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Drinking Alone...
2004-05-18, 8:00 AM #1
I always thought this was a social no-no, but having been revising (studying for our trans-atlantic chums) for my uni exams with a bottle or two of Grolsch, and I have to say, as long as you're careful, it helps a little!

Got any other good excuses to drink alone..?

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2004-05-18, 8:07 AM #2
When you're bored and theres plenty of beer around.

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2004-05-18, 8:20 AM #3
When there's half a bottle in the fridge, and you want to start a new one.

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2004-05-18, 8:25 AM #4
I don't need an excuse, *********!

...But really, there's nothing wrong with having a few beers while watching TV or something. I guess it depends on why you're drinking alone.
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2004-05-18, 8:30 AM #5
Here here! [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2004-05-18, 8:34 AM #6
Mhh, I drink sometimes. For the taste. Yeah, that's it. But drinking alone isn't a bad thing, if you drink, then you drink, and if it's a problem, then it's your problem and if that becomes a problem for everyone else, then screw you. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

So... drinking alone is OK.

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2004-05-18, 8:35 AM #7
I have always been told drinking alone is a bad sign...so I do not do it.

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2004-05-18, 8:44 AM #8
I often have a brewski or two while watching the footy (or similar) on TV.

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2004-05-18, 9:00 AM #9
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ubuu:
I have always been told drinking alone is a bad sign...so I do not do it.

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Why dont you make decisions for yourself?



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2004-05-18, 9:13 AM #10
My friends think I'm an alcoholic because I have a wall covered in forty bottles that I drank alone

....considering the size of the wall, I think they might be right...

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2004-05-18, 9:27 AM #11
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Raoul Duke:
Why dont you make decisions for yourself?

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2004-05-18, 9:27 AM #12
Drinking alone is a problem when you keep doing it hour after hour, and it's excessive.

EVERYTHING is a problem in excess, it's just that booze is evil so they forget the excessive part of the problem, and just say "drinking alone is bad" to the same extent as"drugs are bad". ~shrugs~

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2004-05-18, 9:51 AM #13
I've done it a couple times when I was absolutely bored and no one was around. It's a fun time, just watch TV or play video games.
2004-05-18, 10:07 AM #14
mmmm.... Tony Hawk, plus a couple of mates (I know that's technincally off topic) plus a few beers is unbeatable...

...apart from micro machines or mario kart

...or tekken 4 with two dancemats... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-05-18, 10:21 AM #15
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Sine Nomen:
I don't need an excuse, *********!

...But really, there's nothing wrong with having a few beers while watching TV or something. I guess it depends on why you're drinking alone.</font>




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2004-05-18, 10:23 AM #16
Computer Science labs a couple of nights before major coursework deadline, leaning back on chairs drinking an endless supply of beer trying to figure out what they're supposed to be doin

Next morning, people sleeping peacefully under the desk.

Sometimes alcohol is the only sensible choice.
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2004-05-18, 10:41 AM #17
I like Grolsch because it's a lot sweeter as a lager, yet nothing beats a good Fosters when fishing.

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2004-05-18, 10:56 AM #18
Ick!! Dirty Fosters!! Grolsch is the only lager I drink, mainly because anything cheaper tastes like rat piss, and I can't afford anything more expensive! Inherent bitter drinker me. John Smiths all the way [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-05-18, 12:50 PM #19
I don't see how drinking alone could possibly be worse than drinking when other people are around to see you acting like a drunken fool...

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2004-05-18, 3:06 PM #20
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Flirbnic:
I don't see how drinking alone could possibly be worse than drinking when other people are around to see you acting like a drunken fool...

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Whoa there Captain Righteous, I think the topic says "drinking alone", not "getting drunk alone".

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2004-05-18, 3:38 PM #21
I drink all the time alone. I don't get drunk but I feal the effects of the stuff.

Most of the time it's beer I drink alone, liquor and excessive amounts of beer are for party purposes [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif].

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2004-05-18, 4:30 PM #22
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Farix:
Whoa there Captain Righteous, I think the topic says "drinking alone", not "getting drunk alone".

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In that case, Captain Defensive, I fail to see how it's different from drinking something like a glass of water or juice.

And how come every time I say something that even remotely suggests that it would be better not to get drunk, people automatically think I'm being 'holier than thou'? I'm not calling anyone a bad person for getting drunk...

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2004-05-19, 7:12 AM #23
At the moment I'm drinking a whole liter (litre? probably depends on AE or BE) of water all by myself because I'm thirsty.

But often when I go to the Asian imbiss in the evening I drink some sake. Can't eat Asian food without good warm sake.
Well, you can do without but it's more fun with.

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2004-05-19, 7:36 AM #24
I sometimes have a beer if I've had a bad day.

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2004-05-19, 11:10 AM #25
I've been a Guinness fan for a while now, meaning that's one of the few things I'll drink... so anyways, go to this party, all they had was Sam Adams and Corona, I tried both and they were ridiculously light and had no taste at all. Needless to say, I didnt drink that night and I was sad.

Drinking alone is ok as long as you're not drinking because you're pissed off at the world and just want to get drunk because that makes you a dirty drunk and dirty drunks get hit with baseball bats.

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2004-05-19, 11:32 AM #26
How do they get hit with baseball bats if they're alone?

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2004-05-19, 11:52 AM #27
I drink alone because I get so lonely, and it's the only thing that takes the edge off.

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2004-05-19, 2:51 PM #28
Labbat Blue is a really good beer.
I drink beer for a buzz, I usually won't get drunk off it. I'm picky with my beer, some stuff I just refuse to touch.

Hard stuff, anyt hing goes. Because I'm gonna get drunk.
2004-05-19, 3:14 PM #29
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Labbat Blue is a really good beer.
I drink beer for a buzz, I usually won't get drunk off it. I'm picky with my beer, some stuff I just refuse to touch.</font>


Same here. I like Blue and Keith's. I tried to like Guiness to honour my Irish heritage, but the stuff is just nasty, IMO
2004-05-19, 3:18 PM #30
I'm 15 and I don't drink...obviously. Well not obviously...considering the ammount of kids that brag about being drunk every night.

"LOL! I DOWNED LIEK 20 GALLONS OF TEQUILLA, AND I THREW UP MY LIVER AND PASSED OUT!"

"WOAH! AWESOME DUDE! I GOT TO HUG MY TOILET ALL NIGHT! AND THROW UP!"

"NIIIICE!!!"

I am not saying everyone that drinks is a stupid teenager drunk..I am saying that alot of people do it..and it's stupid...IMO booze and all forums of alchohol taste like crap. My dad says its an aquired taste....Why aquire a taste that sucks? If you want to relax and get a buzz, do it like normal people. Watch porno and drink a pot of coffee.

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Think while it's still legal.
2004-05-19, 3:56 PM #31
I don't like coffee, i'm told it's an aquired taste.
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2004-05-19, 3:57 PM #32
Touché

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2004-05-19, 4:36 PM #33
Coffee tastes crappier than any liqueur I've ever tasted :P

People who drink themselves to the stomach pump, or utter unconciousness piss the hell out of me. It just seems like a massive sign of weakness/lack of self control.

And yeah, I'd say beer is definitly an acquired taste. Try coolers, they're sweet as hell, and taste great. Wait, you're 15, I'm not telling you to drink [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]
2004-05-19, 5:28 PM #34
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Flirbnic:
How do they get hit with baseball bats if they're alone?

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very carefully

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2004-05-19, 5:33 PM #35
I love dark beer.

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