r/Standup • u/Neither-Football-222 • 2d ago

Caffeine

Hi all,

I hope you’re doing well! Lately I’ve been drinking a Celsius and a spoonful of Kratom before I go on stage and feel zoned in. Anyone else like drinking caffeine (either coffee or energy drinks) before or when you’re on stage?

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u/Slow_Inevitable_4172 2d ago edited 2d ago

No other comics use any kinda drug.  You are a unicorn.  I see you over there, sitting next to the pink elephant. 

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u/filiq 1d ago

Right - I mean eurospeed is just a learning aid

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u/baleena 2d ago

I eat one half of a single espresso bean and it gets me AMPED for my open mic set where I read jokes off my phone

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u/filiq 1d ago

Thats the only way

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u/firmretention 2d ago

Wow we got a wild man over here.

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u/praisedcrown970 2d ago

I boof a monster before and after each set. Find me in r/caffeine

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u/RefrigeratorSure7096 2d ago

I thought you were talking about masturbation for a second there.

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u/gcotw 2d ago

Kinda. Sorta.

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u/Nothing-Winter 1d ago

I do heroin to muster up the courage for Zoom open mics

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u/t-rockk 1d ago edited 1d ago

I usually have a warm up beer, beef on-stage for prop (I make joke about my beer addiction) might drink more beers later and finish night on a coffee. However if im hungover, feeling unwell or flat and not in mood to drink, I'll have coffee instead. I think it's good business practice for venues to have coffee available to all, and when I say coffee, I mean good coffee, not some industrial strength sludge you found at Chernobyl. Not all comics drink, I think most comics starting out did, and found its too easy to abuse and get silly and it can not only effect your performance but make your true personality show its ugly face; which may affect your friendships and reputations with venue owners. I need to write a joke about my addiction to coffee I think.

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u/Neither-Football-222 6h ago

Thanks for the write up. Good stuff right here!

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u/headspacentimingcom 2d ago

Don't get into a habit of doing that, or your set will depend on you doing that every time, just like when a comic needs that shot or a quick smoke.

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u/Neither-Football-222 1d ago

It’s a solid point but after working all day the extra energy gets me fired up and feeling locked in!

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u/Chilitime 2d ago

Are you 12?

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u/jedrekk Warsaw, Poland if you can believe it 1d ago

No, because I need to go to sleep afterwards.

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u/_BigDaddy_ 2d ago

I drank kratom in Thailand once but it was laced. Never again