Like I bet if alcohol was something you had to snort, or just like a pill you take, I think a lot of people might not dig it as much.

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    I believe it’s mostly cultural. Alcoholic beverages are as old as civilization itself. We drink alcohol because that has been the social norm for thousands of years.

    But there’s probably something about it being a beverage as well. It goes along well with food because of this, which makes it a tasteful alternative to water.

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      Alcoholic beverages are as old as civilization itself.

      Some people theorize that alcohol was the cause of civilization; that we settled down and developed agriculture to have a reliable source of grain to make archaic “beer”.

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      They have sparkling THC beverages which I preferred when I was trying out weed when it became legal. Something about drinking a refreshing beverage as you feel its effects slowly is more relaxing than a gummy or something