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Ask HN: Do you drink alcohol?

16 points by miguelrochefort 8y ago

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xupybd 8y ago
Yes, but I avoid getting drunk. Also I enjoy it but like any rich food feel worse for it.
ams6110 8y ago
Yes. I am drinking now.
objektif 8y ago
Yes but dislike the aftermath more and more.
23sgdh4t34t 8y ago
Yes, smoke too... Are you looking for an excuse to drink? Don't look for excuses from others to enjoy some vice. Enjoy it for yourself.
TbobbyZ 8y ago
Nope, never have. I'll be 31 in a few months. Proud teetotaler! I have no temptation to drink at bars/clubs with friends.
- mkbkn 8y ago
  Same except that I'm a bit younger.
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quickthrower2 8y ago
Yes, but I don't like drinking alone.
known 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol
725686 8y ago
I'm grateful that my body refuses to take more after 2 or 3 drinks. I feel bad for people that just can't stop. Why the question?
sterlind 8y ago
Nope! I'm on a number of meds to treat my Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, so abstaining helps me avoid interactions. Honestly though, I never enjoyed the effects. Somehow alcohol causes me anxiety, as the mental whiteboard I rely upon vanishes and I can't escape into my mind. If I want to get fucked up, I rabbit hole on cosmology and particle physics. Once I read about what the "local group" really means. My partner found me in the throes of an existential crisis. I then explained entropy to zir and neither of us could sleep that night. The universe is a trip, man.
gtsteve 8y ago
Yes, but it's hitting me harder the older I age. I wonder if I'm on the wrong side of history sometimes; I wonder if our children will consider drinking to be similar to how most of us view smoking today.
rocannon 8y ago
nope, it tastes awful to me.
matt_the_bass 8y ago
I enjoy a nice red wine or a nice liquor in moderation. But I don’t drink beer or cheap alcohol. I’m drinking for the tastes so I don’t care to get drunk or drink lousy stuff. Why do you ask?
abhijat 8y ago
I used to, but quit completely around three years ago.
samuraiseoul 8y ago
I do not drink anymore. I use to be quite an alcoholic(about 14-16 beers or .5 to .75 liters of whisky) and it caused me quite a few problems in my life. A few months ago for my two year sober-versary, I wrote a little bit about it, and alcohol culture in development. https://dev.to/samuraiseoul/alcohol-and-developer-culture-19b8 https://dev.to/samuraiseoul/alcohol-and-developer-culture-19...
FatDrunknStupid 8y ago
Never trust a programmer that doesn't drink.
nunez 8y ago
absolutely, but never alone at home
happppy 8y ago
Nope. Never gonna taste at all.
arandr0x 8y ago
I gave it up for 2019 -- I'm a social drinker, nothing bad, but I was liking my post-drinking sleep less and less. (It seems to have side effects on me in the aftermath even when I don't drink enough to actually get drunk... or I'm getting old... whichever...) Several of my coworkers are either completely abstinent or the "don't like it will sip 5ml of this beer" type and I've seen firsthand it can be rough socially. I'm going to just ignore the haters mostly.

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xupybd 8y ago

Yes, but I avoid getting drunk. Also I enjoy it but like any rich food feel worse for it.

ams6110 8y ago

Yes. I am drinking now.

objektif 8y ago

Yes but dislike the aftermath more and more.

23sgdh4t34t 8y ago

Yes, smoke too... Are you looking for an excuse to drink? Don't look for excuses from others to enjoy some vice. Enjoy it for yourself.

TbobbyZ 8y ago

Nope, never have. I'll be 31 in a few months. Proud teetotaler! I have no temptation to drink at bars/clubs with friends.

mkbkn 8y ago
Same except that I'm a bit younger.

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quickthrower2 8y ago

Yes, but I don't like drinking alone.

known 8y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol

725686 8y ago

I'm grateful that my body refuses to take more after 2 or 3 drinks. I feel bad for people that just can't stop. Why the question?

sterlind 8y ago

Nope! I'm on a number of meds to treat my Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, so abstaining helps me avoid interactions. Honestly though, I never enjoyed the effects. Somehow alcohol causes me anxiety, as the mental whiteboard I rely upon vanishes and I can't escape into my mind. If I want to get fucked up, I rabbit hole on cosmology and particle physics. Once I read about what the "local group" really means. My partner found me in the throes of an existential crisis. I then explained entropy to zir and neither of us could sleep that night. The universe is a trip, man.

gtsteve 8y ago

Yes, but it's hitting me harder the older I age. I wonder if I'm on the wrong side of history sometimes; I wonder if our children will consider drinking to be similar to how most of us view smoking today.

rocannon 8y ago

nope, it tastes awful to me.

matt_the_bass 8y ago

I enjoy a nice red wine or a nice liquor in moderation. But I don’t drink beer or cheap alcohol. I’m drinking for the tastes so I don’t care to get drunk or drink lousy stuff. Why do you ask?

abhijat 8y ago

I used to, but quit completely around three years ago.

samuraiseoul 8y ago

I do not drink anymore. I use to be quite an alcoholic(about 14-16 beers or .5 to .75 liters of whisky) and it caused me quite a few problems in my life. A few months ago for my two year sober-versary, I wrote a little bit about it, and alcohol culture in development. https://dev.to/samuraiseoul/alcohol-and-developer-culture-19b8 https://dev.to/samuraiseoul/alcohol-and-developer-culture-19...

FatDrunknStupid 8y ago

Never trust a programmer that doesn't drink.

nunez 8y ago

absolutely, but never alone at home

happppy 8y ago

Nope. Never gonna taste at all.

arandr0x 8y ago

I gave it up for 2019 -- I'm a social drinker, nothing bad, but I was liking my post-drinking sleep less and less. (It seems to have side effects on me in the aftermath even when I don't drink enough to actually get drunk... or I'm getting old... whichever...) Several of my coworkers are either completely abstinent or the "don't like it will sip 5ml of this beer" type and I've seen firsthand it can be rough socially. I'm going to just ignore the haters mostly.