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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And if you doubt that, read this piece on college students, stress and blackout drinking from the NYTimes today: [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/opinion/drinking-to-blackout.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0[/url]

It's scary what we think is OK to put our children through to avoid being what DCUM calls "average" (which is actually incredibly successful compared to the vast majority of the world).
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"But there’s something else in the mix, something that pushes them from casual drinking to binge drinking to blackout.

I think it’s the stress.

It’s a mutually recognized method of stress relief."

^ :roll: :roll: :roll:  Such a load of bullshit.

"There is also a tacit understanding that blacking out works as a kind of “get out of jail free card.” A person can say or do any number of hurtful or embarrassing things and be granted immunity with the simple excuse that they were “blackout” that night."

^ Accurate.[/quote]

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