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Drinking is normalized in my entire country, but its still pretty obvious you're literally poisoning yourself with alcohol. That much I understood even as a tee
by emptyfile 6y ago
Drinking is normalized in my entire country, but its still pretty obvious you're literally poisoning yourself with alcohol. That much I understood even as a teen.
- watwut 6y agoWell, drinking is normalized in my entire country and dont refer to it as "literally poisoning yourself". I mean, some of abstinents who are strongly against alcohol sometimes do. As an attempt to make others stop drinking. And given that the drinking is normalized, they are small minority. I mean, they are small minority of abstinent too. Most abstinents are kind of content when no one is trying to force them to drink.
- solaceb 6y agoWhat is your claim? Drinking is normal in your culture —> drinking is not risky in your culture ? This is patently false; drinking carries risks in any context, perhaps even moreso in environments which fail to recognize its potential for harm
- watwut 6y agoMy claim is that in culture where drinking is normalized, people dont perceive drinking risky. Consequently, drinking as activity is not all that much biased toward "risk takers". It does not really matter how much risk it "objectively" puts you through. It attracts risk takers only if people consider it risky.
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- xdavidliu 6y agowould you say that a significant fraction of people in any culture agree that there are many activities for which drinking and then doing that activity would be considered risky?