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Re:What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video] by nicbou on Monday August 22, 2022 @01:25PM (#32554497)
Is having a drink or two a week really measurably self-destructive? How does it measure compared to sitting at a desk all day, or putting mayo in your sandwiches?
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Re:What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video] by cheschire on Monday August 22, 2022 @01:31PM (#32554578)
Sedentary lifestyle is a known carcinogen in the state of California. /s

edit: for the non-Californians, this is a reference to proposition 65. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/07/opinion-californias-j...

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Re:What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video] by jacobr1 on Monday August 22, 2022 @01:46PM (#32554786)
Oh, all of us non-Californians know as well. The warning label is put on products nationally - probably not worth manufacturing a CA variant of product packaging in most cases.
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Re:What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video] by AndrewKemendo on Monday August 22, 2022 @01:39PM (#32554689)
The fact that people are actively destroying themselves via multiple vectors does not mean that each vector isn't existential.
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Re:What alcohol does to your body, brain and health [video] by nicbou on Monday August 22, 2022 @03:14PM (#32555849)
But is it the sort of risk that even registers on the meter?

Everything in moderation including moderation, as the saying goes.

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