Why is it that in formal logic, the phrase “If Bob drinks, then everyone drinks” is true if Bob doesn’t drink ?

Question

in other words, why are statements of the form “If A then B” always true if A is false?

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Answer 1

Shit like this is why I struggled to get a D in community college logic. I’ve read the top explanations like three times and they still don’t make sense to me.