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Find me a substitute activity that can reduce group inhibitions, cause strangers to get along better with each other, and foment fun new spontaneous relationshi
by vsnf 3y ago
Find me a substitute activity that can reduce group inhibitions, cause strangers to get along better with each other, and foment fun new spontaneous relationships and I'll consider your proposal for an alcohol free life.
- sw104 3y agoTeam sport, or any sport for that matter. All of the friends I've made have been through competitive sport, the gym, running, team sports.
- clocot 3y ago[dead]
- Mashimo 3y agoInvoluntary military conscription. All kinds of people getting together and bonding over traumatic experience. You also get a workout. What's not to like.
- djkivi 3y agoIt's been a few years since I spent much time around those in the military, but as a bunch they seemed like heavy drinkers in general.
- vintermann 3y agoAlcohol does none of those things. From cultural anthropology, we know that it's all convention: cultures vary widely in what attributes of this sort they ascribe to alcohol. We've decided to hold each other less accountable when drinking, so we take more chances socially, knowing that we can blame it on the drug. But this isn't a free lunch. When we make up a social state where we hold each other less accountable, we hold each other more accountable anytime else, and leave less room for those things in everyday life. If we hadn't had these magical beliefs about alcohol, we'd be much more forgiving for people who e.g. were "seeking fun new spontaneous relationships" when sober.