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Can anyone explain why? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 36 points 9 months ago (4 children)

There’s part of it but also anecdotally a lot of us are aware that alcohol in pretty much any quality has negative effects and therefore don’t drink at all. There’s a lot less pressure to drink than in expect there was for other generations, it’s pretty normal for me to meet other people who prefer not to drink.

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    alcohol in pretty much any quality has negative effects

    The key is that this guidance came out somewhere between millennial and gen z coming of age.

    When I was a child the TV news would run "health" stories about how moderate amounts of red wine are good for you. It turned out those studies were funded by the alcohol industry.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Man I went to a party last week, had one glass of red wine and no other alcohol, and woke up the next morning with a killer headache. I’m 42 and not much of a drinker but this kind of reaction made me think it was specifically the red wine. I ain’t doing that again for a long while, if ever.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Now this is a half remembered anecdote so... pinch of salt.

    But I do remeber something about some people having negative reactions to the tannins in red wine. So it might not so much be the alcohol.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Low quality wine is much worse than its alcohol content.

    Random personal anecdote: I can’t drink stout beers anymore. A single one gives me the worst hangovers. Same quantity of alcohol in other beverages doesn’t have nearly the same effects.

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