I am sorry for insulting you. My experience in the rationality community is that many people choose abstinence from alcohol, which I can respect, but I forgot that likely in many social circles that choice leads to feelings of alienation. While I thought you were signaling in-group allegiance, I can see that you might not have that connection. I will attempt to model better in the future, since this seems generalizable.
I’m still interested in whether the beet margarita with OJ was good~
I appreciate this. I don’t even consider myself part of the rationality community, though I’m adjacent. My reasons for not drinking have nothing to do with the community and existed before I knew what it was. I actually get the sense this is the case for a number of people in the community (more of a correlation or common cause rather than caused by the community itself). But of course I can’t speak for all.
I will be trying it on Sunday. We will see how it is.
I am sorry for insulting you. My experience in the rationality community is that many people choose abstinence from alcohol, which I can respect, but I forgot that likely in many social circles that choice leads to feelings of alienation. While I thought you were signaling in-group allegiance, I can see that you might not have that connection. I will attempt to model better in the future, since this seems generalizable.
I’m still interested in whether the beet margarita with OJ was good~
I appreciate this. I don’t even consider myself part of the rationality community, though I’m adjacent. My reasons for not drinking have nothing to do with the community and existed before I knew what it was. I actually get the sense this is the case for a number of people in the community (more of a correlation or common cause rather than caused by the community itself). But of course I can’t speak for all.
I will be trying it on Sunday. We will see how it is.