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Why not drink mocktails? All the fun of a cocktail without any of the booze! Hell, you can even get alcohol free versions of most spirits these days, so they even taste more or less the same
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Ive been hearing great things about drinking alone at home. people are raving about how great it is to drink at home alone every day
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Internetjack posted:Going social; find a favorite bar, pub, wine bar, etc. Maybe a place that has live music. Have a couple drinks, some food and chill with the scene. i never really got this mentality i prefer being at home to being in bars because, in most cases, i hate bars. they are crowded and loud. (i go to them anyway to see and play live music but i dont find them relaxing at all). also there's a pandemic going on so i tend to do my drinking at home. this usually involves like, one drink with dinner. maybe two if i'm watching a movie. that doesn't seem like alcoholism to me? meanwhile i know plenty of people who do most or all of their drinking in bars or other social situations who are total alcoholics and still get completely wasted all the time. over the course of my life i've seen hundreds of people in social drinking situations that clearly have a very unhealthy relationship with drink, being encouraged to keep drinking by others around them or the atmosphere in general the only difference between social drinking and solo drinking is that the former is more socially acceptable. it isn't healthier. likewise solo drinking isn't automatically less healthy. its more about knowing your limits and whether you are better off deciding those limits yourself or you need/want some kind of social reinforcement. Earwicker fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Jan 3, 2022 |
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Jan 3, 2022 18:24
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Whiskey/bourbon sours are worth taking up drinking for. Also all milk based cream cocktails for dessert are drat delicious.
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Jan 3, 2022 18:40
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Jan 3, 2022 18:45
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Colonel Cancer posted:Bourbon and milk This bad boy was a hit at my christmas party 1/4 oz Coffee liqueur 1/4 oz Almond liqueur 1/2 oz bourbon (or more) 2 oz 10% cream 4 oz Milk 2 Ice cubes
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Earwicker posted:
The thing about solo drinking at home is that social disapproval becomes a non-factor. Getting drunk in public and vomiting on someone's shoes and relying on friends to drag you home might draw some negative stigma, and act as a deterrent. Downing an entire bottle of wine at home doesn't, unless you go out of your way to tell people about it.
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Jan 3, 2022 21:05
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tripwood posted:This bad boy was a hit at my christmas party Were you hosting a christmas party for 5 year olds? That poo poo would have less kick than a miller light
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Jan 3, 2022 21:15
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Devils Affricate, you're like school in summertime: drunk as gently caress
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Jan 3, 2022 21:40
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Banana and coffee is a great drink flavor combination if you can get it to work
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Jan 3, 2022 21:49
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Devils Affricate posted:Were you hosting a christmas party for 5 year olds? That poo poo would have less kick than a miller light Yeah, that is a lot of dairy per milk ratio, but one is probably fun to have.
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Dell_Zincht posted:Hell, you can even get alcohol free versions of most spirits these days, so they even taste more or less the same I've seen these. They often cost more than actual booze and that's just hosed.
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I love shochu including ones that people would generally describe as tasting like gasoline but I bought this peat bog tasting sweet potato variety that I couldn't handle and that has basically lasted the entire year for me.
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I haven't had a shochu that I've liked, but I've had sake I've liked and sake I've thought was disgusting, and to be honest if I was gonna get into any kind of alcohol for the flavor it'd either be bourbon, japanese whiskey, or sake, just based on my experience with Knob Creek, the one time i had Yamazaki 18 year, and Otokoyama, respectively. I figure shochu probly has specific poo poo like that in it that would stand out if someone was really dedicated to it, but I have never seen it drank in a context outside of highballs, myself.
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Lawrence Gilchrist posted:I love shochu including ones that people would generally describe as tasting like gasoline but I bought this peat bog tasting sweet potato variety that I couldn't handle and that has basically lasted the entire year for me. that sounds badass if not exactly good
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Lawrence Gilchrist posted:I love shochu including ones that people would generally describe as tasting like gasoline but I bought this peat bog tasting sweet potato variety that I couldn't handle and that has basically lasted the entire year for me. I drank that $5 gekkeikan sake that tasted like an old mans foot every day for like 2 years
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Jan 4, 2022 03:46
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gotta upgrade to that Ozeki
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just drink cheap beer OP. i mean the truly cheap poo poo. also exercise and eat well
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and by exercise i dont mean "shove a bolus of speed in your rectum and hold it in there with a butt plug while you go roller blading" just jog or do yoga
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you can do yoga in your home and you dont need special shoes actually you're not supposed to wear shoes at all you don't even need the mat
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Zippy the Bummer posted:just drink cheap beer OP. i mean the truly cheap poo poo. also exercise and eat well malt liquor mixed with orange juice is aight, if you do a good one it comes out like orangina
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old english with orange juice sounds like it might be good. especially if both are near frozen if for some reason you can't go jogging or do yoga, just pace around your abode. if you are wheelchair bound, do eighty point turn arounds in your apartment hall austin powers style. if you are paraplegic, get some of those electrode muscle stimulators and, well i guess have a friend place them all over your body so that your primary muscles are always gently spasming. the wires can be hidden under your clothes. don't worry about the wires you can also have yourself affixed with a mask for blazing to augment the throat tube that feeds booze right into your stomach. actually you can do that whether you are paraplegic or not i suppose
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Zippy the Bummer posted:if you are paraplegic, get some of those electrode muscle stimulators and, well i guess have a friend place them all over your body so that your primary muscles are always gently spasming whoa like even on ur weener??
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'ur weener' isn't a "muscle"! it is primary tho.
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I made the mistake of going to a nice bar with a girl who doesn't drink. That itself wasn't the mistake. But I'm a seasoned drinker (alcoholic) at the time and so looking for drinks the bartender suggested LIITs. I thought nothing of it because hey, a LIIT is a nice starter. So we're chatting and drinking and after she has like a few mouthfuls I go "uh hey, actually maybe a bad choice of drink, would you like a coke or something instead?" Which she agreed to. Seeing someone go red after a few sips was sobering (lol) and I'm glad I suggested a mixer to drink instead, because she admitted she would have felt obliged to drink it all, and it was tasty. Moral of the story, suggest drinks based on other's drinking capability, not your own. Haven't made that mistake again, and glad it worked out okay. We had a good night anyway.
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Op - I used to drink a lot and it kicked rear end. Then I ran into some "issues" and stopped drinking. Easily the dumbest thing I've ever done - You should take up drinking OP, especially if you're single.
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syntaxfunction posted:I made the mistake of going to a nice bar with a girl who doesn't drink. That itself wasn't the mistake. But I'm a seasoned drinker (alcoholic) at the time and so looking for drinks the bartender suggested LIITs. I thought nothing of it because hey, a LIIT is a nice starter. When my now girlfriend turned 21 back in college (we weren’t dating at the time) I brought her to this bar off campus that was a real poo poo hole but everyone went there on their 21st. The very first thing I ordered for her was a Four Horseman shot. She projectile vomited all over the patio within seconds. Yes I think that’s exactly why she decided to go out with my dumb rear end later on.
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beer gas canister posted:I tried during early quarantine but it wasn't doing it for me so I went back to just weed Same but 15 years instead of a few months
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I think I've gotten to the point where I want to buy a cocktail mixing set. Or those big stainless steel cups that you shake things in and a mini-collander or whatever it is called. No one has suggested a foofy yummy drink, though. Something like a Harlot Ripper or a Krakatoa Survivor. You know the sort. They have things like blue curacao in them and umbrellas. And silly names that elicit happy colors and escapes from reality.
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Waltzing Along posted:I think I've gotten to the point where I want to buy a cocktail mixing set. Or those big stainless steel cups that you shake things in and a mini-collander or whatever it is called. Tequila Sunset Cosmopolitan Hurricane Mai Tai Brandy Alexander (this is your chocolate choo choo)
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syntaxfunction posted:I made the mistake of going to a nice bar Your story doesn't check out. No bartender at a nice bar would recommend LIITs.
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1) Try a bunch of stuff to find what you like, then roll with that. 2) Don't let anyone shame you for your choice of drink. Even if you drink straight grain alcohol from the jug, some dipshit will call you a pussy. Drink what tastes good and realize that your tastes will change over time. I used to be pretty adverse to whiskey of any kind, but bourbon is now my favorite drink. 3) Sweet, delicious drinks are sweet and delicious. Also, the hangovers will make you want to kill yourself. 4) Just because you drink, doesn't mean you are a drunk. But, keep your poo poo together man. Have fun.
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Waltzing Along posted:I think I've gotten to the point where I want to buy a cocktail mixing set. Or those big stainless steel cups that you shake things in and a mini-collander or whatever it is called. My favorite, Corpse Reviver #2 Sidecar Tijuana Taxi Ballet Ruse The Written Word Scorpion Hurricane Zombie Jet Pilot Painkiller Maiden's Prayer Pink Fetish
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When I first started drinking spirits I drank Gran Gala, which is a sort of knockoff Grand Marnier. Add a bit of orange zest to balance the extreme sweetness and it's quite good, and the sugar gradually turning your mouth into a swampy slimepit makes a good signal for when you should stop.
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Waltzing Along posted:I think I've gotten to the point where I want to buy a cocktail mixing set. Or those big stainless steel cups that you shake things in and a mini-collander or whatever it is called. Froot Loop Blue Curacao Strawberry Syrup Milk Tastes like a fruit loop.
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Vitruvian Manic posted:Your story doesn't check out. No bartender at a nice bar would recommend LIITs. They were $21 each.
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syntaxfunction posted:They were $21 each. YTA
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Also XO Patron Coffee plus Bailey’s or Rumchata for a coffee shot.
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Waltzing Along posted:It's never really been a thing for me. But I think maybe I should start buying some liquor and glasses and things and making a cocktail in the evenings. Don't.
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signalnoise posted:I haven't had a shochu that I've liked, but I've had sake I've liked and sake I've thought was disgusting, and to be honest if I was gonna get into any kind of alcohol for the flavor it'd either be bourbon, japanese whiskey, or sake, just based on my experience with Knob Creek, the one time i had Yamazaki 18 year, and Otokoyama, respectively. I figure shochu probly has specific poo poo like that in it that would stand out if someone was really dedicated to it, but I have never seen it drank in a context outside of highballs, myself. Yamazaki 12 was my go-to affordable whiskey for a long rear end time because it tasted amazing and it was super cheap, like $20 or less. Then the Chinese market discovered it and I have seen bottles going for $400 at supermarkets, I poo poo you not. The version on shelves now is insanely expensive and no longer even has an age listed. It will be years before supply can meet demand again.
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