I used to have a rule that I could only drink on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
But before I knew it, I’d end up with a giant mixed drink in hand some Saturday at 2PM, realizing that I wasn’t actually that interested in drinking. Naturally I’d consume it anyway. You can’t put it in the fridge, the ice will melt.
Anyway, so this went on for a while. I’d drink because I could. It was a pattern. I didn’t much care for it…
So I replaced the weekends only rule with the “I need a drink” rule, designed instead to help keep me from treating alcohol like a crutch.
The rule is that if at any time during the day, I find myself seriously thinking or saying “I need a drink” in response to something frustrating, saddening, aggravating, or otherwise psychologically habit-forming, I can’t drink that night. Otherwise I can drink whenever I please.
I find myself drinking far less and much fancier stuff these days. I can buy way nicer bottles because they last more than a couple weeks. Instead of banging out a handle of Sobieski, I can nurse a fifth of Four Roses Single Barrel or Mezcal Bozal for three months.
But tonight it’s metamucil and then a cup of herbal tea because my fat ass is prediabetic and I don’t wanna be up all night peeing because of too many carbs and sugar. I do really want a bottle of sangria and a pizza though.
@Catburd Hard seltzer has almost no carbs. But it does make me pee more. I haven’t consumed much alcohol in years, and then I discovered hard seltzer. Nom.
@Kyeh it’s little ironic cause of the whole “don’t come home if you go to the bar” so he didn’t.
Theres the whole “I guess I got what I deserve” as if he’s excepting it… If you just hear it on the radio… Ok. Maybe. The video is… Less that
Then at the end “this fucking birds about to catch this .45” which sounds like a straight up murder threat.
“Wait in the truck” is some hero complex about killing a guy because he abused a woman you just met… Those are the two Hardy songs that get played alot on the radio.
Which. I find a little concerning. Not really what I’m looking for in my country music.
I’m more in for the sappy love songs/stories/blues/Upbeat stuff.
/youtube out of the blue clear sky
@unksol I just thought “this fucking birds about to catch this .45” was about a literal bird, one that’s waking him up with a hangover; I don’t love that line either but I didn’t think he meant a person…?
@Kyeh that’s an unfortunate experience, for sure. Wonder whether you’ve tried Boulder’s local rowdy mermaid? I found that a smoother version of the more sour options that I tend to seek
@wooterondo I think that was the brand I tried, because I sampled it and it tasted less weird to me! I think I’ll give it a pass and stick with miso or pickles for fermented foods, thanks.
@wooterondo My first, only, and extremely final experience with kombucha was courtesy of a"friend" not telling me what it was. I was up all night, parked on the throne with diarrhea. My gut wasn’t happy with me for it at least another 2 days. YMMV, but I will absolutely not be trying it again.
@werehatrack@kyeh then i feel i must happily consider myself lucky! i also consume plenty of ever-evolving food since i abhor food waste, so perhaps my gut’s well-acclimated to kombucha.
¯_ (ツ)_/¯
/showme a portafilter dripping coffee
The blood of the non-believers!!
Espresso or perry
Hot cocoa
/giphy cocoa
Glass of 12yr Van Winkle
Iced tea, sweet.
a few different whiskeys and a few cans of all founders day ipa
Sweet tea always!
Tart cherry Mimosas.
Why isn’t there an all of the above option?
How about “whatever I’ve got”?
Nitro Pepsi, my beloved.
Beer after golf, wine with dinner and a 12 yo scotch in the late evening.
Fresh squeezed water from a rock.
@OnionSoup Must make for some great Popeye arms!
Tea, various types in the morning but strictly herbal in the afternoon and evening.
I used to have a rule that I could only drink on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
But before I knew it, I’d end up with a giant mixed drink in hand some Saturday at 2PM, realizing that I wasn’t actually that interested in drinking. Naturally I’d consume it anyway. You can’t put it in the fridge, the ice will melt.
Anyway, so this went on for a while. I’d drink because I could. It was a pattern. I didn’t much care for it…
So I replaced the weekends only rule with the “I need a drink” rule, designed instead to help keep me from treating alcohol like a crutch.
The rule is that if at any time during the day, I find myself seriously thinking or saying “I need a drink” in response to something frustrating, saddening, aggravating, or otherwise psychologically habit-forming, I can’t drink that night. Otherwise I can drink whenever I please.
I find myself drinking far less and much fancier stuff these days. I can buy way nicer bottles because they last more than a couple weeks. Instead of banging out a handle of Sobieski, I can nurse a fifth of Four Roses Single Barrel or Mezcal Bozal for three months.
But tonight it’s metamucil and then a cup of herbal tea because my fat ass is prediabetic and I don’t wanna be up all night peeing because of too many carbs and sugar. I do really want a bottle of sangria and a pizza though.
@Catburd Hard seltzer has almost no carbs. But it does make me pee more. I haven’t consumed much alcohol in years, and then I discovered hard seltzer. Nom.
@Fuzzalini Yeah, but I really don’t like hard seltzer. Like, nothing against people who do. I like mezcal. Lots of people think that’s gross.
Ice water. Got a nasty sore throat.
Then again, it’s my usual.
@blaineg
Hope you feel better soon!
I don’t drink a ton of alcohol since getting on Ozempic, but it’s my 40th tomorrow so I put a couple bottles of New Glarus Uff Da in the fridge.
I’ll have to have my beer tonight though as we’re bringing home a goldendoodle puppy tomorrow so I’ll need my wits about me
Pilk me up, baby
@hpph WTF?
@werehatrack Don’t tell me you don’t mix milk with YOUR pepsi
/youtube wrong side of the truck bed
disclaimer I don’t have any friends/wouldnt do this. but I think it’s a funny answer
@unksol
That’s not you, in your yard?
@Kyeh it’s little ironic cause of the whole “don’t come home if you go to the bar” so he didn’t.
Theres the whole “I guess I got what I deserve” as if he’s excepting it… If you just hear it on the radio… Ok. Maybe. The video is… Less that
Then at the end “this fucking birds about to catch this .45” which sounds like a straight up murder threat.
“Wait in the truck” is some hero complex about killing a guy because he abused a woman you just met… Those are the two Hardy songs that get played alot on the radio.
Which. I find a little concerning. Not really what I’m looking for in my country music.
I’m more in for the sappy love songs/stories/blues/Upbeat stuff.
/youtube out of the blue clear sky
@unksol Don’t worry - I was just giving you a hard time; you don’t strike me as even remotely similar to that guy!
@unksol I just thought “this fucking birds about to catch this .45” was about a literal bird, one that’s waking him up with a hangover; I don’t love that line either but I didn’t think he meant a person…?
@Kyeh IDK. Possible he’s got a hangover and there is a bird squawking? That’s a trope.
Just a weird line. Since he’s bitching about “her” the whole time guess my brain went another way.
@Kyeh I meant I find his songs maybe a little concerning. At least the ones I know of. Didn’t go read all of them.
try that in a small town is another unnecessary hostile one from jason aldean. Things get weird.
@unksol Yeah, I don’t like that Jason Aldean song either. Seems kind of like political pandering to me. But I’m not all that into country music.
@Kyeh
/youtube failure to launch mocking bird scene
I can’t get the second clip I want to pull. But she wants to murder this bird, they shoot it with a BB gun then resuscitate it
kombucha, because fewer calories plus bubbles and good stuff for gut health!
@wooterondo I tried it because a coworker was touting its gut benefits. It messed mine up - gave me a lot of gut turmoil that I almost never have.
@Kyeh that’s an unfortunate experience, for sure. Wonder whether you’ve tried Boulder’s local rowdy mermaid? I found that a smoother version of the more sour options that I tend to seek
@wooterondo I think that was the brand I tried, because I sampled it and it tasted less weird to me! I think I’ll give it a pass and stick with miso or pickles for fermented foods, thanks.
@wooterondo My first, only, and extremely final experience with kombucha was courtesy of a"friend" not telling me what it was. I was up all night, parked on the throne with diarrhea. My gut wasn’t happy with me for it at least another 2 days. YMMV, but I will absolutely not be trying it again.
@werehatrack @kyeh then i feel i must happily consider myself lucky! i also consume plenty of ever-evolving food since i abhor food waste, so perhaps my gut’s well-acclimated to kombucha.
¯_ (ツ)_/¯
@werehatrack @wooterondo Hah - I do that too, but kombucha was just too much for me. That’s okay, I don’t like the taste.
I’m at work so… Coffee
Is it still Friday? Or should I stop drinking now?
@OnionSoup It’ll be Friday again soon enough, might as well keep it going.
@OnionSoup My clock says it’s 138:07 on Friday, February 9th. I have no idea what kind of bogus timekeeping the rest of y’all use.