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Alcohol drinks are gross
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beelzebozo
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Konka said:
so if i keep practicing i'll get good at it? i better keep chasing this dream
JoeMartin said:
Hear Hear! GAF Gin-drinkers, UNITE!
Konka said:
My first alcohol was a bottle of Seagram's Gin, and it was love at our first juniper-soaked kiss. And Seagrams isn't exactly high on the list of quality gins (but damn good for the price).
Alcohol is just one of those things that some people enjoy and others don't. There's an awful lot of "Alcohol is poison!" (you sound like my Muslim uncle pitching a fit that the wine is sitting too close to him at the fucking Olive Garden) and a lot of "People who don't drink are missing out!" in this thread.
Bottom line; try new things, you might like them.
beelzebozo
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Big-E said:
i actually think i've always liked vegetables, but i question the validity of the comparison between learning to enjoy vegetables--one of the most indisputable healthy things for a human being in the entire world--and learning to like alcohol, which is a double-edged sword at best. why would i try so hard?
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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Snuggler said:
Very true! Granted I'm not drinking as much since I'm on a diet now.
I should also add it makes watching MST3K, Chinese Kung Fu and HK action movies, and 1980s Action Movies even better!
beelzebozo said:
I only brought up the vegetable thing because for many people, they grow to like vegetables. Most kids won't eat hardly any greens but that changes as they grow. Alcohol can be that way for some people but it doesn't necessarily have to. Not like alcohol is always something I have a difficult time relating too as it is a part of my culture. With the huge variety of alcohol out there I find it strange that someone can not like any of it.
beelzebozo
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i typically find that alcohol as an INGREDIENT works for me. so, as i said, i find something endearing about the taste of fruitcake--even if it is a bit rummy--and the complexity deglazing with a splash of red wine brings beef stew is sublime. but you'll never see me turn up a beer and say, "wow. . . great beer." i just don't really like it that much.
and i got your comparison. it's all good. it's actually a fairly good one, regarding the developing of a palate for something. i just have tried several times over and it never "calls to me." as a man driven by culinary impulses and cravings, it's never something i sit around and salivate for, so i just sip other things.
and i got your comparison. it's all good. it's actually a fairly good one, regarding the developing of a palate for something. i just have tried several times over and it never "calls to me." as a man driven by culinary impulses and cravings, it's never something i sit around and salivate for, so i just sip other things.
Majmun
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Konka said:
Sorry what? :lol
Doesn't the majority of the people who drink alcohol drink it just to get drunk? And how do people act when they're wasted?
Not so smart...
How many people commited a crime while being drunk? I think alcohol is one of the things that has ruined our civilization. Not saved it...lol.
You can have a nice drink with a friend at a bar(positive), and get killed by a carcrash because you were drunk while driving the car(negative). How many times has that happened? Alcohol's power to ruin is bigger than it's power to do a good thing.
Nowhere near as civilized without alcohol? my ass..
Second said:
Alcohol more often than not brings people together. Bars and alcohol have been of huge economic importance forever. It's a huge industry and smarter people tend to drink more.
The ability to unwind with alcohol has no doubt been of huge importance. Unless you're going to argue that a part of society as old as bread isn't important.:lol
OP: Have you ever tried mixing your own drink? As in, putting a very small shot (of vodka or whatever) in a medium glass of lemonade or coke or -- whatever?
Straight liquor makes me gag like anyone else but you just have to find that 'sweet spot' where the taste is bearable to you.
Straight liquor makes me gag like anyone else but you just have to find that 'sweet spot' where the taste is bearable to you.
ZephyrFate
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Um, yeah. It is.ToxicAdam said:
Korey said:
It's the same as coffee and generally anything that is bitter. It as a taste isn't really something you've ever been introduced to your entire life until that point so of course it is going to take a while to get used to. Had you been raised on beer it would taste no worse to you than anything you were raised on in your life.
There are food delicacies on this planet that would make you vomit several times over but they are amazing to the native creators of that dish. Any alcohol is just like that because you've lived so long without it that it takes time to get accustomed too.
Konka said:
Minor Addition; the human tongue tastes salty, sweet, and sour to detect health food from unhealthy. To tell rotting meat from safe meat. Bitter is no exception, but bitter is generally attuned to the alkali of toxic plants. We, as humans, are usually perfectly fine with sweet and salty, and even sour on occasion. Bitter, however, still sends up red flags to our brain as poison, thus why many people have very bad first reactions with beer. The 'getting used to it' period is simply your brain realizing that beer is not poison (contrary to some of the opinions in this thread
)Dreamgazer
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This might have been posted before, but it's possible that you're a supertaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fhc0t_QNhs
At least that's the excuse I give when I don't want to drink. I hate drinking alcohol for alcohol/"omg socialize" sake also.:lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fhc0t_QNhs
At least that's the excuse I give when I don't want to drink. I hate drinking alcohol for alcohol/"omg socialize" sake also.:lol
Retro said:Minor Addition; the human tongue tastes salty, sweet, and sour to detect health food from unhealthy. To tell rotting meat from safe meat. Bitter is no exception, but bitter is generally attuned to the alkali of toxic plants. We, as humans, are usually perfectly fine with sweet and salty, and even sour on occasion. Bitter, however, still sends up red flags to our brain as poison, thus why many people have very bad first reactions with beer. The 'getting used to it' period is simply your brain realizing that beer is not poison (contrary to some of the opinions in this thread
Yeah and some people here have made it seem like it's such a terrible process to get used to it. Get a case of some decent beer, say Sam Adams and have one with dinner and after not too long you'll start to enjoy it and then you can move on to the even more delicious beers.
I swear I used to hate beer to death.
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I have to say, you honestly come up as someone who hates alcohol more from your upbringing or social experience than the actual taste of it. Alcohol is as old as humanity, trying to blame the "fall of civilization" on alcohol is silly. Its not like everything was paradise and alcohol fell upon humanity to destroy it, alcohol has always been there, what we do with it is something up to every different society, old and new, whether is in your country or somewhere else.
And again, the variety out there is huge, actually huge is an understatement, people now mention the bitterness but there's plenty of alcoholic beverages that are extremely sweet, Manichewiz(sp?) comes to mind.
And no, most people don't drink alcohol just to get drunk, in places like Europe sometimes is just expected to have wine with a meal.
platypotamus
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Immortal_Daemon said:
Ladies and gentlemen, we might have a new champion for "single most wrong thing ever posted on GAF". Bravo Immortal_Daemon, bravo.
HappyBivouac
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platypotamus said:
Forgot how to read spoiler'd things?
ColonelColon
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Big-E said:
So there are people who would think you are a lesser person for not drinking alcohol?
Amakusa
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Konka said:
^^
that x 2
The only Alcohol that taste good are bitch drinks, I enjoy a drink here and there, but I've never taken a shot of Volka and said to myself, "What a fine tastey drink this is"
Hell no, the stuff taste like something you'd rub over a open wound. Now after about 3-4 shots.. it doesn't taste as bad ; )
Don't be one of those people thats like, Alcohol doesn't work on me, thats why I don't drink it. NOOOOO U!!!
Tell that chick you're trying to pick up the truth, "I don't drink because I don't like the way it taste" She may follow up with "Well let me order you a bitch drink, like the one I'm enjoying"
Dreamgazer
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Odrion said:
I wouldn't be surprised if there are people in this thread who hates certain veggies and acts the same way.
It's a very interesting subject for me. As some of you may have seen from my exploits in the girl thread, I have a very indifferent view towards alcohol. I used to be someone who despised it for a long time (along with a great many other things) after some very not nice experiences in college. I was kept pretty far away from alcohol growing up so it never really entered my life until I did go away to college for that one time.
I no longer will be "ah, I hate alcohol and everything about it!", heh, quite hypocritical now since I use wine for cooking. :lol
Still, I won't go seeking it out or craving it, and the only reason I drink it now is really just to not feel out of place and try to please others (even though it still doesn't do anything for me). It's probably because, as was said earlier, you kind of have to enjoy being drunk to enjoy it more, and I really really don't enjoy being drunk because for me, it's a super-depression. And I'm also non too comfortable being around drunk people as well. They kinda freak me out.
I no longer will be "ah, I hate alcohol and everything about it!", heh, quite hypocritical now since I use wine for cooking. :lol
Still, I won't go seeking it out or craving it, and the only reason I drink it now is really just to not feel out of place and try to please others (even though it still doesn't do anything for me). It's probably because, as was said earlier, you kind of have to enjoy being drunk to enjoy it more, and I really really don't enjoy being drunk because for me, it's a super-depression. And I'm also non too comfortable being around drunk people as well. They kinda freak me out.
BobTheFork
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That's a stereotype, just like 'Sober people are pricks" so let it go.Dogenzaka said:Okay the elitism over this is just fucking ridiculous.
Enjoy your beer guts and cirrhosis, jerks.
dralla said:
Just looking at that bottle makes me want to vomit my fucking guts out.
Fordzilla said:
Maybe. I don't like Sparks and you can't really sip a Jagerbomb, can you? I just imagine it looking ridiculous.
MaxSteel said:
Tried that and just a straight energy drink to give me a boost but it really doesn't help me.
In general, I try to avoid sugary drinks. My go to drink is gin and tonic or whiskey neat. If it's going to be beer, it's Stella or Fat Tire.
Solid Moustache
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You're not alone.
MugthisNowWithLemon
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For the most part, being able to enjoy drinking alcohol--or at the very least, not hate it--is a crucial ingredient to being a more social person. Not only in the frat party sense, but at dinner parties, having a drink with a woman, or a long night of great conversation with another person or a small group. Drinking truly does loosen most people up (sometimes too much or in a bad way) and bring people closer together.
In my experience, the people who hate drinking, think it's gross and/or stupid, tend to be introverts and otherwise more socially awkward than those who can enjoy drinking. This, obviously, isn't true for everyone. Two of my closest, funnest, and coolest friends used to be in that camp. However, they eventually started liking alcohol and only became more cool and fun.
Perhaps it is a shame that alcohol is in someways a necessity to reaching your full social potential, but it does make sense. Most people are guarded, consciously and self-consciously. Alcohol, even after a drink or two, starts bringing down those barriers, which is how a lot of bonds are made.
As for the taste, it is something that you have to build a taste for. Technically, alcohol is a poison and our brains are wired to warn us of anything that might cause damage. It takes a little while to train (trick?) our brains to except alcohol. Kind of like roller coaster rides or haunted houses, I guess.
I love, love, love beer now after mostly just tolerating it. Same with wine (Two Buck Chuck!). I still hate dark liquors (gold tequila, and especially whiskey, bourbon, etc.). With tequila, I just had a bad experience with it (half a bottle of Cabo Wabo...) and now simply cannot stomach it. With whiskey, bourbon, scotch, I just haven't tried to develop a taste for it. I can take a shot of it, but god damn does it burn. I have a few cocktails that I love, but I generally now stick to beer, shots, and wine.
In my experience, the people who hate drinking, think it's gross and/or stupid, tend to be introverts and otherwise more socially awkward than those who can enjoy drinking. This, obviously, isn't true for everyone. Two of my closest, funnest, and coolest friends used to be in that camp. However, they eventually started liking alcohol and only became more cool and fun.
Perhaps it is a shame that alcohol is in someways a necessity to reaching your full social potential, but it does make sense. Most people are guarded, consciously and self-consciously. Alcohol, even after a drink or two, starts bringing down those barriers, which is how a lot of bonds are made.
As for the taste, it is something that you have to build a taste for. Technically, alcohol is a poison and our brains are wired to warn us of anything that might cause damage. It takes a little while to train (trick?) our brains to except alcohol. Kind of like roller coaster rides or haunted houses, I guess.
I love, love, love beer now after mostly just tolerating it. Same with wine (Two Buck Chuck!). I still hate dark liquors (gold tequila, and especially whiskey, bourbon, etc.). With tequila, I just had a bad experience with it (half a bottle of Cabo Wabo...) and now simply cannot stomach it. With whiskey, bourbon, scotch, I just haven't tried to develop a taste for it. I can take a shot of it, but god damn does it burn. I have a few cocktails that I love, but I generally now stick to beer, shots, and wine.
I don't care for alcohol either. I'm not averse to drinking once in a blue moon and the few times that I have drunk I never had any problem holding my liquor, but honestly I don't really see much point in drinking alcohol. To me it doesn't taste too good and I have few inhibitions to begin with. For me personally though, outside of social reasons, I see little purpose for indulgence.
You're just fucking ignorant, and I'm assuming very young.Second said:
There is a richness and complexity in taste found in many alcoholic beverages that can't be matched elsewhere. Great food is one of the best things in life, and one of our strongest cultural influences. The same can be said of alcohol.
If you don't like the taste of alcohol, you are missing out. I can't imagine going to dinner and having a fucking Coke or whatever it is you drink.
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