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[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 33 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Alcohol has long been seen as a social lubricant for thousands of years in Japan, where business deals and difficult issues are discussed over bottles of beer and sake.

It is believed that drinking alcohol creates a more relaxed environment for such discussions.

This is such an odd bit of “cultural context” to include in the article. Alcohol is a social lubricant in basically every culture that doesn’t outright forbid it.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 19 hours ago

ChatGPT just kinda felt like that would be useful context today.

[–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

I think it's to a whole different degree in Japan though, at least from what I've heard. Forced drinking parties at work, for example.