Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine...
by savrajsingh on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:43PM
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Amazed at the number of fellow teetotalers in the replies here
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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine...
by mohn on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:38AM
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I don't know if the USA is representative of the rest of the world in this regard but, with respect to drinking, American adults fall into deciles that surprised me[1]. Roughly 40% consumed almost no alcohol in the week before being surveyed, 40% were low-to-moderate drinkers, 10% averaged about two drinks per day, and 10% holy shit that's a lot of booze.
[1] https://kottke.org/plus/misc/images/drinking-rate-usa.jpg
Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine...
by cfmcdonald on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:55AM
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I think that chart is misleading, 0 drinks in the last week does not mean "doesn't drink at all, " which implies total abstention. You can easily go weeks or even months without a drink as an occasional drinker who only partakes at social gatherings.
Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine...
by bawolff on Saturday August 08, 2020 @01:22AM
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Going a week without acohol is considered a category below low-moderate acohol usage? That seems weird to me.
I would describe myself as a low-moderate consumer of cake. I definitely don't eat it weekly.
Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine...
by saagarjha on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:08AM
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Keep in mind the parent comment essentially selected for these people ;)
Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine...
by Causality1 on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:23AM
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I am one, for the simple reason most of my male ancestors were alcoholics and I decided the easiest way to not be one was to avoid it entirely.