Americans Are Drinking More Alcohol Than in 2019 (axios.com) 80
Americans reported drinking alcohol more frequently and in higher quantities since last year, according to a study published in JAMA. From a report: Excessive alcohol consumption may cause or worsen mental health problems, such as anxiety or depression. Experts have also warned the stress of the pandemic has fomented alcohol and drug abuse. The greatest changes were among women and people 30 to 59 years old. On average, alcohol was consumed one day more per month by three of four adults. Frequency of alcohol consumption for women increased by 17%. Heavy drinking among women -- four or more drinks within a few hours -- spiked 41% since 2019. Adults aged 30 to 59 years increased their drinking by 19% since last year.
Remember when.... (Score:5, Funny)
Drinking alone while staring at a computer screen used to be considered "bad." Now it's a virtual happy hour and encouraged for team building. :)
Re:I know why (Score:5, Funny)
precisely, anybody who watched the debate last night would have likely drank themselves to sleep
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precisely, anybody who watched the debate last night would have likely drank themselves to sleep
Make it a drinking game. Whenever Trump says "millions and millions", drink. Whenever Biden loses his train of thought, drink. If Biden's eye does that weird thing and fills up with blood again, chug the whole bottle.
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Honestly, I did not see Biden's eye 'fill up with blood', maybe it was his soul weeping for America
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Here's the story. [newsbreak.com]
Kamala Harris is already talking about "The Harris Administration". She must know something the public doesn't.
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Oh, that was from a year ago... gotcha
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I know of a few people who tried to play the "every time someone interrupts or talks over someone else" version of the debate drinking game. I think they were responsible for the total increased consumption. My condolences go out to all of the similarly affected families who lost their loved ones to extreme alcohol poisoning.
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I had thought I might send out a Debate Drinking Game rules to friends, but I decided that all of them would be dead from alcohol poisoning if I did that.
Irony (Score:2, Flamebait)
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"Peace broke out in the Middle East today as the president spent his third day in a row sleeping in and doing nothing at all."
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And this is what a fuckwit would take away from Americas headlines
Don't tell me, you watch fox news, huh?
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You get your news from youtube and then try to snark on reddit? Sad.
Your lies are so transparent, you should be embarrassed. Just like Trump, you are weak and spineless, a simpering man-child that stronger people hold in utter contempt. You are a failure and a drain on everyone and everything around you.
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Yep, bait for folks who despise weakness, but who secretly know they are weak. I.E. the entire right wing, every fascist and conservative everywhere.
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Liberals serve in the military, too, it doesn't make conservatives special. And to be frank, most ex military conservatives go to pot in five years or so, just fat old gas bags with bad hearts and wives with black eyes. Oh, but it's that 'PTSD' that makes them violent.
Being physically "tough" doesn't mean you won't break like a small child and lash out when your emotional defenses are breached. Weak people are easily led, because they don't examine themselves, too scared of what they will find. Being strong
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The right aren't ones to talk about emotional outbursts. Just look at what two guys kissing does to most conservatives. Or, heaven forbid, what a black president does to your warped little minds. "Oh no! He's eating THE WRONG MUSTARD!" Dude, that was a thing. You all freaked the fuck out over MUSTARD. You don't get to fucking talk shit about being "emotional."
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-1 Insightful, nice.
It is pretty worrying that he won't condemn white supremacists or confirm that he will accept the election result. You would think those would be two very easy things to do, especially given is propensity for lying.
Re:I know why (Score:4, Insightful)
"Proud Boys stand back and stand by" sounds like an instruction. That's how they are interpreting it on social media.
I'd hope he would clarify but I doubt he will.
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And while everyone is busy trying to figure out what that means, he could be slipping 10 more executive orders that will serve as hidden time bombs of instability to kick in next year. Or he could be getting FISA warrants to wiretap Biden. Hell anything is really possible if you keep an open mind. For all you know, he is convinced he is going to win, and is expecting a bunch of sore losers to riot and set fires like last time, so he told them to stand by like they did in portland. All I know for sure, is th
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Being cynical doesn't make you seem smart. Cynicism is the laziest philosophy. It allows you to think of yourself as superior to others without having to do any analysis beyond "It's all shit." Do better.
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Funny, he owes $420 million and US banks won't touch him, how do you think that eliminates and Russia angle?
afaic, this just adds weight to the allegation since a President NOT mired in foreign debt would be far less of a threat to the US via foreign malfeasance
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It doesnt prove anything other than $420 million in debt. We knew that years ago. Hes not the only one, you know, that does that. Its a southern expression but have you ever heard the term putting on airs? You also dont have to be in debt to take bribes either. Like a $100 million dollar ‘charity’ donation to your charity, that pays you lucratively, right after you agree to agree to the sale. Its not that I disagree with you, its that I dont think any exist. Its like a friend put it last night;
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$420 million debt to foreign interests (Deutsche Bank AG _is_ a foreign interest) is a weakness, a leverage point, the sort of thing that a politician would tend to HIDE from the voters, no matter how you try and spin it
Sure, Biden can lose it, but just like 4 years ago, this election is for trump to steal, and he is going to try to do it in front of the public eyes with a million paid shills gaslighting us and telling us that it is not happening
I happily invite you to go fuck yourself
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I’m not sure you understand the term gaslighting. If anything, what you are trying to describe is doublethink. I find gaslighting gets misused a lot. Surely you do not believe you need to be committed to the asylum.
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I know exactly what gaslighting is and am aware you are attempting to demonstrate it
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or a group covertly sows seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or group, making them question their own memory, perception, or judgment, often evoking in them cognitive dissonance and other changes, including low self-esteem. Using denial, misdirection, contradiction, and misinformation, gaslighting involves attempts to destabilize the victim and delegit
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Wrong. Gaslighting is literally a metaphor that came about from a movie (Gaslight). You should watch it. The term does not predate the movie, and adding examples that did not actually occur in the movie is just another example of misuse. Much like irregardless now appears in Websters, and literally now has a definition to include figuratively.
If if did not occur in the movie, its a stolen and misused word altered from its original meaning. Much like gay used to mean happy, and a fag was a cigarette butt. Tr
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In the movie "Gaslight" the male lead kept turning down the gas lights and telling his wife that it was not any darker, that she should not believe her own eyes.
Since that time, it has become commonly used to describe situations were sociopaths try to lie to people and convince them not to believe their own eyes.
You, on the other hand, are now trying to use double-speak by using language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words.
lame but amusing nonetheless
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Drink to celebrate or drink to forget.
Either way everyone is drinking!
Reminds of the Southpark episode, About Last Night. The boys run to a hospital to find it overrun. The doctor asks, were they Obama supporters or McCain supporters. Knowing that the doctor knows the treatment for either attempted suicide or party too hard.
And, in other news... (Score:5, Funny)
Ursine mammals defecate in sylvan settings.
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Conversely (Score:2)
Re:Conversely (Score:5, Interesting)
The issues of the times, being mostly cooped up at home, Being fed with Divisive and angry media, without any sense that anyone is trying to make things better. People on the verge of being evicted, or at least building up enough debt, that they will be evicted when allowed.
A lot of people who have Anxiety or Depression at a normally functional level. Is now in a case where they are having less control to help themselves, which makes it worse.
I am a light Drinker myself (My wife is chronically ill and on Pain Meds, plus her family has an issue of Alcoholism, so my house is dry). I only drink while I am with a group of friends who are also drinking, then I may only have 1 or 2 drinks, and say it is enough. However Lately I have been going to my friend wanna hang out, just so I can get a drink, where I can a few minutes of feeling less anxious about everything.
You may be surprised on how many people with Mental Health Problems they are, most of them are undiagnosed, because they can handle it normally. For me my normal Anxiety is having to pick up the phone to call someone is a lot like having to get up in the morning even though you are still tired. You can do it, it just doesn't feel good. However lately for me it has been increasing to a point where I am now slightly more agitated, and things that never bothered me before are getting annoying. I can still manage, and it isn't like I am going to going to drink just to drink. But to drink while with friends doing something fun as well. However many people have it much worse then me, plus there are a lot of good things happening to me too, so I can use my rational brain to remind me of that.
However there is no surprise that people are drinking more. As we are feeling a lot more powerless than we use to be.
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Being fed with Divisive and angry media, without any sense that anyone is trying to make things better.
Because no one is. Police departments around the country should be standing up and saying they will be changing their training to emphasize de-escalation, not go-for-the-gun, that they will be divesting themselves of MRAPs and other completely inappropriate military equipmrnt, that they will move former military who had seen combat to desk jobs, and that they will move control of body cam footage out of the police department to some other part of city government and fire any officer who turns off his body
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Off topic? What a weird moderation. I give advice to walk away from the angry divisive media that drives people to drink and get modded off topic. Brilliant.
Drinking it? or taking a bath in it? (Score:3)
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You mean the same way some others use these practical, cylindrical air filters to make sure they only breathe filtered air?
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You need 70% (140 proof) or better to be good as a disinfectant. It'd be interesting to see if there was a massive spike in 151 or Everclear sales.
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You need 70% (140 proof) or better to be good as a disinfectant. It'd be interesting to see if there was a massive spike in 151 or Everclear sales.
Actually, you want 70%, not more [gotopac.com] for disinfecting, so the Everclear is probably pretty not flying off the shelves, but the 151 might be (if it wasn't discontinued 4 years ago). The higher percentage stuff is for cleaning things that need quicker evaporation (circuit boards for example).
Who can blame them? (Score:1)
For most people, an extra drink a week, or extra few drinks an additional day a month, isn't going to be a problem.
The problem is with those few who are having an extra five-ten drinks every week. Which, given the situation (pandemic, politics, home-schooling) is still probably understandable. It could just be coping with having a (even only mildly) abusive person in the house all the time now.
Let's see what the numbers are in 2022 - I'm assuming 2021 will be more of the same for most people as any vaccine
Re:Who can blame them? (Score:4, Funny)
For most people, an extra drink a week, or extra few drinks an additional day a month, isn't going to be a problem.
The problem is with those few who are having an extra five-ten drinks every week. Which, given the situation (pandemic, politics, home-schooling) is still probably understandable. It could just be coping with having a (even only mildly) abusive person in the house all the time now.
Let's see what the numbers are in 2022 - I'm assuming 2021 will be more of the same for most people as any vaccine won't roll out instantaneously.
5-10 extra a week? what about 5-10 extra a day?
I did watch some of the "debate" last night. I compared it to two alzheimers patients slap fighting in the "special" wing of the nursing home.
Who Knew? (Score:2)
After Last night's "debate" - Cage Match (Score:2)
It's clear to me why more drinking is going on...
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He should have been armed with a super soaker.
"Bad dog! Off the couch! Now! *squirt*"
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He should have been armed with a super soaker.
"Bad dog! Off the couch! Now! *squirt*"
I like it.. OR..
We could go with the moderator having an air-horn..
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what about the clear Tighter?
Ah, yes.. the grammar inspector arrives. I wondered how long it would take after I posted that. Yea, I have a spelling problem that spell checkers don't help me with.
Never the less.. You understood what I intended, so why complain?
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I drink more at home (Score:2)
People out of work (Score:2)
Also, the local cantina never closed down during the pandemic. Neither did the pot shops.
Quick solution... (Score:3)
Legalize weed.
Cheers! (Score:2)
I do not see the problem. Unless the number of alcohol abusers raises significantly, this is no cause for concern.
Fortunately (Score:2)
Fastest way for drink to kill is driving drunk.
yep (Score:1)
I'm an over acheiver (Score:2)
Found it (Score:1)
I was wondering what the bottom story of the year could possibly be - now I know.
Correlation != Causation (but it might) (Score:2)
Not unexpected. (Score:4, Interesting)
1. People are stuck at home, with less sources of entertainment and stress reduction.
2. Not expecting to be driving anywhere, so might as well have that extra drink. Because you are not going anywhere.
3. There is no sign of middle of the road politics, Either you are an Enemy of the State, or the Enemy of the State is out to get you.
4. Many Business are closed, many people lost their jobs, many people are working from home. (I liked to go to the office, to escape the stresses of my home, and go home to escape the stresses of work, they are different stresses, so I can handle them much easier when they are separate)
2020 Just Sucks While Covid-19 is the largest influence. there are other things happening that are not helping us work around the primary problem.
less than twenty percent increase? (Score:2)
So covid has hardly contributed to drinking at all. Are people using other chemicals instead? I'm suspecting mostly not. So most are still going to work, and even those working from home are drinking just a wee bit more.
Not surprised (Score:2)
Now I understand... (Score:2)
...why we can't get any hand sanitizer.
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I will admit (Score:2)
I am having a drink more often than in "normal times", although generally I'm still limiting myself to one drink when I do imbibe - largely because I know I don't have to get up at 6am the next day to go to work.
I used to only drink on weekends because I wouldn't have to get up early the following morning. But now, sleeping until 8 and then commuting all of 30 feet has been a luxury - for many reasons.
No big mystery to me why that is (Score:2)
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Like some third world country where warlords and their armed gangs running around.
We have a leader who has encouraged them. Stand back and stand by!
SERIOUSLY! The President of so-called law and order encouraging a gang?!
And pretending that a few jackasses who show up at peaceful protests dressed in all black, destroying property, and exclai
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Opiate of the masses (Score:2)
Wrong! The opiate of the masses is literal [synthetic] opium.
Ya think? (Score:1)
Alcohol: Can it help relieve stress? (Score:1)