Study: Psychopaths take their coffee black

[KamaAina]

http://www.clickondetroit.com/lifestyle/food/study-psychopaths-take-their-coffee-black/35834884

People who take their coffee black are more likely to possess antisocial and psychotic personality traits, according to a study published in the journal Appetite.

The University of Innsbruck in Austria study included around 1,000 people and found that subjects who preferred bitter notes in their food and beverages scored higher on questionnaires that assessed "Machiavellianism," a word used in psychology to describe people with psychopathic, narcissistic and sadistic personality traits, reports the Huffington Post.

The data was was self-reported, which is an unreliable metric, but researchers hope their study will prompt further investigation into links between eating habits and psychological traits, reports the Huffington Post.

So there are no psychopaths in tea-drinking countries like the UK and India?

[Xyzse]

1. Uhhhh... I drink my coffee in many ways.

I've been drinking it black lately since I find it to be healthier.

I'd love to load it with cream and sugar now and then, or even do odd things to it, like add a little bit of salt to make it taste sweeter.

However, I've been drinking black coffee lately.
Also, depending on the quality of coffee, some of them I prefer to drink black, so I could taste the nuance of the flavors.

Then again, I don't know how I would score in that personality test.

[Enrique]

2. the study was a joint project

by the National Cream Council and the National Sugar Council.

[BlueJazz]

12. !!

**snort**

[lastlib]

14. No, wait, that was the Marijuana study!

[MosheFeingold]

3. Pyschopaths like their coffee like they like their mates

Ground up and in the freezer!

(Apologies to the comedienne I stole that from.)

[panader0]

5. Moshe! How the hell are you?

You are one of my DU heroes.

[frogmarch]

4. I'm a wimpy psychopath or maybe

a passive-aggressive one, because I always cool my always-black coffee down by diluting it with water.

[dilby]

6. Hmmm, I am lactose intolerant

And grew up in a no sugar/salt house so I just drank my coffee black from the beginning and it's how I like it now. I have tried every variation of non dairy creamer and just don't like the flavor.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. they showed a small correlational between these two variables

there is really no causal conclusions to be made

[trof]

8. OMG! That's ME!

"people with psychopathic, narcissistic and sadistic personality traits"

They've found me out.
Crap

[trof]

9. Story: How I started drinking black coffee

Until I started flying for TWA* I took cream and sugar in my java.

After months of training I was finally in the cockpit as a newbie flight engineer#.
During an early morning pre-flight cockpit check out of O'Hare, the senior cabin attendant (a tough broad about 20 years my senior) came up and said "OK, who wants coffee?"

The Captain said "Black, thanks."
The co-pilot said "Black, thanks."
I said "Cream and sugar, please."

And she said "Honey, I don't have time to fuck around with condiments. You'll learn to like it black."

The Captain looked back at me a smiled.
"You'll learn."

*TWA - Trans World Airlines. For many decades the premier domestic and international U.S airline. Bankrupt in 2000.

#Flight Engineer - The third crew member who was responsible for monitoring and implementing/operating all aircraft systems and components. Engines, hydraulics, flight controls, electrical, pressurization, HVAC, movies, audio entertainment.

Also the third set of eyeballs in the cockpit, monitoring the Captain and co-pilot and watching for other aircraft.
Replaced by automatic electronic systems and computers.
Much cheaper than a paid warm body.

[Kali]

10. Honey, I don't have time to fuck around with condiments.

that would make a great sig line

[Initech]

11. Does this mean that all beer drinker are psychopaths too?

[lastlib]

13. Of COURSE I take it black!

1., I'm not wasting drinking time putting that cream/sugar sh1t in it, and 2., If it can't beat me at arm-wrestling, it ain't fit to drink anyway!