• Donebrach@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    As an alcoholic… that lady is an alcoholic.

    But could totally be a meet-cute for a really bad manga that runs for 74 chapters and then just vanishes.

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    6 days ago

    If was me, she already would have some points in advantage since vodka is my drink of choice…

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    There’s nothing entirely wrong with this. I cannot function in some social settings without a little bit of liquor. Just half a can of white claw is enough to open me up somewhat.

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      I mean it’s meant to be funny, but in reality ½ a can of white claw and doing shots for 5 minutes are two very different things. Alcohol in volume is not a good anxiety remedy. Get help if you need to get drunk for social settings to be tolerable because becoming an alcoholic will make your life much, much worse.

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          Good way to put it. Like I’ve had benders but I’m not drinking to hide my personality, most times it just makes it harder to communicate. Like right now I’m on a bender. Weed is also great. Most times instead of liquor pick up some flower. I’m on both atm and its great, highly recommend.

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          Or, and hear me out, OP is over-exaggerating for comedic purposes for content creation.

          Or do you believe every story a stand up comedian says?

          Do you think movies are real?

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      Drinking a pint of liquor in your car before a social event is a pretty solid sign of alcohol dependency.

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        Taking a twitter post completely un-sourced as 100% serious might also be a pretty solid sign of mental deficiency.

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      7 days ago

      Getting a date is a lot harder for a guy.

      Meeting up with unknown dudes met on the Internet is a lot riskier for a woman.

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        Getting a date is a lot harder for a guy.

        As a non-fit-bro-adonis I have to put shittons of effort into my profile to make it stand out. It’s pretty grating when 70% of the women I’m scrolling through have the same generic-ass answers while also saying “I’m not like other women”

        • Thinks liking the Office is a personality trait

        • “Go on Adventures”

        • “Fluent in sarcasm”

        • States what their love language is

        • What I order for the table: “Chips and queso!” Or “Margs and queso!”

        • Simple pleasures: “clean sheets and coffee”

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          I have a rule that there has to be something I find interesting or want to know more about in someone’s profile before I will message them.

          This immediately rules out about half the profiles I see.

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      the act of getting a date might be easier for women, but the chances of the date going well are not higher.

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    Having a drink to calm the nerves is one thing, but spending several minutes taking shots of vodka before a date sounds like straight-up alcoholic behavior. Unless OP is greatly exaggerating, either she has a massive tolerance, or she would end up a drunken mess in front of her date, which would probably be much worse than a case of the nerves.

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    I, too, always keep an open bottle of vodka in my car, accessible from the driver’s seat. It’s just common sense.

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    Sort of reminds me of the time my friend fixed me up with a friend of his partner.

    OK its not the same but we met up at a nice chinese restaurant in amsterdam and I immediately found my date very hot. We had chemistry right away! When the server came to take the drink order my date lean in close and whisper to my ear “only get a mixer” as she pressed two small bottles into my hand and then winked at me.

    Turned out she is a flight attendant for klm and her purse was full of them!

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      Yup, dating didn’t make her drink. Also I wouldn’t want to date someone who can’t function without alcohol.

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        Theres a difference between “i need to drink before socializing” and “i may not have dated in a while and a buzz would help calm the nerves”. theres plausoble explanation for this.

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          And there’s a difference between “I’ll have a sip of vodka to loosen me up” and “I’ll ‘pound shots’ and ‘chug vodka for 5 minutes’”

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            She could have just had a shot and spent the 4 minutes making wrenching faces holding it down…

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              But then the guy wouldn’t have “watched her chug vodka for 5 minutes” he would have watched her take one shot and 4.9 minutes not chugging. I don’t think they mean chugging for 5 minutes straight but I also think it’s silly to pretend like it was a teensy sip of vodka. Also the thing says pound shots so it’s at least 2.

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            I wouldn’t pay too much attention to that last part. The story is either fake or it is exaggerated to make it funny. In either case, vodka isn’t something a normal person would drink, let alone right before a date.

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    My only proper post-bar one night stand, we got to my place, and the girl pulled out of her purse the largest bottle of vodka seemingly imaginable. It was like some disturbing Mary Poppins shit and really was an appropriate harbinger of everything that followed.

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    Pre gaming it is a must in today’s economy anyway. Sounds like she had a good idea but rolled a nat 1 in the execution.

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      Where are young people supposed to even meet each other anymore? JFC the only place they’re allowed to be overtly sexual is the bar, where it’s expensive now. Dating websites suck now and if you approach anyone anywhere else, you’re a creep?

      God damn no wonder we have a dwindling population. The only safe options are rich and asexual.

      /yells at cloud

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    I basically did this once.

    Except it wasn’t alcohol, it was molly.

    The date was going poorly, because we were on different levels.

    She said I was being egotistical, I apologised and told her I was ballin.

    This was hilarious apparently, the date went smooth afterwards.

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    Women in movies: “Going to do a full blown date prep montage, complete with song and dance number, where I transform from mousy librarian to runway model over the course of 15 minutes. Come out cool as a cucumber and charming as a prince.”

    Women in real life: “Going to throw on a top and some jeans, half watch a Netflix special about serial killers while I curl my hair, then down a mug of hard liquor to build up the courage to look a guy I’ve got a crush on straight in the eyes. Try to make it through dinner without mumbling, burping, or mentioning that I’m on my period.”

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    Ok but if you’re nervous, presumably there’s an expectation that it might not go well…and then you’ll want to leave…in your car…while all that vodka seeps into your brain.

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      Someone who openly drinks while they’re sitting in the driver’s seat can get a DUI from that alone. They aren’t caring about driving drunk, I’d wager.

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        I’m not sure about every state, but as far as I know that would just constitute an open container. You would have to be over the legal limit with a breathalyzer or blood draw, or fail a roadside sobriety test to receive a DUI charge.

        Again, every state/country is different

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    Probably my closest real life example to this was I had a breakfast date, but I ended up getting pretty drunk at a party the night before and showed up still drunk :(

    I felt like an ass.

    We went on a few more dates but then she suddenly stopped texting me. She messaged me like 2 months later and said there was a death in her family and she was sorry, but we didn’t set up any dates after that.

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    Reminds me of a first date where I arrived at the bar to find her with her friend, polishing off their second pitcher of margarita. They showed up an hour early to get absolutely smashed. The server came over and gave me a look that screamed, “Run away and don’t look back.” It was a fun date, but a very short relationship.