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Let me speak for a moment on the dangers of knowing chemistry majors in college.
Granted, because I knew these two I do not remember everything that happened and more than once I know I was their guinea pig for things that should not have gone in my body. That and my other drug/alcohol abuse at the time means my memory from the time period in question is spotty at best.
That disclaimer aside, I distinctly and clearly remember that I experienced that kind of caffiene two ways, once with each of them.
The first would just literally do that. He kept powdered caffiene around in his home, kept a small glass scale for it and everything. In that form you have to handle it very carefully, because you can also absorb it through your skin. He'd measure out 3-500mg of caffiene, dump it in a gatorade, swirl it around to dissolve it, and give them to me. It was alright. Bitter, but it worked. Normal stuff.
The second chemist friend was a goddamn supervillain.
Let's call him Seth. Seth had a reputation on several fronts. An impossible man to read, incredibly intelligent, operating on levels that made me feel like a kindergartener. A man, it should be said, whose morals were at the time (and from what I hear, only slightly diminished from now) what one might call "dubious at best if we're being really charitable".
Seth was also a caffiene junkie, and what led him on the path to the concotion this brought to mind. It started from his habit of dropping 5-hour energies into those old NOS energy drink bottles with the nozzle tops. This was already an incredible amount of caffiene.
But as I mentioned, Seth was also a Chemistry major, and he realized he could apply the skillsets of his studies to making stronger drinks. Each year for the anime convention at our university, he'd brew a few jugs all the same way for our staff, like half gallon milk jugs.
The first year, a shot glass's worth was around 75 mg, about an espresso shot.
The second year any given brewed container had 2g total. Not milligrams, but grams.
At some point the convention runners made him get waivers from people. The highest I remember before I exited university was ~7g a pass. I'm sure he went higher. Seth was maybe actually evil and terrifyingly efficient with chemicals.
....legitimately wondering now if maybe Seth got a job at Panera. This isn't even a bit. It sounds like something he'd do.
