I enjoyed a few healthy swigs of the vine’s holy nectar last night at Heather’s birthday party, and then topped it off with a splash of MacCallan. I at least thought I was charming, but maybe I should be embarrassed instead!
I don’t drink, but based on family trends, though, alcohol would just make me violent. And leave me wanting more. Both sides carry that, but if I can avoid getting shot or run over by a car, I’ll likely live to my 90s with very little mental decline. Of course, considering I got myself hit by a car once already, that may be harder than it sounds.
It depends with who I’m consuming that wine. When it is a ‘business party’ then it is half of bottle, but if it is some private hanging with my close friends (or at least ‘drinking buddies’) then the real embarrassment starts maybe after one and half bottle haha
i answered 6-7 but that’s just a guess. and now that i think of it, 1-2 might be a more accurate answer since the only time i drink wine is after i’ve already polished off all the hard liquor.
Depends what you mean by embarrassing oneself… If by embarrassing you mean, start getting really sleep… Probably about 4 glasses and I’ll start looking for somewhere to curl up. (I start getting sleepy with 2, but but 4 I’m really sleepy).
I don’t think wine has ever got me drunk, it tends to make me fall asleep instead.
Which, as an insomniac might make you think I should drink more wine… But it’s never a worthwhile sleep after alcohol… Always wake up tired.
I’m jealous of people who drink and do crazy things. My whole life, alcohol has just made me want to sleep, no crazy stuff. Probably only been drunk 3 times in my entire life… Despite many times trying in college… Just get too sleepy to drink.
Couldn’t say, don’t drink wine, generally. When I’ve been buzzed or drunk socially, in hindsight, it’s not what is said, which I don’t seem to have a problem with (still having some caution about anything I would care not to reveal), it’s how it is said. My only real social filter is overwhelming inhibition. Take that away and I’m just this happy, extroverted-like giggling monstrosity. It’s undignified.
… course, in those scenarios, I’m usually leaning into it. To be fair, I find social situations as embarrassing, or more embarrassing, without alcohol.
I make it a point to not approach my limit. I have the unfortunate combination of losing inhibition and getting mouthy along with retaining a clear memory of my words and actions the next morning. Yeah, it sucks.
I put 2-3, but it starts to affect me after one or even half of one. A couple I know has a membership at a wine bar, and they find it amusing that a person my size (6’2", 190lbs) gets mostly drunk during a standard tasting.
I don’t embarrass myself while drunk; I always have complete recollection and never do anything major I wouldn’t also do while sober. It just makes me less self-conscious. I’ve often been told I’m more fun when drunk, which is a nice back-handed compliment.
@Kabn
I don’t think “one” counts as drunk. Not for someone over, what, 110 pounds? Unless very very low tolerance.
Perhaps it counts as “relaxed”, or as “the start of ‘relaxed’”, for many or most.
Some people seem to consume two or more glasses before they get to near “the start of ‘relaxed’”.
The extremes of variation in personal tolerance is kinda amazing to me.
@f00l It’s literally a running gag with my friends. If I knock out two ~6% ABV pints or two standard shots of liquor in less than 45 minutes or so, I’m basically drunk. Not raging, lampshade-on-the-head, throwing up drunk, but stumbling a bit while walking, some slurred speech, much more easily amused than usual drunk. So I guess what some might call a heavy buzz?
Probably helps that I didn’t drink until nearly the legal drinking age and I do so pretty infrequently now. It takes forever to fade as well, so unless I’m staying the night somewhere, I usually just abstain.
My wife says I get quiet when I’ve had a few. I kind of sit in a corner and observe other people. She has never seen me “drunk” although she has seen me put down quite a bit sometimes. She, on the other hand starts giggling after half a glass of wine.
I don’t drink… wine
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@Cerridwyn
/giphy scary scary
How many servings is one bottle? Asking for a friend…
@darkzrobe it’s only one!
@darkzrobe If you drink straight from the bottle, I’d say only one. It’s like cake. If you don’t cut it, then it’s just one big ol’ hunk.
@darkzrobe Traditionally, it is 4.
@darkzrobe i could tell you, but then again my group considers the 750ml vodka bottles to be single serving…
I enjoyed a few healthy swigs of the vine’s holy nectar last night at Heather’s birthday party, and then topped it off with a splash of MacCallan. I at least thought I was charming, but maybe I should be embarrassed instead!
How much and how thoroughly do I embarrass myself before I have to start drinking wine so as to have an excuse?
I don’t drink, but based on family trends, though, alcohol would just make me violent. And leave me wanting more. Both sides carry that, but if I can avoid getting shot or run over by a car, I’ll likely live to my 90s with very little mental decline. Of course, considering I got myself hit by a car once already, that may be harder than it sounds.
It depends with who I’m consuming that wine. When it is a ‘business party’ then it is half of bottle, but if it is some private hanging with my close friends (or at least ‘drinking buddies’) then the real embarrassment starts maybe after one and half bottle haha
My personality is alcohol-induced.
It depends on the size of the glass.
/giphy big wine glass
Somewhere near the end of the second bottle is where things start getting a little out of hand
i answered 6-7 but that’s just a guess. and now that i think of it, 1-2 might be a more accurate answer since the only time i drink wine is after i’ve already polished off all the hard liquor.
Depends what you mean by embarrassing oneself… If by embarrassing you mean, start getting really sleep… Probably about 4 glasses and I’ll start looking for somewhere to curl up. (I start getting sleepy with 2, but but 4 I’m really sleepy).
I don’t think wine has ever got me drunk, it tends to make me fall asleep instead.
Which, as an insomniac might make you think I should drink more wine… But it’s never a worthwhile sleep after alcohol… Always wake up tired.
I’m jealous of people who drink and do crazy things. My whole life, alcohol has just made me want to sleep, no crazy stuff. Probably only been drunk 3 times in my entire life… Despite many times trying in college… Just get too sleepy to drink.
Couldn’t say, don’t drink wine, generally. When I’ve been buzzed or drunk socially, in hindsight, it’s not what is said, which I don’t seem to have a problem with (still having some caution about anything I would care not to reveal), it’s how it is said. My only real social filter is overwhelming inhibition. Take that away and I’m just this happy, extroverted-like giggling monstrosity. It’s undignified.
… course, in those scenarios, I’m usually leaning into it. To be fair, I find social situations as embarrassing, or more embarrassing, without alcohol.
I make it a point to not approach my limit. I have the unfortunate combination of losing inhibition and getting mouthy along with retaining a clear memory of my words and actions the next morning. Yeah, it sucks.
I put 2-3, but it starts to affect me after one or even half of one. A couple I know has a membership at a wine bar, and they find it amusing that a person my size (6’2", 190lbs) gets mostly drunk during a standard tasting.
I don’t embarrass myself while drunk; I always have complete recollection and never do anything major I wouldn’t also do while sober. It just makes me less self-conscious. I’ve often been told I’m more fun when drunk, which is a nice back-handed compliment.
@Kabn
I don’t think “one” counts as drunk. Not for someone over, what, 110 pounds? Unless very very low tolerance.
Perhaps it counts as “relaxed”, or as “the start of ‘relaxed’”, for many or most.
Some people seem to consume two or more glasses before they get to near “the start of ‘relaxed’”.
The extremes of variation in personal tolerance is kinda amazing to me.
I think I’m just a typical middle-weight here.
@Kabn
@f00l It’s literally a running gag with my friends. If I knock out two ~6% ABV pints or two standard shots of liquor in less than 45 minutes or so, I’m basically drunk. Not raging, lampshade-on-the-head, throwing up drunk, but stumbling a bit while walking, some slurred speech, much more easily amused than usual drunk. So I guess what some might call a heavy buzz?
Probably helps that I didn’t drink until nearly the legal drinking age and I do so pretty infrequently now. It takes forever to fade as well, so unless I’m staying the night somewhere, I usually just abstain.
My wife says I get quiet when I’ve had a few. I kind of sit in a corner and observe other people. She has never seen me “drunk” although she has seen me put down quite a bit sometimes. She, on the other hand starts giggling after half a glass of wine.