Signs that you are comfortably out of the norm.

[West Leas Oros 2]

I'm about one out of ten people I personally know with a major interest in politics and philosophy. Sometimes I think there aren't enough people who enjoy intellectual discussion over gossip and personal drama.

I'll confess to being a fan of both. Juicy gossip can be quite fun, mate.

It can be, but considering people just don't take the chance to get to know me, it'd go over my head anyway. So in my case, it's mostly "eavesdropping".

[The Republic of Fore]

At least in the US, most people refer to just drinking alcohol that isn't mixed with some fruity as "straight shooting". Like if you drink whiskey from the bottle instead of pouring it with coke.

People mix alcohol with other drinks?

Damn, I drank a whole bottle of smirnoff vodka just as is

Yeah you and me both. I've had people get genuinely upset when I just order a shot.

[Lillorainen]

People mix alcohol with other drinks?

Damn, I drank a whole bottle of smirnoff vodka just as is

Yeah you and me both. I've had people get genuinely upset when I just order a shot.

Here in Europe, especially here in Germany, you will find quite a few people who consider mixing alcohol with other drinks a sacrilege.

[Cantelo]

At least in the US, most people refer to just drinking alcohol that isn't mixed with some fruity as "straight shooting". Like if you drink whiskey from the bottle instead of pouring it with coke.

People mix alcohol with other drinks?

Damn, I drank a whole bottle of smirnoff vodka just as is

I drink my alcohol straight by default, as mixers get me too full with not enough tipsiness. Though funny enough, I absolutely hate the taste of most liquors save for gin.

I also take way too long to actually get drunk, and usually I've reached the point of gagging and not wanting to drink anymore before I get plastered. I've never blacked out though, and it's not something I aspire to do.

[Crysuko]

Yeah you and me both. I've had people get genuinely upset when I just order a shot.

Here in Europe, especially here in Germany, you will find quite a few people who consider mixing alcohol with other drinks a sacrilege.

People go on and on about rum and coke, but honestly I think it tastes foul.

[Cantelo]

Here in Europe, especially here in Germany, you will find quite a few people who consider mixing alcohol with other drinks a sacrilege.

People go on and on about rum and coke, but honestly I think it tastes foul.

Rum, whiskey, and brandy straight up taste foul on their own in my opinion.

[Crysuko]

People go on and on about rum and coke, but honestly I think it tastes foul.

Rum, whiskey, and brandy straight up taste foul on their own in my opinion.

One of these days, you're going to say that in front of someone with a much worse temper than mine.

[Lillorainen]

Here in Europe, especially here in Germany, you will find quite a few people who consider mixing alcohol with other drinks a sacrilege.

People go on and on about rum and coke, but honestly I think it tastes foul.

Might depend on the rum - Havana Club with coke is fine (with me, at least). I myself am more 'purist' about beer ...

[The Republic of Fore]

Yeah you and me both. I've had people get genuinely upset when I just order a shot.

Here in Europe, especially here in Germany, you will find quite a few people who consider mixing alcohol with other drinks a sacrilege.

Sounds like I need to visit germany then.

[Cantelo]

Rum, whiskey, and brandy straight up taste foul on their own in my opinion.

One of these days, you're going to say that in front of someone with a much worse temper than mine.

They just do, though. I don't find anything pleasurable about drinking any of them, with rum being the least nauseating and whiskey being the worst.

The most tolerable liquors I find to be gin, vodka, and sake (though sake is referred to as a wine). Tequila can also be pretty rough, and Jagermeister + similar liquors are okay.

[Lillorainen]

Here in Europe, especially here in Germany, you will find quite a few people who consider mixing alcohol with other drinks a sacrilege.

Sounds like I need to visit germany then.

Sounds so, indeed. Ordering only a shot (mostly in addition to one's 'main' drink, but ordering, say, a glass of whiskey or vodka without anything mixed into it) in a pub is the most normal thing in the world in here.

[The JELLEAIN Republic]

Strangest thing about me is that I’m not allowed to drink alcohol.

[Siornor]

I'm about one out of ten people I personally know with a major interest in politics and philosophy. Sometimes I think there aren't enough people who enjoy intellectual discussion over gossip and personal drama.

I'll confess to being a fan of both. Juicy gossip can be quite fun, mate.

Agreed. In my experience the best conversations are the ones that can weave both together fluidly.

[USS Monitor]

I don't own a television set

I only own one because someone gave it to me. It is not hooked up to cable and I don't think I have watched anything on it since March or April.

But it just occurred to me that it might be possible to hook it up to my computer and play YouTube music videos on it. I should try that...

[Major-Tom]

One of these days, you're going to say that in front of someone with a much worse temper than mine.

They just do, though. I don't find anything pleasurable about drinking any of them, with rum being the least nauseating and whiskey being the worst.

The most tolerable liquors I find to be gin, vodka, and sake (though sake is referred to as a wine). Tequila can also be pretty rough, and Jagermeister + similar liquors are okay.

I'm with you here, I can take straight shots of vodka, gin, even tequila, all the so called "clear alcohols" like it's Gatorade. But rum, brandy, and that lot? It just makes me feel dead inside.

Gin for the win, no doubt about it.

[Forsher]

I don't own a television set

I only own one because someone gave it to me. It is not hooked up to cable and I don't think I have watched anything on it since March or April.

But it just occurred to me that it might be possible to hook it up to my computer and play YouTube music videos on it. I should try that...

It's quite simple with a HDMI cable and I imagine other options are only marginally more difficult.

Right now I'm typing this on the television screen. Indeed, the laptop that I'm technically using was bought primarily to be hooked up to the television. Sometimes I go weeks without using a laptop as intended.

Of course, the television isn't actually plugged into the aerial any more but that's because we moved it slightly.

So... technically I use the television all the time, but it's really just an enormous computer monitor now.

[The Blaatschapen]

I only own one because someone gave it to me. It is not hooked up to cable and I don't think I have watched anything on it since March or April.

But it just occurred to me that it might be possible to hook it up to my computer and play YouTube music videos on it. I should try that...

It's quite simple with a HDMI cable and I imagine other options are only marginally more difficult.

Right now I'm typing this on the television screen. Indeed, the laptop that I'm technically using was bought primarily to be hooked up to the television. Sometimes I go weeks without using a laptop as intended.

Of course, the television isn't actually plugged into the aerial any more but that's because we moved it slightly.

So... technically I use the television all the time, but it's really just an enormous computer monitor now.

Same here.

Heck, I don't think I'd even want to watch regular television. It's all in German anyway

[Ethel mermania]

I don't own a television set

I only own one because someone gave it to me. It is not hooked up to cable and I don't think I have watched anything on it since March or April.

But it just occurred to me that it might be possible to hook it up to my computer and play YouTube music videos on it. I should try that...

Chromecast, or whatever the hell google calls it these days, is your friend.

[Ethel mermania]

It's quite simple with a HDMI cable and I imagine other options are only marginally more difficult.

Right now I'm typing this on the television screen. Indeed, the laptop that I'm technically using was bought primarily to be hooked up to the television. Sometimes I go weeks without using a laptop as intended.

Of course, the television isn't actually plugged into the aerial any more but that's because we moved it slightly.

So... technically I use the television all the time, but it's really just an enormous computer monitor now.

Same here.

Heck, I don't think I'd even want to watch regular television. It's all in German anyway

I once watched the Mary Tyler Moore episode in which chuckles the clown dies in german, and it was still hilarious.

[The Blaatschapen]

Same here.

Heck, I don't think I'd even want to watch regular television. It's all in German anyway

I once watched the Mary Tyler Moore episode in which chuckles the clown dies in german, and it was still hilarious.

I have no idea what a Mary Tyler Moore is, nor who chuckles is.

[Aquelessia]

I am both interested in and love talking about a specifically niche period of time within the Star Wars timeline which is part of the Old Republic period of the EU Timeline, specifically occurring before, during and after Knights of the Old Republic I & II and SWTOR.

[Forsher]

I once watched the Mary Tyler Moore episode in which chuckles the clown dies in german, and it was still hilarious.

I have no idea what a Mary Tyler Moore is, nor who chuckles is.

It was a TV show. There's a cartoon of a dude throwing his TV over a cliff with the caption "the day the Mary Tyler Moore show finished". There's also a play we read at school that mentioned it. Never seen it myself.

[Ethel mermania]

I once watched the Mary Tyler Moore episode in which chuckles the clown dies in german, and it was still hilarious.

I have no idea what a Mary Tyler Moore is, nor who chuckles is.

My bad, I thought you knew all things Mary.

[The Blaatschapen]

I have no idea what a Mary Tyler Moore is, nor who chuckles is.

My bad, I thought you knew all things Mary.

I am only learning, I'm still a little lamb that way

[Hurdergaryp]

My bad, I thought you knew all things Mary.

I am only learning, I'm still a little lamb that way

At least we know one thing about Chuckles the clown: he's dead, never to return.