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

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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.

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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.

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.

Perhaps it’s the added pesticides.

I certainly don’t think they add pesticides to wine.

They do, unless you get organic wine.

OMG. Organic food has pesticides, just “organic” ones. Why do people constantly think organic don’t have pesticides? You have been sold a bill of goods with that!

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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.

Yeah, actually I host pretty often and get so many bottles of wine which, if not served at the party, I never drink. I'm always kind of bummed out by the gift. Maybe time to switch to something else as a default hostess gift.

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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.

Yeah, actually I host pretty often and get so many bottles of wine which, if not served at the party, I never drink. I'm always kind of bummed out by the gift. Maybe time to switch to something else as a default hostess gift.

When I give wine or champagne as a gift, it's a specific bottle I have chosen from a winery in Napa where I have a membership or from a shop that has unique options. But, given the latest, I agree it may be time to rethink alcohol as a gift.

Having read DCUM for more than a decade, however, I can tell you right now that there is NO hostess gift that won't be trashed by someone on here. They dont want food or anything sweet because it might clash with their menu. Nobody wants flowers because it means they have to go searching for a vase mid-party. And tea towels at tchotchkes - absolutely not, vulgar.

So what in the world do we do?

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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.

Did you drunkpost this?! WTF are you even trying to say?

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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.

Perhaps it’s the added pesticides.

I certainly don’t think they add pesticides to wine.

They do, unless you get organic wine.

They don’t add pesticides to wine. Don’t be dumb.

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Well, I like a glass of wine now and then, but my husband doesn’t drink and I have to watch my sugar so usually end up pouring out what I don’t drink. I appreciate the gift bc I don’t buy it myself, and can regift in a pinch or offer to guests.
I’m not optimistic that this warning really changes behavior. Do we believe college kids won’t binge drink? Alcoholics will think twice? No more bottomless brunches? Doubtful.