The Zen of Drinking Alone
This is poetic, but if you break it down into a syllogism, it's clear that this is totally stupid.<p>Removing the flowery language, here are the claims and supporting arguments, along with my rebuttals.<p>* Drinking alone helps you understand yourself better.<p>- No it doesn't. It distracts you from that endeavor. If you sit at a table with no TV or phone and do nothing, you will have a significantly more interesting and honest dialog with yourself if you are sober.<p>* Drinking alone lets you drink a lot of alcohol fast, in your preferred cocktail or beverage.<p>- Yes and this is why it is dangerous. Drinking tasty alcohol fast is a great way to get addicted. Or at the very least damage your health, both short and long term.<p>* Drinking alone provides you with comfortable silence.<p>- Drinking has nothing to do with this. Alcohol is a non-sequitur. You have to orchestrate the silence regardless of whether alcohol is involved.<p>That's it. It's just repeating these 3 points in different ways.