STUDY: People Don't Give A Shit About Social Distancing Once They Start Drinking
In a lab setting, alcohol caused the strangers to draw significantly closer to each other during social exchange, reducing physical proximity at a rate with 'potentially important implications for public health'.
The study suggests trying to implement any form of social distancing in British pubs once they open properly would be a lost cause.
In England, pubs will open for customers indoors on May 17, while all forms of social distancing – including in pubs – is set to be scrapped from June 21.
No previous studies have tested the effects of alcohol consumption on social distancing, according to the researchers – in fact, they say there's been a complete lack of evidence regarding alcohol's effects.
Alcohol's ability to break down social conventions between strangers is well-known – often leading to friendly (and unfriendly) physical contact.
'Of the restrictions enacted during Covid-19, among the more controversial surround alcohol,' the scientists say in their paper. Health officials warn that alcohol consumption may lead to decreased adherence to physical distancing guidelines.
Another study that only proves that scientists have way too much time and money on their hands. This is why we need to #DefundScience. Someone had to pay for these nerds to conduct a lab setting to see if people who got fucked up ended up caring about social distancing. How about….just go to any bar in the world and watch people. Hell, just spend a night with Captain Cons and see how many cocktails it takes for him to tell you that he loves you. Or even better, how about just saying fuck this study all together and pour yourselves a shot. No kidding people aren't going to care about social distancing after getting a good buzz. The ENTIRE reason for drinking is allow yourself to make bad decisions more easily. That could mean getting close to people during a pandemic. That could mean spending way too much shots for that table of girls that is NOT interested in talking to you. That could mean texting your ex after you were rejected by that entire table of girls. That could mean settling for some warm body because the table rejected you and your ex didn't respond. The point is that any reasonable adult knows the answer to this study before the study was conducted in a lab and absolutely nobody gives a fuck. Everyone is ready for the summer of the roaring 2020s. We want to be released into the wild and talk to someone up close in a crowded bar because the music is too loud. Biden and Boris Johnson and all their stupid scientists can't stop human intuition that comes with a little bit of intoxication. So yeah, defund science and give that extra money to the pubs.