• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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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.