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Alcohol is Good for Your Brain

Posted by michael on from the wine-topic-sadly-inappropriate dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new study reported on by Nature is saying that moderate consumption of alchohol wards off dementia. Better drink up!"

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  1. agreed by cipher+uk · · Score: 3, Funny

    yeahr i drank all la time n look at me! alchol nver di d me any harm

    1. Re:agreed by roseblood · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm sottaly tober officer, I'm dreventing pementia officer!

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      There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
  2. this was explained on cheers long ago... by ohchaos · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

  3. remember the by bikerguy99 · · Score: 3, Funny

    90's? How many times we've heard about good then bad effects of coffee? It's same thing now with alcohol - it's a fad no more than that... I say - we live only once so party hard while you have a chance and especially if you are a nerd - there will be only fewer of them chances in the future... just make sure that your fun does not cause other people's suffering - driving while drunk isn't cool - you wouldn't be writing code while drunk, would you?

  4. Disturbingly easy to code while drunk... by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: 5, Funny

    you wouldn't be writing code while drunk, would you?

    Actually, I've found it more than a little disturbing to learn just how easy it is to write code after a couple of glasses of wine. Or even a bottle.

    Makes you realize that a monkey really could do this shit...

    1. Re:Disturbingly easy to code while drunk... by Malek+the+Damned · · Score: 2, Funny

      'Tis true, IMHO. If I have a big project to do and a deadline looming, I go home, put some loud music on (Hanzel Und Gretyl is good) and make sure I have a bottle of absinthe or vodka at hand, as well a pack or two of clove cigarettes...

      For some reason, I do my best work that way.

      (The green fairy codes me!)

  5. Re:But the study is about women... by benjamindees · · Score: 4, Funny

    How does having more drunk women not help /. users?

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    "I assumed blithely that there were no elves out there in the darkness"
  6. Yes, yes I would by sideshow · · Score: 4, Funny
    you wouldn't be writing code while drunk, would you?

    I guess I have a habit of doing this. I can't remember doing it, but I find a comment in my code that says: "//Fix Later, too drunk." every couple of months.

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    Hollow words will burn and hollow men will burn.