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Elo comments on LessWrong experience on Alcohol - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Elo 17 April 2015 01:19AM

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Comment author: Elo 20 April 2015 11:46:09PM *  1 point [-]

my interpretation of your post seems to go:

you are wrong

you have social fear and thats your problem

I have more experience therefore you are wrong

even if you say I am wrong you are wrong

everyone is wrong and needs to get out more

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now I assume what you meant to say was:

antisocial people have little experience in social situations and their experience cannot be relied upon

in my experience, not liking alcohol is a bad excuse to not be social

there are many benefits to being social and getting out more, and I would encourage everyone to do it

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the first one sounds rude and unhelpful, the second one is more helpful.

My hypothesis was: "people taste differently and therefore liking and disliking alcohol is: 1. less of a big deal around people who understand this 2. subject to complex human experience"

I was looking for other people's experience on the matter because I have come to terms with my not-drinking in social situations and stumbled upon a reasonable explanation and others might find that helpful to have.

generally - things tasting bad is a very good reason to not taste them as often as things that taste good. (subject to health reasons)

I am a super-social person and alcohol does not get in my way, what gets in my way more is deciding how to buy a round of drinks for people correctly in a social situation when I am not drinking. (I often drive which does not help)

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