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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by bawolff on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:50PM (#24088793)
Or they have an acohol problem and by not drinking you're un-normalizing alcohol consumption and making them feel self-concious of their faults so they lash out to distract from that.

No idea if that's a true thing that happens, but that is definitely the sterotype of people who want everyone to drink.

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by sdigital on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:53AM (#24089105)
That's exactly it.

My line is "no thanks, it's my least favorite drug"... you'll get some interesting reactions to that one.

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by frutiger on Saturday August 08, 2020 @01:28AM (#24089290)
“What’s your most favourite drug?”
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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by Izkata on Saturday August 08, 2020 @03:47AM (#24089840)
"Caffeine"

( https://sliders.fandom.com/wiki/The_Java_Jive )

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by devdas on Saturday August 08, 2020 @11:59AM (#24092618)
Oxygen.
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