A drunken liberty-weeping flag burning Millennial.

  • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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    2 months ago

    Funny, because it irks me to no end to try and look up non-alcoholic drinks that arent sweet sodas for big babies and getting told I should make a "mocktail."

    Frankly we ought to reorient the terms "drink" and "drinking" away from alcoholic shit.

    • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      You can get some pretty nice ginger beers that aren't very sweet, though I agree that it would be nice for there to be more non-alcoholic non-pop drink options. Sparkling water and a slice of lemon is my go-to in summer

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Kvass is rad. Ranges in taste from non-alcoholic beer to rye bread to a sweet roll.

    • blakeus12 [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      try tea, comrade. I'm cooking up a post about it in /c/food

    • krolden@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Ive been mixing one part unsweetened tea with two parts strawberry lemonade with some chopped up strawberries or any berries added. Then I add ice and shake it up real good in a shaker and it comes out deliciously frothy.

  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Is Kelly the wife-avoiding regular or the fed up alcohol enthusiast? thonk

  • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    based nixologist

    I haven't had a single drink since last September, I honestly thought it would be harder to socialize with friends but it really isn't... dates are pretty much done for, though

    • sir_this_is_a_wendys [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Why can't you date now? I'm asking because I'm recently divorced and sober. It seems to me there's lots of people who don't drink now, especially 30s and up.

      • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        Not where I am, in my experience! I'm in my mid-30s and I've only had a single date in which there was no drinking, and that one went nowhere. I got ghosted by that date shortly thereafter, in fact lol

        It's more of a me problem, to be honest... I'm just not good at this kind of stuff generally, and doing it stone cold sober doesn't make it any better at all. Hope things go better for you!

  • theposterformerlyknownasgood
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    2 months ago

    The idea of a bar that only serves non alcoholic drinks is interesting. But really isn't that just a juice bar?

  • xj9 [they/them, she/her]
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    2 months ago

    some day, we'll replace every bar in america with cooperative juice bars / weed dispensaries

  • nothx [any]
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    2 months ago

    I’ve been trying to understand where Kelly actually stands on issues. Some of the comics go hard unironically, but I can’t help but cringe still.

    What are they trying to say here? Is it a shot at millennials or a shot at the boomers blaming millennials?

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Stan Kelly is a fictional artist who is meant to be a parody of a boomer, so the comic itself is meant to read as a boomer taking a shot at millennials, but is in reality a millennial taking a shot at boomers.

      The actual author, Ward Sutton, is a Blue MAGA liberal, which is extremely disappointing..

      • nothx [any]
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        2 months ago

        Aaaaah okay, yeah sometimes it seems a little too thick, like SNL thick. Which makes sense cuz he is an onion lib.

        Thanks for the clarification.

  • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]
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    2 months ago

    I basically only drink on new years eve or like weddings and I've had a fair share of virgin drinks but why get an overpriced mocktail instead of just a slurpee or one of those pre mix bottles?