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“Alcohol is a drug that has its claws deep in Australian life. If you’re happy, sad, bored, have won a promotion, lost a family member, bought a house or graduated from university, these can all be seen as reasons to drink. “
the guardian talking mad shit on australia!
@will that applies to the life of just about any country I have been to, and those I have lived on (four in total).
Whoever wrote that for *The Guardian* is so lost. Or… it’s just trolling. 😂
@will I resent The Guardian saying this about our lovely country. Grrrr! 😡 What would they know! 😳
The thing is, we do have a "binge drinking" problem, but this is caused by two factors:
- Poor education and "social norms" on drinking in the first place
- Our beloved (*cough cough*) Government taxing the absolute shit out of Alcohol.
> Btw... Our beloved dictators (**NOT**) also tax the absolute shit out of its citizens,fuel (_in today's day and age the only good thing they do_), good and services (_GST_), properties (_Stamp Duty_), Investments...
@will I resent The Guardian saying this about our lovely country. Grrrr! 😡 What would they know! 😳
The thing is, we do have a "binge drinking" problem, but this is caused by two factors:
- Poor education and "social norms" on drinking in the first place
- Our beloved (*cough cough*) Government taxing the absolute shit out of Alcohol.
> Btw... Our beloved dictators (**NOT**) also tax the absolute shit out of its citizens,fuel (_in today's day and age the only good thing they do_), good and services (_GST_), properties (_Stamp Duty_), Investments...
@will I don’t think that implies that it’s *only* Australia? Or that it’s *particularly bad* in Australia?
@will I don’t think that implies that it’s *only* Australia? Or that it’s *particularly bad* in Australia?
@will I don’t think that implies that it’s *only* Australia? Or that it’s *particularly bad* in Australia?
@movq this is the article. It is about Australia, written by an addiction psychiatrist based in Sydney. It is an article about the issue in Australia, but it is not saying that Australia’s problem is bigger than it is anywhere else. It simply states what seems to be a fact.
It doesn’t get into politics. It is merely a superficially medical commentary.
@movq this is the article. It is about Australia, written by an addiction psychiatrist based in Sydney. It is an article about the issue in Australia, but it is not saying that Australia’s problem is bigger than it is anywhere else. It simply state what seems to be a fact.
It doesn’t get into politics. It is merely a superficially medical commentary.
Yep, I can't think of any country where those drinking reasons don't apply to.