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The price of AI is still going up, even though it's still earning nothing, as the price of data centers is a lot higher than earnings.

Don't look at me. I worship Tiamat.

Congratulations on your 50th, a big landmark birthday. The verse Animechat quoted comes from a hymn written in 1719 by Isaac Watts, "O God, Our Help in Ages Past."

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As for alcohol and neurons, your brain does not fully mature until your mid20s. That means neural connections are still being made and altered. Alcohol and other drugs can interfere and inhibit or misdirect those connections so while you wouldn't have brain damage from it, neurologically, you will likely never reach your potential. Most real neuronal death will come from a lack of oxygen supplying the tissues (from depressed breathing or asphyxiation on your vomit). As for me, I am in the lucky few that don't get hangovers, ever. I enjoy dry red wine and I mix my own drink and cocktails at home (I have a veritable liquor store supply at my home.). I do shots of liquor or shooters at home. Occasionally I order a mixed drink when out or a margarita at Longhorns (both the strawberry and watermelon ones are really good). I like a glass of gin or southern comfort after a long day at work. I don't drink beer (even when I visited Germany I didn't)...unless it is the "root" beer variety in a float . I have always wanted to try grog and mead. These days I rarely drink. The older you get the more weight a little bit of alcohol will add to your hips. It is more a at most monthly pastime as opposed to weekly. I do understand why some people drink to forget and I don't judge them for it. Rather I feel I should be grateful that I am not in their shoes. Different people have tolerances for only so much grief.

When I`m at a club or a party which I usually don`t go often to but lets say 10-20 times a year - which is seldom if compared to other people of my age group. I do like to drink beer though. While I don`t drink alone, I always have some beer in my cellar to drink if a visitor or friend were to show up. And when I`m out eating and don`t have to drive I enjoy one or two beer - although, both cases are pretty rare too...

As I have stated in posts discussing a similar subject, not really... I avoid having any sort of alcohol in my body. I did use to drink cider 3-4 times a year, but I also stopped that after I got very slightly dizzy from it. I also avoid it because of how it can be misused/abused. I wouldn't like to be in a situation where someone offers me a drink with alcohol, since they might call me "weak" or "kid", when I'm really just trying to have fun without losing any bit of my mental capabilties.

If you want to get really technical, Mormons are allowed to drink alcohol, though that does not change the fact that I have medical issues that would become worse if I drank alcohol. The idea that alcohol must be avoided is more of a recent idea, according to Alan Rock Waterman, a well-known person who was excommunicated, but still considers himself to be Mormon. To get a good, though extremely long explanation of things, I suggest reading Alan’s blog post. As for the brain damage, we are taught in schools here that alcohol kills brain cells, and that is where my remark of brain damage comes into play.

I do drink yes, but rarely mostly when I go out to eat, or at cons, or festivals. I do know how to make quite a few adult only mixed drinks though as I went through a period when I did drink a bit more. So I learned quite a bit during that time. Mixed drinks are my favorite preferably the juice based ones over the soda based as well.

I do not drink alcohol no. I was raised Mormon, and still considered a member of that church, though I stopped going because of how few people were there that did not come off as cult members, and was taught to never have alcohol. However, now that I have medical issues, alcohol poses an even greater problem to me than just having to deal with hangovers, brain damage, liver damage, etc.