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With knowledge comes melancholy. Hence – booze…
@1’s nailed it. The more you know, the more reasons you have to drink.
Drinking heavily seems like the only reasonable course of action when one realizes she earns less than her male counterpart, who is half as educated as she is.
No doubt about it – boozers and smokers are the most interesting people.
I’ll drink to that!
@1: So true. My favorite bar in San Francisco, the Ha-Ra, used to have Sad Hour—”Come in and cheer down.”
Important to remember though that the converse is not true: heaviest drinkers are not necessarily the smartest people.
#4, My experience contradicts your statement in regard to smokers.
#8, “Experience” is not a synonym for “prejudice.”
Maybe they feel psychological pain more sharply. Maybe they resent that they’re smarter than most men but get less credit. Or maybe raising a family is exhausting and they need a fucking drink!
Or .. maybe they’re Brits and the men are all fucktwits.
I’m going to go with that version.
i’ve long thought that at least some of my pot smoking friends are trying to dumb down to fit into society.
Maybe that’s why I love women who love a drink.
This is good — a spokesman for the Alcohol Concern charity said: “This raises concerns”
I am completely unconcerned. Leave me alone, well-meaning man!
@12: To each their own soma.
How the fuck does “clever” equal “highly-educated”? No direct correlation, and the headline made me think the story would be about something quite different. I’m clearly neither, by the way (nor a woman).
@ 12: If they smoke it long enough, it’ll happen without them trying.
i agree, smart women drink bad ass. and they kick ass ass well.
Drew