[pitched]

HN is social media. I’m learning this on social media. That’s a good thing. [1]

What alcohol helps with is forming connections with other people. It lowers barriers to sharing and those connections are important. [2]

In a world in the middle of “loneliness epidemics”, these are more important than ever. Getting drunk obviously doesn’t help though. Neither does yelling at everything on Facebook for hours.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_reserve [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_support

[d3Xt3r]

HN isn't social media, it's a social news network[1] and maybe a forum, which is very different from social media.

Regarding your second argument, while forming connections is good, cancer isn't. I don't know if it's worth getting cancer to make connections.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News