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Alcohol is the most harmful drug out there[1] - worse than heroin, crack cocaine, and all the rest. It boggles my mind how common it is, while genuinely useful drugs like psilocybin are still Schedule I and relegated to the shadows. [1]: https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/s0140-6736(10)61462-6 https://i.imgur.com/DQDJMGt.png
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If you ever find yourself in a scenario where clean water isn’t available. Beer might be one of the few things you can drink that won’t kill you.
> Beer might be one of the few things you can drink that won’t kill you ... Because the process of making beer consists of boiling the wort! But if you can boil water to make beer, you can just, well, boil water to drink. People have known since antiquity how to make water potable.
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Is having a drink or two a week really measurably self-destructive? How does it measure compared to sitting at a desk all day, or putting mayo in your sandwiches?
Sedentary lifestyle is a known carcinogen in the state of California. /s edit: for the non-Californians, this is a reference to proposition 65. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/07/opinion-californias-j...
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> The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy I don't think any study really proved that a glass of beer a month would do anything to your life expectancy no?
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... For populations between 15–39 years old, the theoretical minimum risk capped at 0.603 standard drinks per day. So a "safe" amount of alcohol for the majority drinking population is less than one standard drink per day For populations over 40 years old, the theoretical minimum risk is capped at 1.87 drinks per day
"This study had various limitations that should be taken into account when interpreting the findings. First, we did not incorporate patterns of drinking, and therefore did not distinguish between individuals who infrequently engage in heavy episodic drinking and those who consume the same amount of alcohol over several days."
From what I'm reading it seems like the study was looking at habitual drinker, either drinking regularly or in big amount.
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I bet even with literally perfect lives humans would still drink alcohol and consume other drugs. It's a chemical you can ingest that gives you different experiences than you normally could or would. That will NEVER not be attractive to the human brain, even if you think that's irrational. Humans are curious creatures, and that curiosity includes the desire to understand dangerous or weird things.
I love drugs that directly affect the brain. It's incredible what you can do, they give you direct control over your own brain/body. I hope in the future biochemical augmentation will be just as accepted as electromechanical.
I'm not sure that electromechanical modification is accepted today. Things like limb replacements are now accepted for those with injuries - but I don't think there is widespread acceptance of mechanical augmentation for _enhancement_. There is a grey area though for tool usage which is acceptable and what is "augmentation".
Anyone have their own cure for a hangover the following day after drinking heavily? My usual go-to is a 'Full English Breakfast' that has all the trimmings and it replaces lost electrolytes in my system and 'cures' me although it's only a band-aid solution. There's nothing you can really do except wait a bad hangover out and let your body repair itself after essentially ingesting poison. Lucozade is another thing we…
The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Despite overwhelming experimental, historical and anecdotal evidence, 60% of Americans drink ~4 drinks per week - which luckily is on the decline. Something is seriously wrong with humanity if poisoning ourselves regularly to dissociate with reality remains this popular as a core social component. People will point to all of the supposed "socia…
We've been drinking alcohol for 8000 years now so I wish you the best of luck on your crusade to show that it's "something wrong with humanity".
And while we know that ancient civilisations drank alcohol, we don’t know how widespread or frequent it was, was it just an elite? Was it a very occasional ceremony (as some indigenous tribes still do, using psychoactive substances as part of group rituals once or twice per year)?
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>Honestly, one bottle of beer turns me from a chronically melancholic and outright boring person, to a functioning, social human being. >So, I call BS. You , not others. You , who is but one single data point in a vast sea of data points.
Many of the comments here are making universal claims “for our species”, pointing out this isn’t the case “for me” is a reasonable refutation that doesn’t require belaboring the point that it is for the person.
The science has been in a long time that no amount of alcohol is healthy. Despite overwhelming experimental, historical and anecdotal evidence, 60% of Americans drink ~4 drinks per week - which luckily is on the decline. Something is seriously wrong with humanity if poisoning ourselves regularly to dissociate with reality remains this popular as a core social component. People will point to all of the supposed "socia…
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AA was my solution vs the slow suicidal death by alcohol.
I should join AA if I have social anxiety or existential dread? Considering GP's comment, this is a worthless response. Also it wouldn't even apply to people that don't drink, such as myself. I'm glad AA helped you but you chose the wrong comment to reply to.
So maybe organized, community-oriented religion is the right suggestion? Or some secular organization devoted to community betterment?