is a hip flask ok?

[Anonymous No.6544916]

I wanna buy one, but will it look silly or bad?
As a single malt lover I wanna enjoy it all day long, even if the locale only serve inferior stuff.

Do kyou have one? what do you keep in it and have you ever had complaints or strange looks?

[Anonymous No.6544930]

>>6544916
>will it look silly or bad?
For me at least, the point of having the flask has nothing to do with how I look. It's having a little firewater close at hand to surreptitiously drink right before I have to do something I reaaaaaally dont want to do, or to spike a drink at a restaurant where the liqour on the menu just doesn't do it for me, or to make waiting at the barbershop with nothing but ancient copies of redbook and golf magazines to entertain me bearable. Don't be brandishing the thing around and showing it off.

[Anonymous No.6545090]

>>6544930
This.

A pocket flask, properly used is only ever seen by the flasks owner.

[Anonymous No.6545093]

>will it look silly or bad?
Yes.

If you wear a proper jacket, just keep it in your jacket pocket, you drunk bastard. But people will still know.

[Anonymous No.6545103]

>will it look silly or bad

nobody cares, only people that use them are lushes who always vanish to a dark corner or a bathroom like coke addicts who need a bump.

[Anonymous No.6545107]

>>6545103
>>6545093
>>6545090
>>6544930
All of this.
>will it look silly or bad
Yes, but the point is you don't let anyone see it.

[Anonymous No.6545108]

>>6544916

Pocket flasks are literally alcoholic fedoras

In every sense of the meme. Antiquated accessories that young men cling to in an attempt to look cool.

There's almost no modern situation this is useful in. You might as well carry around the pint bottle. If you're using the flask 'properly', sneaking alcohol into somewhere it shouldn't be, then not only are you an alcoholic but it will likely print in summer clothes and get you banned/fired from wherever you are.

PS: flasks count as "open containers" for DUI purposes. Yes, its bullshit, but it's all a cop needs to ruin your life and feel like a hero.

[Anonymous No.6545132]

>>6544916
>do you have one
Yes
>what's in it
Bottom shelf overproof rum or neutral grain spirit
>complaints or strange looks
I use it while camping or at a cookout to help start charcoal and disinfect animal bites, not for being a fedorable alcoholic

[Anonymous No.6545146]

>>6544916
>single malt lover
Then why would you drag it with you, get it warm, and pound it back from a serving container you can basically only take swigs from, not sips?

Leave that shit at home. Flasks are for alcoholics drinking where they shouldn't.

[Anonymous No.6545156]

There is a time and a place for them. I took mine when I climbed Everest, me and the girlfriend shared it when we reached the top. Nothings ever tasted more satisfying. That said, 'As a single malt lover I wanna enjoy it all day long, even if the locale only serve inferior stuff', sounds like something an alcoholic would say, and if thats your reason for getting one then yes it will look dumb.

[Anonymous No.6545162]

>>6545132
>disinfect animal bites

I seriously hope you don't do this

[Anonymous No.6545163]

>>6545156
>of all the shit that never happened

[Anonymous No.6545166]

>>6545090

If fact I'm pretty sure it used to be a big faux pas to ever let anyone see it, back when dudes of all sorts carried them around.

[Anonymous No.6545167]

>>6545163
What, 2 people climbing Everest? They even do guided climbs now you mongoloid.

[Anonymous No.6545177]

>>6545108

>no modern situation

I want booze that fits in my pocket relatively inconspicuously, and since a cop already fucked me with a misdemeanor dui I really can't bring myself to care.

You're being alarmist about it. People like to drink, sometimes their preferred brand of booze, and like to have a couple fingers worth on hand for the bus, downtime, etc.

[Anonymous No.6545181]

>>6544916
>is a hip flask ok?
yes
>will it look silly or bad?
only if you display it
keep that shit in your jacket
>as a single malt lover
Hold it, kiddo. You don't love single malts. You love the idea of loving single malts. If you loved single malts, you wouldn't subject them to a fucking flask. You need to get that shit on your nose first and drink from glass so you don't add any metallic flavor to it. Get a flask, put some cheap rum in it, enjoy.

[Anonymous No.6545183]

>>6545162
>oh fuck that cat bit me
>dash of alcohol
>scrub with soap and water
>dress the wound properly
>rabies shots

What's wrong?

[Anonymous No.6545184]

>>6545181
>You don't love single malts. You love the idea of loving single malts.

So much this. I'm willing to bet OP had his first drink of scotch today after months of much anticipated build up and between grimaces and choking managed to convince himself he needs to enjoy it 24/7 since he's one of the scotch drinking gang now.

[Anonymous No.6545191]

>>6545184
Do you, too, drink cheap rum and gin?

[Anonymous No.6545194]

>>6545191
Nope. Currently working my way through a bottle of Knob Creek.

[Anonymous No.6545208]

>>6545194
Acceptable. I've got a bottle of New Amsterdam Gin on my desk I'm almost done with... not even sure why. I don't particularly enjoy the taste of gin. I just drink it because vodka is for girls and it's the cheapest liquor besides rum.

[Anonymous No.6545215]

>>6545181
>kiddo
Fedora detected. It's a free country, don't be another pretentious tool that ruins Scotch threads as badly as the scotch is a forced meme people pretend to like shitters.

>>6545184
>I'm willing to bet OP had his first drink of scotch today after months of much anticipated build up and between grimaces and choking managed to convince himself he needs to enjoy it 24/7 since he's one of the scotch drinking gang now.
>mfw

Holy fuck, did Ardbeg rape your mother? Not all scotch is grandpa-flavored peat reek. I like Four Roses Single Barrel as much as Glenlivet 16, I clearly must be pretending to like both.

[Anonymous No.6545220]

>>6545215
>Fedora detected.
Naw m8, it's the fuckin' fedora who thinks scotch ought to be enjoyed hourly from a flask to look cool.

I enjoy my scotch once/month in the privacy of my own home with a couple of friends.

[Anonymous No.6545229]

>>6545220
Yeah, I wouldn't usually think of carrying a hip flask unless I was bringing a bit of nice juice to a wedding that was more expensive than the full sealed bottle I brought. Just enough to pour into spare glasses for me and four other close friends.

Bringing it into a place that serves alcohol on a normal occasion is as cunty as bringing your own cooked steak to a restaurant. Sure you might not like the restaurant's selection, but you're still screwing the front of house out of tip money...

[Anonymous No.6545373]

The only time I used a flask was in college when I didn't want to pay for overpriced drinks at the shitty bars
I was always a bigger guy and it took a lot to get me drunk so I just started carrying Everclear in a hip flask

I saved a fuck ton of money but slamming grain alcohol in a small room that reeked of stale piss wasn't fun

That or formal events but that's because everyone is underage

>Good times

[Anonymous No.6545397]

I used to have one. Would typically keep cheap, strong vodka in it to add to my coffee at work. Until of course my loved ones found out I had one. That's how I started on the road to sobriety.

[Anonymous No.6545416]

>>6544916
I have one and hardly ever use it. I just drink at home anymore.

Just don't get one with shit printed on it. It's like those shitty knock off zippos with the grim reaper on them. It's that god damn tacky.

[Anonymous No.6545425]

As an alcoholic, most flasks out there don't carry enough booze to kill the DT's let alone get me tipsy.

Better off just buying a bottle from the liquor store, drinking it on the dl and then throwing it out. That way you aren't looking at some open container DUI situation.

[Anonymous No.6545428]

Just get a plastic water bottle and fill it with vodka. That's what every alcoholic do.
Or, don't be an alcoholic, it fucking sucks.

[Anonymous No.6545435]

>>6545428
>Or, don't be an alcoholic, it fucking sucks.

There is this....

[Anonymous No.6545451]

>>6545229
>out with friends
>order shots
>jigger glasses
>$5 each

Fuck every business that does this. Thats why barhoppers carry a flask

[Anonymous No.6545493]

>>6545451

You know that $5 isn't just for the booze right?

Its also to pay to maintain a business with an environment that you and your douche bag friends can hang out in.

Simple business 101...how does it work....

[Anonymous No.6545501]

>>6545428
I fill a nalgene bottle with vodka everyday, sometimes I use a Gatorade bottle. And yes being an alcohol fucking sucks, I would not recommend. Its expensive and its only a matter of time until I hit trouble, I feel the walls closing in on me. Two days ago I passed out in a movie theater and got escorted out.

[Anonymous No.6545516]

>>6544916
Like fedoras, capes, and canes, flasks are out of style.

[Anonymous No.6545538]

>>6544916
I take either a vodka bottle filled with water or a scotch bottle filled with barley tea with me as post match hydration when I play volleyball.
Whatever looks you get for having a flask can't be half as bad as the looks I get for taking swigs straight after a game.

[Anonymous No.6545553]

>>6545166
It was during prohibition when they were popular, so yes, it was a big faux pas. It was sort of like carrying a one hitter and stash around today. Showing one to a cop could get you arrested.

[Anonymous No.6545559]

>>6545538

So you put non alcoholic things into alcohol bottles?

Why?

[Anonymous No.6545562]

I've got one. My ex got it for me and it has my initials on it. It's kind of shitty but it works. I use it at concerts and parties where I'd like to be more drunk and there's no drink around.

[Anonymous No.6545571]

>>6545493
Not him but get bent. Liquor costs way too much. I'm not paying $3-5 for an ounce and a half of liquor. That's why I bring a flask of my own shit and save money.

[Anonymous No.6545584]

>>6545559
I can't be bothered getting a real water bottle and I want attention.

[Anonymous No.6545590]

>>6545571

Ohh I loved kicking retards like you out of bars when I did security

>"What, you mean I can't bring in my own booze? I thought this was America, are we not in America?"

That $5 is paying for the booze, the utility bills, maintenance fees, the rent/property taxes, the support staff, insurance and so forth. Don't like it? Go drink under a bridge with all the hobos.

[Anonymous No.6545741]

>>6545590
Yeah I never got this either.

This is why you down a few beers as a pregame, kids.

[Anonymous No.6545743]

>>6545493
I know what my money's worth. I dont pay for the upkeep cocksucker. I pay for the booze and the service. And if the booze is too expensive, Ill buy cheaper alternatives (beer) which will likely offer far less profit, or sneak my own

[Anonymous No.6545758]

>>6545743
>I pay for the booze and the service.

Which includes the cost of keeping the place open.

Go chug some skol at home if you're going to be a little bitch about it.

Or better yet, make enough money to drink at a bar.

[Anonymous No.6545771]

>>6545743
>beer
>that $2 beer on tap cost them 79 cents to pour
>cheaper alternative
>mfw

[Anonymous No.6545776]

>>6545590
>throwing out the business
My best friend would scold people and offer to hold their contraband booze behind the bar for them, or they would have to leave

[Anonymous No.6545782]

>>6545743
>I know what my money's worth

Not really since basic economics is beyond your grasp.

Either that or your just a dick.

[Anonymous No.6545802]

>>6545776

same anon

Were I worked if we caught the booze on the way in we would hold it at the door. Its cool, you wanna carry booze from point A to point C while stopping at point Bar along the way. We will hold what you have.

Get caught drinking inside? Your out for the night. Do it repeatedly and your banned.

[Anonymous No.6545812]

>>6545167
Even relying on guides, if he was smart enough to get to the top he'd have been smart enough not to drink booze there.

[Anonymous No.6545821]

>>6545771
My point was that if liquor were more reasonably priced, Id be more inclined to purchase it. At the end of the night, if I had puchased liquor, the total profit earned from my ticket would be higher than if I had just purchased beer. The business is missing out on potential sales because of their high prices.

[Anonymous No.6545835]

>>6545821
At virtually all bars, the pricing scheme for any liquor also includes ancillary materials.

Ordering a shot is charged precisely the same as ordering a liquor and cola, liquor on the rocks, liquor with club soda, liquor with an iced tea chaser, etc.

Your basic shot still requires you to pay whether you want to or not for a measure of soft drink, a straw, ice, etc.

It's broken as hell but for the sake of simplifying inventory management and ensuring that the house doesn't lose money, most bars refuse to deviate from this model.

This also subsidizes any "designated drivers get free soft drinks" incentive in place.

[Anonymous No.6545841]

Use it at movie theatres that don't have booze, because if I'm going to spend $20+ for ticket, popcorn, and drink, and be sitting for 2+ hours, then dammit I want some libations as well. Wild Turkey 101 goes great in dark soda, as well as coffee (like diners that don't serve booze).

Carrying it every day, on the other hand, is a little to alcoholic for my blood.

[Anonymous No.6545846]

>>6545821
A shot of something mid shelf and a pint of something craft are the same price.

You're pulling this entirely out of your ass.

[Anonymous No.6545855]

>>6545516
Damn, I miss capes.

[Anonymous No.6545882]

>>6545812
how do those two things correlate

[Anonymous No.6545891]

>>6545855
Does it make me a faggot if I do too?

[Anonymous No.6547136]

>>6545584
At least you're honest

[Anonymous No.6547139]

>>6545771
>$2 beer on tap
Holy shit, where do you live? UP Michigan? Where I am, you can't even get bud light on tap for less than $4. Dogfishhead will run you $9

[Anonymous No.6547222]

anon, this was a christmas "gift" from someone i know

i have drunk from this in public on several occasions
right now its filled with dalwhinnie

does this put your situation into perspective?

[Anonymous No.6547233]

get a nice hip flask. let's say a quarter of the world will scoff at you and another quarter will think you're cool and the remaining half of the world won't give a shit.

pic related, got this for an ex.

[Anonymous No.6547240]

>>6547233
>got this for an ex
C U C K
U
C
K

[Anonymous No.6547244]

>>6547240

we were going out at the time brah

[Anonymous No.6547488]

Why is it called a hip flask if you keep it in your jacket?

[Anonymous No.6547502]

>>6547488

It's meant to be carried in your pants pocket which is why it's shaped like it is.

[Anonymous No.6547505]

>>6547488
The shape is supposed to make it conform comfortably to your leg when you put it in your pocket. That's where I keep mine, but keeping it in your jacket pocket if you live where it's cool enough to wear one makes it slightly less noticable.

[Anonymous No.6547952]

>>6545156
>That said, 'As a single malt lover I wanna enjoy it all day long, even if the locale only serve inferior stuff', sounds like something an alcoholic would say

As a recovering alcoholic, that is not what we would say. Actually, we'd keep the flask but if at the restaurant we'd still load up on their booze to keep the stuff in the flask for time reasons. Never know when you'll get dragged to some impromptu record store that's nearby.

[Anonymous No.6548130]

I have a flask keychain with rum in it for emergencies~

[Anonymous No.6548161]

>>6545208

>acceptable

because in order for us to enjoy something, it's got to be approved of by you, right?

[Anonymous No.6548164]

>>6547222
>slaine
>hoozuki
my nigga

[Anonymous No.6548170]

My flask is just a plain 7oz flask. There's a leak in the lid seal, it's not big but it's enough, is there some sort of gasket I could make for that?

[Anonymous No.6548179]

>>6545891
Only if you take another dude under the silken folds of your cape to suck you off.

[Anonymous No.6548317]

>>6544916
>Is a hip flask okay?
If you're an alcoholic
>will it look silly
If you using it as an accessory or bling yes, if it's to drink no.
>Do you have one?
Never leave home without it.
>What's in it?
Usually cheap rye. Sometimes rum. Depends what's cheapest when it's time to refill
>any looks?
Not really, I only ever pull it out when alone or with people I trust not to squeal. Been asked for a sip a few times before.

Basically, good if you're an alcoholic, fedora tier if you're not.

[Anonymous No.6549576]

>>6548317
but whats the point of hiding it if people will still be able to smell its content on your btrath?

[Anonymous No.6549595]

>>6549576
Do you routinely sit 4 inches away from your friends and lean in to talk to them?

[Anonymous No.6549639]

>>6549595

yes, where else would i sit? 3000 miles away on a computer?

oh.

[Anonymous No.6550171]

How about using those marathon runner belt bottles? Then nobody would ever know

[Anonymous No.6550180]

>>6549639
There is nowhere on earth you could be 3000 miles away as the earth isn't even 3000 miles around so unless you're in space, you're an idiot, go back to geography class.

[Anonymous No.6550183]

>>6544916
If you have to ask, you are the sort of person who will fuck it up.

It's a 15 dollar purchase at most. Could you not have just quietly gone out and done it? That would have been what might have made it work for you. However you sought affirmation here first, showing to everyone your ineptitude and inability to pull hip flasking off.

Sorry. Fail. Poop on your head.

[Anonymous No.6550189]

>>6550180
>There is nowhere on earth you could be 3000 miles away as the earth isn't even 3000 miles around so unless you're in space, you're an idiot, go back to geography class.

The earth is about 25 thousand miles in circumference. 24902 in fact, but it varies between the poles and the equator.

[Anonymous No.6551636]

All lies, the earth is never ending. Its not really round since you never come back to where you started!

[Anonymous No.6551640]

>>6551636
Where does a circle begin?

Without greater frame of reference, all discernible intervals are rendered both a beginning and an end.

[Anonymous No.6551657]

>>6545425
>most flasks out there don't carry enough booze
Not even an alcoholic, but still this. Flasks are a great supplement if you're at a show or something and don't want to hit the bar during the middle of the headliner, but 6-8 oz of 40 proof doesn't really cut it if you actually want to get drunk.

[Anonymous No.6551664]

>>6551657
Put absinthe in it?

[Anonymous No.6551667]

>>6551657
>just 40 proof
even New Amsterdam and Jack is 80 proof

[Anonymous No.6551683]

>>6551667
80 proof/40% I meant

[Anonymous No.6552092]

>>6545183
>using the injectable jew
Cats don't even carry rabies you fuck

[Anonymous No.6552453]

>>6544916
>hip flask
You make it obvious you carry a hip flask and think its makes you look cool = Fedora Tier

You hide the fact that you carry a hip flask and never bring it up in conversation = Alcoholic Tier

[Anonymous No.6552480]

>>6545846
And the beer will be bigger, tastier, and contain more alcohol.

[Anonymous No.6552483]

>>6545835
>liquor with an iced tea chaser
I'm too young to go to bars. Is this a thing? Sounds pretty nice.

[Anonymous No.6552545]

>>6552453
What do Fedoras have to do with anything ???

[Anonymous No.6552558]

>>6552092
Once again you are proven wrong you fucking mong-tard.
Why don't you stop shitting up the board with your ignorant bile ?
You're fucking scum.

[Anonymous No.6552564]

>>6552545
see
>>6545108
>>6545516
You can do whatever you want. Just know that if you are under the age of 30 and you are using an out of style "ol-timey" thing like a pocket watch, monocle, top hat, fedora, cane, tailed suit jacket, flask, etc you are going to look like a try-hard douche with bad taste.

But if you don't care, which you shouldn't, just do what you want. Are you going to let your life be controlled by strangers on the internet who judge your entire character based on things you carry with you/find cool?

[Anonymous No.6552574]

>>6552564
Ah, I see you were getting your hats mixed up again.
Easy mistake (if you're an ignorant cunt who falls for /pol/ in-jokes).

[Anonymous No.6552582]

>>6552574
Both hats, if worn by a young person, look ridiculous.

Now if you are an 80 year old guy, yea it probably looks cool.
But just know that neither hats are really in fashion for young people and the vast majority of people who see you will think negative things about you.
Again I emphasize that you shouldn't care. If you think fedoras or trilbies make you look cool to yourself, then wear them. But don't delude yourself into think fedoras or trilbies make other people think you look cool. It will just upset you whenever they don't respond as well to you as you would think they should.

[Anonymous No.6552590]

>>6545208
>acceptable
>vodka is for girls

I've missed this board

[Anonymous No.6552916]

>>6545156
>When I climbed Everest and reached the peak, I consumed a systemic vasodilator that spikes and then crashes your blood sugar, is prone to making you sweat and getting your clothes wet, then clamping your blood vessels shut and limiting your capacity for heat distribution and thermogenesis, all while impairing your judgement
>I did this after climbing Everest and implicitly possessing knowledge of high altitude cold weather survival

No. That's how people leave the world. I suppose it's possible you aren't bullshitting, but I wouldn't have chances that even if I planned to or had somehow already made camp very nearby. A lot can go wrong that you didn't see coming in a disturbingly short amount of time.

[Anonymous No.6552948]

>>6552582

Check your facts before you post again, pleb

[Anonymous No.6552952]

>he carries a flask

[Anonymous No.6552954]

>>6552948
that picture is really gay

[Anonymous No.6552977]

>>6552948
That guy looks like a douche, what is your point?

[Anonymous No.6553001]

>>6552977
>reeeeee
>>6552954
so what we learned here is that fedoras are so awesome it turns you gay

[Anonymous No.6553033]

>>6552574
pointing out the difference between fedoras and trilbies is some high-tier fedora stuff

[Anonymous No.6553054]

>>6544930
>hehehehe...bet you wish you were me right now...*sip cough cough* nothing personell kid, its from my personal stash. cant stand being around these normies