> Drinking alone in public is shunned even worse. It is most definitely not shunned in American dive bars, nor anywhere in Central/Eastern Europe, nor in a hot

> Drinking alone in public is shunned even worse. It is most definitely not shunned in American dive bars, nor anywhere in Central/Eastern Europe, nor in a hotel bar anywhere in the world. Getting shit-faced by yourself in public is frowned upon because it’s annoying, but flying solo on a barstool is as common as can be, and nobody has any problem with it in many, many places.