• @[email protected]
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    528 days ago

    Apparently liquor stores make their money off of hard-core drinkers and alcoholics, so liquor ads (and liquor store employee customer support) are designed not to attract new customers but rather to make the existing customers think their level of drinking is normal and acceptable.

    • IninewCrow
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      2629 days ago

      I’m a recovering alcoholic with close to 30 years sobriety now … and the idea of drinking excessive amounts of any liquid will always be funny to me now … or to want to drink liquids like some sort of ritual.

      If you drink 6 litres of beer in a day in front of others and get blind drunk … you’re a party animal

      If you drink 6 litres of water in a day in front of people … you’re a weirdo

      Or you can sit at a dark dingy bar and sip on scotch or whisky for hours on an afternoon and it’s normal

      But if you sit in a dark dingy bar and sip on a glass of orange juice for hours on an afternoon … people think there’s something wrong with you.

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    729 days ago

    My parents don’t tell me I’m living wrong, but it seems to be the basis of every religion someone tries to sell me.

  • 21Cabbage
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    329 days ago

    I mean, my local liquor store is close enough we could be considered neighbors and I regularly get suggestions based on my taste.