No amount of alcohol, including red wine, is good for the heart, according to a policy brief from the World Heart Federation. Drinking, even in moderation, increases the risk for such heart-related...
But according to the very nonpolitical and very scientific reply I got further down in this comment chain, I’m blaming yuppies for… being yuppies and buying into junk science. Yes, I did do that. How dare I!
The most bizarre thing about that exchange is that they immediately went into talking about addiction when the entire point of the article was that you don’t have to be an addict or heavy drinker to harm yourself with alcohol.
That’s why I suspected a wine snob with the wine snobby belief that they’re special and that their alcohol treat doesn’t count. I know that type offline too.
So have I.
But according to the very nonpolitical and very scientific reply I got further down in this comment chain, I’m blaming yuppies for… being yuppies and buying into junk science. Yes, I did do that. How dare I!
I honestly didn’t take the yuppies comment very seriously at first, but the statistics on alcohol consumption by income/education reinforce it so hard.
So much for the Hexbear hater’s very scientific “it’s actually about the poors and their booze, actually” euphoria.
The most bizarre thing about that exchange is that they immediately went into talking about addiction when the entire point of the article was that you don’t have to be an addict or heavy drinker to harm yourself with alcohol.
That’s why I suspected a wine snob with the wine snobby belief that they’re special and that their alcohol treat doesn’t count. I know that type offline too.