Oddbean new post about login | logout Today began awesome. Then cue people + alcohol. Trying to dry some tears and refocus on the day. Life, yall. 🩷 I wish substances were just n/a in society.
No you don't. The greatest societies in history were maybe coincidentally ones where alcohol was normalized; dry societies tended to fade into the background. What you probably want is just to have better people around you. Cut some slack to those you have now, but not too much. 🤝