#don't drink

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Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant (1982)

[lovelybaka]

My weakness ?

A crying Daryl

[autumnaaltonen]

I was painting in the living room, my roommate on the couch near me, when I hand her my glass of brown paint water.

"Chocolate milk?" I offer her, cheerily.

She took the glass happily, before realization dawned on her. The look of betrayel and dissapointment on her face was wonderful.

[standardquip]

Don't ask people why they don't drink alcohol

Literally every answer is a giant buzzkill.

The BEST CASE SCENARIO is they "just don't like the taste," but if they actually wanted to deal with the the inevitable alcohol tasting you want to subject them to, they would not have answered with "I don't drink."

The MOST TYPICAL answer is that they or someone they know has had a negative experience with alcohol addiction, and not only is that a buzzkill in a social drinking setting, it's really none of your business. Other possibilities include:

religious reasons

terrible hangovers / they get sick

allergy

dietary restrictions

they are not good people when they are drunk

Please let me know when you find an answer to "Why don't you drink alcohol" that doesn't immediately kill the mood in the room and make the person you asked feel cornered and/or judged.

If someone has a problem with you drinking in front of them, they'd probably tell you, so let me give an example of how a social drinking setting could go and not be a buzzkill:

You: Do you want a drink [of alcohol]? Them: No thank you, I don't drink. You: Oh, okay. and then you move on!!! It's so simple!!!!

[lapaon]

Gabriel, drunk: Hey Nath? What did you say?

Nathalie, also drunk: When?

Gabriel: Like, just a second ago.

Nathalie: Oh. I said "when?"

[sunweek]

if i was there with you guys i would hound you so much

[that-one-dude]

You can be fired in acting even in the middle of your show.

If you ever act or are in a show or movie, you have to still behave because you can still be fired even if you’re a main character.

Disney literally had a show where they wrote off a main character after a season of running because he drank on set. As a kid I was disappointed but now I find it funny to remember a dude wearing a wig only being shown from the back and then leave the place only leaving a letter. Only to then be replaced by an unknown and unmentioned sibling of theirs.

[calraisin]

What I Learned From Kevin #88

Fighting strategy: “Go for the medics, then go for the other medic and the heavy and fly off invisible!”

-Team Fortress 2 but it’s 2019

Bonus lesson:  “Don’t drink, it’s a bad example for the viewers.”