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> younger people, especially in developed nations, are drinking much less in recent years, even after the COVID-19 lockdown. [1] It's just not really fashionabl
by bloodyplonker22 4y ago
> younger people, especially in developed nations, are drinking much less in recent years, even after the COVID-19 lockdown. [1] It's just not really fashionable anymore.
and then you link to a 2020 article that analyzes drinking DURING lockdown. Well, of course it's going to be lower during lockdown in the initial phase of covid. What you've said is bloody misleading.
> Everyone I know under the age of 25 or so, and (A smaller amount of) older people I know as well who have grown out of thinking being drunk is fun, are looking at it more as a quick way to get fat and sad.
It's always binary to you people. Drinking moderately can be social and fun, but to you, it's only to get drunk and hammered and fat and sad.
- FredPret 4y agoTo “you people” doesn’t set a constructive tone.
- bloodyplonker22 4y ago
- cto_of_antifa 4y ago
- dang 4y agoWould you please stop posting in the flamewar style and taking swipes at others in HN comments? You've unfortunately been doing it a lot lately. We ban that sort of account, because we're trying for a different sort of discussion here. You can make your substantive points thoughtfully; please do that instead. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jamal-kumar 4y agoClearly and specifically referring to binge drinking here, a major societal problem which I'm glad to see is becoming less of one.