Sure it is bad for your body but when used in moderation the benefits are much much more than that risk. What a scam the weed culture is. Maybe we should ban it again together with the social media to save the birth rates and the society in general.
Now you have an entire generation of permanently in therapy pill poppers or weed smoking loners. An entire cohort of Biedermeiers, bores and shut-ins. Here in Germany where the drinking age is 16 it was always funny to see US expats let loose when they realized that teenagers can legally drink and don't need to do it secretly
These days you have people in their mid 20s watching 10 hours per day of right-wing influencers online because they can't talk to women instead of going to a party and getting drunk and laid. It's honestly no surprise the world's craziest autocrats tend to be teetotalers, it's how you breed yourself an army of frustrated followers
This makes me wonder if society being taught importance of soberity in (sexual) consent is also a factor as well. Knowing that, they might as well avoid alcohol as well.
(Dicslosure: I grew up in place where alcohol use is not the norm. I don't drink either.)
"Sometimes I will say things I don't actually believe so we can have a more lively debate."
What's so controversial about it? What is the last time when a joint got someone laid or made friends?
Surely you jest..
The strange tone in your writing reminds me of Dinesh from the Silicon Valley series :) I'm sure you are one of the cool ones with the good hairstyle who doesn't need alcohol unlike the lesser people haha.
Alcohol is not about being so drunk that you do degenerate stuff and fuck people you don't like. It's about easing the social anxieties and improving the mood together with a good company and some music.
But you don't know me and no, I don't have "a good hairstyle", and no, I'm not "one of the cool ones". I'm just as average as anyone.
"fertility rates" and people getting laid are two very different things. People don't have sex only to produce offspring.
And the world could use a lot less people anyway, so I don't see it as a bad thing if fertility rates drop, no matter the cause, even if the drop is significant. The world will be fine with a billion or two less people, in fact it may just improve some situations.