RE: As someone who has never drank alcohol, can anybody explain one thing to me

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Dec 27, 2024
7:40:58am

KingDave The Movie Guy

RE: As someone who has never drank alcohol, can anybody explain one thing to me

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As someone who has never drank alcohol, can anybody explain one thing to me

Sir_Ten

7:33am

Following

EhTeam

7:38am

There’sa button for that

molodyets

8:31am

RE: As someone who has never drank alcohol, can anybody explain one thing to me

KingDave

7:40am

Probably the same reason people devote entire media rooms to the San Francisco 49ers, or Lego sets, or Marvel Avengers.

Cougar-Duck

7:45am

Or shoes

Sea Chicken

8:07am

In my experience it was people with more money than they knew what do with

Cougs'16

7:45am

Guy I know invests in it, heavily

Gustav

7:46am

It's essentially a hobby. No different from a woodworker shed

NGB

7:48am

That’s the part that gets me - paying so much for something so easily consumed

KingDave

8:00am

Is this different from expensive foods?

NGB

8:02am

It is because food takes time to eat. A beverage can be gone in seconds.

KingDave

8:05am

Nobody buying 100$ bottles of wine is drinking it in seconds just because

joelvandyne

8:30am

You don't see things like this around other hobbies...

9:00am

Like this

Forbidden Fruit

7:49am

To be fair...

Ted Lasso

7:49am

It would be like Supercoug thinking a McRib is good BBQ...

TheLost

7:55am

I read some interesting studies on this.

Courtimedes

8:01am

Don't confuse wine tasting ("it has a fruity oak taste with a hint of pear") to quality..

TheLost

8:08am

I can believe that- I certainly claim no expertise. I just find it fascinating

Courtimedes

8:19am

I don’t think it’s “just” a drink. It can be made in a plethora of styles, the

Polecat

8:00am

Its a food... food can be fast, food can be cheap, and you end up paying more for a good meal.

TheLost

8:03am

During our final business sync meeting of the year, our fearless leader was drinking some sort of liquor. We took a 10

8:11am

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TheLost

8:08am

Ever had a steak from outback or Texas Road House, and then go eat one from

indocoug

8:10am

That's true. After I ate at St. Elmo's I immediately went home and bought

8:20am

RE: That's true. After I ate at St. Elmo's I immediately went home and bought

indocoug

12:46pm

Hobbies are hobbies. People build entire basements dedicated to a sports team, or model trains, or sewing. I don't get

durandal

8:12am

The other aspect I don’t understand is why alcohol is required at weddings

KingDave

8:22am

Wine is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy - Benjamin Franklin

Cougar McGregor

8:28am

"I want to get a lot of STDs in Paris" ~ also Ben Franklin.

8:30am

Alcohol is a social lubricant.

HiLife

8:31am

Wine is more of a food.. and is closer to beer in its Alcohol content (~12%)

TheLost

9:02am

A loved one was killed by a DUIOfSteak driver. Oh wait, it was that other food, so a standard DUI.

9:11am

I'm not condoning alcohol consumption.. I'm just saying in the wold of booze, most drunks go for harder stuff.

TheLost

9:48am

If I was a drinker, it’d be the high end whiskey. Male wine connoisseurs are

YbeatsU

8:45am

If I was a drinker, I would most likely be an alcoholic.

Courtimedes

9:23am

I don't suppose addiction could play any part in it.

8:53am

Because of experiences like this one. Warning: Linked Tweet with expletives.

IdahoCoug

8:56am

umm...

BYUFam1

9:03am

Don't get CB started on any new Mountain Dew flavors 🙂

TheLost

9:07am

Endless varieties and it is a status symbol to be able to discern and appreciate

Socrates Johnson

12:52pm

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