This NYT piece had great potential, none of it actualized. It was just the same palaver: empty stomach increases effect of alcohol, the sun further dehydrates you, yada and yads.
I think the cue ("Why do we like to drink in the afternoon?") could've led to a nice reflection on our need to shift our customary attitudes, to remove cares, to buck against the left hemisphere's relentless (and merciless) driving tendencies . . . and thereby to open oneself to the Tao.
Those, anyway, are themes I think I would've pursued.
But no, the article opted for the Neanderthal route: quote a few doctors to come up with a material cause for the sensation. If you're not a NYT subscriber, I wouldn't burn one of your free articles on this one.
The only reason I even bothered posting this story is because it corroborates the sensation that I've had since my teenage years: daytime drinking is different than evening drinking . . . . in a good way.
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