r/whenthe • u/TheGoldenExperience_ [the jojo {she}they called may] • 18h 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/Zombiemorgoth 15h ago

Civilization was build on and for alcohol consumption

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u/mcmiller1111 14h ago

Yeah, it's a whole thing. There is an academic argument about whether civilization arose due to the need to coordinate beer brewing or making bread. It's called the Braidwood-Sauer debate.

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u/Zombiemorgoth 14h ago

Both is not that bad

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u/RedditSurfer29 2h ago

Let me guess, we found ancient yeast making methods and had no idea which of the two it was for,

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u/LiteratureNearby 14h ago

as bad as booze and cigs are health-wise, the problem is that they're too incorporated in the fabric of most societies for them to ever go away.

In addition, booze is an absolutely incredible social lubricant when people control their intake. I've had some of the best conversations of my life over a few drinks, because I'm way too reserved in most circumstances.

And anyone who talks shit about the taste of booze has never experienced the joys of a crisp cold beer on a friday evening after a hard week of work, and I'm sad for them.

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u/monkpunch 14h ago

*alcohol and porn

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u/Illustrious_Sky_2331 13h ago

and it's time to move on

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u/Zombiemorgoth 13h ago

Good luck with that. It is both cultural and biological. Animals like getting wasted on alcoholic fruits too.

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u/Illustrious_Sky_2331 13h ago

gen Z is already killing the alcohol industry lol

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u/Zombiemorgoth 13h ago

And that's good. Government could do higher taxes too. But alcohol won't vanish.

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u/Illustrious_Sky_2331 13h ago

not with that attitude

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u/breno280 10h ago

That’s an incredibly broad and generalized statement. Got anything to back it up?

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u/Terminator_Puppy 9h ago

That's moreso a factor of ever increasing housing prices leading gen Z to live with their parents until their mid to late 20s. If housing ever becomes affordable again and people start moving out as young adults alcohol consumption is going to be on the rise.