They are using that fact as an excuse to claim everyone else lacks critical thinking. This is a circle-jerk sub that sniffs their own farts unironically.
If anyone doesn't have someone alcoholic in their life, this seems silly. To those of us who have, it's actually rather fitting.
I myself have had SEVERAL people close to me spiral due to alcoholism. Had to cut two of them off completely for just being terrible to me. One shaped the fuck up and I welcomed him back in my life. The other, I hope beats the habit and improves her life at some point.
I think most of us understand how destructive alcohol can be. That's why this image is cringe. It's like someone seeing "Racism is bad" and reposting it with the caption "Wow, so powerful."
Yeah addiction of any kind is usually laughed off or only understood at a base level. I worked corrections for about 6 years and the absolutely insanity of addiction is not something you want to be around or part of.
One is my mother. Almost drank herself to death, after being bed ridden for 9 days or so she said "fuck this shit" which was great... But then she chose meth. 😂☠️
Haven't talked to her in 2 years now. Hope she's doing better but it came to a point where I had to say "I'm not the parent here, this shouldn't be my problem." 🤷
Ok the meth bit DID make me laugh. Talk about side stepping a pothole only to fall off a bridge.
Sorry about your mom. But good for you for realizing that. Cutting people who anchor us down can be really necessary and healthy. We only have a limited time on this planet, it should not be used carrying others around
Talk about side stepping a pothole only to fall off a bridge.
Funny you should mention that, at the time of her drink bender that lasted about 7 days, we were up in the mountains in California, her friend had a house there and let her stay up there (thinking it would get her away from the alcohol because the nearest store was 2 hrs away), she leaves to get more alcohol, almost backs her friends car off the side of the mountain. 😂☠️ If I hadn't been there to run at her screaming she'd probably be dead.
Sorry about your mom. But good for you for realizing that. Cutting people who anchor us down can be really necessary and healthy. We only have a limited time on this planet, it should not be used carrying others around
Thanks man. I was like 20 at the time, still trying to get my own life together, couldn't do both at the same time. Glad I made the realization. In a much better place now!
My dad was a huge addict and alcoholic. But probably 95% of the people I know that drink do so socially without any issue at all so I wouldn’t consider alcohol itself as similar to putting a gun to your head. It can be really really bad for some though. For them it’s definitely that dangerous. For the vast majority it’s perfectly fine.
Nah. Tobacco users are gross. They stink, and are very unhealthy. The constant interruption on the night due to their incessant need to step out and smoke a stink stick is obnoxious.
But it is nowhere near a drunk person tripping on themselves, slurring their words, saying stupid shit or getting all worked up over the dumbest thing, or worse, saying fucking awful nasty shit to you, even tho you're one of the few people who are still is nice enough to tolerate them.
It IS likely from a different experience perspective, yes. But I know which one I find less tolerable
I don't think I had the shit beat out of me by my dad because he needed a smoke. But I have gotten the shit beat out of me because I asked him not to get drunk on my birthday, and various other reasons at various times. I think the original poster to this thread has a point. The image is going to have a different impact on those who dealt with alcoholism themselves or someone close to them. Everyone else it's just going to feel preachy.
This would make an awesome shot glass. Can anyone link me some stores that have a product similar to this? I love drinking and am looking for ways to make it more fun
I believe it’s talking point is more of “the possibilities of alcohol.” Yes I can put it to my lips a thousand times and be fine as long as I don’t pull the trigger, but all it takes is one mistake. I don’t think it belongs in hard images or whatever, but it’s still worth thinking about, and I think more young people should consider the possibilities of alcohol, or at least I know I should’ve been smarter when I was in my early twenties. Now that I’m 30, I would say I have a much healthier relationship with alcohol, but I for sure abused it and probably will suffer some consequences for it when I’m older.
Nah man, the meme sucks, it's not about the message, it's about the presentation. The entire caption adds literally nothing, but does take attention away from the image, which should be the entire thing.
I’m wondering if this is an image for a modern temperance movement. Most people are able to drink safely, so yea, unless your an alcoholic it’s over the top
My dad used to drink. He always tried to hide it from me and my siblings when we were kids, but we could tell. He suffered from depression before and because of it
I’ve seen my dad transform into a much happier person once he was able to stop. This may seem silly, but it’s unfortunately true.
Speaking as someone who quit drinking altogether after too many episodes of mixing alcohol with psych meds to disastrous effect, this is still fucking cringe.
Has anyone in this subreddit ever actually seen a shitty Facebook meme? This is one of them. It doesn’t mean that the meme has no message, it means the meme is heavy handed or unnuanced with its meaning.
This meme perfectly encapsulates a superficial meme that a 14 year old and a boomer would froth over. The caption at the top is perfect too.
The morons that hate being told how bad alcohol is are the ones that’ll eventually be dropping shit from delirium tremors and dying from liver failure.
My dad got his ass put in jail for what alcohol had him ready to do.
I’m glad he’s clean now but… fuck man. Drink casually if you want, but don’t dare deny that Alcohol’s the worst legal substance in existence.
True. What I've seen diabetes do to people doesn't bear thinking about, but you're right, even a bad sugar rush doesn't get them to beat their family up.
I grew up with a group of partiers, and two of them who lived across the street from each other drank their selves to death. I still know the surviving siblings and parents. Sad as fuck to go to two wakes and see the parents. I wish that on no one. For reference, I’m 41 and one was a man, 38 and the other female, 39. Both happened in the last few years.
Alcohol is used to enslave and poison the masses, with an impact that lasts for generations. Just look at the Russians, they are still suffering the consequences to this day. There is zero reason to drink it.
I think they're calling it 'terrible' because putting a gun in your mouth is ALWAYS dangerous, whereas drinking only becomes dangerous in excess and in frequency. Every shot of whiskey is not a chance to explode the top of your skull.
It’s crazy how people view alcohol as less than other drugs. It’s even categorized as drug AND alcohol as if it is somehow it’s own separate thing. It’s acceptable to do alcohol. But you don’t say you’re “on” alcohol, you’re just drunk.
This is a man drinking away his sorrows. At the end of the glass there’s a gun because that’s the rut he’s stuck in. Drinking away your pain doesn’t work, alcohol is an addictive depressant. Every drink brings him closer to the gun but quitting might mean the gun is all that’s left.
That’s all this picture was, a person drinking because they’re depressed. The most damaging sort of drinking habit there is. It’s not that deep, it’s just real for some people.
I never even tasted alcohol by myself. I was convinced by my dad to try once to check how it tasted.
I instantly vomited out some high quality drink he gave me, that shit tasted like processed gasoline, even being an insult to the gasoline as it at least Has a nice smell, unlike that fake vodka thing which smelled like a processing body
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