EPTThe Price of a Human Life in Terms of Alcohol - Page 8
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lofung
Hong Kong298 Posts
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Ravencruiser
Canada519 Posts
Now whenever I drink ima think, "every time I drink, a kitten or w/e dies damn u | ||
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StarBrift
Sweden1761 Posts
Now hard liquor is where the big problem is imo (Whiskey, Vodka etc). It does not taste good. Any pleasure you get from drinking hard liquor is if you are feeding an addiction. The only reasons people start drinking hard liquor is to be cool or manly. The only reasons people continue to drink it are either that they have an addiction that they need to feed or that they want to numb their emotional or physical pain/stress. Alternatively they keep doing it to be cool or fit into a certain crowd. We need to get rid of the fratboy mentality that getting drunk off your ass is something cool and awesome. It's childish and pointless. Enjoy alchoholic beverages that you think taste good, not the ones that you think makes you cool. | ||
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Verror
261 Posts
The correlation between alcohol sales and drunk driving deaths is obvious, but there's no correlation between MY drinking and ANY drunk driving deaths.... Hell, I don't even drive. Any1 who drives drunk is as bad as some1 who murders or... but that doesn't mean we should ban knives, as a way to reduce stabbing deaths. It seems like the relative polls for other crimes would be... "Would you give up cooking with knives to it meant less stabbing deaths?" or "Would you give up sex if it meant less rapes?" Complete BS topic. " | ||
zatic
Zurich15358 Posts
On June 16 2011 21:49 StarBrift wrote: Now hard liquor is where the big problem is imo (Whiskey, Vodka etc). It does not taste good. Any pleasure you get from drinking hard liquor is if you are feeding an addiction. The only reasons people start drinking hard liquor is to be cool or manly. OK I would have liked to contruct a well thought out argument here, but I'll just say: You are flat out and completely wrong about this. | ||
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Dugrok
Canada377 Posts
If I knew my not drinking alcohol would avoid deaths, I would stop almost certainly. However, seeing as I, personally, haven't killed anyone (or even come close to that) because I'm safe when I consume alcohol, I don't think that I should have to stop consuming. And I mean, that's the fine line here. Most people won't kill anyone but there are always the select few idiots who will. Just my 2 cents. | ||
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SirMilford
Australia1269 Posts
On June 16 2011 21:06 FFGenerations wrote: i would ban alcohol and legalise weed any day of the week This is possibly the stupidest idea. Driving while high is no better than driving while drunk. There is no better option here. They are both extremely bad. I really wish that people who believe that weed should be legalized would accept the fact that it is not necessarily suddenly going to fix the problems that alcohol has. Weed/alcohol are both drugs which can fuck up your perception. | ||
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samaNo4
Spain245 Posts
¿Would you stop using manure for agriculture if it meant less car bombs? Just to point out the stupidity of the question. If there is stupid people that do bad things with alcohol, it's not my fault, if they use knives to kill, it's not my fault, if they drive dangerously it's not my fault. I refuse to lose any of my privileges just because there are plenty of stupid people in the world. | ||
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Carbonz
Australia6 Posts
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ZergOwaR
Norway280 Posts
On June 16 2011 21:51 zatic wrote: OK I would have liked to contruct a well thought out argument here, but I'll just say: You are flat out and completely wrong about this. agreed.. whiskey is the best shit ever.. tastes hellova lot better than beer... feeding an addiction am i? I drink perhaps 2 times a month max... but whiskey is still damn great  I'm more addicted to gaming if anything... totally invalid statement about hard liquor | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On June 16 2011 22:10 ZergOwaR wrote: agreed.. whiskey is the best shit ever.. tastes hellova lot better than beer... feeding an addiction am i? I drink perhaps 2 times a month max... but whiskey is still damn great I'm more addicted to gaming if anything... totally invalid statement about hard liquor I love hard liquor in certain drinks... I might have 1-2 drinks once or twice a month, and go out drinking every 2-3 months... damn, I'm such an addict... | ||
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denzelz
United States604 Posts
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Giggsy
14 Posts
On June 16 2011 21:49 StarBrift wrote: Now hard liquor is where the big problem is imo (Whiskey, Vodka etc). It does not taste good. Any pleasure you get from drinking hard liquor is if you are feeding an addiction. Really? Drink a nice single malt scotch and tell me it doesn't taste good. | ||
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meadbert
United States681 Posts
I value a life in the vicinity of $10M so that would save about $600 over the coarse of my life time. I spend about $20/week on alcohol which is $1K/year and adds up to maybe $50K. The financial cost is almost 100X higher than the cost in life lost so life lost is not a huge factor. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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Tufas
Austria2259 Posts
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MangoTango
United States3670 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32100 Posts
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question
Czech Republic509 Posts
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Rebel_lion
United States271 Posts
Drinking is required. I drink hard, often, and in the worse way: to escape an otherwise boring and depressing existence by swamping my fears worries and troubles underneath a resilient and destructive layer of drunken bliss. Or maybe i like being social. The shame of drinking a 1/5 to the head and passing out before noon is to juicy to just give up. Besides, people are going to die - as long as I'm slightly sure my drinking hasn't resulted in any direct deaths- I see no impetus to act. Alcohol like any other drug, cannot be blamed for what some individuals take from it. | ||
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