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>to get sweaty with my mates

yep

>>10979799
Why is America so much more successful than England, when England was civilized first? Maybe there's a relationship.

>Why is American drinking culture so wank?
My guess, we have never fully recovered from Prohibition.

>>10979799
Americans don't dance because they realized they are white and thus can't dance. Maybe Brits will discover this one day, but until they do I look forward to the YouTube compilations of Brits dancing and listening to British "hip hop" thinking they're tough.

>>10979804

You know, like actually enjoying yourself and having a good dance

>>10979799
Drinking a lot on its own isn't really the issue, it's drinking a lot and having it cause problems for whatever reason but still not stopping/cutting back

>>10979799
where do you live?

>>10979820

Upstate New York, got sent here for work.

Lovely people like.

Also:

>"Let's go for a drink" literally means let's go for one drink

Not right

>>10979865
I'm no expert but upstate NY yuppies don't strike me as big drinkers. Also I guess Americans tend to binge drink more, like event drinking. Oh it's game day, oh it's a wedding, oh it's a birthday, etc

>>10979865
wat

i mean once you’ve clocked a shift at the quarry, what is there even to do but drink

>>10979881

Yeah but they have like 6-10 beers even at Superbowl, that's just like a normal afternoon session.

None of them are religious mongs or anything either

How does drunk driving work in the UK? Do they have breathalyzers? If so, what's the legal limit?

>>10979817
Fuck, that Billy Elliot movie really messed you guys up.

>>10979901

Legal limit is about two pints of beer. In parts of Western Europe it's absolutely zero.

You'd be unlucky to actually get pulled over by a policeman though, they're usually too busy in the town centres with the crowds of drunks. If they do stop you, or after an accident, they breathalyse you at the scene, then take you to HQ to test you on the proper machine, in which time you might be below the limit.

Drink driving is not really a thing there outside of police shows; risking your own life, your passengers and other road users marks you out as a total despicable cunt, I know public transport is shit in the US but I can't believe how flippant some are about it

>>10979909
>>10979814

This is what I don't get. Nothing wrong with a bit of drunk self-expression, beats sitting around the edge of the dancefloor like a sad bastard.

>>10979900
Yeah, dunno man, have you met a lot of people here or is this just coworkers? I guess the other big thing is bars are not as big of a social hotspot as in the UK. Most guys I know who really drink a lot drink at home, it's just more economical and solves the driving issue

>>10979814
If you're surrounded by a bunch of drunk people who also can't dance then who really cares as long as everyone's having fun?

>>10979799
>travel with a brit bong to japan
>wants to do fuck all but find a pub and drink
>basically wait out in front of the pub in japan to open, has to be british themed for some reason
>OI MATE YE GOT THE GAME ON
>dude it's like 4am in the uk your matches aren't on
>figure since we haven't adjusted timezones they just want something to eat before we go out and do things
>3 pints in before orders fish and chips
>has 4 more during it, complains the whole time about "not like me nan's making back home"
>still doesn't slow down on the drinks
>2pm say we should go do the things we planned
>PLANNING FOR HOLIDAY? LOVE ONLY THING YOU NEED ON HOLIDAY IS SOME BEER AND SOME GOOD FOOD. IM JUST GETTIN STARTED LOVE
>pay my tab go out and see japan and the things I wanted
>come back around 2100
>still drinking at the bar
>Oh there you are where ye be were having a good ole time right here!
>people around them even the bar tender visibly not amused
>loud as fuck trying to be friendly with people obviously not wanting to talk
>bar tender asks me to quite them down I just tell em we need to leave
>think okay we can just go see the night lights
>nope they need a pack of smokes and some drinks from lawsons
>they go out the wrong door which I was waiting for them outside
>they proceed apperently to get very fucking drunk, one passes out on the street the other is arrested for being nude in public
>figure they will calm down the next day
>NOOOOOOOOPE want to do the same exact thing the next day

Brits are the worst drinkers by far, and I now know the brit holiday is just an excuse for a month bender

>>10979954
>most guys drink at home
This. Bars are expensive and require a drive. We'll get a drink or two at the bar and then just head back to my house to drink more.

>>10979960
Do japs really let you off the hook for being nude in public?

>>10979900
Most will drink at home THEN head to the bar, most the people you are seeing at a bar probably had a few glasses of liquor or beer before coming there. We call it pre-gaming, it's a big thing

>>10979817
>the bong who chooses to leave his containment nanny state is also a closet fag
Imagine that

>>10979994
He was not charged, just was told not to do that again and was even given clothes that he wears too this day. Most people aren't charged in japan they are detained for a while since something like 95% of all convictions are against the accused. Drunk in public and shit like that is just like "nono" the social stigma that is in japan keeps people in order

If youre not drinking to get drunk then why drink?

>>10979865
Mate, if I go for drinks. Spirits until my last dollar. Fuck drinking piss. All of my friends hate me for getting bombed before them. I just don't want to be fucking depressed drinking.

>>10980018
take the edge off socialize with friends, etc.

>>10979966
>>10979996

Yeah we do the whole predrinks and gaff party afterwards thing too, just don't understand why the main bit in the middle is so dry and lightweight

>>10980008

Actually being confident enough to have a dance makes me some kind of mysterious European alpha, but I didn't want to mention that.

Oh and the other thing, the whole getting arrested for being drunk in public thing.

Saw some fat American cop lecturing some women for being slightly tipsy, not even causing any kind of public nuisance or anything. Bizarre.

>>10979799
Those two tweet like alcoholics in denial.

Also as an alcoholic that finally went to rehab, the waiting lists are abysmal, you have to actually have a problem to get in there.

>>10980033
a DUI in the states is a death sentence for most jobs since it shows up as a felony and people have 0 respect for them. Texas is a bit different though. It really depends what bars you are going to lad. Dive bars = wasted people, pubs = social drinking

>>10980033
You've already outed yourself for going out just to watch your mates get sweaty, Mr. """"""alpha""""""". You aren't fooling anyone

>>10980046
depends on the state, some have quotas they have to meet.

>>10980056

What scares you about it lad? All you have to do is move your limbs roughly in time with the music

We just have a shitty bar culture. It’s why I prefer to drink at houses. BBQ and beer is where it’s at in the US.

>i ingest more poison than you because of peer pressure! ha ha you're all wussies!

also as a brit, who gives a fuck. go fuck yourself. drinking culture is degenerate and causes a massive strain on the emergency services

>>10980063
>america has one bar culture

no it fucking doesn't it has like a bunch of them depending on the area, community, class, and types of bars

>>10980068

t. Massive Virgin

Stick to /pol/ and your laptop glow, mate

>>10980062
Do you also do that with your mouth on a cock?

>>10980086
nah, i just have a modicum of self control and am not a massive pussy who drinks whatever is shoved in his face for fear of not fitting in. enjoy your beer belly and liver failure

1 British Standard drink = 1.27 AUS/NZ Drinks

Are American's drinking water and getting drunk?

>>10980063
Yeah, after university, bars are just bullshit. Social drinking is with friends and neighbors with BBQ or just a fire ring where the prediabetic spawn eat fucking smores and drink pop.

>>10979799
>mfw I'm reading this at a microbrewery and drinking a smokey India pale lager

>>10980091

Bless you mate, don't think I've ever seen someone actually get riled up about males daring to dance.

>>10979799
>not being a raging alcoholic with little to no self-control is "wank"

>>10980096
we have a thing called happy hour, the local place near me does 32 oz mugs for 5 dollars. A mexican place does 5 dollars for the first margarita then 99c refills

>>10979814
>Americans
>white

>>10979865
>upstate NY

there's your problem. also standard europoor move underestimating the size of the US again. just because it takes the same amount of time to drive from coast to coast in the US as it does in the UK thanks to your roads and drivers doesn't mean they are the same size.

>>10979809
>successful
How are you defining success? In terms of education, health care, dental care, etc, the UK is ranked way higher. Yet the USA is higher in obesity, poverty, etc

You also have a lower life expectancy in the USA.

>>10980068
Col Blimp, who sacrificed his liver for you in colonial Burma and India would like a word with your ungrateful ass, and would kick it up between your ears you millennial wimpass boitoy.

>>10980121
Take out the niggers and we jump up waaaay fast

>>10980118

I've lived on the west coast and spent a while pottering around too, you thick cunt. Not much divergence between states, only really New Orleans with something approaching a European drinking culture, and even then it's commercialised to fuck.

>>10980129
sorry boomer, none of that means anything to me. now go take your blood pressure pills

>>10979799
I drink more since I've been on salary. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. No vacation. I dread when the phone rings sometimes. I drink to try and forget my responsibilities. When it gets out of hand, my job becomes harder, and details become tough to recall. It's hard to dig out of the hole sometimes.

>>10980121
We know, but we like to have funny party balloons with comfy slogans to make ourselves try to feel good eventhough we know this is the shits.

Brits really drink a lot. I thought I was almost an alcoholic, but in the UK I feel pretty normal.

>>10979799
Its p crazy how brits are bragging about drinking like a retard

>>10980145

>no vacation

I'm not taking the piss now, but that's the other thing, can't believe you lads aren't guaranteed shit, I'd go mad without my 28 days minimum holiday.

>>10980162
Fell for the obvious fucking bait my dude. I get 3 weeks off PTO + holidays + 1 week just for sick leave. Unless you work like 3 days a week at mc donalds no fucking shit you won't get holiday. Then again you can just tell the manager when you aren't available and most will just give the hours to someone

>>10980133
most americans party at houses rather than bars, since the average house can actually fit a party in it, rather than the average uk house that can fit a broom and a mop bucket.

also i dunno if bong pub culture is really something you wanna be proud of

>>10980182

>bong pub culture

Yeah, drinking loads of pints in historic venues sounds awful, right. Silly cunt.

>>10980162
You fell for the most basic bait possible also >>10979960


Took off work for a month, just told my manager ahead of time unlike these fuckwits out of college who do. All i was told sure, just let me know who wants extra hours to fill some of your shifts. Put up a note, BAM everyone signs up, 0 issues.

>>10980162
I'm not "taking a piss". I run this company basically by myself. It wouldn't work unless I told everybody where to go and what to do. The contractors need verification they will be there and if something goes wrong, I need to be around. I was never promised I'd get vacation upon taking this job. I'd just have the potential to make a lot of money. And if it works out, maybe I won't have to do it forever.

>>10980207

>had to arrange people to cover his hours
>rather than his manager having the legal responsibilty to accommodate his workers' holiday plans whilst also being solely responsible for his workplace being adequately staffed himself

>>10980223
>what is a VP for

>>10980235
>post note "anyone want extra hours please ping the manager about month of august"
>done

holy shit so fucking hard, geez I should have been promoted and given a key to the city

WOT
wE got down tut steel woorks when we backup it’s straigh tut pup fur a few pints

>>10980236
We're not big like that anon. I live in a part of the United States where construction and new people are flowing in. I wish I could take advantage more and have an office manager to run part of it. We make 6 figures typically. 7 figures a couple times before the housing market collapse. But I have to split with the original owner 50/50 for 5 years. I'm about ready to get rid of the bookkeeper and raise my billing rate to compensate. Shit works great with 100+ guys working a day but I only have 25-35 guys doing stuff right now. It keeps me up at night. And I drink too much. The stress is killing me

>>10980240

Good for you lad, you should tell your countrymen the secret formula.

>>10980105

>>10980235
Try working in a decent kitchen

>>10980250
I'll keep that in mind next time I travel abroad and some bloke wants to lecture me on it when his whole holiday is finding a pub themed like back home and does jack shit all but get plastered

>>10980235
Literally every job gives you time off. Its how positions can stay competitive
Maybe if you work a really shit job you wont get time off except holdiays

Why are Americans so nice? When I had a lay-by in Texas everyone was very polite, said hello, person next to me on the plane had lengthy conversations with me. Also my uncle just died and his girlfriend from about 40 years ago contacted me through Facebook and talks to me nonstop even though I’ve never met her, and we’re only loosely connected by a dead man. She lives in Oklahoma and wants me to come over very sweet lady. Meanwhile in the UK if you say hello to anyone while walking the dog, going to the shop etc they’ll look at you like you’re a weirdo.

>>10980084
Yeah and in most places, the bar culture is shit.

>>10979865
>upstate ny

Like actual upstate, or do you mean western, or downstate (Yonkers area), southern tier? Central? Capital region? Finger lakes?

Your response is like if someone asked me what country I'm visiting in a month and I said "Scandinavia" when I'll only be in norway

>>10980288
Americans are very social. The introverts here would be considered extroverts anywhere else.

>>10980288
faux-niceness

>>10980302
I don't think so. I like to hear about where you're going and what you want to do. I don't mind telling others either. I'm reclusive at times but sometimes people look excited about where they're going, and I like to hear their stories.

>>10980288

They are very nice, it's just a bit fucking weird. Zero subtlety. If someone talks to you as a stranger in the UK, they genuinely mean what they are saying, or it's obvious idle chitchat. There's no boundary in the US and some weird cunt who lent you a cigarette starts telling you about how his wife left him and whatever other shite.

>>10980302
Maybe you’re right, and if I lived there I could imagine I would begin to notice it. But as a foreigner there for two week or less it gives me a good impression of the American people.

>>10979799
I'm an alcoholic American and I always envied Europeans for the luxury of being to drink pretty much everywhere, all the time. But the truth is I don't think I could handle it. I have too little self-control where booze is concerned. It's pathetic. So it's probably a good thing I live here where there is less of a drinking culture and somewhat more stringent alcohol laws/regulations.....

But I will say this, Brit: Your bars close way too early at night. It's crazy. People are just starting to go out here around the time your bars start closing over there. I lived in Chicago for a while, and bars were classified by their closing time. 2:00 AM Bars were sneered at, 3:00 AM bars more acceptable and fairly common, the occasional (and usually very seedy) 4:00 AM bars, and the rare 5:00 AM bar. In London, though, it seemed like the whole town shut down around midnight. Hardly enough time to get properly "sweaty with the mates"....

Also, I wonder what you would make of Canada. In a lot of ways there slightly more European than the U.S., but in this respect they're even more strict about booze than we are. I've had a hell of a time more than once trying to find a place to buy alcohol in Toronto and Windsor. And statistics show they drink less than we do as well. Who would have thought?

>>10979799
We don't have an extensive history of being functional alcoholics. There was also this one time religious nuts convinced the government to ban booze.

>>10980383

Pubs close at 12pm because you're supposed to be in there from lunchtime, any club is open until 5-6am or later if you want to get out and enjoy yourself.

Reading this thread is making me happy that the UK is on a horrible decline

>>10980441
America is going the same way buddy.

>>10979799
because our country is pretentious as fuck

>>10980441

>56%

Lel

I don't drink so I think I wouldn't fit in at all with British culture and am happy I'm American

>>10980454
DONT BE A VILLAIN

BIN THAT OPINION

>>10980464
Why don’t you guys do anything about the Paki grooming/rape gangs? Afraid it’s Islamophobic?

>>10980499
why dont you guys do anything about the niggers turning your country into the congo?

>>10980499

They're all getting sent to prison you silly cunt. Funny how twelve or so of these gangs gets you riled up (thanks to whatever retard media you consume) whilst the US has thousands of literal no-go zones that mean nothing to you.

>>10980464
>>10980499
>le 56%
>le rape gangs
You are both pathetic. Sort out your own problems instead of attacking each other.

>>10979865
I'm not surprised they don't want to spend any more time with you than necessary, you're obnoxious.

>>10980504
Lol, like the UK doesn’t have tons of blacks. After Brexit you’re going to get even more from Commonwealth countries.

>>10979799
If I had my way, I would brew a cheap ass beer that didn't taste like fucking ass, and cost roughly $1 per 12 oz beer. There's not one single respectable lager brewed in the whole US; it's either completely mass-produced crap full of dextrose and corn/rice adjuncts, or super niche craft beer that's always in the pilsener style. Germans make some decent cheap macro lagers, but they're expensive here in the states, and actually kind of bland.

Yuengling or Narragansett come ever so close, but the former is actually pretty mediocre, and the latter is only available in the Northeast. Are there any half-decent american macro lagers out there? Is Pabst really the best American macro that can be found in all the lower 48?

>>10980523

The UK's less than 3% black, daft cunt.

>>10980510
>Funny how twelve or so of these gangs gets you riled up (thanks to whatever retard media you consume) whilst the US has thousands of literal no-go zones that mean nothing to you.
Tu quoque fallacy. Nigga, you dumb.

>>10980530
lagers are just shit, that's why it's so hard to find one that's good, much less good and cheap

>>10980532
It’s getting ready to be a lot higher than that, Achmed.

incidentally i happen to be in the process of sending something to my alcoholic (probably champagne since it was his graduation recently) friend in the UK, from the US.

i cant send anything overseas because our laws are fucked and i dont know a thing about shipping alcohol in the UK.

>>10979799
The first time I was exposed to "drinking culture" was in the UK when I was 16. I'd had some light beers at parties and stolen liquor from me and my friends' parents before, so I wasn't a stranger to alcohol. But it really was striking to see older people there having a bottle or two of wine a night like it was just part of dinner time. In retrospect, that's not that much booze from a health standpoint, but more than I was used to seeing adults over 30 drink. My relatives and friends' relatives usually had a couple whiskies/wines/beers at a family gather or bbq or whatever, and maybe a couple wines/beers a night, but the frequency and amount that brit boomers seemed to drink was almost double that.

>>10980558
>a bottle or two of wine a night
per person? that IS a lot from a health standpoint

>>10980562

Fanny lol

>>10980550
I would recommend using a UK website or even amazon UK and send it directly to him, that way you don’t have to ship it internationally.

>>10980562

im not even that poster but dont be retarded anon.

we're talking about british alcoholics not french alcoholics.

>>10980284
>>10980281
>>10980240
Amerimutts proud of the fact that they allow their """benevolent""" employer to bend them over and shove it hard. Good goyim. I know in Germany, the lowliest worker is guaranteed 1 month vacation/year. It's no wonder every first world countries' people scoffed and laughed when they were offered immigration by drumpf.

>>10979799
Britain is the cancer, Islam is the answer.

>>10980570
the effects of the alcohol do not discriminate based on nationality

>>10980569
>I would recommend using a UK website or even amazon UK and send it directly to him, that way you don’t have to ship it internationally.

amazon isnt licensed to sell liquor though, right? at least not in the us.

and i dont even know the legality of shipping alcohol. in the US, USPS doesnt ship at all, we have to use private carriers like UPS. and even then it has to be under a certain size restriction.

>>10980562
Er, no I meant an older couple would split a couple bottles. It's still more than is "advisable", but not a crazy amount (like 4-5 drinks in a night).

Having worked in a liquor store, I really think you start to have a problem around a pint of hard liquor per day (8-9 drinks a night). Some dudes would go through a handle in a week, which is insane.

>>10980584
Just had a check on amazon and you can buy full sized bottles of wine here. I mean if amazon are posting it, it’s probably legal.

>>10980594

ehh, i feel like wine is a cop out. i want to get him something at least 80 pounds, he'sbeen a good friend to me.

>>10980201
it does sound awful, expensive and loud.

>>10980587

>handle in a week, which is insane
>handle is 1.75 litres of spirit
>1.75/7 is 0.25 or 250ml a day, two or three strong drinks

?????????

>>10980600
its all 3 of those things

it really is an assault on the senses. also everything is sticky

>>10979960
i wonder what would happen if it was Mexicans instead of brits?

arson?

>>10980284
This. I work customer service (I'm the guy you yell at on the phone when your hotel is overbooked), and I start out with 20 days PTO a year, plus 9 paid holidays. I get that some of the REALLY shitty jobs don't get any time off, but that's nowhere near the norm. .

I don't see why you'd be proud of this. What a fucking ephemeral object of pride.

It never occurred to you that Brits just have a really unhealthy drinking culture rather than hurrah hurrah Brits are better because they... drink more? Why should the imbibing of alcohol be something boast worthy. It's like boasting that you can eat more bread than your neighbor.

>>10980121
>In terms of education, health care, dental care, etc, the UK is ranked way higher.
Literally false and based on the pretense of
>Do you like your free healthcare?
>Yes
American hospitals have the most options and greatest success with inpatients than anywhere else.

>>10980603
If you're having 2-3 strong drinks every single day, then you have a problem.

>>10980599
Looking at the Royal Mail website shows no restrictions on sending alcohol domestically. So going the route of buying through a UK seller would be perfectly fine.

>>10979934
Why not neither?

>>10980600

Most pubs are comfy as fuck, unless you deliberately seek out a more rowdy place to try it on with women or something.

Nothing expensive about it either.

>>10980623

>not dancing
>not standing around like a wallflower

What is your magic move then, great Edgelord?

>>10980627
OR I can stay home and drink in comfort with the people I live with while watching something or playing .
Really have no idea why pub culture even exists still.

>>10980302
That's called manners, you retard. You don't eat shirtless in a public restaurant (assuming you could) because you'd look like shit so you dress up and look like you belong. The trashy people don't and you can spot them a mile off. Usually fat, black, or a meth head.

>>10980634
Go home drink with mates

>>10980603
Yes, the "sensible" cutoff is around 4 drinks. Most health professionals would put it at NO MORE than 3 drinks for a man, and 2 for a woman (drinks being an actual measure of ethanol, not actual volume of liquid).

By my own, completely non-scientific and anecdotal evidence, a half pint of hard liquor @ 40% is 4 "drinks", (I count my shots as 50ml for easier measuring, most say 45ml). 250ml of booze is a lot to have every day for decades, perhaps your entire adult life. You won't make it to old age with that kind of indulgence, even if you might be able to hold it together mentally at that level.

Fun fact: long-term, low grade alcoholism (which is about the amount you describe drinking-wise) is now thought to be more harmful long-term than episodic binge drinking of irresponsible proportions. It's arguably better to have a night of heavy drinking, at least where your liver is concerned (your brain, not so much) where you down 12+ drinks over a 4-5 hour period, than it is to drink 4-5 drinks a night every night for years or even decades.

>>10980616

Lel

Enjoy your phone calls to your insurer when they won't pay for your $3000 ambulance ride

>>10980627
Degenerate and un-Islamic.

>>10980635
>>10980640

>m-muh friends

You do realise we go out with our closest mates, and might make some new ones on the way?

Boring bastards

>>10980504
We do. It's called the police force.

>>10980648
Those end up getting written-off if insurance refuses to pay, you redditor

>>10980655
Going out is intolerable . I hate it when my girlfriend drags me out to places. I want to stay inside. I hate cons, theatres, comedy shows, bars.

Pub culture. Ha. You have nothing . I'd piss in your beer but you wouldn't notice

>>10980655
Pub wanker

>>10980666

Nice lad, I'm sure your (((health insurance corporations))) will give you a nice discount when you ring them up in a few months to renew if you carry on defending them lol.

>>10980670

Christ mate, I genuinely feel for you, to feel so left out of basic societal interaction. I'm not the most outgoing twat myself but I still enjoy the core human function of it all.

>>10980675
>thinks the NHS provides good care
Found the Labour cuck.

Why is everyone ITT so angry about every response lmao

>>10980679
I already have friends . People only seem to be getting worse these days so I don't feel I'm missing much with the public. Stop the pity you tokhed. There's nothing to do in the pub.

>>10980634
Are you serious? Go to venues without dancing. Are you honestly incapable of thinking of things to do that aren't dancing? Just how homosexual are you, exactly?

>>10980621
>Looking at the Royal Mail website shows no restrictions on sending alcohol domestically.

that cant be right.

no restrictions on dimensions, alcohol content, or adult of legal age must sign for package?

>>10980648
>>10980675
Sure thing, kid. Talk more about things you know nothing about.

>>10980681

>that weird British edgy cunt that doesn't see the vast net benefits of the NHS because somethingsomething immigrunts or somethingsomething my auntie's cousin's grandad's uncle got misdiagnosed and died

Get to fuck

>>10980692
Cottaging is a time honoured English tradition. There’s nothing wrong with it.

>>10980703
t.on the dole

>>10980702

Lel

>>10980717

Nah, I'm actually an accountant but whatever lad, enjoy being a seething cunt for the rest of your life :^)

>>10980692

I was talking about nightclubs specifically, sad cunt. What scares you about dancing so much?

>>10980693
Nope nothing at all. My parents often order crates of wine and they come through the regular postal service.

>>10980731
>an accountant
That’s a job for women, mate. You’re soft.

>>10980693
Oh and usually there will be a little box you tick to confirm you are 18 or over, that’s all. Now that I think about it this is probably easily abused by under 18’s.

>>10980760
you would let a woman handle your finances?

>>10980756
>>10980762

that's so good it's ridiculous

so UK neets dont even need to step outside their door to get some spirits.

>>10979799
Top 40 pop hits and gangster rap at the clubs. Get used to it you fucking abbo

>>10980772
Want a £7000 bottle of champagne delivered next day. Sure thing.
https://www.drinksupermarket.com/dom-perignon-1998-brut-vintage-champagne-6-ltr-methuselah-wooden-case-12-5-abv

>>10980760

>accountant
>hurr wummans job

Seething about my income lol

>>10980760
>accountancy is a job for women
Do you ever feel like /pol/ has just run out of stereotypes and feels the need to make new ones up?

>>10980760
also ending every sentence with 'mate' makes you look passive agressive

>>10980731
Nice but I’m a ceo of a fortune 500 company, and my dick is 9 inches long :^))

>>10980255
I can see his argument pretty clearly. Are you challenged?
t. American

>>10980780
I doubt it. Accountancy can pay well, but most accountants have a rather unimpressive income.

>>10980780
>>10980817
I'd rather die than be an accountant desu.

>>10980849

Don't think you really understand what it is then lad, basically it's just being upper management with a slightly better grasp on a few of the numbers.

>>10980760
>I work with my hands
things third worlders say

>>10980885
Is there anything wrong with that? I’m a car body repairman and I love my job, I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I personally just couldn’t see myself working a desk job. Is there anything wrong with this if I enjoy it as well as making +60% over the average UK salary?

>>10980778
>https://www.drinksupermarket.com/dom-perignon-1998-brut-vintage-champagne-6-ltr-methuselah-wooden-case-12-5-abv

how can you brits afford to shop like this so casually

>>10980977

>>10979881
That's every country ever.

>>10980919
You got job security. Most of these office poofters couldn't change a tyre.

>>10980603
Bullshit. If that's a 40% abv spirit, a nip is 30ml. Sure, 3 and a half double shots, but going by average bar measures 250ml a day is closer to 8 drinks.

Come to Wisconsin where we can drink you under the table

>>10980121
>How are you defining success?
GDP, nothing else matters.

>>10979865
>>10979881

Im in upstate NY, been all over New York too and I think you two are retards. Nobody goes out drinking because it's fucking expensive and you're overpaying for pisswater with no alcohol in it. In America, people tend to gather at homes/parks/events to drink, not at a pub. That's not to say it doesn't happen but NY is covered in gorgeous lakes, mountains, forests, fishable areas and waterfalls, why the fuck would you crawl into a crowded smelly pub when you can get with the rednecks and a few lawn chairs and sink a ton of cheap beer and have a great time?

Fucking foreigners I swear to god. Also for the record NY has some fucking garbage income rates, cities like Syracuse have an average yearly income of around 30k dollars. Nobody has the money to spend 8 bucks on a glass of "authentic" european piss water. We'd much rather spend 8 bucks on 36 glasses of american piss water.

>>10980131
Beat me too it.

>>10979799
drive off a cliff you fucking limey bastard

>>10979809
We got bombed to shit by the Nazis, then we let in the Moslems, and that was that.

>>10980573

love that these threads no matter what board devolve into

>hurr your country has niggers
>hurr your country has sandniggers

really stimulates the synapses.

>brits are so boring that they have to drown themselves in alcohol to maintain an illusion of interest

>being proud of drinking alcohol

>>10979799
I fucking hate nightlife culture in the U.S, its absolutely dreadful. All my nightlife experiences from 18-23 essentially were worse than two (2) hours spent at a hostel bar in cusco. Gasolina came on and the place went fucking crazy.

>>10979799
As an actual alcoholic I'd like to comment on that picture. If you bongs will put down a 5th of bourbon a night no problem then I'm utterly impressed.

>>10981320
Real men inhibit their testosterone production and shorten their lifespan so they won't be around to support their family

>>10981358
Most americans drink like pussies outside of redneck drinking culture, which is the only decent drinking culture left. High end drink culture is a god damn mockery, and if anyone drinks its a kickback at their place so you're never forced to interact with different people hardly.

>>10980133
All the heavy drinking in the US happens in the upper mid west and New England. Go find some "Irish" in boston or something. Theyll get drunk at a bar with you.

>>10980235
>rather than his manager having the legal responsibilty to accommodate his workers' holiday plan
This is literally oppression

>>10980612
What's the difference between PTO and holidays?

>>10981462
PTO = your choice of days off
Paid holidays = Days like christmas etc that you have the day off and are paid regardless. For hourly positions usually you can sign up to work christmas day etc and get time a half.

>>10981462
PTO is paid time off that you can take off any time. Holidays are like bank holidays and Christmas and are paid time off.

>>10981488
>>10981490
Ohhhh okay, we call them stats (statutory holidays) colloquially here in Canada so I guess when I read "holidays" I just associated it with PTO. Thanks dudes

>>10981416
I drank fine cognac and obscure amari like a blithering imbicile. What's that make me?

>>10981118
Wisconsin and the dakota's are the hardest drinking I've ever done in the states.

Madison, LaCrosse, Sioux Falls, Fargo, Bismarck, Deadwood. Is it the cold?

>>10981488
>For hourly positions usually you can sign up to work christmas day etc and get time a half.

If we work a holiday we get either 2.5x pay or 1.5x plus an extra day off, which is nice.

its cause of the .08 blood alcohol laws all state have
though in wisconsin, as long as you don't kill anybody while driving while drunk
at worst you'll just get a ticket

>>10979799
chilean here
visited england and you boys were pretty light drinkers honestly

>American college students come to germany on exchange
>all of them are either 19 or 20
>think it's amazing they can legally drink here
>but keep talking about how much they drink in America
>always loud, seem to want everyone to know they're American
>"you know, like, in the states, like..."
>like like like like bruh senpai like lit like
>start drinking with them
>they get louder and more annoying
>get told off by security / staff
>"sorry, i don't understand you, what is he saying? I'm from America"
>they're halfway through 1L of beer
>"wow, this German beer is, like, super strong guys. I'm, like, already feeling it"
>mfw they are drinking Radlers, i don't even know why
>they don't even finish what they paid 10€ for

>>10979814
"whites can't dance" meme is responsible for millions of suicides, stop bullying you racist

>>10981997
True. I personally killed myself after seeing the VHS cover for White Men Can't Jump. I've always identified as a jumper despite being white, and that was the last straw.

>>10980201
>implying that pub culture isn't getting killed by Wetherspoons
>implying these historic venues aren't all starting to look like American Appleby's restaurants inside

>>10981259
>we
>Moslems

Nice try Hank.

>>10981985
Can go to lidl and buy a bottle of spirits for 10€. Who'd spend that on a 1l of pisswasser?

>>10980299
anything north of nyc

>>10979960
No ones nan makes fish and chips, it's pretty exclusively a takeaway meal and who the fuck gpes on holiday for a month?

>>10981259
>We got bombed to shit by the Nazis
We weren't really that successful with that. The first bombs that fell on civilians in london were an accident too.
What broke your neck is that you tried to hold on to your empire for ever. WWI pretty much bankrupt you and WWII gave you the rest. Now you are nothing more then a footnote in history books.

>>10980299
>Your response is like if someone asked me what country I'm visiting in a month and I said "Scandinavia" when I'll only be in norway
No it isn't. If you changed the "what country" to "where" then yeah, it would be like that.

Also, anything past Riverdale is Upstate New York.
>huh? but we need to differentiate between Utica and Elmira
No, not really. And even if we did, they'd both be upstate, so what's your point?

>>10981260
>arresting people for extreme nationalism
Sounds like a good idea. People who wave flags for no reason are the worst

>>10980010
>>10979994
Also he was clearly a foreigner and Japs regard foreigners as retarded at the best of times; he'd have to do something bad to really get arrested/convicted because to the Japanese they expect Westerners to be drunk ignorant shits at all times. They just want your money.

>>10980010
Yep. I saw businessmen pissing in public on more than one occasion and people just ignoring it in my less than two weeks there. In Australia, I've got a mate that did it once and ended up in overnight

>>10979809
You didn't have to give all the land back.

>>10980288
>Meanwhile in the UK if you say hello to anyone while walking the dog, going to the shop etc they’ll look at you like you’re a weirdo.
What utter fibs you tell; it's kind of expected for all of those in my Yorkshire village m8, doesn't sound too nice in that multicultural city you must come from.

P*ritans desu

>>10979817
>having a sweaty dance wince my mates

I'm not even going to try to find the right Peep Show/It's Always Sunny frame, because you're not worth it.

OP, nothing is wrong with any of the American culture as long as you're spending time with good people. Stop hanging out with nobs.

/thread

American here, OP's pic is right on.
Yet somehow OP still managed to be a faggot with his post.

I winded up in rehab for drinking a liter of vodka a day plus drugs

i think i qualified

>>10982454
they didn't, what do you think canada is
somehow canada has the same shit bar problem tho

>>10979799
Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIs5StN8J-0

>>10980145
don't worry Mr Trump we all think you're doing a fine job so pour yourself another

>>10980182
yes brit houses are smaller but at least they don't fall down when the wind blows

>>10982846
Trump is a teetotaler

>>10982855
Most Brits live in council estates and can’t even afford a stand-alone detached home.

>>10979799
You have made the mistake in assuming you can even get cheap drinks in the US. For the most part its a choice between shit bar where bud light us 5 bucks, or brewery not that far from me with nice beer for 5 bucks. Idk your pick man

>>10979799
This just seems like a snip at rehab.

We do have a huge rehab industry but I garuentee you the average Brit does not drink like someone in rehab for alcoholism.

t. Former 1.75L of vodka a day drinker

>>10979799
Because they all drive backwards, they're extra careful about it. Everyone being careful is nice, but in America everyone drives regular except the reckless drunk.

Britain is depressing from the ugly girls to the depressing weather. Is anyone suprised they drink more?

>>10980131
But Englands numbers also includes their mintories as well.
So whats your point?

>>10979799
Lmao at all the defensive burgers ITT: the bongs are spitting pure truth and youre getting all bent out of shape because of pride.

>>10982976
Yeah, well, like that’s just your opinion, man.

>>10980314
>There's no boundary in the US and some weird cunt who lent you a cigarette starts telling you about how his wife left him and whatever other shite.
As an American this weirds me out even though ive known people to do this all my life. Every fucking time I go to get groceries or are stuck waiting in line at an airport I'm listening to some guy telling me about his grandkids or some girl talking about her professor and all the while sprinkling in all kinds of personal information for a story I didnt ask for or want to hear. Its always seemed so odd that people basically tell everything short of their social security number to strangers here.

>>10983009
That’s because you suffer from autism and don’t get social cues, you brainlet.

>>10982097
>who the fuck gpes on holiday for a month?
Somebody with 7 or 9 weeks of holidays a year, I guess. Do you have that in the US?

>>10982695
I don’t live anywhere near a city, I live with my parents in one of the top 10 most expensive villages to live in the UK. People are cold and emotionless here. I saw a guy across a river screaming his lungs out because someone’s dog was playing with theirs. Oh and Yorkshire’s nice but I wouldn’t trust the police with all the rape gangs and such, you know.

>>10983019
That makes it even worse. Why tell an autist your life story, where you currently live, who you work for, how long you've been working there, where youre going, how much money you have, names of your family members, where you went to school, who you bank with, etc. Thats like literally asking to get robbed. Either violently if its a nigger or via a cyber crime if its truly an autist.

Hell now that I think about it, half of the crime in this country would probably disappear if idiots didnt go out of their way to paint targets on their backs for strangers and people acted more like Europeans when it came to dealing with strangers.

Literally every bar in Florida is infested with boomers. There’s no place for young people to hang out.

>>10983047

>>10979799
>and to get sweaty with my mates

Just go to a fag bar, you utter faggot.

>>10983009
Wear headphones. They're the universal "don't talk to me" symbol.

>>10980131
Not niggers, rural areas. It's super easy to have great education when your entire country's the size of Idaho. We have swaths of rich urban areas with great education, health care, etc..., and swaths of shitty rural areas and ghettos where Walmart is the biggest employer in a hundred mile radius.

GONNA KEEP ON RISIN
RISIN RISIN

>>10979809

50% of their GDP is from grain farmers.

>drinking """culture"""
lmao
you know you can just go have a drink with the lads without being an obsessive fag about it right?

>>10983688
All my lads are gay, lad

>>10980383
>I've had a hell of a time more than once trying to find a place to buy alcohol in Toronto and Windsor.
It's because alcohol sales here are stuck under a government-run monopoly. Hopefully that'll be changing soon, though.

>>10979960
Classic night out.
You sound like a stuck up cunt btw.

>>10980121
Rekt

>>10979799
Where in UK you from? I'm from manchester and getting pissed is just the norm.

>>10979799
Either die from cirrhosis or live long enough to get beheaded by a Muslim.

>>10984026
Jesus man

>>10983009
I mean you can just say that you're not interested.

>>10980644

this

>>10984745
Thats not the issue. The issue is how weird it is that its socially acceptable to give away often valuable personal information to complete strangers that arent even qualified professionals like doctors.

>>10985369
it's only socially acceptable because people allow it.

I'm not overly rude to people, but literally never engage in any conversation I don't want to be part of. Don't let other people hold you hostage, man, grow a pair.

>>10985431
>grow a pair
I have testicular cancer. If they grow any more I die.

>>10985475
lol fair enough.

>>10979799
It's because of drunk driving. We all drive because we have so much more land, so we don't get smashed.

>>10980201
I studied at Oxford for a few months and the pubs
I went to were all fuckin outstanding. Most of them were over 200 years old and each had their own eccentricities that made them stand out. American bars large cannot compare. Maybe Chicago or NYC can rival the UK in terms of volume and quality, but not the rest of the country

Yknow I'm actually a girl and was going to give a throwaway e mail so we could talk but your immaturity ruined it

>>10979799
>people judging America drinking culture by the south

>>10985560
Delete this.

>>10985550

To be fair, beer in the UK has like 3% alcohol

Surprised at the amount of shit he's getting, OP seems like a chill guy.

>>10985571
Midwest doesn't need grocery stores. Nobody there knows how to cook anything and there's enough McDonald's for them to be lovin' it for every meal.

>>10979799
>Nightclubs are shit too
No one goes to "nightclubs" these are just a Hollywood thing

>>10985592
Midwesterners don't cook things? This isn't even an actual stereotype. Also are McDonalds even more common there than elsewhere? Is this a thing?

>>10985600
When they try to cook it comes out like pic related. Ohio and Michigan top the charts for most McDonald's per capita as well.

>>10979865
Upstate NY is filled with faggots and soyboys. Come to the Southwest and we'll get you properly smashed. Not just on alcohol either.

>>10985609
>most McDonald's per capita as well.
Has moe to do with how populations are distributed, in coastie states larger chunks of the population live in very urban areas where fewer restaurants can serve more people. per capita sales would be a much more telling metric

>>10985609
But... I'd eat that

>>10985609
>white people food is bad
why do you hate your own culture so much?

I was born in Minnesota and live in Wisconsin. Tatertot hotdish and drinking are a way of life. Ever gricety stire, gas statiin and sandwiche shot has alchohol.

>>10985640
That's not "white people food", it's lazy white-trash slop. White people food is steaks and stews, that's just tater-tots thrown on top of canned soup, ground beef and canned vegetables.

>>10979960
I would love to drink with them. Fuck you.

>>10983009
Just tell them to fuck off. They'll think you're rude, but you probably won't ever "need" to talk to them, and you'll hopefully help out society a bit.

>>10985681
>>10983908

I to like spending my vacation drunk out of my mind not remembering anything at a bar that I could easily do back home. Really great holiday!

>>10985672
>it's lazy white-trash slop
No, its classic boomer white person food, today much more common in the whiter more affluent areas of the country than white trash areas which are mostly unfamiliar with it

>>10985672
>White people food is steaks and stews,
You think they don't have this stuff in the upper midwest?

US
>drink all day don't do shit
>laze around drinking more
>drinks and drive
Called white trash or just trash

UK
>drink all day don't do shit
>laze around drinking more
>drinks and drive
Oh just actually livin mate

>>10985756
except the trashiest white people drink the least

>>10985762
Dude who the fuck do you know that hasn't had a drink in the last 60 days?

My parents are probably the most sober people I know and both of them DEFINITELY had a drink in the last 60 days.

Fucking bible belt and Utah, man.

>>10985781
I know, as a northerner that blows my mind

>>10985762
>implying trashy people are going to fill out a poll honestly

>>10985803
There is no reason to believe rednecks are more likely to lie on a poll than other people. More importantly there is no metric, poll or otherwise that suggests any other trend besides southerners drinking much less than everyone else is true

>>10985806
Lived in CO for a while, so I can definitely confirm this lol. So many craft breweries.

>>10980693

No, Because the UK isn't run by puritanical zealots.

www.majestic.co.uk stop pissing yourself and get on with it.

>>10983036

>posh people are stuck up

What an amazing revelation.

>>10985806
Not rednecks, Southern Baptists, Methodists, and the likes will definitely lie about not drinking to everyone they know--even a poll. Why is that so farfetched?

>>10986102
>Not rednecks, Southern Baptists, Methodists,
You say this like they are different things

Its not farfetched that they would lie, it is farfetched that they would lie so much more than other groups of people do anonymously, especially when the poll results line up so closely with all other available data

>>10986122
To expand on this, the fact that there are still dry counties across the south is just fucking insane to me as a northerner. Its hard to imagine how that is even possible, that voters would allow that to happen

>>10980504
Lel black population is going down in America

Jesus christ am I a freshman in college again when drinking excessively is for all the cool kids? Do British people really take pride in being obnoxiously drunk?
I remember one time seeing a group of english guys way too drunk in Amsterdam and literally everyone on the street gave them looks of disgust

>>10980792
Well im the executive chef at wendys and etc etc

>>10980738
I'm too hood to dance

>>10982885
This. Some bars or restaurants have happy hours where you can maybe get bud or coors for 2 ameribucks per 12 oz. Well spirits are at least 5-6 dollars for a 1 oz shot, plus tip for a surly bartender. Not worth it

>>10985762
baptists only tell God they drink

>>10986314
Idk man, that's definitely the case in a lot of places, but not the rule for all bars.

Happy hours in Colorado actually have good deals on liquor and cocktails (at least for going out, obviously it's gonna be cheaper to do it yourself at home) and shots there as well as where I live are, for the most part MUCH more generous than 1oz, lol. Also surly bartenders get surly tips, so you just exposed yourself as not knowing what the fuck you're talking about.

I get "double" shots or homepours fairly regularly even here in "Puritan" Massachusetts, where I'm pretty sure doubles are illegal to serve.

Also the last time I got a surly bartender was when me and a bud stumbled into a random hole in a wall only to find out a couple minutes in that it was a gay bar. The bartender I guess thought that we went in to cause trouble and was likely suspicious. We weren't and stuck around to finish a game of pool and left.

>>10986314
>bar is 2 houses down from me
>"happy hour" is 6 to 6
>ask bartender why "happy hour" is twelve hours instead of one
>'it brings more customers in early, instead of a rush of people for that one hour we can't keep up with'
what the fuck is business. Call it happy sunrise, I don't care. Just when the sun rises, it's half price until sunset. "hour" gets to me, it is a great word that means something intentional.

>>10980133
>only really New Orleans with something approaching a European drinking culture
This idiot has never drank at a small bar in the midwest. People here drink a lot - not all of them of course, but I think a good third of all drinkers are pretty heavy drinkers here. Nothing the fuck else to do.

>>10979799
British booze sucks and always has. Even the most meme micro brews in the US are better than anything the British have made in 100 years. You should be lucky

>>10981452
>So wagecucked he thinks it's oppression if workers have rights.

>>10982969
>White Brits in England: 91%
>White Americans: 56%

Those numbers jump way up if you include Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

>>10986529
>wagecuck
>any opinion you had is now discarded.

>>10986390
Maybe for beer and wine, Brits have better Gin, Whiskey, Cider, and liqueurs. Its a pick your poison type thing.

>>10979960
>travel as a burger
>oh man you guys are so dumb never understand the culture and are loud and annoying
>do the same thing but as a britbong
>OI LAD WE JUST HAVEN' SOME FUN IT'S ME HOLIDAY RELAX!

That double standard annoys the ever loving shit out of me

>>10986583
You messed up your greentexting, buddy.

Because Brits are actually alcoholics.

>>10979799
>Get sweaty with my mates

>>10980110
>99c refills
My god that's dangerous.

>>10979799
>tfw midwest
>tfw get wasted on old milwaukee and irresponsibley use fireworks and firearms by the river
Yall yuros and coasties are faggot ass faggots

>>10983453
Is not and was never true. Mining alone (a basically dead industry outside of 3 states) grosses more than twice what both agriculture and forestry do. https://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=51&step=1#reqid=51&step=51&isuri=1&5114=q&5102=1

>>10980121
>UK
>Better dental care
Hmm

>>10983304
Except half those rural areas produce most of your "lower class" professionals that actually earn their keep instead of H1Bing the right color.

>>10986340
Baptists tell god shit because they honestly think feeling bad enough at the end justifies whatever they did. Why do you think they all tolerate or glorify outlaw country/gangster bullshit?
They are just so used to sky high moral demands and bedrock low impulse control that lying about their daily activities doesn't even register as lying.

>>10979814
I'm actually 1/2 Cherokee I only look white

>>10979799
While we're in the topic of british vs American drinking culture, why the fuck are the police in the UK so lax about fighting? Like if you go out to a bar here in the states, get hammered and get into a fight and the police catch you, you get thrown in jail and get an assault battery charge on your record, maybe get it knocked down to a misdemeanor if you're lucky but I've heard in the UK the police just break the fight up and send everyone on their way, why can't we be that cool?

>>10980817
CPA Accountants do very well but most people in accounting fields don't have the time or discipline to get their CPA

>>10988085
americans must be despicable cunts, also they might return wih guns

>>10983035
haha, no. most americans that actually get vacation time will get maybe a month for the entire year, and that's only after being at the company for half a decade or more. and then there's a lot of companies that imply if you take your vacation, your job might not be there when you get back, or outright deny any vacation requests.