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"  Tequila makes you crazy, whiskey cheers you up, and rum makes you a complete scoundrel. Right? Wrong, at least, according to science. Despite all the anecdotal evidence to the contrary, writes Wayne Curtis in The Atlantic, scientists say this belief is &amp;quot;simply wrong: ethanol is ethanol, and whatever spirit you consume, it&amp;#039;s the ethanol that affects you.&amp;quot; So how do you reconcile things you think you feel with cold, hard facts? Curtis believes it&amp;#039;s more in the how liquor is consumed than the what. For example, tequila tends to be drunk in shot form \u2014 not that it should \u2014 and that makes you drunker faster than if you were, you know, sipping it. Thus the reputation forms, and, Curtis writes, &amp;quot;that leads to the issue of self-\u00ADfulfilling prophecy. If people believe tequila makes them rowdier, they may opt for tequila when they want to be rowdy.&amp;quot; There&amp;#039;s some argument as to whether congeners (trace elements in liquor that make vodka different from gin, which is different from whiskey, etc.) make a slight difference, but still \u2014 no hard science to back it up. So, Curtis concludes, &amp;quot;mood dictates your drink more than drink dictates your mood.&amp;quot; And the next time someone blames their crazy behavior on tequila, know that&amp;#039;s exactly how they wanted to be. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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