Why do east Asian firms value drinking?
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Re: Why do east Asian firms value drinking?
#2Even in the US, in tech firms, it's pretty common to have happy hours where everyone drinks a bit.
I don't drink at all due to my sleep apnea, and don't even have caffeine after 1pm for the same reason, so I'm pretty much always in this kind of awkward position of sipping on a water throughout the night while coworkers get more and more inebriated.
I don't think it's ever directly hurt my chances of promotion or anything, but I do think it makes socializing harder.
Re: Why do east Asian firms value drinking?
#3Even in the US, in tech firms, it's pretty common to have happy hours where everyone drinks a bit. I don't drink at all due to my sleep apnea, and don't even have caffeine after 1pm for the same reason, so I'm pretty much always in this kind of awkward position of sipping on a water throughout the night while coworkers get more and more inebriated. I don't think it's ever directly hurt my chances of promotion or anyt…
there are plenty of other beverages that aren't alcoholic/caffeinated than just plain water
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#4In its extreme alcohol is a truth serum. The ones who don't drink want to keep their secrets to themselves and can't be trusted.
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#5This presentation from the Long Now Foundation makes the proposition that drinking helps create society
https://longnow.org/ideas/drinking-10000-years-intoxication-...
> Drawing on evidence from archaeology, history, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, social psychology, literature, and genetics, Slingerland shows that our taste for chemical intoxicants is not an evolutionary mistake, as we are so often told. In fact, intoxication helps solve a number of distinctively human challenges: enhancing creativity, alleviating stress, building trust, and pulling off the miracle of getting fiercely tribal primates to cooperate with strangers.
My experience was before lived in Asia (USA only) I thought drinking was bad (bar fights, drunk driving deaths, etc...) After living in Asia my entire attitude changed because I never saw a bar fight and I wasn't driving. Instead, drinking around food was a place to get to know people. Drama's showed people getting in arguments at work and then settling their differences at drinks after work. A recent anime had a line "drinking is healing" meant that's where you let go of your worries and you heal relationships.
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#6In its extreme alcohol is a truth serum. The ones who don't drink want to keep their secrets to themselves and can't be trusted.
By that logic, the ones who don't drink should be handed the most secretive, important projects.
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#7Even in the US, in tech firms, it's pretty common to have happy hours where everyone drinks a bit. I don't drink at all due to my sleep apnea, and don't even have caffeine after 1pm for the same reason, so I'm pretty much always in this kind of awkward position of sipping on a water throughout the night while coworkers get more and more inebriated. I don't think it's ever directly hurt my chances of promotion or anyt…
there are plenty of other beverages that aren't alcoholic/caffeinated than just plain water
Do you think they would have a better time if they were drinking a sprite or something? Being with drunk people when you're sober is not fun for either party regardless.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
there are plenty of other beverages that aren't alcoholic/caffeinated than just plain water
Do you think they would have a better time if they were drinking a sprite or something? Being with drunk people when you're sober is not fun for either party regardless.
I think that depends on how ridiculous and uninhibited you can be when sober.
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I’m about as anti-woke as it gets but I want to give the author credit for a well thought out article. If I discount any writing from “the enemy” I’ll just reinforce my filter bubble.
Are there specific things you didn’t agree with here?