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[โ€“] arrow74@lemmy.zip 21 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Heavy drinking is considered irresponsible through your bachelor's. After that it's considered "networking" and "building professional relationships". With the implicit usage as a coping mechanism

[โ€“] Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 hours ago

Not just in academia. This is true for corporate life. There are happy hours left and right which are as much networking as they are excuses to have someone else buy you drinks