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What opinion just makes you look like you aged 30 years

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[โ€“] gzrrt@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Alcohol is toxic, carcinogenic garbage and we'd be noticeably better off if everyone voluntarily stopped drinking it.

[โ€“] Hagarashi8@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, all boomers drink beer. You sound like Zoomer.

[โ€“] gzrrt@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Technically I'm not, but fair point

[โ€“] Lunar@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anecdotally, this is a position I've seen held more often by young people than by boomers. Not sure what the statistics are exactly, but regardless it would be nice to see a cultural shift away from alcohol.

I hold this opinion because I've watched family die from alcoholism, and I myself am a recovering alcoholic. It's a miserable way to go.

[โ€“] JillyB@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that's a more modern opinion. Maybe the religious boomers want tight legal controls on alcohol but the youth today are more into weed than alcohol from my experience.

[โ€“] gzrrt@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

True, or maybe I've actually gone too far back to the pre-boomer era with this one