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He was a hardcore alcoholic.
The first three just made the shaking stop.The first one stopped the shaking, the second got him back to “normal”, the third finally started to give him a buzz, and the fourth just kept the party going
He didn’t…
It’s time to carry on, Angie. The Morning has come, so the Dream must end.
On the other hand, a Long Island iced tea from Outback Steakhouse is probably just a shot of vodka in a glass of crushed iced filled with sugary brown concentrate.
Havnt been to a outback in probably a decade but they used to make some of the strongest drinks and if you ask for it “down under” you basically got a cup of straight liquor.
Or they do it with half measures of everything, a little more mixer and a shitload of ice.
Still tastes almost the same but you have to order 6 of them to get utterly wankered not 3.
I haven’t been to one in ages. But I remember them being pretty happy to serve you a big fat giant mug of beer like the size of a pitcher. So I’m guessing they don’t mind giving you a proper Long Island.
i got a piña colada at red lobster and they gave me a cup the size of the entire table
Lemmy moment:
They are supposed to reply to one another
Pain
Chronic alcoholism.
He always drove better after a few drinks.
/S
Dad probably wondered the same thing
Reason to remember the name
Pleasure
Concentrated power of will.
Five percent pressure
It’s always amazing when you find out how much more your parents generation drinks than you do. How much more their parents generation drank than they did. And how much more their great grandparents drank then all of y’all combined. This entire nation was hammered pretty much constantly.
I was looking at current data on UK drinking and it was shockingly high. Not to disagree with you at all, but like, even today depending where you are, the numbers are wild. Booze is a hell of a drug.
Well the British are their own fucking thing. Although I did see something just the other day about how gen z Brits drink way less than their forebearers as well. And all the Talking Heads were shocked about it as if it was the greatest sin known to man. Which is telling.
…Except for 1920 to 1933…
Except for the bootleggers and speakeasies, wink wink.
Sure, but lack of access actually did reduce general consumption. The average person doesn’t drink more during prohibition.
Lack of access only reduced consumption among those who lost access. For those who were consuming bootleg their consumption increased. Often to harder liqours for obvious reasons.
Yeah. That’s the point. Reducing access has an effect. That’s basic basic economics. So is the expectation that forbidding the sale of something so easy to make would create a robust informal market. But informal markets usually lock out casual consumers as they don’t care or want to spend the time or effort to find a trustworthy contact for A bottle of wine.
This isn’t rocket science, this is super basic economics.
Alcohol consumption went up for many people. Way up.
For some. Which is not enough to raise averages.
Look, I’ve just finished a bottle of wine, so I’m no teatotler. But what data does exist shows the immediate post-21st Amendment years as lower than pre-18th years. Prohibition was an overall failure, and I celebrate Repeal Day. but it did actually reduce the national average of alcohol consumption for a time.
https://theconversation.com/how-prohibition-changed-the-way-americans-drink-100-years-ago-129854
Does that track reported consumption or alcohol related ailments?
Just consumption
Not sure how reliable it is, then. Or it could be that drinking culture bifurcated, where casual drinking stopped, and you either made it your life or did without, and a lot of the former category fucking died.
Yeah, exactly. Tons of economics research shows how often people don’t step out of line, so lack of access has real effects. Prohibition locked out casual drinkers and people with no trustworthy connect to a bootlegger.
