Study: Liberals drink more alcohol than conservatives

Posted by eskslo 11 years, 2 months ago to Culture
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Interesting and funny article


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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 11 years, 2 months ago
    Have you noticed how those who drink too much start talking nonsense... there is a difference between imbibing and overindulging.
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  • Posted by 11 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "Convince myself" being the most important part. Do they actually believe this stuff?
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  • Posted by straightlinelogic 11 years, 2 months ago
    One way for liberals to resolve all the contradictions running around their heads is to drink. Being in a nonstop state of cognitive dissonance has to be psychologically painful. Drink solves nothing, but it diminishes that pain, and it also allows for at least short term forgetting. I'd drink a lot more too if I was trying to convince myself I was compassionate because I advocated spending other people's money.
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  • Posted by 11 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Agreed. Someone must have been shitfaced when they came up with these ideas right? They don't expect us to believe this...or do they???
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  • Posted by 11 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Good reads. Current book is about underdogs and their ability to succeed. Good read. Lot of those in the gulch
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  • Posted by mminnick 11 years, 2 months ago
    This could go a long way toward explaining some of the liberal ideas being floated to the public.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    oh yea...I was hanging out in economy world in my head and totally didn't put it together!
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  • Posted by 11 years, 2 months ago
    I can see Malcolm Gladwell making a book out of this topic. Is there an inverted U curve in here?
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  • Posted by 11 years, 2 months ago
    In some ways this makes perfect sense. If you are socialist you obviously have no incentive to work, so why not sit around and drink all day while a producer pays for it. On the other hand, in a world headed that way, I can see a conservative needing to drink more just to get through the day. Half the time when I read the news or talk to people with socialist ideas i think I must be half drunk...or maybe they are???

    Either way, I can picture a lot of people wanting a drink just to get through all this current BS
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