>classic lit >russian lit >alcohol renders people completely

>>7398878
people drink a lot less, and a lot less often than alcoholics of old
when you're three bottles a day on repeat, things start to get weird

Do you have any idea what there was to do back in 1800s Russia? The only things the common citizen had for entertainment was getting shitfaced.

but muh brain fever

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>people pulling their hair out when they're anxious
>people ripping their clothes apart when they're furious
>people literally dying from sadness

There is no way people were ever really this fragile but I kind of wish contemporary life were as sensitive

>>7398932
i do the first thing

>>7398932
You just read Wuthering Heights or something?

>>7398878
>suffering terrible hallucination

that's jaundice

>>7398932
>people literally dying from sadness

my aunt died at 46, 2 years after her husband died. initially she got depressed and then her immune system just gave out

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>>7398932
>people ripping their clothes apart when they're furious
>tfw ethnic

>>7398878

It's quite possible, especially during withdrawal.

>>7398917

It still is, really.

>>7398932

I've done 1 and 2 once or twice. And 3 is possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takotsubo_cardiomyopathy

Their bodies then weren't inundated with chemicals, prescriptions, GM food etc, so the effect of alcohol would probably be quite large and noticeable, more so than now.