Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthiness of others (2014)

Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by katzgrau on Saturday August 08, 2020 @09:04AM (#24091333)

That depends more on how you say it. Try not to invoke guilt. After all, you presumably like these people and don't want to make them feel bad - but you just don't want to drink. Guilt is where it can go wrong, so you kind of have to dance around it.

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by saagarjha on Saturday August 08, 2020 @09:24AM (#24091458)

I have found it’s generally quite easy to say “I don’t like the way it makes me feel”, which is relatively guilt-free. A less-strong one might be “I don’t like the taste”. It helps that it’s true in my particular case, of course.

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