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naraburns  nihil supernum  1yr ago (text post)   3199 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for December 9, 2022

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Is getting wasted still worth it to you?

I feel I’ve come to a point where, though I used to love drinking heavily and partying, the trade off is just no longer worth it. The hangovers are now exponentially worse than what I had to deal with in the past. Luckily I don’t deal with three day hangovers though, as I’ve heard others report.

Part of this is probably socially mediated, as I grow older and my peer group binge drinks less and less. That makes getting wasted less fun, and means you bear the risk of acting the fool if you go too far. Also, you can’t commiserate about your hangover with your compatriots.

At this point I don’t really know why I get extremely drunk, ever. I still do it occasionally, but it seems for the past year or two I always regret it. As I said above, the trade off just doesn’t make the cut.

I do still enjoy having a couple beers most nights, and I don’t have a problem with that. But I think my days of heavy drinking, chasing some fuzzily and probably inaccurately remembered fun times from college, are over.

I'm on the wrong side of my 20s, which is what I've heard a lot of people claim is the time when you can't really handle your liquor like you used to.

Can't say I feel that yet, I rarely have hangovers even after heroic amounts of liquor because I make it a point to stay hydrated throughout. And ideally sleep through the hangover if I suspect it's due.

In fact, I feel like my partying has barely started, didn't have any time for it in med school, now that I'm in the UK it's time to embrace day drinking and functional alcoholism ;)

Hah more power to you bud! I wonder if it’s less about age and more about novelty/repetitiveness. I could imagine the reality being that hangovers feel about the same, I’ve just had so many I’ve gotten tired of them. Also commiserating with friends really does make hangovers more bearable.

What’s your favorite drink? I had a Long Island iced tea last night for the first time in a while and it was a damn good way to start the night.

Tough question, I usually drink to get smashed rather than for taste, and while I've had some rather expensive drinks, I find myself rather underwhelmed most of the time.

I happen to be found of LIITs myself, but in terms of favorites it would a toss up between a non-bitter pinà colada and Smirnoff Pink.

But at the end of the day, if it's got ethanol in it I'll drink it haha

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