Alcohol is "amazing" - Kurzgesagt

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• MisterNeon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I gave up drinking in December. I’m so fucking lonely now. The episode is accurate.

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  • JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I wasn’t the first, but slowly my friends are all starting to quit drinking and we still hangout regularly. I still go out with friends that drink and make sure I have a non-alcoholic beverage at hand at all times. Any “friends” that make a big deal about it (which isn’t very many tbh) are cut out of my life now…

    Conversations are definitely different than they used to be and our get togethers tend to be shorter, but we’ve slowly been adjusting and we do things a little differently now. More games, destinations other than a bar, etc.

    I’m not belittling how you feel, it’s different for everyone. Just letting you know that it can be different.

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    • pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      If the only way for your friends to hangout is to do drugs and alcohol, they’re not that great of friends because they need to be under the influence at all times to vibe together.

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  • BlueLineBae@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Have you tried replacing alcoholic drinks with non alcoholic drinks? I switched to non alcoholic cocktails and non alcoholic beer which has become very common and quite good where I’m from. So this allows me to continue to hang out and socialize with friends as usual. I don’t have to turn down going to a bar with them and I can bring my own beverages to parties. It won’t help loosen you up, but you can still socialize like you always do without making a big thing of the fact that you’re off alcohol.

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    • MisterNeon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m not gonna lie, being around drunks while sober is obnoxious. Also Trump took my job so it’s not like I got the money to spare to buy virgin drinks.

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  • recklessengagement@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Do not fear the solace that comes with raising your standards.

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  • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why are you lonely? Why not do things that don’t involve alcohol?

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  • Aarrodri@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why give up all? Can’t control only a few?

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    • bollybing@lemmynsfw.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      When you don’t drink often, drinking just a little might not be worth the downsides. You lose tolerance for alcohol fast, and you realise that getting a buzz doesn’t actually feel that great, and isn’t worth feeling worse the next day which can happen after just a couple of beers.

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    • Tujio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not OP, but that’s an incredibly common situation.

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    • MisterNeon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Cholesterol, weight, and high blood pressure. I’m getting older.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  so kurzgesagt got a DUI conviction, huh?

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  • Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You know Kurzgesagt isn’t a person, right? It’s German for “in a nutshell”. (Litetally “shortly said”.) It’s a production studio.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      yes. you may be familiar with the common trope in the legal system of:
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      maybe not.

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• kinther@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Interesting video. It seems likely that the trend of young people drinking less will continue. It’s so different than when I was younger in the early 2000s.

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• romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Just watched today. I’m glad that I am not seeing alcoholic friends anymore. I am very lightweight (or u can say efficient at getting drunk) so didn’t enjoy drinking to match friend’s level of drinking

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