If the alcohol poisoning is extreme the patient can go into a coma and eventually die. This article focuses on the health aspects of alcohol poisoning, rather than other dangers, such as getting into fights, losing possessions or having problems with the law.
The beauty-is-a-social construction is one of the foundational tenets of social constructivism whether you wish to acknowledge that fact or not. I was making the point that Dr. Albers' post did not recognize that both universal as well as culture-specific metrics are operative when defining beauty.
Functional beauty is part of a long, well-documented process, where design thinking, not design making, leads the way from ideas to tangible products. The diagram below shows how functional beauty emerges from the following major components of a well-designed product: