Comment on It's impossible to defend any amount of alcohol consumption without sounding like an alcoholic.
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 5 days ago
“I drink infrequently”
“I drink a few drinks a month”
“I dont drink more than a few times a year.”
Nah, there are lots of ways to do this
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
“Why don’t you just stop drinking for good then?”
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That would be an extraordinarily rude response to those statements and I would seek to stay way the fuck away from anyone with that obvious of a behavioral issue.
AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 5 days ago
“Because my consumption isn’t problematic.”
Like the person who is only drinking a half dozen times a year doesn’t have a relationship with alcohol at all. They don’t even think about it in a regular day. The only person who would hear a red flag in those responses is someone who does have a relationship with alcohol, and it’s probably not a good one.
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
But that’s exactly what an alcoholic would say
AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Sure, but this interpretation is almost entirely subjective to you. Most people don’t think in shades of alcoholic.
MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I think you need to learn what non-problematic drinking is. Most people do not have a problem and your responses ITT are quite childish and ignorant
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You can’t explain anything to people who will intentionally misunderstand you and assume the worse.
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Cause they want to have “a drink” occasionally.