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The case for drinking alcohol. I've never seen it argued like this before. Usually it's a finger-shaking neo-Puritan saying "it's poison, it needs to be illegal just like weed!" (youtu.be)
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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah I'd like to know. I want to see the smug article that explains to me why me when I was in active addiction almost died from drinking was good and also my mom who drank herself to death was living her best life.

[–] wolfinthewoods@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

Amen to that. I can only assume that most pro-alcohol articles and videos are alcohol industry propaganda like the fact that every damn tv show everyone inexplicably has a liquor cabinet and always offers someone a drink when they come over for casual conversation.

[–] xijinpingist@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

https://youtu.be/cnAk9v_bmFU

I swear, this site. Why is there a "thumbnail URL" field separately? When is that ever used?

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I use thumbnail url when posting video links because well, otherwise it doesn’t show a thumbnail for the video. You can copy the image from the YouTube thumbnail, upload it as a hexbear image, and use that url

[–] xijinpingist@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Do they really need thumbnails? It's just going to be the first screen of the video anyway. I tried uploading a separate thumbnail once and clicking on the link from the front page took you to the fullsize .jpg instead of the video link.