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by brookst
741 days ago
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Well said, but I think some of this boils down to people who prefer prescriptive versus descriptive health and diet info. I’m similar in that I’ll drink more or less based on environment; a vacation on the beach, I’ll probably drink more. A vacation in the Middle East, I’ll likely drink not at all. But I don’t really care. I’ll enjoy drinks sometimes and skip others. Some people really just want to have best practices defined for them, like they can be happy if they check the right boxes. |
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I am trying to interpret what you said in the best possible way, but I'm not sure how. Maybe you don't have alcohol problems, but some people do (like I used to) and they absolutely should control their alcohol intake. Maybe you don't have obesity problem, but some people do, and they absolutely should count calories.
Maybe you rebuttal is "obviously if you have problem with X you should improve your X", but then your statement comes off a vacuously true.
Even worse, your sage advice may make it worse and make people think that their alcoholism/obesity is not a problem, because they just eat/drink what they enjoy, as much as they want. Believe me, as a (former?) alcoholic, "it's ok to drink as long as you are great at your job and healthy" is exactly what I wanted to hear (and believe).