Why the beer hate? (Forked Thread: What are the no-goes...)

[Chainsaw]

If someone did ruin my game while drinking, I'd consider them to be the problem, not the alcohol. Even if they were obviously drunk enough to make a human petrol bomb. I would kick him out of my house, not the booze.

Ditto.

For the record, though I'd probably not join a group that had a ban on drinking, I rarely (if ever) actually drink while playing. Go figure.

 

[malraux]

TEthyl alcohol is defined as a toxin, meaning it is poisonous to the body. Water, while it might kill you in large doses (i.e. drowning, etc), is not in and of itself poisonous to the body.

Water is toxic. Water toxicity - definition of Water toxicity in the Medical dictionary - by the Free Online Medical Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. It is poisonous to the body. Caffeine is toxic. Hell, oxygen is pretty toxic, which is why anti-oxidants are good. But it's all dose dependent. A single beer is not toxic, no more than a glass of water or breath of air.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Drinking alone is a sign of alcoholism.

In some cultures, people believe this. I have no idea if it's accurate, especially given the source - the Aquarium, written by an (alleged) ex-spy for the Russians who (apart from the spy stuff) writes a lot of "crakpot" theories. In the book, he said his boss drank in front of a mirror, because he believed the expression.

A single beer is not toxic, no more than a glass of water or breath of air.

Um... what? I find it hard to believe that a glass of beer is "exactly as toxic" as a glass of water.

 

[malraux]

Um... what? I find it hard to believe that a glass of beer is "exactly as toxic" as a glass of water.

As little as a half-gallon of water (two quarts) in a single setting has the potential of killing you.

All Ears: Hold Your Wee for a Wii - Water Intoxication Death

Ironically, beer would be less dangerous because it has various things dissolved in it. And 2 quarts, while certainly pushing one well past the legal limit, would not be a lethal amount.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

Thanks for the answer, Lord Mhoram. It makes sense if your objection is religiously based.

What if his religion forbade the use of religious iconography, including such things as demons and devils, or forbade pretending to cast spells? Would it be reasonable for him to expect gamers to forbear?

 

[Bumbles]

Um... what? I find it hard to believe that a glass of beer is "exactly as toxic" as a glass of water.

Visit New Jersey.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Visit New Jersey.

I live in Toronto. We argue Lake Ontario should be shown as brown rather than blue on maps because it would more accurately show its color.

All Ears: Hold Your Wee for a Wii - Water Intoxication Death

Ironically, beer would be less dangerous because it has various things dissolved in it. And 2 quarts, while certainly pushing one well past the legal limit, would not be a lethal amount.

Be that as it may, when people are talking about the effects of alcohol in this thread, I believe they're talking about mental effects

 

[Bumbles]

What if his religion forbade the use of religious iconography, including such things as demons and devils, or forbade pretending to cast spells? Would it be reasonable for him to expect gamers to forbear?

I certainly would be willing to accept a GM who ran a game without those things, they might well have a good game. I have even run such a game myself, though the reasons were realism rather than religious.

If somebody chooses not to play in my games that do feature those things, I can accept that easily.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

I certainly would be willing to accept a GM who ran a game without those things, they might well have a good game. I have even run such a game myself, though the reasons were realism rather than religious.

If somebody chooses not to play in my games that do feature those things, I can accept that easily.

None of which answers what I actually asked.

 

[malraux]

Be that as it may, when people are talking about the effects of alcohol in this thread, I believe they're talking about mental effects

Most people were. Wicht wasn't; toxic is not a word one would use to describe mental effects.