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[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

RIP bash.org.

[–] sibachian@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

the doctor.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Maybe work on making life less shitty so people don't drink more?

[–] Heliumfart@sh.itjust.works 23 points 6 days ago

Pretty sure the WHO is working on that.

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[–] sebb@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wow! Finally! 🎉🎉 It's astonishing that it took so many decades. We knew, we always knew that alcohol causes cancer. Now we also know that the risk is significant from any amount. And of course, it's not just cancer.

Those labels, they really work. Like, the society to big extend quit smoking thanks to those labels.

Policies curbing smoking weren't popular at the time, people criticized them for being too much of an inconvenience and ineffective at the same time. But they really worked and our society became better and healthier because of them. Funny, how watching the debate about alcohol now, reading people's comment here, you can actually relive this experience now just years later. When people say "they should focus on X instead", and things like that, that's a form of denialism

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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Isn't this already common knowledge? No one is drinking alcohol because they think it's good for you.

People: drink alcohol to help them survive being exploited under capitalism

WHO: "best I can do is tell you that you're going to die sooner"

Also, I don't know if anyone's researched this, but I'm 99% sure the stress chemicals your body generates from being a wage slave and living paycheck to paycheck your entire life are far more carcinogenic than alcohol. Maybe that should come with a label too.

[–] sebb@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

The facts are alcohol doesn't help anyone to survive shit. We know that it's the opposite, it makes life of people that consume it more miserable.

It instead accumulates together with the stress you experience within your life. It adds more stress, not removes it. Cancer is just one thing, but alcohol is very disrupting to your endocrine (hormones) system, mental health.

What you're doing is a form of denialism. That denialism comes precisely from what those labels are addressing. You're being constantly exposed to the image of alcohol as something to enjoy, a pleasure, relief. It's constantly reinforced by movies, TV shows, media, advertisements.

It's not about knowledge. It's about exposure. If you're constantly exposed to an image of alcohol as a positive thing in your life then you will deny it's impact despite the facts, science, and knowledge

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago

There were a bunch of lies published by alcohol industry-backed groups about how a glass of red wine is good for your heart and shit. It probably would be helpful to bust those shitty myths.

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