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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by microcolonel on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:49PM (#24088790)
> ...deeply entrenched by convention as socially acceptable behavior.

Have you considered that some things are deeply entrenched because they work?

I think most people who aren't teetotalers and who have worked at a startup have brought beer or whiskey to the workplace for after a long day, and I don't think that it's that different when the boss brings the beer: if you are working with people you can't trust, you probably have other issues.

Nobody's saying you have to drink, but it's not a tragedy if that leaves you out of some of the benefits of social drinking.

Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by justforyou on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:12PM (#24092732)
>> if you are working with people you can't trust, you probably have other issues.

If think your workplace is exclusive of people you can't trust, you're probably very naive.