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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by sukilot on Saturday August 08, 2020 @12:16AM (#24088905)
To recap: there's nothing creepy about bullying people into drinking -- pretending to drink if they must! -- to prove their loyalty to the group, and despite the fact that should be common knowledge for everyone, you've never seen it happen?
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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by atq2119 on Saturday August 08, 2020 @08:09AM (#24091009)
This discussion is absurd even on a linguistic level.

If you have a glass of water in your hand, you are drinking. Maybe you're not drinking alcohol, but calling it "pretending to drink" is just silly.

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by DonHopkins on Saturday August 08, 2020 @06:57AM (#24090631)
If they always bully you into pretending to drink, remember to bring some fake vomit to seal the deal.
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