The government warning label on the back of a bottle of whiskey is problematic. (1) Pregnant women should not drink alcoholic beverages because of the risk of birth defects, but whiskey was there when they got pregnant. Plus, I am not a woman, nor will I ever be a woman, so the warning is irrelevant to me. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health problems. Drive a car OR operate machinery, but not AND, as in both at the same time. So, I’m perfectly fine driving my car, and concurrently operating this electric arc furnace full of molten iron, while I’m drinking to ignore my generic health problems.
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