EzTerry

So the point of the recent research is they find no benefits at any level, at or less than 1 a day very little impact. Also it’s large population studies so and all cause mortality so exact relations are not in the studies… And I could have many practices of infrequent drinkers it be interesting to control for before loosing sleep over a drink some evenings… And a non alcoholic drink others. (Although avoiding alcohol late in the evening improves sleep so)

But is the risk more or less then crossing the busy American strode… Is it accounting for how you travel too or from the bar this is the nuance… And the paper has it the artical does not

I wonder how this currently matches the actual quantity people are drinking. Historically the “how much do you drink” and sales records indicated massive under estimation to the point this might really be people are drinking what they said they were in 2001.

That said alcohol is a mood amplifier for me… So I avoid entirely if not in a good mood… And really have been enjoying the na beers, not as good as a nice craft beer but when I feel like a beer while watching something at home or playing video games hits close enough without the mind altering part (and if I want to do anything later in the evening and its a weekend this is a good thing)

I certainly am not avoiding a good drink at the bar, see no real reason to think one drink day is particularly bad if that is what you are actually doing (the headlines on the recent health studies are overblown, not saying the science is wrong but nuance in science reporting is awful as usual) but if you are not enjoying it really no reason to have it just because.

So some tricks and tips to ensure YouTube learns what videos you really want:

• Turn off autoplay, don’t let it go down an algorithmic rabbit hole only allow it to see what you really want and click on
• Turn off the hover play on PC, this is annoying mouse over counts as watching they will be in your history despite no audio and you just had the mouse over it… Again gives all sorts of slop in your history
• Subscribe to channels you like, yes YouTube will quickly learn if you binge a specific channel you like the creator and put it on your home feed, but if the home feed is a bit too much slop you want to be able to just look at your subs
• When you find that AI slop video and more from the same creator exists in your feed use the do not recommend this channel feature
• there is also a do not recommend video good for some evil click bait titles that Google tries to show you for weeks and still not interested
• the last two if it’s persistent use the tell more/tell why

It’s a long list but it’s really 90% is the first two so your views are deliberate, sticking to subs is not a bad idea if the algorithm is particularly frustrating at the moment as it will also help limit the random walk. What anoys me the most is the first two are not account settings rather cookies so every new device I need to tell YouTube how to behave.