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you're automatically cooler in everyone's book if you drink scotch in public. you'll earn respect from your elders and fascinate your peers. scotch is the patrician drink.

Whiskey is the best drink, out of all hard alcohols.

Start with bourbon - then graduate to scotch and irish whisky

>>10488059

Vodka is the best. Just don't fuck around with mixers; sugar water is for losers and is terrible for you.

not if you have an addictive personality

>>10488059
Yes. Living without being drunk or buzzed as often as possible is not living at all.

>>10488059
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
You will do stupid shit you regret.
You will stink.
You will bloat.
You will lose some health.
You will take dangerous risks that are not at all worth it.
It will keep you from being your best and getting the most out of life.
NO
NO
NO

>>10488059
>>10488059
yes and no.
No in large quantities, yes in small quantities.
Vodka is for alcoholics, but it can be very enjoyable, just remember there are drinks to get drunk vodka/beer and there are drinks to enjoy whisky/wine.

A combination is best.

>>10488193
The chances of slipping into alcoholism are way too high. It’s not worth it and if op reproduces it also increases the chance of passing on alcoholism to future generations.
Just don’t do it.
Go look at people hanging out at bars.
They’re not generally there because they are happy. They are there because they are desperate for something missing from their lives but alcohol just makes it worse.
Alcohol takes the meaning out of relationships.
It’s not fucking worth it.

>>10488140
>Start with bourbon - then graduate to scotch and irish whisky
Lol I'm a reverse case, I always drank irish whiskey because it was most traditional (and scotch was out of my price range). Then scotch once I could afford it, and I finally decided to branch out to bourbon and rye (the latter is better imo, bourbon is too sweet but people vouch for it)
Overall, all the whiskey types are good with shit examples for every type in the sub $20 range (fuck jack daniels also)

Scotch>Irish>Rye>Bourbon>Moonshine

>>10488193
>not enjoying beer
>not understanding that you can pound cheap wine
>>10488199
>the chances of slipping into alcoholism are way too high
pleb

>>10488199
Jesus Christ. Are you an after school special?

>>10488181
What the fuck are (You) on about?

>>10488181
You sound like a faggot

>>10488199
You also sound like a faggot

>>10488284
>>10488291
t. alcoholic

it's absolutely disgusting. all alcohol is disgusting.

>>10488312
You do know you can drink occasionally without forming a habit or becoming an alcoholic, yeah?

Gin is good.

>>10488181
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
You will have a ton of fun
You will party
You will feel happy
You will enjoy life
You will let you enjoy a new way to talk and meet people as alcohol is a social lubricant
It will let you have good times and bad, but as long as you learn your limits and stick with them and drink responsibly you will have a good time.
YES
YES
YES

>>10488154
just don't drink and drive or turn into an alcoholic

go check out an al/ck/ thread if you want to scare yourself

I'm an alcoholic, so I don't drink anymore but gin and cheap beer is the way to go my dude. avoid brown liquors if you're going to drink a lot of it

>>10488226
>>10488228
>>10488284
>>10488312
You do realise this is /ck/, a board known for its rampant alcoholism and substance abuse?

>>10488059
The effects are divine. You get out of your own way. Your anxiety about speaking in public or talking to that girl? Gone. Your reluctance to start on that project? Gone.

Problem is if you're an asshole or fuck-up and just barely holding that in during your daily life. Under the influence of booze you won't fear to tell people what you really think of them and anything else. If you're holding in violence or anger, it'll come out when you're drunk. If you're trying to be reserved or stoic, the drink will let that out.

There's some trial and error involved, you're going to have to feel out how much impairment is the right amount for you. Too much and you'll be falling down drunk, which is fun until you hurt yourself or puke.

I suggest you start with beer / ale or wine, rather than hard alcohol. You'll have an easier time controlling how buzzed you are.

>>10488059
I just turned 21 as well, total shut in who barley goes out. Id say its worth it. I like trying all the different drinks and flavors. Getting drunk is strange it just feels like a migraine to me.

I wouldn't get into alcohol is you have trouble controlling yourself. The stuff can easily ruin your life if you are always going overboard with it. Avoid drinking to feel better.

>>10488059
lol y dont' u evn drnk fgt I bet u rnt eveme as coool as me i drink evrthing all time and evbuddy lovsh me for it

>>10488059
Just drink when you're out with friends. Nothing wrong with that.

I can feel my thought slow down so I rarely drink. Like 2-3 beers a month rare.

>legal drinking age is 21
>it's coincidentally around the time everybody's life goes to shit

Kinda funny desu, but yes it's actually worth drinking for when your life doesn't go as planned.

>>10488378
I feel like i'll call a lot of people dumb niggers

Maybe when you go out or when you are with friends in the weekend. I started drinking and going out twice a week or so when i was 22 but only on vacations.
Now im 28 and i drink a glass of wine/1beer once a month. Just make sure you dont think you need it in order to function and that actually you can do the things when drinking as well when you are sober but its just fear holding you back. I must say i only get a little more talkative when i drink, even i the cases i was so drunk my reactiontime was totally fucked and i was near blacking out i still remained calm and reserved.
t. yuropoor

>>10488059
No.

>>10488059
Don't do it, you'll die in 7 years like that Swedish DJ guy

>>10488059
It really helps deal with the fact that everyone around you can only talk about harry fucking potter and doesn't seem to notice just how fucked everything is.

>>10489020
>be the guy that just can't shut the fuck up about politics when you are out
>out of desperation everyone else in the group turns to some common childhood topic because they don't have the confidence/ aren't drunk enough to tell you to shut the fuck up

>>10488199
Can't win if you don't play.

Who the fuck waits to be 21 to start drinking
Anyways

>>10488181
It's funny because you're retarded

>>10488059
A few pointers, first of all do NOT drink because you want to be cool because that makes you an influentiable faggot
Try a few different cocktails, liquors, beers. Make notes of what you like and expand there (in moderation at first)
Like floral? Japanese whiskey and gin it is
Like sweet? Cocktails and cruisers it is
Like oaky? Scotch and bourbon
Like cocks in your ass? Vodka it is

Also if you're a lightweight then eat before drinking and remember that liquor takes just a bit before hitting you, so if you're already starting to feel bad you're not far from blacking out if you keep at it
First time bingeing should be with a trustworthy person

Anyways alcohol is fantastic for the right person, as with all good things in life do not abuse it until you're well acquainted with it

>>10488199
>t. people who generalize
Slipping into alcoholism would require truely low willpower unless you drink nightly for months

>>10488226
This

>>10488313
Here's a (You)

>>10488363
For fuck's sake this, please never drive under the influence or you're the worst kind of person

>>10488378
This this this great post

>>10488380
What's your go to drink anon?

>>10488059
All alcohol is disgusting and you'll get drunk and fuck some slut and get aids because you didn't use protection and die.

>>10489162
Snake eyes

Alcohol is better than weed. Except or being worse for you in every possible way

>>10488059
>he hasn't been drunk before the age of 21
is this an American thing?

>>10489422
Sort of.
Legal age is 21 but most "normal" people do before hand.

no, i don't get why ppl are obsessed with and guess i never will

hard alcohol is really shit. It's really sickly and sweet tasting, regardless of brand. don't know how people can stomach that shit.

>>10489422
Most Americans start drinking in High School, almost all of them drink frequently from the beginning of college

>>10489422
Most Americans under fifty are actually at a high risk for alcoholism because ever since they raised the drinking age to 21 in the 80s the only experience people have with alcohol before they're adults usually several years out of the house is underage binge drinking to show off to their friends in high school/college. It hasn't become obvious yet but the current generation has probably the worst relationship with alcohol in our history.

>>10489885
Pretty much this. Society teaches us that it's important to drink to show off, to be sociable, to relax, and to ease pain. Then it's damning in a lot of regions when you're one of the few that suffer from symptoms if you have trouble turning it off.

>>10488059
Alcohol by itself tastes like industrial cleaning fluids.
I unironically only use wines and other alcoholics for cooking purposes.

No one will ever convince me that spoiled grapes called wines, yeasty liquids called beers and industrial solvents called whiskeys, taste good by themselves.

>>10490504
You ever sniffed sharpies when you were a kid? Liquor tastes like how sharpies smell. It tastes fucking great. And it feels like a warm hug from the inside. I think you just don't know what it feels like to be hugged.

>>10490533
I don't even know what the fuck sharpies are.
The only thing alcohol does is irritate my throat.
Everytime I have to attend to work dinners and parties I'm forced to sip that fucking shit. I don't even pretend anymore and make disgusted faces.

Alcohol lovers are just as delude as football lovers and baseball lovers.
Who the fuck unironically loves cheering other fuckers, are they so fucking cuckolds. Do they have friends who actually play the show they watch ?
Why do they cheer rich motherfuckers who don't give a shit about you and just fondle balls in homo erotic games.
It's all just fucking peer pressure.

>>10488059
Lol, yes. Get you some nice whisky or scotch, drink it straight.
Get you some rum and do the same. Repeat with the main spirits until you find which one you like the most and then start narrowing your search down to specific brands and varieties of that style.

Then you buy some grain alcohol and barleywine style ale and stand above the ashes of the fallen who have never known what real alcohol even is.

>>10490576
Beer is gross. If I'm going to drink ethanol I want it to taste like ethanol. Rum and whiskey are good enough for me.

>>10490588
damn that's some gay shit dude

>>10490772
I like drinking alcohol, not vaguely alcohol-flavored liquefied stale bread.

It's hard getting acquainted with drinking straight, hard liquor. I still haven't found the taste myself, but I can appreciate those that do. It is the best way to drink, for sure, whether money or health are some top considerations. Just don't overdo it.

>>10490990
I reckon if you want to learn to appreciate straight liquor, just use the "purest" cocktails for said liquor (cuba libre, gin tonic) and reduce the quantity of diluting soda everytime until you're acquainted to the notes of the alcohol
Or just down 8 beers before and it'll go down well easier

>>10490784
You'll think differently if you start with some German beers.

Nothing wrong with drinking but it can be a slippery slope.

>>10491009
>>10490784
No, don't sugar coat it for him, he needs to learn how to approach beer like a god damned man.

>>10491009
>>10491020
People like you have been pouring all kinds of pretentious European monk piss down my throat for years. It's one of the reasons I only drink at home now. I'm not going to knock you for liking it since I know what I like is rat poison to plenty of people, but I doubt I'll ever be able to understand the appeal of sour-bitter breadwater that doesn't taste like alcohol. We're blessed to live in the era of distillation.

>>10491020
>>10490772
>>10490588
>>10490504
>>10489020

Op, take a look at all the mental toddlers and fuckups ITT who make loud gagging noises at beverages that don't fall into the narrow scope of stuff that doesn't challenge them in any way, or use alcohol as an excuse to behave like terrible people. Now imagine yourself in a social setting or an "unofficial" work function that requires alcohol (if you live in the west or in asia it is guaranteed that occasional consumption of alcohol is a mandatory part of being accepted by your peers)

Being an awkward drinker, being an overdrinker, or having childish ideas about alcohol (eew I can't drink that, it's for girls! yuckee! I can't drink that it's too bitter! omg I can't drink that, it's pretentious! vomvom, I can't drink that it's for the poor!) is going to be a social handicap

When you're young it is ok to get sick once or twice and maybe look awkward. Get this done now. I'm not saying go get yourself arrested or go out of your way to be an idiot, but make mistakes, try stuff that seems "weird". Know what drinks are appropriate for which environments (dive bars, nice restaurants, etc)

You do not want to be that guy who makes everyone in the room turn around and start whispering just from ordering a drink, once you're past your mid 20s.

You also do not want to be that guy who makes everyone nervous when you're seen with a drink in your hand.

>>10488059

>>10488059

NO

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NO

TURN AWAY AND NEVER LOOK BACK

THIS SHIT IS ADDICTIVE POISION IT WILL DESTROY OUR LIFE

>>10488059
Getting drunk is fun. Look at the al/ck/ thteads for what the pssible bad endgame content is like though.

>>10488059
>is this crap actually worth drinking?
it makes life almost bearable.

>>10491052
>sour-bitter breadwater that doesn't taste like alcohol.
Yeah that's all poetic and everything, but just what exactly have you been having? Fuck me, for a second just speak the truth.
>>10491111

>>10488059

>>10488181
>>10488059
Smoke weed

>>10491157
duuuude..... weed xDDDDDDDDD

>>10491111
Or you could, you know, just not drink. I swear, you "social drinkers" are a bigger plague on society than actual alcoholics. You've already failed in life if what little camaraderie having a beer with your coworkers will net you is vital to your career goals or satisfaction with your work. The shit's expensive, both financially and in the physical toll it takes on the body, and even if somebody else is paying the monetary cost the drinker will always pay the physical cost. You're not going to shoot up heroin just to look like a bro in front of Joe from accounting. There's no reason to drink poison for the same reason.

Of course if you live in certain countries you have to be a "functioning" alcoholic to get anywhere in several fields, so this only applies if you live in the civilized world where alcoholism is treated as the disease it is.

>>10488059
I prefer a good dark rum.

>>10491148
read the thread

>>10491179
but i cant read

>>10491186
you sure?
how many fingers am i holding up?

>>10488158
this

Don't drink, you'll have a lot more money

>>10491166
>telling people with jobs and social lives that they are a plague on society
>alcohol is bad, but somehow drinking a lot is worse than drinking a little with friends

I honestly don't think you believe a single thing you posted.

>>10491157
Last time i ate weed i was basically disabled the next day. Very quiet, my eyes coudn't properly adjust either.

>>10488181
Every single thing you listed can quite easily be accomplished without a single drop of alcohol. And the fact that you don't see any middle ground between Puritans and winos says more about your lack of self control than about the dangers of alcoholism, friendo.

>>10491157
/thread

>>10488059
its fun on occasion but not something you should aim to do regularly

>>10488218
Here's the real ranking list
Scotch>Rye>Bourbon>Wheat>Irish>Any shine

>>10491193
not my job

>>10488226
This.

>>10488193
>just remember there are drinks to get drunk vodka/beer and there are drinks to enjoy whisky/wine.
That's just fucking retarded to say.

>>10491165

>>10489260
I really wouldn't consider straight vodka a pansy's drink. It's literally 40% (or higher, if it's overproof) alcohol solution with only the tiniest amount of flavor. It's what you drink if you just want to get hammered fast or what you add to anything to bulk its ABV (which makes it a favourite for cocktails).

>>10491157
>>10491545
>Being over 20 and still smoking weed

>>10491629
Indubitably, the barleywine style ale is something you can both enjoy AND use to get drunk

>21 is the drinking age for some reason
I don't understand americans

>>10488059
no, it tastes disgusting
pointless to drink unless you want to get drunk only

>>10491870
we don't understand it either.

>>10491870
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Minimum_Drinking_Age_Act

It was intended to combat drunk driving.

>>10491870
Ameritards need the most time to develop their brain

>>10491269
Drinking a little poison with friends pressures other people into drinking poison to keep up appearances. You can be a responsible alcoholic and destroy your body in private, but social drinking is by definition irresponsible because it reinforces drinking as a desirable activity.

>>10488059
I get home drunk when i feel really stressed.

>>10488724
>life goes to shit at 21
Damn dude that's pretty rough. I mean I don't think that life should really being going to shit yet until you are past 25 or 26. I'm 28. Granted my life started going to shit at 24, but still.

>>10489290
I like how dumb retards talk about getting drunk and fucking people as if they couldn't possibly not have sex with a person once they've had a lot to drink. Seriously how retarded and animalistic does it get.

>>10488140
nah, start with irish. It's bland and inoffensive ("smooth") compared to scotch and bourbon so it'll be easier for someone new to liquor.

>>10488059
yes only in moderation.

Start drinking beer doesnt have to be fancy draft.
Drink vodka straight, then mix it
Drink Whisky
Drink Cognac
Drink Burbon
but never drink rum. Shits nasty yo

>>10488059
Not worth it. Being a non-drinker will do nothing but improve your life in every way.

>>10495918
a nice aged rum (not the shitty spiced stuff) is really nice for a cold sipp on a hot day in the sun
I prefer the brown shit. Mount gay black is a good starter if you want to get into the nice rums.
If you're a poorfag then cruzan is the Evan Williams of rum imo. Half decent taste for a half decent price

>>10491157
Enjoy your schizophrenia retard.

Stick to beer if you wanna get into it and have fun. Liqour will get you in trouble especially if mixed with certain party favors. Probably been said already but just do it in moderation and you’ll be fine. Throwing em back with good company is a fun as fuck time

>>10488059
no

it doesn't even taste good lmao dunno how people can get addicted to this shit

>21
>has never had alcohol
why are burgers so weird

>>10488059
In small quantities, yes. After a certain amount of alcohol, your taste buds shut down and you just start throwing it back and not caring. Mix with water to get a different taste. Treat scotch, in fact all liquor, with respect and you can enjoy it. Banging down ten shots in a row does not make you a man, it makes you a drunken fuckwit.

>>10496487

Flyover, evangelical, trump voters are basically as ignorant as isis supporters, except that they're not actually being persecuted other than by the politicians they themselves elect.

>>10496390
not a poorfag, but I fucking hate rum. I only drink brown liquor except for tito's because its fucking good served cold.

Since rum is a pirate drink i just assumed they are a hodgepodge concoction of shitty ingredients

>>10498002
Nope brown rum is just spirits made from fermented sugar and aged in casks
It's pretty much sugar whiskey
The bad ones are the spiced rums like admiral and sailor and captain. Stay away from those. Do try stuff like flor de cana and mount fag. They are really nice for a hot day, I swear to god

>>10498080
alright ill try those two if i get the chance.

I want my brother to get me a bottle of wl weller while he's in the states, since it's outrageously expensive here in upside down land. can anyone give me the name of a few bottle o shops in la or lv so I can search some prices. I've wanted to try a wheated bourbon for a while now that isn't makes mark. I'm also open to suggestions for something that's nice, neat or with ice

>>10499542
weller is overrated as fuck man. I bought 3 bottles because while I was traveling i saw em for sale so stocked up on it.

Only good quality is its price and thats it.

>>10489422
Most Americans start drinking before they turn 14, hence their predisposition to brain damage

>>10490576
>barleywine style ale
Good lad.

>>10488065
Don't drink anything to be cool. Try lots of different things and drink what you enjoy.

>>10491111
>You also do not want to be that guy who makes everyone nervous when you're seen with a drink in your hand.

Goddamn, I am just in the middle ground atm, but I saw some good peeps crossing that line. Just sad.

>>10491870
>Wanna shoot a gun?
Here you go lad, it is your RIGHT

>Wanna drink a beer?
OMG dude, wtf are you doing OMG so dangerous

>>10500494
>gets killed in war before ever being allowed beer
>can get fucked on camera but 15 black dudes before allowed a drink
America is pretty great huh

>>10488059
It can be fun but a lot of people act like retards. Fucks your body up but when you're young hangovers aren't too bad.

>>10494264
Altering consciousness in a societally approved manner is a very human experience.

>>10492014
lol, no it wasn't

>>10500107
Du-Claw released another Barleywine?!?
MY NIGGA THANK YOU

>>10491111
>Being an awkward drinker, being an overdrinker, or having childish ideas about alcohol ...is going to be a social handicap
This is the EXACT reason people drink whatever, thus continuing the recycling of garbage beers on a massive scale. People don't know anything about alcohol and think they should be able to drink by the time they're eighteen. Checked. But, fuck off.

Do you eat bad food? No, I bet you don't. Wise up, Anon.

>>10500810
Heh, I enjoy a good triple bock and dark porter, but I drink Busch Light precisely because it's the type of beer-water I like. Also, from experience being a booze hound sniffing out freebies at an industry convention, if it's served ice cold you don't have to care about the brand.

>>10491157
>>10491165
DUDE

>>10500790
Fuck yes they did. I loved Devil's Milk, but Hell on Wood blows it out of the water. Easily in my top 10 beers.

>>10491455
How much THC was in what you ate?

>>10491111
Nice quads. What is an awkward drinker and what is something one would order that would make everyone talk about you?

t. someone who just began drinking socially

>>10488059
>is this crap actually worth drinking?
Yes unless you're a retard with no self control or discipline. Get a glencairn. Try some beginniners whiskeys. Learn how to smell and taste it. Most importantly get some friends who are also into it and you can have a great time.

>>10491165
4/20 weedd nomber ddddduuuude :^DDD

>>10488059

If you literally haven't drank alcohol in your life, start with beer or some "soft" cocktails (rum and coke, gin and tonic, white russian, cosmopolitan, pina colada).

If you mean straight hard liquor, I'd try whiskey and dark rum, but there's a large chance it would leave a bad impression. Try tequila with all the gimmicks, use orange instead of lemon.

>>10488181
>You will lose some health.

God, I fucking wish I would. Why am I still alive?

>>10500855
Nice pic thanks

>>10491459

>>10488059
It can be a lot of fun, just don't make it something you do all the time. There are a lot of people for whom drinking is an inherently irresponsible act, and if you are one of them you should probably just avoid the stuff.