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Alcohol is the root of 62 diseases and a partial cause of dozens more (hsph.harvard.edu)
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[–] 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

So you're telling me without alcohol I could have spent my life picking berries before I died of a toothache at 25? And instead I'm reading excel sheets and will die a prolonged death after years of chemo at 85?

Damn alcohol really is the cause of all my problems...

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    No one is forcing you to brush your teeth.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    True, but its illegal for me to wander my neighborhood and pick berries from "private property"

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Realistically, if you eat out of trash cans you'll have the same experience, and if you're quiet and neat, no one will report you.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    The "dying at 25" thing is the result of a common misrepresentation of data. Infant mortality rates were significantly higher in the past, so the average gets thrown off. But, if you remove those data points (to reflect post-infancy mortality), you'd be living roughly the same amount of time.

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