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>Honestly, one bottle of beer turns me from a chronically melancholic and outright boring person, to a functioning, social human being.

>So, I call BS.

You, not others. You, who is but one single data point in a vast sea of data points.



Many of the comments here are making universal claims “for our species”, pointing out this isn’t the case “for me” is a reasonable refutation that doesn’t require belaboring the point that it is for the person.


The original piece that this entire thread is about links to multiple studies that support it's claims. OP's comment just says, "Well, I don't experience this, so I call BS". Sure, you don't, and that's fine (I'm happy that them and others in this thread have different experiences - good for them!), but that doesn't mean that we, nor even yourself, should immediately dismiss it entirely.


you and your "data points" are in need of a bottle of beer I suppose


I'm an alcoholic, but thanks. Care to eschew your sarcasm and have a discussion about why we should use how OP's body responds to alcohol as the primary reason to cast this entire article (that came with cited studies) as "bullshit"? Because that's all my point was.


well then no beer for you - I understood wheel's point as mostly hinting at alcohol serving a purpose as a social lubricant. and that's pretty established and well-observable. doesn't form an imperative, though. to call "BS" on the podcast's content is of course a bit over the top.





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