The reason the British have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol is that we have fuck all else to live for. We've impoverished ourselves, told our friends to fuck off, smashed our public services and closed our public spaces. A bitter, bored nation with nothing left but spite.

@anon_opin Feels a bit familiar from this side of the world too.
We’ve sold off the farm, hollowed out public services, let community spaces disappear and told ourselves it’s all just “efficiency”. Meanwhile people are working harder, feeling poorer, and wondering why everything feels a bit… empty.
Turns out when you strip back connection, security and a sense of shared purpose, people look for something to fill the gap.
Different country, same story (I feel like tooheys or 2 ....)

#australia #auspol #costofliving #society

@anon_opin pretty sure we had an unhealthy relationship in the 50s, 60s and 70s before we did all those things.
@anon_opin Nah, I reckon it’s the same problem as the Nordics have, namely that our country is so dark and depressing for nine months of the year that there’s little else for it. They’re all a bunch of piss heads too.