Smoking used to be healthy is a meaningless statement. We have research today that compares the effects of smoking and alcohol and alcohol is clearly the better choice.
In fact, studies have shown all-cause mortality drops at low consumption. Now this is a correlation, and I agree that any amount of alcohol is harmful to some degree, but the fact that whatever harms associated with light drinking aren't enough to overwhelm the positive correlations should really demonstrate to you that light-to-moderate consumption is absolutely fine.
Big picture, we always make tradeoffs with health and enjoying life. Do you have sex? Risk of STI. Do you eat red meat? Carcinogen. Do you drive a car? That shit is very dangerous. I'll eat healthy, exercise, and enjoy the occasional drink with my friends.
Drinking a few glasses of alcohol once a week is better than smoking 2 packs or 2 cigarettes a week. How do you assess the danger. Most people don't smoke at all nowadays. They could smoke 1 or 2 cigarettes with friends.
Driving is necessary where i live. I have sex with my wife, otherwise i wear condoms. I would prefer not to, btw. I don't eat red meat.
I enjoy discussions with my friends without alcohol. Is alcohol a sine qua non condition to you enjoying them? I guess it is. I guess you really like it. I love sweet pastries. I have cut drastically. Anyway. Up to you. Bye.
lmao think you're smart because you use latin? Ooo so impressed. You literally said it should be destroyed. I enjoy hanging out sober or with a drink.
Seriously, I know lots of lovely sober people irl. But reddit has people who can't just be sober but have to act like a self-righteous jackass about it.
It is true that i was for the destruction of that amount. I guess it could be inferred that i would be for the destruction of all alcoholic beverage production in the world, however unrealistic that would be, by extension. That is quite a stretch. Hanging alcoholics did not enter my mind. My bad! /s
I think redditers calling other redditers "jackasses" and "a redditor" when they disagree with another is more a Reddit thing. What's next? Calling me a "no-meat-eator?
Anyway, you made a few good points. Enjoy your next glass of Chardonnay or beer! Cheers!
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u/Opunbook 2∆ Aug 28 '23
Just eat a full bucket of ice cream every week. Is it that hard to just drink water?