Many anecdotes, such as the earliest hospital in Australia, were established by the exclusive right to sell rum.
George Washington is not the first president of the United States, but also the largest brewer (when you think of Maotai, you have to say that brewing really makes money).
The author Mark began to talk about drunkenness from different times and countries, from ancient times to the end of prohibition in the United States. Countries include ancient Egypt, Greece, China, Rome and the Middle East. , showing a strange and interesting map of human personality culture. As the author said, drunkenness is a common phenomenon and a set of contradictions, because he agrees with everything. Sometimes it can provoke violent conflicts and sometimes it can bring peace; It can make us sing to our heart's content and let us sleep peacefully. For the Greeks, it can test self-control; For northern Europeans, it is the source of poetry, both excellent and poor. It can bring happiness to monarchs or lead to their downfall. It is the comfort of the poor and the root of poverty. For the government, it is not only the cause of the riots, but also the means of fiscal revenue; Can not only prove masculinity, but also eliminate masculinity; It is both a prostitute's trick and a housewife's pleasure. Being drunk is a plague, a killer and a gift from God. This is a necessity for monks and the blood of the savior. Drunkenness is the way to perceive the existence of God, and it is also the existence of God.
Seeing the absurdity of drunkenness, I can't help but smile. In recent years, the annual meeting of the company is probably the drunkest. Last year, the seventh suite drank too much and lay on Amai's knee. The young man who lacked tendons the year before last held the toilet as honey. Last month, a global face value TOP2 got drunk because he couldn't open the door with the wrong key. Of course, Amai's classmates are not much better themselves. Before, they were still lying in the bushes in the community, with tears in their eyes. Recently, they both fell lame on their bicycles. Wine, this is a mistake, in most cases.
So why do humans drink? I think there are two reasons. One is to celebrate. We had fun drinking at weddings, birthdays and celebrations. The previous situation disappeared, and a new and slightly exciting situation appeared.
More often, drinking is an escape. William james said: "Awakening means retreating, discriminating and opposing; Being drunk means expansion, consistency and recognition. " We always want to avoid the rules occasionally, the huge system around us, and all kinds of interpersonal relationships. Therefore, Li Bai said, "Just make a phone call and worry about wine for life."
Therefore, regardless of those messy people and things, it is also a beautiful thing in the world to have a drink in the middle of the night and fall asleep drunk.