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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
But I challenge the rest. I agree lack of socialization is a huge problem. I disagree that alcohol is important to that.
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It’s important to a lot of people who currently drink - which is relevant to the question we’re addressing of whether people should stop drinking. It’s a safe bet that if every bar and taphouse in the city stopped selling alcohol, most would go out of business and most of their clientele would socialize less.
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
At the company I work at, we have consistent feedback from younger staff members that they don't like that alcohol is part of every company event.
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Yes, young people are drinking less. But they aren’t replacing after-work drinks with other activities - they’re simply socializing less. With co-workers and with peers in general.
Alcohol obviously isn’t for everybody. There’s a lot of bad consequences from alcohol consumption. But it also has some benefits that we’re losing as it declines.