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>As a gay man in New York with a well-stocked bar, I am used to my friends coming to my apartment and asking for vodka sodas. meh. As a gay man in a midwester
by nimbius 7y ago
>As a gay man in New York with a well-stocked bar, I am used to my friends coming to my apartment and asking for vodka sodas.
meh. As a gay man in a midwestern rust belt town with a used fridge that makes exorcist noises, I am used to my friends assuming I drink vodka soda. I got a six pack of "white claws" from a female friend and couldnt choke down more than a few sips.
If youre going to drink a vodka soda, for god sake avoid this landfill fodder and pour one yourself. vodka comes everything from cotton candy to bacon, so theres really no excuse.
TL;DR: White Claw is the Keurig of mixed drinks.
- brianbreslin 7y ago@nimbius actually keurig is now the keurig of mixed drinks: https://www.drinkworks.com https://www.drinkworks.com
- reaperducer 7y agoVery interesting. Though, currently only available in Florida and Missouri.
- equalunique 7y agoI don't understand why this comment should have been downvoted. I disagree because I like White Claw, but downvoting someone due to drink preferences seems rather hostile.
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- Dylan16807 7y agoBecause the comment itself is hostile! There's no reason to be so snooty to anyone that likes it. The horror of a Keurig!!!
- kjs3 7y agoApparently where you're from humor and hostile are commonly conflated?
- vertex-four 7y agoMeh, I'm from the UK, this was more on the hostile side of things. Perhaps a misjudgement of how tone maps to text, but yeah.
- logfromblammo 7y agoMidwestern humor isn't for everyone. It has a bit of a sour aftertaste. Non-Midwesterners may mistake it for hostility, in the same way that non-New Yorkers might mistake an offhanded cultural observation--or anything the New Yorker says, really--for being a rude, arrogant prick. (Edit: Not you. The author of the article is the New Yorker.) (Edit 2: If you are a Midwesterner, then you're not a non-Midwesterner, by definition.) (Edit 3: Let's not even go into how someone with a used Exorcist fridge is snooty for dumping on Keurigs. That's some Midwestern humor right there.)
- Dylan16807 7y agoAs if you can't have both humor and hostility. Psst, your implication about where I'm from is wrong. > (Edit: Not you. The author of the article is the New Yorker.) Edit: I'm not talking about that. I mean the implication that I'm not a Midwesterner, which is causing me to "mistake it for hostility".
- Dylan16807 7y ago> (Edit 2: If you are a Midwesterner, then you're not a non-Midwesterner, by definition.) Yeah, I know. I'm the one that called it hostile. You said that it wasn't hostile, it's humor that non-midwesteners mistake for hostility. You said that in reply to my post. By any reasonable interpretation, that post is calling me a non-midwesterner. So I'm letting you know that that's wrong, and I'm not somehow unqualified to call the post hostile.
- kjs3 7y agoWhite Claw is Zima reincarnated. Otherwise, completely agree.
- egdod 7y agoZima was sweet though.
- vorpalhex 7y agoThere are better hard seltzers than White Claw for sure, without that artificial, off flavor. Oscar Blues in Texas produces a brand called "Wild Basin" that is by far my favorite, but not sure how wide distribution is. I've seen Trader Joes carry a brand that's pretty good as well, though the name escapes me.
- asdff 7y agoSome of the flavors are pretty off the mark, but I can slug through the lime all day long, and when things get boozy I tend to over pour my wells.