• ttmrichter@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That study is a major failure in one key respect: Europeans drink far more than North Americans on average … and have longer lifespans than North Americans on average.

    Perhaps there is something coughobesitycough that might be better to address first instead of going full metal Karen on people who enjoy a tipple at the pub at the end of a day?

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      1 year ago

      And we Europeans would have an even longer lifespan if we didn’t drink literal poison.

      I get it, it is fun. I partake in it every so often.

      But don’t claim alcohol isn’t harmful. It is one of the most harmful drugs to your body and to society. Even worse than heroin. According to a UK study.

      Don’t forget that 60% of aggression where the police needs to intervene has to do with alcohol.

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        1 year ago

        Aggressive drunkenness is cultural.

        Drunks here get loud and maudlin, but not aggressive; nowhere near the extent of, say, British drunkards or Canadian ones, or American ones. Same in Japan, incidentally, and Korea.

        Alcohol reduces your inhibitions. What’s being inhibited is purely on the person being exposed and the culture they’re from.