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A good chunk of my “fun and memorable nights” involved going out for a drink with friends/meeting new people at the bar. It’s very good if the younger generatio
by tokioyoyo 1y ago
A good chunk of my “fun and memorable nights” involved going out for a drink with friends/meeting new people at the bar. It’s very good if the younger generation is consuming less alcohol, but unless they’re replacing the social-aspect of it with something similar, I pity them. Unfortunately, looking at the data, it shows that people are just lonelier and hang out in social circles even less.
Obviously there are problems with over-consumption, and addiction. However, what is life, if not a large collection of your memories?
- gwbas1c 1y agoDoes "going out for a drink with friends/meeting new people at the bar" require consuming alcohol? Plenty of bars have non-alcoholic beer and mocktails. I've always switched to them after 1-2 drinks.
- k_g_b_ 1y agoIt doesn't, and people slowly realize - e.g. in beer country Germany: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-alcohol-free-beer-sales-double-in-past-decade/a-69803743 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-alcohol-free-beer-sales-double...
- tokioyoyo 1y agoDepends. I personally don't care about noalc, as when I don't want to drink, I just get Sprite or equivalent. Nor I ever cared if a person got noalc when I'm grabbing beer. The reality is though, alcohol lowers your inhibitions, and sometimes it's a good thing. Again, I have to emphasize the whole moderation part, and how alcohol might be awful for some people, so obviously refrain from it. But actively discouraging any sort of drinking...
- _lvbh 1y agoThere's so much to do other than drinking. Tennis, badminton, hiking, or even just walking the coastline. I find the problem much more to do with the availability of entertainment. Before social media and YouTube, you just got bored staying at home all day and would naturally go out and socialize. Nowadays, everyone is just plugged into a never ending stream of TikTok brain rot.
- tokioyoyo 1y agoYes, I agree. I do all those too (except badminton). But, it doesn't have to be either or. Each listed activity is different from the other as well. So is "having drinks with friends". Also, most of those activities aren't really a Friday/Saturday 10PM activity. Thinking about university days, I had 6-9PM classes on Friday, then go out with my friends to banter, watch people and just shoot the shit at the bars. Obviously it's not super healthy, but we're not talking about binge drinking 10 pints.