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[โ€“] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure it was so much about good feeling. From what I read it was more about booze being less likely to grant you a plague debuff than water back in the days.

[โ€“] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's almost certainly both. It's not like alcohol is the only drug humans have used. Most do not have that justification, yet they're still used.