• vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    While that may be true, there are plenty of instances where alcohol consumption is better than drinking water. Drink wine to avoid ringworms type shit.

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          3 days ago

          I’m no doctor but I’m gonna guess there’s like … actual medicine you can take for that instead of using alcohol as a method of treatment

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            3 days ago

            It’s technically preventative, also its more a historical issue. Basically a lot of water sources were contaminated with parasites, metals, and just general nastiness which resulted in people using juice, wine, and beer as a replacement. This cultural element lost a lot of pressure towards the end of the 1800s going into the 1900s and was even an element of prohibition the argument being that water was clean alcohol was no longer needed. Which is stupid but whatever.

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      3 days ago

      Okaaay, suspect, but whatever. That’s 1. What are the rest of the “plenty of instances where alcohol consumption is better than drinking water?”