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People are aware of motorcycle risks upfront: They go fast. Wrecks are spectacular, and you don't go far to meet someone that has been affected by such an accid

People are aware of motorcycle risks upfront: They go fast. Wrecks are spectacular, and you don't go far to meet someone that has been affected by such an accident. You have safety gear, after all. Alcohol isn't like that. Alcohol is more akin to something like going up stairs or showering or heck, a little similar to smoking. None of these things seem all that dangerous while you do them. But as it turns out, showers are pretty dangerous. Stairs make for horrible accidents, which is why it is so important to have the angle and height right (and even). Smoking, at first, does't seem like it'll give you cancer in 30 years, and may neve "feel" dangerous if you do it sporadically. And the poster is correct: It doesn't matter much if you have a 3% more chance of dying of something if your chances are properly low in the first place - even after the increase, your chances are still low.

jusssi 5y ago
> Alcohol isn't like that. Alcohol is more akin to something like going up stairs or showering or heck, a little similar to smoking. Most people I know have someone in their family or friends who has died because of alcohol related diseases or accidents.
- datavirtue 5y ago
  Yeah, and you are usually dead to your family twenty years before alcohol finally stops your body.
- Broken_Hippo 5y ago
  But that's the point entirely. Showers and going up stairs are everyday activities: Most of us know someone that's been hurt on stairs or in the shower: Shower falls cause lots of injuries every year. The risks become overlooked because of familiarity and it makes it easier to minimize the risks. It doesn't help that the downsides often aren't immediate: It takes some years to develop disease from it, after all. In general, it takes hours for you to wind up in the hospital or harm someone else - but most of the time, much like showering or walking up the stairs, nothing of note happens.

jusssi 5y ago

> Alcohol isn't like that. Alcohol is more akin to something like going up stairs or showering or heck, a little similar to smoking. Most people I know have someone in their family or friends who has died because of alcohol related diseases or accidents.

datavirtue 5y ago
Yeah, and you are usually dead to your family twenty years before alcohol finally stops your body.
Broken_Hippo 5y ago
But that's the point entirely. Showers and going up stairs are everyday activities: Most of us know someone that's been hurt on stairs or in the shower: Shower falls cause lots of injuries every year. The risks become overlooked because of familiarity and it makes it easier to minimize the risks. It doesn't help that the downsides often aren't immediate: It takes some years to develop disease from it, after all. In general, it takes hours for you to wind up in the hospital or harm someone else - but most of the time, much like showering or walking up the stairs, nothing of note happens.