If you drink you die, if you don’t drink you die; so it is better to drink.

Understand the thought

Meaning in plain English

Death whether drinking or not used to favour drinking treats a shared eventual outcome as a reason for indulgence. The saying presents a provocative argument.

What the words are saying

A critical reading rejects inevitable mortality as evidence that choices have identical consequences. The wording is not an alcohol recommendation or health assessment, and the precise meaning of drink is unverified. A useful application questions reasoning that ignores effects on present life, other people and actual needs.

Everyday example

Someone examines a choice’s real consequences instead of assuming mortality makes every option equivalent.

When to use it

Use it critically to examine the argument, not encourage drinking.

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Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.