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Our bodies have the enzymes to process alcohol (as opposed to similar chemicals like isopropyl alcohol) since animals have been ingesting fermented foods since
by pacificmaelstrm 3y ago
Our bodies have the enzymes to process alcohol (as opposed to similar chemicals like isopropyl alcohol) since animals have been ingesting fermented foods since the beginning of time.
These rhetorical attacks on Alcohol in an attempt to normalize the use of other chemicals without a similar biological history is asinine.
- JasserInicide 3y agoFound the functioning alcoholic
- pacificmaelstrm 3y agoAs I said, rhetoric.
- DontchaKnowit 3y agoOur bodies process every drug you put in it. What is your point?
- rcxdude 3y agoIt's not rhetorical. Alcohol is empirically more harmful than all of the other drugs mentioned (in large part because of how said enzymes process it). How long it's been around has nothing to do with it.
- pacificmaelstrm 3y agoPhysical damage is not the only kind of damage. I'd be more concerned with psychological damage. People who drink alcohol typically don't go around telling people they communed with entities from another dimension and they realized that all of existence is one harmonious unity. Or whatever.
- Xymist 3y agoIs that so bad by comparison, though? Assuming a "serious effects" dosage (i.e. not a microdose and not a single whisky shot) I'd rather spend a while dealing with machine elves or considering the universe a glorious and meaningful harmony than being miserably dizzy and puking in a bucket. I'm not anti-alcohol, but as drugs go it's not exactly the most entertaining experience on offer.