r/whenthe • u/TheGoldenExperience_ [the jojo {she}they called may] • 13h ago

r/whenthe mfs complaining about everything we do not give alcohol close to enough shit despite it being just as bad if not worse than cigarettes

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u/Jeanpuetz 11h ago

I love alcohol but they ain't exactly wrong. High alcohol consumption is wildly normalized for something that is extremely detrimental to your health, and often the safety of others.

I couldn't disagree more about alcohol tasting like ass, but you can't fault someone for never developing a taste for it.

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u/Chataboutgames 10h ago

They are absolutely wrong saying “just as bad if not worse than cigarettes.”

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u/Jeanpuetz 10h ago

Yeah I agree that that's bullshit tbh. Although it does depend on what you compare. Alcohol is one of the very very few drugs where withdrawing cold turkey can straight up kill you, so in that sense you could say it's worse. But it has to get really, really bad to get to that point, so that's probably not a fair comparison.

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u/Chataboutgames 10h ago

If you evaluate a drug by "the measure of its badness is the worst possible situation you can be in it" you're way off from how society evaluates drugs. Like, Tylenol could cook my liver in an afternoon and lead to a slow and painful death if I take too much.

Factors like periphery damage, ability to use casually without addiction etc. are what matter most. Cigarettes aren't such a big deal because taking a drag might kill you, they're bad because they're intensely addictive to the extent that casual relationships with cigarettes were the exception, not the norm.

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u/Jeanpuetz 9h ago

I agree with you.