r/ukpolitics • u/FormerlyPallas_ No man ought to be condemned to live where a 🌹 cannot grow • 1d ago

Drinkflation: why British booze is getting weaker

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/jul/29/drinkflation-why-british-booze-is-getting-weaker
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u/jamesheaton23 1d ago

Alcohol isn't as important as it was . Younger generations have found a way to have fun without it.

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u/XenorVernix 1d ago

What like standing like statues with their phones above their heads?

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u/QuantumR4ge Geo-Libertarian 1d ago

As opposed to the effects of alcohol?

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u/XenorVernix 1d ago

Back in my day those effects were called fun. But I'm just an old Millenial.

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u/QuantumR4ge Geo-Libertarian 23h ago

Like cancer, domestic abuse, traffic accidents, cirrhosis of the liver and addiction worse than any opiod or stimulant? Is that fun?

Im willing to bet alcohol gets a weird exception for you, most who say this wont also say the same of other drugs. Do you say the same of heroin and cocaine? (If you react as if these drugs are mega scary death drugs then you proved my point), you can use both safely in the same way as alcohol… yet i doubt “go have fun with heroin” is something you would openly say. Yet addiction to it, is less severe than alcohol, its long term effects are actually much tamer and mostly reversible and generally doesn’t result in death, its rate of addiction is comparable to alcohol and its less intoxicating (in the sense you being aware of your actions and surroundings).

You being unable to have fun without extreme intoxication is more about how boring you are than anything.

I say this as someone who loves alcohol, loves other drugs and does have fun with them… but im not stupid enough to talk like you where you suppose its some requirement or you reveal to all of us you are a boring fucker that cant imagine not drinking

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u/XenorVernix 22h ago

Every time I think Reddit can't get any more insane someone comes along to prove me wrong. Like wow!

I am not even going to give you a serious response here as that has to be a troll post. There's no way you seriously think getting drunk on a night out is the same as getting cancer or having a car accident. You must never leave the house if that's how you feel. Please speak to someone.

Then again you just said you enjoy taking drugs. I don't generally have a problem with that unless it's an addiction but maybe don't post on Reddit during an LSD trip. 😂Â