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re: Drinking & Driving is / is not worth it?
Posted on 10/20/26 at 8:05 am to Bigdawgb
Posted on 10/20/26 at 8:05 am to Bigdawgb
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It's an interesting argument, I agree with you but think a lot of folks would use this same exact line regarding drinking & driving
Fair enough .. I would push back a little though, and say that phones have a use in society .. simple communication, GPS, your daughter's ability to call for help if driving back to LSU from home and her car breaks down.... Alcohol , while there's not a thing wrong with partying and having fun (if not driving) doesnt offer as much in the way of usefulness... unlike a cellphone .
Posted on 10/20/26 at 8:07 am to BabyTac
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Life would be better for everyone if nobody drank alcohol period.
Would also be better if no one ate fast food, had social media, didn't gamble, etc. It might be hard to believe but the majority of people can enjoy things bad for them in moderation.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 8:13 am to BK Lounge
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Fair enough .. I would push back a little though, and say that phones have a use in society .. simple communication, GPS, your daughter's ability to call for help if driving back to LSU from home and her car breaks down.... Alcohol , while there's not a thing wrong with partying and having fun (if not driving) doesnt offer as much in the way of usefulness... unlike a cellphone .
Right, both are a problem when in use while driving. For normal people, neither are a problem to manage.
I'd rather be surrounded by 10 vehicles on the highway after the drivers have had 1 to 2 beers, than 10 with all drivers on their phones.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 8:26 am to Everyday Is Saturday
when grandstanding on the OT goes wrong
Posted on 10/20/26 at 8:30 am to Steadyhands
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Right, both are a problem when in use while driving. For normal people, neither are a problem to manage.
I'd rather be surrounded by 10 vehicles on the highway after the drivers have had 1 to 2 beers, than 10 with all drivers on their phones.
You seem to have your mind made up, so im not here to convince you of anything .. but you said 'in use while driving'.. to me that means on your dashboard giving you directions.. or enabling hands-free calling with your boss... of course, scrolling on YouTwitFace or whatever its called is a WHOLE different deal..... and ill take the 10 vehicles with drivers "on their phones"- normal use- than the ones buzzed on a beer or two, every single time .
Posted on 10/20/26 at 8:50 am to Everyday Is Saturday
Drinking before you actually drive or drinking while I’m physically driving?
Posted on 10/20/26 at 8:55 am to BK Lounge
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You're not 100% wrong.. but they are two very different things .
As mentioned, to me for drinking & driving - zero tolerance, no drinking then driving .. End of .
With phones, one can be responsible, set their phone on a holder/charger on the dashboard, and use Google Maps or another app for directions.. or can have a hands-off conversation with a coworker while driving... that's totally different than holding your phone, texting, checking social media et al.. but but all the things I mentioned fall under "using a phone".. it's a more complicated issue to deal with than drinking & driving imo .
TRANSLATION:
"I dont drink so I'm willing to be super Draconian punishing alcohol-related driving incidents, but I DO frick around on my phone while driving, and I want that to be ok"
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:00 am to BK Lounge
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but you said 'in use while driving'.. to me that means on your dashboard giving you directions.. or enabling hands-free calling with your boss... of course, scrolling on YouTwitFace or whatever its called is a WHOLE different deal..... and ill take the 10 vehicles with drivers "on their phones"- normal use- than the ones buzzed on a beer or two, every single time .
In either case, with normal people, you shouldn't have problems.
The reality and difference is there are more people on the road using their phones improperly than there are impaired drivers. I have a 20 minute commute between home and work. I have never made that trip without coming across at least one idiot causing problems, that happen to be on their phone. It's usually multiple, doesn't matter what time of day or night.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:01 am to Sam Quint
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TRANSLATION:
"I dont drink so I'm willing to be super Draconian punishing alcohol-related driving incidents, but I DO frick around on my phone while driving, and I want that to be ok"
Holy shite.. if that's what you got from my post- then I wonder, is English even your first language ??
Posted on 10/20/26 at 9:04 am to BK Lounge
we survived for a century almost of mechanical driving without a phone screen pressed to the face. Put your phone down and pay attention to the road. Whatever it is it can wait
Posted on 10/20/26 at 2:30 pm to BK Lounge
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that people should look as unfavorably on it as they we way we now look at cigarette smoking,
Is this serious? cigarette smokers are below drunk drivers?
Posted on 10/20/26 at 2:34 pm to BK Lounge
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your daughter's ability to call for help if driving back to LSU from home and her car breaks down
too bad phones dont work when you pull over and stop to use them.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 4:18 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
I think drinking and driving just kinda happens…. No one sets out to do it.
By the time you’re too drunk to drive , you are drunk enough to figure you got it!
By the time you’re too drunk to drive , you are drunk enough to figure you got it!
Posted on 10/20/26 at 4:48 pm to Shut Up Mulllet
Drinking and driving wasn't considered a big deal back in the day unless you were falling down drunk.
MADD changed that (one of the few female activist causes women actually got right)
MADD changed that (one of the few female activist causes women actually got right)
This post was edited on 10/20/26 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 10/20/26 at 5:11 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
Everyone agrees with you that drinking and driving is bad. Everyone also agrees your post is terrible to read.
Posted on 10/20/26 at 5:22 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
You don’t always make good decisions when under influence
Posted on 10/20/26 at 6:15 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
Posted on 10/20/26 at 6:17 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
Drinking and driving needs stiffer penalties
Posted on 10/20/26 at 7:47 pm to Shut Up Mulllet
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I think drinking and driving just kinda happens…. No one sets out to do it.
By the time you’re too drunk to drive , you are drunk enough to figure you got it!
Posted on 10/20/26 at 7:53 pm to fr33manator
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I don't think you get how hell works
Yeah, when you get there and see all the poodles, you know most everything you have been told is wrong.
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