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Warpy

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4. Yeah, you and the rest of the human race

Sun May 4, 2014, 05:26 PM

May 2014

I love hysterical articles like this one proving alcohol is the demon drug and a sip at a party twice a year is going to make you dead of cancer the next.

Our ancestors lived on alcohol because water was not safe to drink unless boiled and if you've ever had boiled water to drink, you know it's not pleasant. It was better to add honey or malted barley and let it ferment for a while and that would give you water that was more pleasant to drink combined with alcohol that killed the bugs in it.

This zero tolerance stuff is for people with zero critical thinking skills and zero brain power.

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The most depressing news-No Amount of Alcohol Is Safe [View all] n2doc May 2014 OP

I'm fucked. Enthusiast May 2014 #1

+1000 JustAnotherGen May 2014 #2

Yeah, you and the rest of the human race Warpy May 2014 #4

What he said ^^ n/t lordsummerisle May 2014 #14

Not depressing to me. ForgoTheConsequence May 2014 #3

It says in the post lordsummerisle May 2014 #5

It means the risk is never zero n2doc May 2014 #6

not contradictory -- the risk starts with the first drink and increases from there. unblock May 2014 #8

Grape juice lordsummerisle May 2014 #11

yes. well. not sure what that has to do with longevity or cancer or health. unblock May 2014 #17

But IIRC, alcohol reduces heart disease, too MannyGoldstein May 2014 #7

that answers a different question unblock May 2014 #9

Strictly true on being a different question, but MannyGoldstein May 2014 #10

not as many studies about grape, but the key compounds are very similar unblock May 2014 #16

I can't wait for the next health scare lordsummerisle May 2014 #12

So what happened to the thing about red wine in moderation SheilaT May 2014 #13

I would tell my Seventh-Day Adventists friends about this lordsummerisle May 2014 #15