Is alcohol still an appropriate gift? Has the new Surgeon General warning impacted whether you'd gift it?

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Anonymous wrote:Alcohol is a lazy gift, tbh. Unless you know the person really likes and rarely has a certain kind of high-quality alcohol, whatever red you picked up on the way, last-minute, is a poor gift.

And if the only thing you know about the person is "I heard you like drinking!" well... you're either in your early 20s or you need to find some sober friends.

No, a bottle of wine is a completely normal gift.

For/from an alcoholic, sure. Otherwise, it's a lazy gift that requires no thought about what the recipient likes or who they are beyond "a person who drinks". If that's not your identity, the point stands.

This poster is clearly chafed that no one is giving them an identity-affirming gift like roll of toilet paper or a bidet.

Why do I get the impression that this poster doesn't have a lot of experience but invited anywhere anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has the new Surgeon General warning impacted if you'd give alcohol as a gift?

It has used to be the option to bring a bottle of wine to a party etc.

I'm 2 years sober after alcohol addiction and I'd still bring a bottle of wine to a party (sometimes along with an NA drink or wine for me).

[Anonymous]

No it wasn't appropriate before the warning! This was recently discussed here.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't drink, so I don't give alcohol as a gift. But I do give plenty of high-fat or high-sugar gifts, which can be considered poison too.

Ethanol IS poison sugar is NOT. Get it together!

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We all now know without doubt that alcohol shortens your life. So yes, if you hope someone dies sooner rather than later, definitely gift them some good alcohol.

+100000
"Here poison your liver on ME!"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
We all now know without doubt that alcohol shortens your life. So yes, if you hope someone dies sooner rather than later, definitely gift them some good alcohol.

What COVID, MAHA, and now this whole
kerfuffle about alcohol has really made obvious is that scientific education is seriously lacking. People are following the science without actually knowing what the science says.

For example, alcohol hasn’t been shown to shorten your life, certainly not without a doubt.

Well, that's a lie, even one drink a day shortens your life by 6 months.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
We all now know without doubt that alcohol shortens your life. So yes, if you hope someone dies sooner rather than later, definitely gift them some good alcohol.

No, there is literally no study that has ever said that alcohol shortens your life. I cannot believe the inability of regular people to read and think critically. And you don't even have to be beyond average intelligence to correctly interpret the articles, the studies, even the surgeon general's latest stance. Nobody, anywhere, ever said what you're saying. Please don't go through life jumping to conclusions like this and then turning around and judging everybody who doesn't act the way you think they should, especially when it's based on your quite erroneous misunderstanding of very accessible data.

You really, really need to do a little research here as you are so very wrong!

[Anonymous]

Whatever the benefits of it, is far outweighed by the harm. I personally hate getting a bottle of wine, especially from people who know I don’t drink. I just throw it away. I hate that it’s so ingrained in our culture. We had a mom bring wine to a girls scout meeting recently. In this day and age, you don’t know who doesn’t drink, or is struggling with addiction, or gave it up for health reasons, there are better options for hostess gifts.

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever the benefits of it, is far outweighed by the harm. I personally hate getting a bottle of wine, especially from people who know I don’t drink. I just throw it away. I hate that it’s so ingrained in our culture. We had a mom bring wine to a girls scout meeting recently. In this day and age, you don’t know who doesn’t drink, or is struggling with addiction, or gave it up for health reasons, there are better options for hostess gifts.

There is nothing wrong with bringing a bottle of wine to a dinner party. There is nothing wrong with consuming a glass of wine with dinner. But please do let people know that you're throwing it away so they don't bother spending money. I'm sure they would rather not socialise with you too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We all now know without doubt that alcohol shortens your life. So yes, if you hope someone dies sooner rather than later, definitely gift them some good alcohol.

No, there is literally no study that has ever said that alcohol shortens your life. I cannot believe the inability of regular people to read and think critically. And you don't even have to be beyond average intelligence to correctly interpret the articles, the studies, even the surgeon general's latest stance. Nobody, anywhere, ever said what you're saying. Please don't go through life jumping to conclusions like this and then turning around and judging everybody who doesn't act the way you think they should, especially when it's based on your quite erroneous misunderstanding of very accessible data.

You really, really need to do a little research here as you are so very wrong!

It is very clear from your few posts just now that you are not a highly educated person. You are incorrect and so clearly misconstruing data, which you then forward on as fact, that you are practicing the spread of disinformation and it is not a healthy practice. Just stop, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever the benefits of it, is far outweighed by the harm. I personally hate getting a bottle of wine, especially from people who know I don’t drink. I just throw it away. I hate that it’s so ingrained in our culture. We had a mom bring wine to a girls scout meeting recently. In this day and age, you don’t know who doesn’t drink, or is struggling with addiction, or gave it up for health reasons, there are better options for hostess gifts.

There is nothing wrong with bringing a bottle of wine to a dinner party. There is nothing wrong with consuming a glass of wine with dinner. But please do let people know that you're throwing it away so they don't bother spending money. I'm sure they would rather not socialise with you too.

The holier than thou PP is just not intelligent or educated enough to understand the data and clearly doesn't interact with mentally stable people who can drink alcohol in a way that enhances their lives--with control and moderation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We all now know without doubt that alcohol shortens your life. So yes, if you hope someone dies sooner rather than later, definitely gift them some good alcohol.

What COVID, MAHA, and now this whole
kerfuffle about alcohol has really made obvious is that scientific education is seriously lacking. People are following the science without actually knowing what the science says.

For example, alcohol hasn’t been shown to shorten your life, certainly not without a doubt.

Well, that's a lie, even one drink a day shortens your life by 6 months.

Source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whatever the benefits of it, is far outweighed by the harm. I personally hate getting a bottle of wine, especially from people who know I don’t drink. I just throw it away. I hate that it’s so ingrained in our culture. We had a mom bring wine to a girls scout meeting recently. In this day and age, you don’t know who doesn’t drink, or is struggling with addiction, or gave it up for health reasons, there are better options for hostess gifts.

There is nothing wrong with bringing a bottle of wine to a dinner party. There is nothing wrong with consuming a glass of wine with dinner. But please do let people know that you're throwing it away so they don't bother spending money. I'm sure they would rather not socialise with you too.

The holier than thou PP is just not intelligent or educated enough to understand the data and clearly doesn't interact with mentally stable people who can drink alcohol in a way that enhances their lives--with control and moderation.

You are hilarious do a search online it comes right up any alcohol shortens your life even 1 drink a day, how lazy are you? Maybe put the drink down instead of going back and forth with me like a moron and do your own research it takes two seconds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
We all now know without doubt that alcohol shortens your life. So yes, if you hope someone dies sooner rather than later, definitely gift them some good alcohol.

What COVID, MAHA, and now this whole
kerfuffle about alcohol has really made obvious is that scientific education is seriously lacking. People are following the science without actually knowing what the science says.

For example, alcohol hasn’t been shown to shorten your life, certainly not without a doubt.

Well, that's a lie, even one drink a day shortens your life by 6 months.

Source?

Not doing homework for you LOOK THIS UP.

Dumb! Never seen someone argue so much when they're wrong. It's insane. You must be a total narcissist.