The Pros and Cons of Alcohol

less than 1m read

·Nov 7, 2024

What alcohol does is it narrows your focus to the present, and it makes you opaque to threats. Essentially, so it's quite fun in that regard, because it allows you to be enthusiastic without any concern for the future.

The problem with that is you tend to act like a jackass, but there's an advantage too. It's like, 'cause I wonder about this when you have men and women who are on the front lines, and they're putting their life at risk, and they've been there for like a week and a half.

They go off and they have a couple of days off, and they want to blow off some steam. So they have a rius party, and rius parties are where stupid things happen. But having said that, I don't exactly understand how much steam you do have to blow off in order to be able to tolerate the life that you're leading— that high stress, anything is possible at a moment's notice life.

I've already said I know what alcohol contributes to these sorts of situations, but by the same token, you know, it's like how much do people need to let off steam?

8 WAYS HOW KINDNESS WILL RUIN YOUR LIFE | STOICISM INSIGHTS

LC natural response example

View All

Continental Drift 101 | National Geographic

Talk about the ultimate breakup. Europe and Africa have been splitting apart from the American continents for millions of years at a rate of approximately 2.5 cm per year. The continents are moving about as fast as our fingernails grow. As they continue t…

Here's what would happen if ALL humans completely disappeared

Foreign. It’s 9:41 AM. We’ve just woken up and brewed yourself a cup of coffee. Outside your window, you see the normal bustle of cars honking at a busy intersection, people waiting in clumps across the street, either mouthing conversations you can’t hear…

Is rising inequality necessarily bad

The word inequality, by its very nature, at least sounds a little bit unfair. Obviously, everyone’s not getting the same thing; they’re not getting the same income, or they don’t have the same wealth. But a question needs to be asked: Is this necessarily …

How Spiders Use Electricity to Fly | Decoder

When you think of flying animals, what do you think of? Birds, butterflies, or bees might first come to mind, but what about spiders? Even though they don’t have wings, it turns out that spiders are actually some of nature’s best aviators. So, how do spi…

a day full of eating in Tokyo,Japan 🍣~ spend the day with me🇯🇵

Today I’m taking you along for a day in my life in Tokyo, which is going to be full of eating, and we’re gonna discover so many yummy foods. I woke up early, feeling fresh and ready to start the day. I took a moment to admire the city from my window, the …

The Controversial Physics of Curling - COLD HARD SCIENCE - Smarter Every Day 111

Hey, it’s me Destin, welcome back to Smarter Every Day. So in the last episode, I explained that it’s not always the most athletic team that wins in sport; sometimes it involves the physical manipulation of objects, so sometimes it’s the most intelligent …

The Pros and Cons of Alcohol

More Articles