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Son of Man posted:Americans' opinions on alcohol and drugs should be 1000% ignored. our culture is not even close to being able to talk honestly about mind altering chemicals. there is still too much protestant righteousness for people to admit that they like to alter their consciousness. 35% of Americans have never had a drink? give me a loving break. that chart is just a testament that Americans like to lie about their vices so they can judge people This reads like the equivocation of someone afraid of being judged, right? Not just me?
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Like booze is fine, it's your body, but plenty of people drink either rarely or almost never. Why does the existence of those people shame you by proxy?
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Aug 29, 2018 16:39
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Aug 29, 2018 16:43
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Alcohol is cheaper and more accessible than therapy and life stability.
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Super Waffle posted:I'm 31 and I've never had a drink You sound like a bundle of fun
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Aug 29, 2018 16:49
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Son of Man posted:I guess there are people like that out there but I don't want to know them Super Waffle posted:I'm 31 and I've never had a drink
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Super Waffle posted:I'm 31 and I've never had a drink lol owned
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Son of Man posted:Americans' opinions on alcohol and drugs should be 1000% ignored. our culture is not even close to being able to talk honestly about mind altering chemicals. there is still too much protestant righteousness for people to admit that they like to alter their consciousness. 35% of Americans have never had a drink? give me a loving break. that chart is just a testament that Americans like to lie about their vices so they can judge people I drink a shitload, like a few liters a week give or take depending on how stressed out I am, and I can confirm I lie about it (to the point where if I grab a glass of champagne at a wedding my parents will be surprised and say "I thought you didn't drink?" etc) and am highly judgmental of other drinkers. It's easier to lay in to other people than yourself.
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WrenP-Complete posted:I don't want to get into a whole argument about how much individual posters drink (I'm not your mom) but I'd suggest reviewing the current scientific literature and recommendations before deciding a level of alcohol is medically safe. I think there's been some revisions to the scientific understanding and national recommendations of a few countries as of last year. Yeah, there were reports that light to moderate drinking can reduce your risk of certain cancers without causing much harm. More recent literature apparently indicates that the downsides actually outweigh that for a variety of reasons. One of the biggest ones is that drinking tends to trend upward; people that start drinking on the reg have a tendency to not only not stop but keep drinking more. Given its effects there's no perfectly safe level of consumption. That being said light drinking is probably fine as is moderate but most people don't know where "heavy" drinking is and tend to lie to themselves about how much they drink. I guess doctors generally assume you drink twice what you tell them as people really like lying about it.
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Android Blues posted:This reads like the equivocation of someone afraid of being judged, right? Not just me? I don't need to be an alcoholic to make fun of puritans, but I can become one if it will help now studies say that any amount of drinking is detrimental to your health, even accounting for the health benefits of alcohol. still safer than not drinking at all, as most teetotalers are murdered Son of Man fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Aug 29, 2018 |
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Aug 29, 2018 18:17
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Studies say cutting off your dick improves your life span. Better get choppin'
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I don't drink because there's some pretty severe alcoholism in my family and, knowing my own personality, I'd be a primo candidate to hop on that train. Seen that poo poo up close and don't wanna even try poking that bear. You can all drink as much as you like, though. Go hog wild. Regarding the confession that started all this: Being psychologically addicted to anything to the point where you think "CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP" is a problem in itself. Doesn't matter what it is, that's not good for you. That it's booze is doubly problematic, but even if your consumption is okay, the underlying inability to give it up isn't. That's probably where you should start in trying to get help.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:I drink a shitload, like a few liters a week give or take depending on how stressed out I am, and I can confirm I lie about it (to the point where if I grab a glass of champagne at a wedding my parents will be surprised and say "I thought you didn't drink?" etc) and am highly judgmental of other drinkers. It's easier to lay in to other people than yourself. I definitely don’t drink liters a week, but if someone asks me to put it down in writing involuntarily, yeah I’m probably going to lie about it. I’m also more judgmental than I should be about others’ consumption. Related to what the other dude said, my own consumption has definitely trended upwards over time though. Pre-21 I almost never drank even when it was readily available. In college I drank rarely, but trended towards heavier drinking at parties which is probably pretty typical, and maybe a beer or scotch here or there besides. Post college I had low expenses, more income and no sense of financial planning so I spent a bunch on good scotch & good beer and started consuming it more frequently, but less per instance on average without the partying aspect. I hung out and worked with a bunch of stagehands and kitchen crew who all drank vastly more than I did which probably influenced my perception of reasonable consumption, fast forward to today and if I’m being honest I’m probably edging into that 9th decile on the chart above which is frankly surprising framed in those terms. I’m sure it’s not healthy in the long term, and not to get all e/n but it probably picked up recently after a bitter breakup, essentially divorce. I definitely started hitting the dispensary more often, since my previous smoking habit was like once a year. I don’t really feel that either of those negatively impacts my life significantly short of being expensive though, and I can and do regularly go without. Really though, I enjoy a good scotch etc and if it does start becoming an issue I’d rather tackle it now because I don’t want to have to get to a point where I need to give it up completely. Oh whoops, this isn’t the non-anonymous confessions thread.
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SciFiDownBeat posted:also cult goon, as a protip if an eldritch being contacts you: put points into your ARC stat, Bolt damage scales with it and is super effective against kin. slot in some Bolt Up gems from the Isz dungeon into a Rakuyo +10 and you're golden
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Piell posted:If you're drinking alone every day, lol I'm not that pathetic, I take a day off every week or two.
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Piell posted:If you're drinking alone every day, lol I only drink alone once a week, OK
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my wife and kids are home so im not technically alone
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quote:I just wanted to say a couple things about my cult confession. I didn't include a code or anything because I wasn't planning to follow up since I don't want to fall in to the goon trap where I try and make mundane stories into something they aren't just to keep interest up or whatever. If anything that even approaches my initiation (which was just over 3 weeks ago to the goon who asked) in the future I will share it I guess. NOTE: he included a code with this one even though he didn't the first time, so no catfishing TIA Anyway your rationale is exactly what people think when they join a cult, and plenty of them recruit people via seduction too, this is a pretty cut&dry cult situation quote:You all should listen to the casefile ep on the “Catholic mafia” which is not a uniquely Australian phenomenon I'd be unironically into this
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Aug 29, 2018 19:52
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Does this mean the confessor thinks Dan Akroyd was trying to warn us about the Freemasons with his movie Nothing But Trouble?
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Wasn't there a fesh a while back about a goon shopping around for cults? It must suck for that guy to read about how this goon not only found a cult to join but they banged him into it.
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Re drinking: I can't drink by myself. I'm like a passenger pigeon. They reputedly only would breed when there were groups in the tens of thousands around, I guess they were swingers or something. I, similar to a passenger pigeon, can't drink alone. Unless its a special occasion, like dinner at a friend's house, I have to be where there are people to drink. I'll go to a bar by myself, get a bit on the loaded side, go home, and not have a drop for a week, or weeks, then its go to a bar, with someone else, or with a friend, get loaded, and not drink till the next week. I can't just sit on my own at my place and have a beer with dinner, or a glass of wine or whatever. Goons? How horrible am I? Rapesexcultgoon: If this super god was powerful enough to create god, how the gently caress did regular god kick super god's rear end and lock his rear end in another dimension? Also, have you done the sex with hot girl again yet?
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Sagebrush posted:"Pregaming" at home alone before going out to drink at a pub is alcoholism hth I don’t drink alone, I meant me and the wife would have ‘prinks’ while we’re getting ready before we go to the pub or something. Also I haven’t had a drink in over 2 weeks so I don’t think I have an issue personally.
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In 2018 I’m genuinely more surprised by a 30 year old whose never had a drink or a buzz than a 30 year old virgin. But I’m also mountain town white trash and getting hosed up and laid anywhere between 14-18 was the norm, even for and especially the rich and or smart kids. There’s just nothing else to do and if there is something to do, it’s a 45 minute drive on winding mountain roads. I don’t really grok the environment that allows someone to grow inside such a bubble that they’d never want to try altering their perspective.
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Imo it's usually not a sheltered bubble that creates lifelong nondrinkers, it's the lack of a sheltered bubble. If you get exposed to adults' alcoholism and related issues as a kid, drinking might seem really unappealing to you! At least that's my deal.
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Anne Whateley posted:Imo it's usually not a sheltered bubble that creates lifelong nondrinkers, it's the lack of a sheltered bubble. If you get exposed to adults' alcoholism and related issues as a kid, drinking might seem really unappealing to you! At least that's my deal. Yeah, I’ve got family that are crazy Baptists who have never touched a drop and I know people in the above vein who have never touched a drop, or have but won’t touch it now. I’m just surprised it’s apparently such a significant portion of the population that literally like half of the country purportedly hasn’t had a drink in the last year or whatever.
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sugar free jazz posted:I’d take that survey with a grain o salt I'll pull it off the rim of my 7th margarita
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If you don’t drink alone how do you know that you’re fun to drink with?
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Bust Rodd posted:In 2018 I’m genuinely more surprised by a 30 year old whose never had a drink or a buzz than a 30 year old virgin. That sort of situation is a breeding ground for lifelong rampant alcoholism, really. It becomes well I can't have fun sober and the only thing to do is drink as heavily as possible so let's all develop addictions as teenagers, yay! Then if the economic prospects are wretched that also becomes how you cope. Not that I'm from a rural rust belt town. Nope, not me. Not at all!
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thoughts and prayers posted:You mean you don't jump on the Talinn ferry to buy cases of dirt cheap duty free?
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Yanks are poo poo at drinking. "20 beers at a ball game" is 20 stubby tins, which is what? 5 pints? Raise your aim.
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Personally I'm a lightweight and it's great. I save so much money, and I get to the point so much quicker. Everyone around me is drinking their wallet dry trying to show off while I'm more than unstable enough after a few ciders.
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I legit miss when 6 bottles would leave me so drunk my face would go numb. But at the same time I love drinking so much I'm glad I can do more of it and for a longer time and pints here cost a quid so it'd be rude NOT to be a drunk.
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Drunken Baker posted:Yanks are poo poo at drinking. "20 beers at a ball game" is 20 stubby tins, which is what? 5 pints? Raise your aim. I like when Brits make fun of us for using the measurement units they invented instead of the perfect logical French system and then turn around and say things like this  Depending on the stadium, a "beer" is probably 12 ounces. 20 of those is 15 pints. Even if you're using a British pint, which is loving humongous for some reason (ask me about trying to finish a pint of bitter, gross) it's still 12 pints. Sorry but if that doesn't sound like a lot to you you should probably start up AA. also what I said in an earlier post, about how much you drink to get SOOOO DRUNK on Friday night vs how much you drink to get through your average workday without breaking down crying being two different ideas, still applies loquacius fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Aug 30, 2018 |
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loquacius posted:drink to get through your average workday without breaking down crying I still cry it's just more fun.
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loquacius posted:I like when Brits make fun of us for using the measurement units they invented instead of the perfect logical French system and then turn around and say things like this It's called being able to admit when you're wrong, that might take America a while.
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