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Re:America Is Slow-Walking into a Polymarket Disaster by butlike on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @01:31PM (#46695856)
Alcohol is the only painkiller which can be infinitely self-administered. There's value in that. It's quite ancient, been proven to work, which is why it's probably stuck around so long.
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Re:America Is Slow-Walking into a Polymarket Disaster by wat10000 on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @03:28PM (#46697347)
What makes alcohol different from others? You can take any painkiller indefinitely until it kills you.
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Re:America Is Slow-Walking into a Polymarket Disaster by modriano on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @06:07AM (#46703940)
What are you talking about? Fatal alcohol poisoning hits long before infinite self-administration. And there actually are many other far safer painkillers than alcohol.
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