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Can confirm. Being the only nondrinket at a party sucks. Everyone becomes a strange kind of boring where the stupidest things entertain them and you just can't

by Swizec 10y ago

Can confirm. Being the only nondrinket at a party sucks. Everyone becomes a strange kind of boring where the stupidest things entertain them and you just can't see it. Happens to me a lot because I don't like wine and beer and it seems that in the US people really really don't like to drink spirits socially. Or even to mix their own cocktails. Sometimes I miss parties with my slavic friends where we go through bottles of gin and vodka and such things. Def don't miss the next day hangover tho :D And yes it IS a social lubricant. Lowers inhibitions. Edit: on second thought, maybe avoiding spirits at parties isn't a US thing. Maybe I'm just getting older and people around me no longer enjoy getting smashed

jasonkostempski 10y ago
Not sure where you got the idea that in the US people really really don't like to drink spirits socially. I'm sure it's different around the country but that's not the case anywhere I've been.
- Swizec 10y ago
  I find that they drink them at clubs but not at home parties. Should've been more clear. And anyway it probably has more to do with age than geography. People don't get as smashed in their late 20's as they do in high school and college when drinking is more like a competition on who can get the most drunk the fastest. Or maybe I'm just going to the wrong parties. You're right, geography is prob a correlation.
  - throwaway729 10y ago
    Next time you go to a party at a friend's home, offer to bring some spirits and mixers. Most people stick to beer/wine at self-hosted parties because anything else is a PITA, not because they don't like spirits.
    - loopdoend 10y ago
      Bring some ice too.
matwood 10y ago
Not sure where you live, but if you head on down to the south nearly everyone has bourbon.
- deckiedan 10y ago
  Many many religious people don't do alcohol at all. In the USA, especially the south, many Christians don't drink. In most of Europe most do, "in moderation".

by Swizec 10y ago

jasonkostempski 10y ago

Not sure where you got the idea that in the US people really really don't like to drink spirits socially. I'm sure it's different around the country but that's not the case anywhere I've been.

Swizec 10y ago
I find that they drink them at clubs but not at home parties. Should've been more clear. And anyway it probably has more to do with age than geography. People don't get as smashed in their late 20's as they do in high school and college when drinking is more like a competition on who can get the most drunk the fastest. Or maybe I'm just going to the wrong parties. You're right, geography is prob a correlation.
- throwaway729 10y ago
  Next time you go to a party at a friend's home, offer to bring some spirits and mixers. Most people stick to beer/wine at self-hosted parties because anything else is a PITA, not because they don't like spirits.
  - loopdoend 10y ago
    Bring some ice too.

matwood 10y ago

Not sure where you live, but if you head on down to the south nearly everyone has bourbon.

deckiedan 10y ago
Many many religious people don't do alcohol at all. In the USA, especially the south, many Christians don't drink. In most of Europe most do, "in moderation".