Like the Romans used to drink from lead cups. Something like that.
(it appears that the moderator is removing any replies with which he disagrees. It might be a piefed issue. But all the removed replies are top level and upopular. Stranger coincidences have happened I suppose.)
Drinking alcohol. Also its not probably, its 100% unhealthy for you and a leading killer, yet its a huge part of almost every society on earth.
100% true. But I’m fine doing some things that are slightly unhealthy to my body for fun. For example, I go to a brewery/bar almost every day (since I’m in a walkable neighborhood), and I’ve been meeting my neighbors and socializing a ton. We’ve started a vinyl collection because we have vinyl nights at breweries. One “healthy” thing about alcohol is that it loosens your inhibitions and allows you to socialize better for many people. It’s also sometimes bad if you’re an angry buzzed person.
I’ve met many of my amazing friends in bars or while drinking. It didn’t negate the damage it’s doing to my body, but it makes me happy and social.
It also changes your personality for the worse if consumed regularly, not only when you’re intoxicated but also when you’re sober, since the time every adult had to reflect about their day (usually late at night when the day is over) and make adjustments not to stray too far from the path of righteousness, they were drinking and indulging their hedonism instead of maturing. But (rant? incoming) telling the average Westerner they have a moral responsibility to themselves and society is akin to an insult or just very confusing so you kinda have to mention things like cirrhosis else they won’t stop.
Wow, I thought I knew what insufferable was before this comment…
Do you disagree with anything I’ve said or, like every other big alcoholic/hedonistic baby, you just felt called out? It’s for your own good. Trust me, I can say all the things you’d love to hear, they’re just not good for you and I can’t in good conscience spread nonsense when most of you have little besides that (outside of empirical, material facts, ofc) in your minds. 🤷♂️
Your whole point assumes a person can only reflect and grow at the end of the day and in a sober state. It’s completely stupid.
Do you think a person who abuses/has made a habit of alcohol only drinks at night here and there? I was just giving an example, it wasn’t an exhaustive list… Don’t avoid the conclusion, even if you don’t change your behaviour, it is what it is.
Do you think a person can’t sit and reflect during lunch? Or confront moral truths while having a beer?
I’m not avoiding the conclusion, I’m saying you don’t achieve it at all and your entire premise is riddled with assumptions and fallacies. You are far worse for my mental health than a beer, lol.
From another comment they made, they seem to be projecting their time as a “party boy” onto everyone else. It doesn’t sound like they ever discussed moral philosophy over drinks which many have done.
I have been an academic and a degenerate and understand that truth lives in the grey areas—something they are incapable of or unwilling to understand. I took a peak at their history after reading your exchange with them and yeah, zero self-awareness.
You sound like someone who was sheltered to the point that you’ve never seen a beer. Which is to be expected from someone with the high level of dipshittery present in their username alone lol
I’m gonna make a guess and say my life has had a more diverse set of experiences, both good and bad, than you, lol. I assume we don’t wanna share too much though, for security reasons. And my username is just factual. I don’t argue as much in my usual social circles because they’re not composed of propagandised imperialist fools, hedonistic manchildren and other sorts of nonsense people, and I’m certainly not the only monotheist there… but here, it is a good identifier. 🤷♂️
And still, you didn’t disagree. Which is good. You’ve got a brain, but it’s easier to run away from obvious conclusions when they’re uncomfortable, and this is a Western online space which means your opinion (morality is subjective and alcohol is good/isn’t bad) is in the majority so you’re comfortable sharing it. I understand, but do think about what I said in your alone time, regardless of what you post here.
Yeah, I strongly, strongly doubt that. Not just from the way you think and write but from the conclusions you draw about everything you express thoughts about.
Yeah probably because you know how ridiculed and ostracized you’d be in almost any social circle. Referring to normal common human behavior as “hedonistic” and repeatedly babbling about “monotheism” is not only unpopular and weird, no one cares about those topics. News flash: most anyone who is religious is monotheistic. Therefore it’s not interesting or notable to bring up EVER. Let alone CONSTANTLY.
I disagree with practically everything you’ve ever written, that I’ve seen. Here’s one thing we agree on: “religion doesn’t need to be used for bad”. That’s it. Nothing else. I get shit on every time I say it on here but I’ll keep saying it, because it’s true. But again, NOTHING else you write resonates in any positive way for me whatsoever.
Here’s what I glean from what you write.
Well, just to clear any confusion: I was raised Catholic and was a big fan of what Jesus said and did (still am, ofc) but the Paulian/Roman nature of the Frankenstein’d Trinitarian tradition just didn’t make sense so I was a very young atheist (arguing in Yahoo answers and everything, lol, the good old days) at the age of 11-12. Then I read more and life changed my circumstances and with it, my perspective, and I became a monotheist at the start of my 30s, like Jesus and those of his time and before him were. I’m a Muslim man today (I just don’t take the hadiths seriously because, duh, but idk if this means anything to you, I’m just making sure I’m understood). And I’m not American, we don’t have these popular sects or whatever where I’m from.
And no, “my religion” doesn’t allow me to judge, my morality and my brain does. The same way you can judge yourself and know when you acted right or not (hopefully), I can do it as well. And when I see “moral relativity” for the sake of hedonism, I gotta say something, for all of our sakes (because I need a reminder as well). I’m not here hating on people because they watch Harry Potter or eat too much candy, lol, I’m talking about something that can only evolve into tragedy, so one must be wary of it and avoid it, because “it feels good!” cannot be a passable moral argument (that’s the “Diddy/Epstein argument”, after all).
Yeah, I know. Your religion expressly forbids judging others. You don’t know anything about alcohol. Therefore no one will be interested in your thoughts on it.
Well, you label yourself as one who believes in nonsense so it’s pretty funny claiming others “have little besides [nonsense] in your mind”
Maybe that’s just your uninformed view of it.
Alcohol has been consumed by humans for thousands of years and in reasonable quantities can actually have health benefits.
What you’re talking about is alcohol to excess, or alcoholism. Alcoholism is a disease and is typically connected to other mental issues.
Maybe better recognition and support for mental health starting earlier would address some of that.
Better answer: we’ve been doing it so long that it’s just kinda part of human existence. It’s not great for you but I’ve also had sex with a fair amount of guys that keep their hands on their dick while watching women that don’t even look human so much they they’ve busted their nerve endings and struggle to cum in a real vagina. Doesn’t mean masturbation or porn is good or bad for you but both are sure as hell things humans have been doing for millennia. Humans also really love to gamble, eat fast food, and get on social media. Stop shitting on the behaviors of the human individual, guillotine the 1%, prevent corporations from owning real estate, tax any individuals’ third property at 100% annually and exponentially for every property more than that, make it illegal to work without minimum wage even as punishment for a crime, and remind the 5% that it’s their job to pay for bread, circuses, and thirdspaces. That’s 90% of modern problems fixed right there.
What you’re referring to is a wrong interpretation of data.
Maybe source your claims: Stanford or Mayo.
And then I can source mine
Then perhaps we can agree the harms of alcohol are apparent but the benefits are disputed.
Edit: at least I learned something I hadn’t known before because of your comment so thanks for that.
The study found that people who drank a little had, on average, better health than those that abstained entirely. The study failed to mention that a notable portion of those that abstain were abstaining due to health reasons. As in, their health was already bad and was the reason they chose not (or were not allowed) to drink. But, of course, the alcohol industry ran with the first part and has been pushing it ever since. Once you reduce the abstinent group to only those freely abstaining, the average health for the dry subjects is back in the lead.
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Reading comprehension not high on your list of skills, is it?
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https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/04-01-2023-no-level-of-alcohol-consumption-is-safe-for-our-health