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>It's quite a bit easier to drink to that point... Well, that's the thing: the grandparent is judging people who drive drunk repeatedly, while he himself repea

>It's quite a bit easier to drink to that point... Well, that's the thing: the grandparent is judging people who drive drunk repeatedly, while he himself repeatedly drinks to the point of losing consciousness. I just don't see the difference. Why is one "sneaking up on you" any better than the other? Why does one demonstrate better judgment when inebriated than the other? >That said, if someone does so regularly there is probably something else going on. Well, that would be my take. Or at least that perhaps that person isn't in the position they think to cast judgment on others who make poor choices when inebriated. I don't know if there's anyone alive who drinks even occasionally and hasn't gone further than they expected. But, it's generally a good distance between "drunker than I thought" and "I almost went into a coma". And, if it happens once or twice, then OK, but repeatedly? Seems like you'd be aware of the dangers you mentioned at some point, which ironically was the grandparent's judgment about repeat drunk drivers. And that's the irony that was just a bit too much. It's weird, because there doesn't seem to be contrition or anything. Just, "yeah, I'm known to repeatedly drink myself unconscious, but look at the choices those guys make when drunk".

dllthomas 13y ago
Mostly fair. "Why does one demonstrate better judgment when inebriated than the other?" Well, I do think putting yourself at risk should be judged less harshly than putting others at risk.
- unclebucknasty 13y ago
  >Well, I do think putting yourself at risk should be judged less harshly than putting others at risk. Perhaps when judged externally by others. But, when the person is judging himself less harshly in a way that justifies his own questionable behavior, then it comes off as rationalization. And, again, to say he is only harming himself is part of the fallacy that he is somehow exercising better judgment. That is, I believe that someone who exercises the poor judgement to repeatedly drink himself into unconsciousness is very much susceptible to exercising equally poor judgment, while in that inebriated state, that could result in harm to others. It just hasn't happened yet.
  - dllthomas 13y ago
    Possibly, but I don't think this is clear at all.

dllthomas 13y ago

Mostly fair. "Why does one demonstrate better judgment when inebriated than the other?" Well, I do think putting yourself at risk should be judged less harshly than putting others at risk.

unclebucknasty 13y ago
>Well, I do think putting yourself at risk should be judged less harshly than putting others at risk. Perhaps when judged externally by others. But, when the person is judging himself less harshly in a way that justifies his own questionable behavior, then it comes off as rationalization. And, again, to say he is only harming himself is part of the fallacy that he is somehow exercising better judgment. That is, I believe that someone who exercises the poor judgement to repeatedly drink himself into unconsciousness is very much susceptible to exercising equally poor judgment, while in that inebriated state, that could result in harm to others. It just hasn't happened yet.
- dllthomas 13y ago
  Possibly, but I don't think this is clear at all.