DRUNK AND ON DRUGS MEGATHREAD

[Flash]

I've always felt a bit weird in most clubs and parties because I don't really like alcohol. I honestly don't like the taste of it and the only drinks I kind of enjoy are the "girly"(??) ones with plenty of fruit juice or whatever mixed in. (chocolate liquor is great too)

In high school I used to try and get just the right amount of drunk by suffering through distilled drinks that tasted like shit. The "right amount" for me is when you gently slap yourself in the face and for some reason it feels warm and fuzzy instead of ridiculous and why is everyone giggling. However, I almost always overshot it, barfed like crazy and blanked out. The next morning I'd feel a different kind of warmness, know in binomial nomenclature as "Shit all-over", subgenus "my pants".

After I got over those fits and settled on just having a couple beers (to have something to drink / hold while everybody else danced to LMFAO), I spent some time labeling people who excitedly rave about "getting wasted" as "stupid idiots". I still dislike the attitude of bulky dudes with shaven heads who constantly entertain the idea of being hospitalized and ruining their friends' night out, but these days I try being a bit more open-minded about the act of heavy drinking itself. It's still hard to understand why some people like getting shitfaced even if it means they're gonna feel like total crap the next morning, but then again, that sentence still holds up if you replace "shitfaced" with "a job interview". And that explains a lot of things to me.

[Ayyyyy]

My record for cigarettes in a row has been 8,
my ears were popping for awhile. I  was just starting,

haha

[Gilthwixt]

At one of the local "geek" bars there's a mixed drink called The Screw Attack made with framboise and cider that I really want to recreate. It's super tasty but they overprice it.

The Geek Easy?

Close. The Geek Easy is nice but their food is shit. I was talking about The Cloak and Blaster, the (newish?) pub by Waterford. Super fun place with free board/card games on the shelf and an upstairs gaming lounge that is basically free if you keep ordering drinks. Great beer selection and the food is pretty good.

I didn't realize anyone from TBA lived in the UCF area. You going to school here?

[slack]

My record for cigarettes in a row has been 8,
my ears were popping for awhile. I  was just starting,

haha

lol wtf, that sounds painful. for me it was 4 in a row and i stopped short before anything bad happened

for me, tobacco is the only drug i can't really handle

it's not the nicotine, but the tobacco itself

i love nicotine, i used to vape 24mg/ml juice and it was fantastic

but taking a drag from an actual cigarette makes me start sweating instantly and i feel nauseated for like 10-15 minutes

[soup]

cigarettes make me feel physically sick the smell of them is enough. no idea why, its just the way i react to them

[tyvb]

At one of the local "geek" bars there's a mixed drink called The Screw Attack made with framboise and cider that I really want to recreate. It's super tasty but they overprice it.

The Geek Easy?

Close. The Geek Easy is nice but their food is shit. I was talking about The Cloak and Blaster, the (newish?) pub by Waterford. Super fun place with free board/card games on the shelf and an upstairs gaming lounge that is basically free if you keep ordering drinks. Great beer selection and the food is pretty good.

I didn't realize anyone from TBA lived in the UCF area. You going to school here?

I don't live in the UCF area.  I travel up to Orlando to see shows, go to the comic shops, and occasionally head over to Bento Cafe.  I'm down in Sarasota closer to Ringling College. 

[ExBerian]

I love the smell and taste of cigarettes. But I haven't acually inhaled the smoke, just sucked it into my mouth for a friends photoshoot.

[Sef]

but taking a drag from an actual cigarette makes me start sweating instantly and i feel nauseated for like 10-15 minutes

This used to happen to me all the time with cigarillos. Even though I smoke cigarillos more often, inhaling them too much always gave the sweats. But cigarettes never gave me that problem. Personally I think cigarettes are a better smoke (taste better and are smoother, MUCH faster)in most situations outside of with friends and celebrations (generally with friends.) Too bad I always feel guilty after smoking a cigarette (which is why I only ever bum them off friends or buy the discount ones from the tobacco shop near my house)

[Philip K Dick]

binge drinking is so two thousand and late

[ExBerian]

Xdd ayy lmao

ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[SrsSam77]

Even though I smoke cigarillos more often, inhaling them too much always gave the sweats

>inhaling
nigher what

[SrsSam77]

I'm too turnt

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?

[Gilthwixt]

Even though I smoke cigarillos more often, inhaling them too much always gave the sweats

>inhaling
nigher what

Yeah, that's the mistake right there. I don't smoke anymore but when I did it was always my understanding that you don't actually inhale cigars or cigarillos. The smoke just sits in your mouth for tasting. Cigarettes are different and also have filters which is why you can inhale them.

[rtil]

I've always felt a bit weird in most clubs and parties because I don't really like alcohol

i feel this way about beer. i've tried so many kinds of beer my friends give me at parties, they say you'll like this one this time if you didn't like that one, but every time i can barely finish the thing without wincing. something about the taste just really puts me off. but i do enjoy hard liquor and mixed drinks, and i don't mind cider, either.

[SrsSam77]

good to see the debauchery is still alive

[slack]

I've always felt a bit weird in most clubs and parties because I don't really like alcohol

i feel this way about beer. i've tried so many kinds of beer my friends give me at parties, they say you'll like this one this time if you didn't like that one, but every time i can barely finish the thing without wincing. something about the taste just really puts me off. but i do enjoy hard liquor and mixed drinks, and i don't mind cider, either.

people always say beer is an acquired taste but really, it will always taste like shit

it's almost as if pretending to like the taste of beer is a macho thing, this is my theory

beer tastes like shit and it probably always will

[ExBerian]

holy shit, i dont remember

ANYTHING

You made no sense last night!

[Sef]

>inhaling
nigher what

the buzz is strong, yo

[Gilthwixt]

i feel this way about beer. i've tried so many kinds of beer my friends give me at parties, they say you'll like this one this time if you didn't like that one, but every time i can barely finish the thing without wincing. something about the taste just really puts me off. but i do enjoy hard liquor and mixed drinks, and i don't mind cider, either.

people always say beer is an acquired taste but really, it will always taste like shit

it's almost as if pretending to like the taste of beer is a macho thing, this is my theory

beer tastes like shit and it probably always will

I genuinely enjoy the taste of some beers. Fat Tire, Yeungling, Leinenkugel Berry Weiss, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Shake Chocolate Porter, Kona Pipeline Porter, Key West Sunset Ale...

I think the acquired taste aspect is part psychological, part biological. I'm not incredibly well informed on the topic, but it's my understanding that the types of microbes you have in your stomach greatly affect the sort of cravings you get. If all you eat is junk food then that's all your body will want because the bacteria that is sustained by those foods is now thriving in your stomach and is influencing you so that they can continue to thrive. Eating yogurt supposedly introduces and nourishes healthy kinds of bacteria that cut down on your unhealthy cravings.

With beer, I hated it when I first started drinking and stuck to cider and liquor. Not every party had those on hand though so I had to drink whatever was available. Eventually some beers starting tasting tolerable instead of downright nasty, and so I started drinking those more often. By now, Yeungling tastes completely different than when I had first started drinking four years ago. I hated it then, but now I absolutely love having a couple before a large heavy meal because that wheaty flavor gets me really hungry by the time the meal is served.

YMMV. Honestly if you don't like it then there's no point in drinking it unless you want to like it, but once you actually acquire that taste for them it opens up a whole bunch of doors. Just stay away from IPA, that shit is nasty.

Edit: Here's some further reading on the microbial studies I mentioned: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201400071/full

In particular, this line:

Conventional wisdom often blames unhealthy eating on a lack of willpower. However, binge eating is not just a matter of mental control [101]; food cravings are unlike other cravings. Many other addictions, such as drugs and alcohol, require ever-increasing doses to maintain the same mood-altering effect. This habituation does not happen with food. For some individuals, the more they indulge their food cravings, the more enjoyment they get from them [102]

might also apply to drinking beer, and not because of the alcohol but the yeast involved in brewing.

[slack]

i feel this way about beer. i've tried so many kinds of beer my friends give me at parties, they say you'll like this one this time if you didn't like that one, but every time i can barely finish the thing without wincing. something about the taste just really puts me off. but i do enjoy hard liquor and mixed drinks, and i don't mind cider, either.

people always say beer is an acquired taste but really, it will always taste like shit

it's almost as if pretending to like the taste of beer is a macho thing, this is my theory

beer tastes like shit and it probably always will

I genuinely enjoy the taste of some beers. Fat Tire, Yeungling, Leinenkugel Berry Weiss, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Shake Chocolate Porter, Kona Pipeline Porter, Key West Sunset Ale...

I think the acquired taste aspect is part psychological, part biological. I'm not incredibly well informed on the topic, but it's my understanding that the types of microbes you have in your stomach greatly affect the sort of cravings you get. If all you eat is junk food then that's all your body will want because the bacteria that is sustained by those foods is now thriving in your stomach and is influencing you so that they can continue to thrive. Eating yogurt supposedly introduces and nourishes healthy kinds of bacteria that cut down on your unhealthy cravings.

With beer, I hated it when I first started drinking and stuck to cider and liquor. Not every party had those on hand though so I had to drink whatever was available. Eventually some beers starting tasting tolerable instead of downright nasty, and so I started drinking those more often. By now, Yeungling tastes completely different than when I had first started drinking four years ago. I hated it then, but now I absolutely love having a couple before a large heavy meal because that wheaty flavor gets me really hungry by the time the meal is served.

YMMV. Honestly if you don't like it then there's no point in drinking it unless you want to like it, but once you actually acquire that taste for them it opens up a whole bunch of doors. Just stay away from IPA, that shit is nasty.

Edit: Here's some further reading on the microbial studies I mentioned: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201400071/full

In particular, this line:

Conventional wisdom often blames unhealthy eating on a lack of willpower. However, binge eating is not just a matter of mental control [101]; food cravings are unlike other cravings. Many other addictions, such as drugs and alcohol, require ever-increasing doses to maintain the same mood-altering effect. This habituation does not happen with food. For some individuals, the more they indulge their food cravings, the more enjoyment they get from them [102]

might also apply to drinking beer, and not because of the alcohol but the yeast involved in brewing.

i'll agree that some beers taste less-awful than others

but fuck you 100% of beers lead to pissing every four minutes and farting and burping

fuck beer, it's awful

hard-liquor master race