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I don't know why people even drink alcohol at all anymore, considering we know that it is causes numerous cancers and also brain damage, not to mention unsafe r

I don't know why people even drink alcohol at all anymore, considering we know that it is causes numerous cancers and also brain damage, not to mention unsafe roads while driving intoxicated.

lores 1y ago
Because it's pleasant. I don't know why people drive if they don't absolutely have to when it's so dangerous, I don't know why people live in cities when the pollution causes so many health problems, I don't know why people keep hanging out with other people when so many turn out to be reprehensible, etc. The answer is, because life is not about living the longest in the most austere manner possible.
- OutOfHere 1y ago
  People drive because they need to get home for shelter, or get to work, etc. People live in cities because that's where the higher paying jobs are, again for survival, also given that one can use air purifiers at home and wear a mask outdoors. It is irresponsible to accept risk without reward. In many developing countries, alcohol risks being contaminated with methanol which is extremely deadly. I wouldn't consider taking such an unnecessary risk to feel pleasant. Knowing everything I know, I would feel more scared than pleasant.
  - lores 1y ago
    You have an extremely odd conception of people and the world. Do you take pleasure in anything?
    - OutOfHere 1y ago
      It's not odd; it's the burden of being aware and not ignorant. Of course I take pleasure in several things that won't give me cancer. I also realize that true pleasure comes only after labor and pain. In contrast, alcohol is the kind of pleasure that is followed by pain. I have a relative who drank regularly. He now has a bad case of gout because of his drinking. Two others got diabetes from all the unhealthy food they ate while drinking, and died from it. A coworker who drank regularly got brain cancer and died from it. An ex-friend long ago basically killed someone drinking and driving. Most humans don't learn from the dead but they should.
iammrpayments 1y ago
I guess this one of these ideas that most people believe is true that turns out to be actually false
- OutOfHere 1y ago
  Every word I said about alcohol is 100% true. And no, most people don't even know it to believe it. I don't know why you have to resort to blatantly lying in your comment.

I don't know why people even drink alcohol at all anymore, considering we know that it is causes numerous cancers and also brain damage, not to mention unsafe roads while driving intoxicated.

lores 1y ago

Because it's pleasant. I don't know why people drive if they don't absolutely have to when it's so dangerous, I don't know why people live in cities when the pollution causes so many health problems, I don't know why people keep hanging out with other people when so many turn out to be reprehensible, etc. The answer is, because life is not about living the longest in the most austere manner possible.

OutOfHere 1y ago
People drive because they need to get home for shelter, or get to work, etc. People live in cities because that's where the higher paying jobs are, again for survival, also given that one can use air purifiers at home and wear a mask outdoors. It is irresponsible to accept risk without reward. In many developing countries, alcohol risks being contaminated with methanol which is extremely deadly. I wouldn't consider taking such an unnecessary risk to feel pleasant. Knowing everything I know, I would feel more scared than pleasant.
- lores 1y ago
  You have an extremely odd conception of people and the world. Do you take pleasure in anything?
  - OutOfHere 1y ago
    It's not odd; it's the burden of being aware and not ignorant. Of course I take pleasure in several things that won't give me cancer. I also realize that true pleasure comes only after labor and pain. In contrast, alcohol is the kind of pleasure that is followed by pain. I have a relative who drank regularly. He now has a bad case of gout because of his drinking. Two others got diabetes from all the unhealthy food they ate while drinking, and died from it. A coworker who drank regularly got brain cancer and died from it. An ex-friend long ago basically killed someone drinking and driving. Most humans don't learn from the dead but they should.

iammrpayments 1y ago

I guess this one of these ideas that most people believe is true that turns out to be actually false

OutOfHere 1y ago
Every word I said about alcohol is 100% true. And no, most people don't even know it to believe it. I don't know why you have to resort to blatantly lying in your comment.