I really don’t understand this site’s/reddit’s fear of alcohol. Moderate drinking is not a problem. And it does assist with socializing, which seems like it would be beneficial for most people on here.

The idea that people here are afraid of/resistant to drinking, yet will use cannabis and other materials seems very strange. Just go to the bar and meet some people - it’s fun and it won’t hurt you. Alcoholism is obviously an issue, but alcoholism isn’t caused by moderate drinking. Just don’t be an idiot and you don’t have anything to worry about

There’s a loneliness epidemic and low alcohol consumption rates are a contributor to that

Getting drunk and then talking to a bunch of people you don’t know is how people meet people. That’s an essential and long running aspect of human socialization.

If you regularly talk to new people and make friends in other ways then that’s fine. But clearly the majority of Lemmy/Reddit users aren’t doing that. And young people in general aren’t doing it either. Meeting strangers irl and chatting them up is how you make friends and alcohol facilitates that

“No I’m not alienated by society because of my dehumanizing conditions of work, life, and complete hatred and fear of an Other, I just have a pathological need to estrange myself into complete darkness in a blindingly bright city to regressively consume enormities of the richest foodstuff my blood money can buy in a vain attempt to feel actualized at the core of my being.”

Alcohol has been an essential facilitating element of human socialization in every human civilization since Mesopotamia

Which is cool

Muslims need to sack up and realize there’s a lot of Muslims out there that are creepy. It’s up to you as a stand up Muslim to call these creepy Muslims out when they act up. Normal people don’t owe you anything, you stand up for them because it’s the right thing to do, and not because you want acceptance.

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It’s time for men like you to realise that

Why are you talking to a 15 year old like that?

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That’s not what he’s alleging. He’s implying that she has a network and team that will destroy people who publicly oppose her

Our goal should be to resist and overcome those harmful instincts. That’s kinda the purpose of ethics/morality

Whereas her “art” seems to encourage us to give into our base impulses of vindictiveness, scorn, petty jealousy, grudges, etc.

Not a very Christlike role model. Which is ironic given the protestant religious/cultural upbringing of much of her fanbase

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-33678225

She’s a lawful evil devil who seems to be very mean and very manipulative

Aka, a billionaire

She treats people horribly.

But you don’t become the biggest pop star ever with a completely healthy upbringing, either, right?

Paul McCartney had, by all accounts, an idyllic childhood

You know what else regularly grinds up and destroys children?

Poverty.

Which occurs to far more millions of people than whatever tf this princess went through

What is the point in ever defending a billionaire for any reason?

Getting rid of the NCR is ludicrous and is blatantly just Bethesda diminishing the creations of everyone who isn’t Bethesda.

3 and 4 are the worst stories in the series. Yet Bethesda seems intent on making them the main stories.

I am dreading seeing how they incorporate New Vegas given what they did to the NCR. I would rather that they not even touch it at this point