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[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 76 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Police said that the father-son duo would often get drunk and fight with each other. The mother left the home last week when Deepak beat her up.

I know this will piss people off but alcohol has to be one of the worst drugs. People, and I've been there, make horrible decisions when they're drunk. Obviously not everyone but man, "hold my beer" is a meme for a reason.

[–] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I got older and found out I was more sympathetic to prohibitionist than I thought.

Alcohol is wild. And it blows my mind how its common that the biggest consumers are 18-30 year olds who barely have any self control. So many lives cut short by bad decisions from a single night.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I just wish people were more aware of how dangerous alcohol is. You can become so addicted to alcohol that you can die from the withdrawals if you stop cold turkey.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 19 points 11 months ago

There's so much fake bro science surrounding alcohol, too. "Alcohol won't change who you are, it will just make bring out the real person." Sorry bros, but alcohol has a profound physiological and psychological impact over time when consumed in large quantities, and for many people it's inevitable that they will consume ever increasing quantities over time due to its highly addictive properties and the fact that it's one of the only drugs that can actually kill you in the withdrawals. I'd categorize it with the hard drugs like opioids and benzos.

This is really present in my mind right now because I quit drinking in 2017, and I recently feel like I've lost one of my closest discord buddies to alcohol. He had a vibrant server that I modded, but he's gotten blazing drunk and burned it all down. I know it's the alcohol because I recognize the pattern and behavior -- that was me. I've lost a brother to alcohol. He's technically still alive, but not really. Not really there anymore at all.

I stick to things like weed and coffee. Alcohol sucks donkey ass. I've never seen a good thing come from alcohol.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

yea drinking sucks ass

[–] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago

No, you're right. Although some people just get sweet and adorable. But most drunk I've seen were rather embarrassing or just dangerous. Or both.

[–] radioactiveradio@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Well it is/can be. But how high on any drug would you have to be to kill your own son over a game? Also he had enough sense to run away later, meaning he was aware of what he did.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 1 points 11 months ago

I've gotten drunk many times and never gotten anywhere close to killing someone. Maybe the problem isn't alcohol but bad personalities.

[–] pan_troglodytes@programming.dev 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

UP is always in the headlines for awful things...

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

All theses UP posts are not really news any more than Casey Anthony was news.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Forget who commented it the other day, but they're right: UP really is the Florida of India.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Jesus fuck.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Sports fans gonna sports fan

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yikes. A scary situation for sure.

[–] hiyidef646@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago