[fleischhauf]

that's the thing, the more people do it the more it gets accepted. the same is happening with drugs for example.

[prmoustache]

And the more it is diluted by the sheer number of people involved in it.

[lotsofpulp]

All the data I keep seeing suggests drug use (including alcohol) is on the decline.

https://nida.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/2023/12/repor...

[standardUser]

That's only young people.

[random9749832]

It is worse here because it is competitive as well. People get incentivised to do things they normally wouldn't in order to please whatever algorithm is driving the content on the site. A race to the bottom.