Because life is more terrible and it helps numb the pain of existence.
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makes you feel good
How so? Makes most people into idiots from my experience around drinkers.
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It’s a social lubricant and it makes you feel good. They taste is a secondary thing.
Stop.

What is your esteemed opinion, Slashy?

Nah
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It lowers their inhibitions and makes them feel good. - Until they drink too much and it makes them feel so bad they want to die.

Some alcoholic beverages taste good. I think people like the feeling of being intoxicated more though.
I never got the appeal. I've never had more fun while intoxicated than I had while not under the influence of alcohol.

You love the taste of cock.
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I don't think it does, depending on the drink. I don't drink enough to get drunk. I just spent so much of my life being picky that when I started broadening my horizons, I acquired a taste for things like licorice, beer, and other flavors some people struggle with.

Because they like the buzz. I don't like feeling or the taste personally.
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