cold.

@RiotDemon @ruouttaurmind @sammydog01
Well insulated mug: coffee is still in the “drinking temp” range after an hour. Electric mug: coffee is cooling and constantly being reheated for an hour, which makes it taste like crap. Same for insulated coffee pots vs glass pots on a “warming plate” thingie. Coffee is okay with being roasted, then cooked, but it gives up when being recooked.

@RiotDemon As @sammydog01 notes, insulated mugs provide warm coffee for a few hours. My Ember mugs provides truly piping hot coffee or tea for about three hours. With the added bonus of being able to heat water for a fresh cuppa. Heat the water, add tea bag, steep, drink.

I keep mine around 140* which for me is very hot, but not molten lava, melt your tonsils stupid hot.

@ruouttaurmind @sammydog01 well, to be able to heat water is interesting.

@ruouttaurmind My boss bought all of us employees a “yeti” mug. We mainly work 8 hour shifts. My coffee stays hot for 14 hours (the longest I’ve worked a shift at this shop) and my water still has ice in it the next day. I looked at the cost of purchasing from yeti and it’s only $30 as compared to the ember mug.

@AuntMean67 you could always buy the Ozark Trail knockoff from Walmart.

@AuntMean67 @RiotDemon I have a the 30oz. Yeti and 30oz. Ozark Trail.
The Yeti is nice because it came with two different lids and a straw. I don’t think you can get the Ozark with a straw. I alternate between them. They both work great for maintaining temperature. The Yeti’s lid is a little tighter, which is nice, and I always use the straw when I have it.
I didn’t think I’d have a use for the Yeti tumbler when I got it for Christmas, but I’ve been using it for milk-and-whey protein shakes. I can mix it in the morning and it will still be cold five or six hours later when I’m finishing it off. I wouldn’t otherwise drink milk that had sat out for six hours.

@Limewater @RiotDemon Thanks! I’ll try it. I’m really hard on drinkware. I take them all around the shop and they drop, get banged up and eventually split. And I’m a weirdo who actually does drink over 100 oz of water every day. I’m always thirsty. (No, not diabetic)

@AuntMean67 @RiotDemon I drink a lot too. For water I just use an HDPE Nalgene bottle. I’ve dropped it a lot and never had a problem. But I don’t like cold water. I only use the tumber for protein shakes.

@Limewater @RiotDemon I like mine almost frozen. I’m always on the prowl for a new unbreakable water bottle. I have 3 40oz metal bottles I keep filled in the freezer to I have cold water every day.

@yakkoTDI

Who the hell leaves a small cup of coffee around

Who the hell pours a small cup of coffee???

@yakkoTDI my 75 yr old father… he’ll pour a cup of coffee in the morning, and “work on it” throughout the day… it might get microwaved 3-4 times…

@earlyre @yakkoTDI
Well there you go … the answer to both our questions!

@carl669 And if you use an insulated pot, it will even keep the coffee hot for a while. The downside is that it very hard to find a holder it will fit into while you drive. Of course, there are laws against texting and driving, but I’m not aware of any states that outright ban driving while holding a coffee pot.

@rockblossom i work from home, so the driving part does not concern me.

@chienfou no I was not. I’ve been trying to track how much water I’ve drank throughout the day. I’ll end up drinking 80oz of water before bed and use the bathroom 3 times before I fall asleep.

@Kevin
maybe someone from meh could hook you up…

@Cerridwyn Dat’s pretty expensive für ein stein!

@mehcuda67
It is
but what it is made out of is expensive too

he used to also do (might still I dunno) mugs that he sold as ‘will keep your beer cold through the entire super bowl’ huge beer steins. From what I understand about how the dewars work, it probably does

@Cerridwyn Oh my gosh I LOVE those! They look so steampunk! Very cool.

@djslack
I like the way you think!

@mehcuda67 Do they take expat Americans?

@rtjhnstn @carl669 Got one of these?

@rtjhnstn @sammydog01 that’s my fucking design!!! i completely forgot that i put it on imgur.