Good parsing of headlines/stats. I'm the child of an alcoholic, so all the feels about how this drug gets to be legal while millions do time for small amounts of pot but... despite the recent headlines, little evidence that occasional drinkers are at some worrisome health risk.https://twitter.com/d_spiegel/status/1032878415450386433 …
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It's weird that with alcohol (or other substances) any increase in risk, no matter how minute, is presented in stories as unacceptable whereas people make risk/benefit calculations with things like driving everyday
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i agree accept i don't think people do risk/benefit calculations with driving. It's more like they are under an illusion of control and invulnerability.
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I feel like people make a common assumption of linearity, so if X is good/bad then 2X is twice as good/bad.
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In some cases I think there's an optimum balance point (eg nutrition, where each extreme will kill you) and you end up with two groups of well intentioned people opposing each other because they've experienced the dangers of one extreme.
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Recovering alcoholic here. Alcohol worked for me until it didn’t. Surprise to me, nobody ever talks about that part of drinking.
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thanks for your honesty about this
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I follow you for excellent and clearly communicated analyses of internet stuff. Sounds like you have been through hardships I was not aware of - so just wanted to say I respect you a lot, and even more now. All the best!
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