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In its extreme alcohol is a truth serum. The ones who don't drink want to keep their secrets to themselves and can't be trusted.
by genman 3y ago
In its extreme alcohol is a truth serum. The ones who don't drink want to keep their secrets to themselves and can't be trusted.
- MakeThemMoney 3y agoBy that logic, the ones who don't drink should be handed the most secretive, important projects.
- samatman 3y agoWhole lot of Mormons working for CIA and NSA. Just sayin.
- refracture 3y agoYeah but those same Mormons drink all the booze if there’s no other Mormons at the party.
- neilv 3y agoThat might be true in some cases, but I haven't seen it. The Mormons I've seen tend to be more healthy clean living, than anything else.
- refracture 3y agoIt’s perhaps wrong of me to generalize but I’ve lived in Utah my whole life, some are clean and healthy others are unhealthy slobs, just like the general population. The whole ‘drank all the booze’ people are more often those pretending to believe in their faith because of the social repercussions of leaving it.
- euroderf 3y agoFWIW, Mormons make great babysitters.
- lb1lf 3y agoWell, one topic which is covered in some detail when you are screened for security clearances is precisely how you use alcohol (and other intoxicants!). I imagine it is for this precise reason.
- rvba 3y agoIf you read about GRU (e.g. Aquarium) you will see how agents were tested while drunk to see how they behave.
- ghusto 3y agoOr they just don't need it to have fun. I'm myself all the time exactly _because_ I don't drink.
- dinkleberg 3y agoYou nailed it! I didn’t stop drinking because of its negative impact on sleep and health, or how it can easily become a social crutch. I did it to make sure I don’t reveal my deep dark secrets.
- barrysteve 3y agoAlcoholics lie, cheat and steal to fuel their habit. Extreme alcohol is a horrific poison to the body and mind. I'd wager a healthy man who can drink you under the table, wouldn't reveal any secrets. He'll finish the drink in his own time.
- AdrianB1 3y agoHaving a drink with the colleagues has nothing to do with alcoholism. I used to organize nights out with colleagues even if I was never drinking alcohol (I had to drive). But the point in "going for a beer" is socializing and informal communication, not the beer.
- parpfish 3y agoThe internet has done a great job illustrating the huge range of what people think “normal” drinking looks like. There are a surprising amount of people that think anybody that has ever been drunk is an alcoholic.
- barrysteve 3y agoObviously having a drink with the colleagues has nothing to do with alcoholism. I was responding to the comment that 'in the extreme, alcohol is a truth serum'. It isn't.
- theultdev 3y agoI don't think they meant extreme as in repetitive use. I think they meant when you've drank enough to be drunk. e.g it's not very effective as a truth serum if you've only had a little.
- rvba 3y agoThe truth gets downvoted, since unpopular. As if you never saw someone get drunk and spill their beans. Alcohol removes inhibitors (at least to some people) from "drunk calling the ex" to "telling the boss that their idea is stupid".
- EFreethought 3y agoMaybe that comment got downvoted because it has no truth. Drinkers cling to their own delusions about non-drinkers. And nothing about my life is "secret". It's just not your concern.
- ohyes 3y agoI hate my ex and have no problem telling my boss what’s what while sober so I guess I can drink my fill.
- rvba 3y agoYou make the mistake of assuming that everyone is the same as you and leads the same life as you.
- LudwigNagasena 3y agoIt also removes inhibitors that would prevent you from manipulating someone with lies.
- t-3 3y agoNot really. Alcohol can make people stupid, but it can't make them tell the truth. You will hear far more lies and boasts from a drunk than you will deep dark secrets.
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- ohyes 3y agoAlcohol actually has minimal effect on me aside from impaired coordination and feeling ill the next day, feeling a bit stupid & foggy. I just don’t enjoy it much. I do think my lying improves due to lack of inhibitions about lying (I’m quite good at lying but find it distasteful/onerous under usual circumstances, having to keep the lies straight).
- faeriechangling 3y agoI’m tight lipped when drunk because I know I’m drunk. I feel like people who spill their secrets when they’re drunk wanted people to know them but were too anxious to admit to them. I don’t like drinking because it kills me and kills brain cells.