# Heart Rate and Caffeine

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-rate-and-caffeine/201719>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 15, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-rate-and-caffeine/201719 "2003-09-15T14:34:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![floydpink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a5b964/32.png) [@floydpink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/floydpink)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-rate-and-caffeine/201719/1 "2003-09-15T14:34:09Z")

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I find it disappointing that Cecil’s language skills are so limited that he feels the need to use slurs like lardbucket.

I strongly doubt he would use words like “bitch” to describe a woman, or “moneylender” to describe a Jew, or “coon” to describe an African-American. So I’m left to wonder why he finds it to be apropos to slur overweight people.

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_273.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_273.html)