The Problem With Alcohol

[The Blaatschapen]

Alcohol is a staple of tradition and meals across the world, banning it would not only deal a blow to a major industry, but also cause alot of unrest and bootlegging, even with an advanced police force, the will of the people is stronger. Alcohol should remain legal, maybe up the drinking age minimums to stop young deaths, but from then on its your own damn fault if you die to alcohol

If we want to avoid young deaths, should we then also up the minimum age to join the military?

It's ridiculous that in the USA you can be sent of to fight for your country, but cannot order a damn beer.

[Kubra]

While I don't know the mormon view of consuming miniscule (like, impossible to get drunk on) amounts of alcohol, you could outright buy a bottle of chambord, lightly boil the alcohol out, and you've got a very unique flavour infusion for a lot of things.

Definitely trying this out.

make sure you're not going for high heat, you're not trying to modify the flavours more than they ought to. You're going for a very gentle simmer over a reasonable period of time, just barely below boiling if you can manage it, stirring occasionally. You can boil it if that's easier, just a light one. Don't want the bottom of the pot to cook too much.
And then of course refridgerate, because although there's plenty of sugar in the stuff you're still short a preservative, which was the alcohol.

[The Empire Of The Sutherlands]

Definitely trying this out.

make sure you're not going for high heat, you're not trying to modify the flavours more than they ought to. You're going for a very gentle simmer over a reasonable period of time, just barely below boiling if you can manage it, stirring occasionally. You can boil it if that's easier, just a light one. Don't want the bottom of the pot to cook too much.
And then of course refridgerate, because although there's plenty of sugar in the stuff you're still short a preservative, which was the alcohol.

How long of a refrigeration?

[Kubra]

make sure you're not going for high heat, you're not trying to modify the flavours more than they ought to. You're going for a very gentle simmer over a reasonable period of time, just barely below boiling if you can manage it, stirring occasionally. You can boil it if that's easier, just a light one. Don't want the bottom of the pot to cook too much.
And then of course refridgerate, because although there's plenty of sugar in the stuff you're still short a preservative, which was the alcohol.

How long of a refrigeration?

Oh, with the sugar in it you're not gonna have to worry about how long it'll last in the fridge. You'll finish it off before then. It's just if you leave it out you're gonna actually have to count out the months.

[The Empire Of The Sutherlands]

How long of a refrigeration?

Oh, with the sugar in it you're not gonna have to worry about how long it'll last in the fridge. You'll finish it off before then. It's just if you leave it out you're gonna actually have to count out the months.

Alright then flavors here I come, thanks for the advice.

[Neanderthaland]

It's strange to see people speaking with confidence about things that they clearly don't know anything about.

Like when people who don't drink talk about how alcohol-free drinks "hit different." Or when they insist that a territory with hundreds of thousands of people living on it no longer exists.

It's not the alcohol free version. It's just hot chocolate. Who doesn't love hot chocolate?

You know that chocolate is definitely a greater-than-normal stimulus, right? It's basically a drug.

[Royal Frankia]

I quit drinking when I started hitting the gym fanatically. It's bad for long-term gains, for sure. Another reason is I want to live to at least 70, maybe more. I could kill a whole bottle of whiskey in about a week before I stop.

I don't get hangovers, ever, so there's no downside to drinking like it is the end of the world. IMO, it's a cheap way to off yourself, and I'm trying to make sure my liver is solid now that I'm 30. Here's to tomato juice and protein shakes.

[Ancient Poland]

It's not the alcohol free version. It's just hot chocolate. Who doesn't love hot chocolate?

You know that chocolate is definitely a greater-than-normal stimulus, right? It's basically a drug.

Which is why its effects are equivalent to the first rush of romantic love. They are both narcotics in terms of their impact on the biochemistry of the brain.

[Floofybit]

Without the shot, the hot cocoa and marshmallows sure hit different

While I don't know the mormon view of consuming miniscule (like, impossible to get drunk on) amounts of alcohol, you could outright buy a bottle of chambord, lightly boil the alcohol out, and you've got a very unique flavour infusion for a lot of things.

If it gets cooked out it's not as bad but I usually stray

[Floofybit]

Alcohol is a staple of tradition and meals across the world, banning it would not only deal a blow to a major industry, but also cause alot of unrest and bootlegging, even with an advanced police force, the will of the people is stronger. Alcohol should remain legal, maybe up the drinking age minimums to stop young deaths, but from then on its your own damn fault if you die to alcohol

If we want to avoid young deaths, should we then also up the minimum age to join the military?

It's ridiculous that in the USA you can be sent of to fight for your country, but cannot order a damn beer.

Yeah. Any draft is stupid, and 18 year olds shouldn't be out there.

[Kronotide]

As someone who is a recovering alcoholic. I don't think banning is really the right solution here. I think more education on what alcohol does might help more. Ultimately, the US tried to ban it at one point and it still was a massive issue from what I understand.

[ImperialRussia]

Too many overdoses of alcohol makes a person nauseated incapable of driving and incoherent thought or decisions they don’t know they made.

[Corporate Collective Salvation]

As someone who is a recovering alcoholic. I don't think banning is really the right solution here. I think more education on what alcohol does might help more. Ultimately, the US tried to ban it at one point and it still was a massive issue from what I understand.

A free society runs on a few key cheap and plentiful ingredients.
Gasoline, electricity, and alcohol.
Wiser authoritarians leave the last one alone while trying to outmaneuver the scarcity produced by their five year closed loop state market plans.

The death cultist's take it all.

Too many overdoses of alcohol makes a person nauseated incapable of driving and incoherent thought or decisions they don’t know they made.

Reminds me of pregnancy, but death cultists have an answer for that as well.

[Floofybit]

As someone who is a recovering alcoholic. I don't think banning is really the right solution here. I think more education on what alcohol does might help more. Ultimately, the US tried to ban it at one point and it still was a massive issue from what I understand.

A free society runs on a few key cheap and plentiful ingredients.
Gasoline, electricity, and alcohol.
Wiser authoritarians leave the last one alone while trying to outmaneuver the scarcity produced by their five year closed loop state market plans.

The death cultist's take it all.

Too many overdoses of alcohol makes a person nauseated incapable of driving and incoherent thought or decisions they don’t know they made.

Reminds me of pregnancy, but death cultists have an answer for that as well.

Death cultists XD

[The Black Forrest]

As someone who is a recovering alcoholic. I don't think banning is really the right solution here. I think more education on what alcohol does might help more. Ultimately, the US tried to ban it at one point and it still was a massive issue from what I understand.

Indeed. Prohibition was an absolute failure.

[Saiwana]

Has anyone else here seen the recently released pilot for Lackadaisy on YouTube? It looks like it will more or less be Prohibition era for furries. It had plenty of alcohol in it. Not bad so far as production value goes.

[Techocracy101010]

Too many overdoses of alcohol makes a person nauseated incapable of driving and incoherent thought or decisions they don’t know they made.

many a time me and my buddies got puke drunk at bars never got a dui cause were not jack asses . Hell i drank 2 liters of li iced tea 14 percent alc by volume in 3 hours puked outside decided to leave my car walk 3 miles home and puke a bit more before passing out.
rules of alc by thumb.
1. no matter how good you feel you always are too impared to drive.
2. If people are getting mad and acting unreasonable it likely is not them but you minimize and remove yourself.
3.Drunk strength is a thing but it does not make you a better fighter avoid all fights
4. recovery position lay on your side cross your legs fold arms under head angling head down lay on side.
5. if your gonna pass out but feel the need to puke puke first.
6. When your really drunk and your brain says you can handle another you can’t

[Floofybit]

Too many overdoses of alcohol makes a person nauseated incapable of driving and incoherent thought or decisions they don’t know they made.

many a time me and my buddies got puke drunk at bars never got a dui cause were not jack asses . Hell i drank 2 liters of li iced tea 14 percent alc by volume in 3 hours puked outside decided to leave my car walk 3 miles home and puke a bit more before passing out.
rules of alc by thumb.
1. no matter how good you feel you always are too impared to drive.
2. If people are getting mad and acting unreasonable it likely is not them but you minimize and remove yourself.
3.Drunk strength is a thing but it does not make you a better fighter avoid all fights
4. recovery position lay on your side cross your legs fold arms under head angling head down lay on side.
5. if your gonna pass out but feel the need to puke puke first.
6. When your really drunk and your brain says you can handle another you can’t

What good comes out of puking from drinking. What fun is that?

[Corporate Collective Salvation]

What good comes out of puking from drinking. What fun is that?

Gives everyone else a reason to make fun of you.
Never mind all of the opportunity alcohol fueled sports generally provide.
Odd irony, that.
You are not considered a fool for over indulging in the first place, but are hung over in effigy for any public demonstration that you cannot handle doing something too much.

[Sky Reavers]

What good comes out of puking from drinking. What fun is that?

Puking from too much booze is no fun. For it's a lesson about avoidance of excesses and keeping moderation. A lesson from one's own nature.

[Alcala-Cordel]

many a time me and my buddies got puke drunk at bars never got a dui cause were not jack asses . Hell i drank 2 liters of li iced tea 14 percent alc by volume in 3 hours puked outside decided to leave my car walk 3 miles home and puke a bit more before passing out.
rules of alc by thumb.
1. no matter how good you feel you always are too impared to drive.
2. If people are getting mad and acting unreasonable it likely is not them but you minimize and remove yourself.
3.Drunk strength is a thing but it does not make you a better fighter avoid all fights
4. recovery position lay on your side cross your legs fold arms under head angling head down lay on side.
5. if your gonna pass out but feel the need to puke puke first.
6. When your really drunk and your brain says you can handle another you can’t

What good comes out of puking from drinking. What fun is that?

It's kinda funny when you're not the one throwing up.

[Drongonia]

many a time me and my buddies got puke drunk at bars never got a dui cause were not jack asses . Hell i drank 2 liters of li iced tea 14 percent alc by volume in 3 hours puked outside decided to leave my car walk 3 miles home and puke a bit more before passing out.
rules of alc by thumb.
1. no matter how good you feel you always are too impared to drive.
2. If people are getting mad and acting unreasonable it likely is not them but you minimize and remove yourself.
3.Drunk strength is a thing but it does not make you a better fighter avoid all fights
4. recovery position lay on your side cross your legs fold arms under head angling head down lay on side.
5. if your gonna pass out but feel the need to puke puke first.
6. When your really drunk and your brain says you can handle another you can’t

What good comes out of puking from drinking. What fun is that?

You now know the limit of how much you can drink before you throw up

[Techocracy101010]

What good comes out of puking from drinking. What fun is that?

Gives everyone else a reason to make fun of you.
Never mind all of the opportunity alcohol fueled sports generally provide.
Odd irony, that.
You are not considered a fool for over indulging in the first place, but are hung over in effigy for any public demonstration that you cannot handle doing something too much.

tbh nothing like a group puke fest

[Corporate Collective Salvation]

tbh nothing like a group puke fest

Dunno.
Gas chamber/mask training sucks and blows, colloquially speaking, and a good instructor does not allow you to walk away from it with anything but seriousness in both the experience and recollection of it.

[Elwher]

Since whisky, vodka, and the like are spirits does that make those who indulge in them spiritual people?