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Hated this guy in college (i.imgur.com)

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[–]Wolfman87 17 points18 points ago

We all knew this guy. But the problem with this guy is that whiskey or whatever was just his excuse.

[–]ISS5731 1 point2 points ago

Seriously, ethanol is ethanol.

[–]Wolfman87 0 points1 point ago

Yeah that guy wanted to punch someone, but he knows, people who punch other people are generally considered pieces of shit. He doesn't want to be known as a scumbag so he blames it on the alcohol. Otherwise why would you drink it?

Oh shit. I was about to type in an analogy but in doing so, I just defeated my own argument. I was going to say imagine a food gives you horrible diarrhea, you'd stop eating it right? Then I thought about taco bell.

[–]ISS5731 0 points1 point ago

Well if the diarrhea was so intense it was affecting other people then I would say stop.

[–]Wolfman87 0 points1 point ago

Well yeah, people would want me to stop. But that wouldn't eliminate my desire.

[–]N8CCRG 0 points1 point ago

Agreed. I actually read an article about a study (I still haven't relocated it but other redditors have claimed they read it too) about drunk behavior. They concluded that being drunk doesn't make a person do something they wouldn't normally do, and it doesn't even make them unable to understand the consequences of their actions. What it does is make them not care about the consequences of their actions. That means they want to do those things when they are sober, and the only thing keeping them from doing so is a fear of the consequences.

[–]Wolfman87 1 point2 points ago

Here's an interesting fact that isn't totally related but you might find interesting. A homicide detective once told me that if you commit a murder drunk it becomes very hard to prove that it was premeditated, or even intentional. Your chances of having charges dropped down to manslaughter go way up.

[–]trumpet_23 20 points21 points ago

Hated this girl in college:

"Tequila always makes me make out with my girlfriends!"

Never orders tequila

[–]madenametobitch 6 points7 points ago

I order whiskey to prevent pregnancy

[–]tomzorz 4 points5 points ago

How can this happen though? It's all just ethanol right?

[–]Zincorium 14 points15 points ago

The whiskey was never the issue, it's just that as long as the guy can externalize his issues (by telling himself and everyone else it's the whiskey) he can put off actually dealing with what's really going on.

About the only behavior you can actually blame on alcohol is vomiting.

[–]TurgidMeatWand 0 points1 point ago

Tequila makes me all touchy feely horny, anything else I drink just makes me kind of stupid and gives me shitty hangovers, are you saying it's psychosomatic?

[–]N8CCRG 0 points1 point ago

Yup.

[–]TurgidMeatWand 1 point2 points ago

So i should just stick with the tequila then?

[–]Zincorium 0 points1 point ago

Sure, psychosomatic doesn't mean it isn't real. If you like tequila, or being drunk on tequila, drink up. Just don't hold it responsible for whatever you end up doing.

[–]alice88wa 0 points1 point ago

me too! I mean, the ethanol is ethanol but is everyone here absolutely sure there isn't something else in tequila that makes me a face-numb horndog?

[–]TurgidMeatWand 0 points1 point ago

hard to say, i'm pretty much a perv when sober, I just don't share it so freely.

[–]JerkstoreMD 2 points3 points ago

I think the worse crime is anyone who ever claims a particular kind of alcohol causes them to act in a way that is specific to that alcohol (aside from a certain type of alcohol making them puke from the taste).

Nothing scream "I'm a huge f*cking amateur" than saying things like "whiskey makes me fight" or "tequila makes me make out with my girlfriends."

[–]Cephelopodia 2 points3 points ago

Seems like a corruption of the truth: Wine does cause the worst hangovers.

[–]missingsf 0 points1 point ago

I feel you, man. I had a housemate in college who was a really great guy. Salt of the earth type with a strong moral compass....BUT whenever he drank tequila he would get in fights, destroy property and say the most unnecessarily cruel things to women. It happened every. Single. Time. Still, every month or so he would declare, "It's gonna be a tequila night!" knowing full well what was guaranteed to follow.

[–]ahoneybadger2145 5 points6 points ago

I dont drink, but does different alcohol cause different behavior? I always thought alcohol was more or less the same, but I honestly dont know.

[–]fuckyoubarry 9 points10 points ago

It's a self fulfilling prophecy. Chicks will go out and be all "Oh tee hee every time I drink vermouth I get all slutty" so they drink a bunch of vermouth and fuck some guy. For example. Or a dude wants to act like an asshole so he'll drink tequila and acts like an asshole and blame it on the tequila.

Ethanol is ethanol.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Ethanol is ethanol, but there are other things in the drinks, unless you're drinking everclear.

[–]Peoples_Bropublic 7 points8 points ago

Nothing mind-altering, though. There's nothing in whiskey that's not in any other drink that's going to make you act differently than when you have any other drink. The other things are going to be mostly water, and (depending on the drink) sugar, fruit juice, tannins, trace amounts of yeast, and flavorings.

[–]TadpolesIsAWinner 2 points3 points ago

Agreed. Made this in agreement. "Scumbag Steve is a scumbag when he's sober, too!"

[–]Peoples_Bropublic 3 points4 points ago

Whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, brandy, wine, beer, cider: no difference whatsoever. Alcohol is alcohol, and everything else is flavor.

[–]ISS5731 0 points1 point ago

I’m gonna be pedantic real quick. Alcohol is not alcohol, there are many different types of alcohol (methanol, ethanol, butanol, etc.), but ethanol is ethanol.

Ok done.

[–][deleted] -3 points-2 points ago

So, tell me: Does eating a steak make you feel the same as a salad? Because neither of those has alcohol in them.

[–]N3RiX 7 points8 points ago

Not sure how Ethanol = Ethanol becomes steak = salad. Maybe i'm just tired...

[–]Peoples_Bropublic 2 points3 points ago

I fail to see the relevance of the question. How does steak and salad relate to discussion of whether or not different alcoholic beverages cause different behaviors?

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points ago

Because different alcoholic beverages contain different ingredients besides ethanol.

[–]Peoples_Bropublic 3 points4 points ago

Fair enough. But none of those ingredients play a factor in behavior. Regarding your steak/salad point, Does it really make sense to say "nah man, I'll stick to steak. Salad always makes me want to fight?" No, because that's silly. So yeah, eating a steak does make me feel the same as eating a salad, at least mentally, because neither contain mind-altering or intoxicating chemicals.

Here is an article I found with a quick google search. Hope that helps any confusion.

[–]Self_Manifesto[S] 0 points1 point ago

Salad always makes me want to fight

I lol'd

[–]Peoples_Bropublic 0 points1 point ago

I aim to please.

[–]cdigioia 1 point2 points ago

So which one makes you get in fights? Steak or salad? Or...nothing in the whole god damn restaurant, right?

Which one makes you slutty? Baked potatoes?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I don't need anything to make me slutty, baby.

[–]myrealnamebitchis -4 points-3 points ago

i think thats not correct at all. two examples: rum vs. vodka, its complete different drunk. rum makes me dizzy vodka fucks me up. second: wine vs. beer or everything else. wine makes me feel like a genius or philosopher. also it goes straight to the head. you cant compare wine with anything else. different alcholics get you different feelings but all get you drunk. thais would say same same but different.. same with marihuana/hash sorts. they all get you stoned or high. but it can depend on the sort how it hits you. thats my experience

[–]ISS5731 0 points1 point ago

It’s all about the environment. People tend to drink wine and beer in different environments.

[–]Peoples_Bropublic 0 points1 point ago

Clearly I've missed the memo that says we're preferring anecdotal evidence over scientific evidence now. My bad.

[–]bigmexicanwoman 0 points1 point ago

I still hate this guy... oh wait, I went back to college

[–]Gothika_47 0 points1 point ago

I used to have a friend like that. The bad thing was one night we had invited one of my cousins who is huge as a bear and loves to fight too. After my friend got drunk and kind of agressive my cousin smacked him once and he just sat in his seat not doing anything for the entire night. Even drunk i wouldnt fight with some one who is 2 or 3 times bigger than me.

[–]awkwardcthulhu 1 point2 points ago

That's the funniest thing about this particular Scum Bag, he loves to dish it out but can't take it.

[–]Fhouse -1 points0 points ago

This is a good guy move. All the girls in the party will see he is actually an asshole, and never hook up with him preventing a terrible relationship. These kind of people can ruin a whole family's life and should never get married.

[–]Zerachiel_01 0 points1 point ago

So you deck the guy out of nowhere and claim it was a preemptive strike.

[–]neworleansmane 0 points1 point ago

But the real issue here is that his left eyebrow is darker and bushier than his right. Get your shit together man.

[–]Robby5566 1 point2 points ago

You know who I hated in college?

The asshole who actually thought different types of liquor infused you with magically different emotions

[–]ugly_fcuk -2 points-1 points ago

Are you studying in the Wild West?

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[–]Peoples_Bropublic 5 points6 points ago

It's no different than drinking anything else. You're just an asshole when you're drunk.

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