#no shame btw for those who've never drank

[volixia669]

lol some trivia for folks that have never had alcohol:

-GOOD whiskey tastes like the wood barrel it fermented in. Shit whiskey tastes like burning. Good whiskey can be found for like, $20 from a local brewary btw.

-yknow what, good does NOT equal expensive. Just get that bs out of your head. My favorite wines are $8 mostly fruit juice ones. Good whiskey can be had for $20. Decent vodka will also be $20.

-the "burning" is different from what you get with spicy food. It's more...duller than stinging sensations but with a certain sharpness to it.

-If you can taste the alcohol in a mixed drink its likely either a long island iced tea (aka 5 different hard alcohols with fruit juice) type drink, intended to be light on the flavoring, or poorly mixed. Margaritas, pina coladas anything with fruit syrup/juice, or a lot of sugar is SUPPOSED to hide the burn of alcohol. This makes them more dangerous but also tastier.

-MEDS WILL AFFECT HOW ALCOHOL EFFECTS A PERSON. Differs depending on meds, but the more meds, the more likely they are to be heavily affected by a few sips of wine let alone anything harder. As in will be very drowsy then will sleep harder than a rock then wake up feeling like they aren't even real.

-hops are what make beer bitter. Most beers in the US have hops but not all. IPAs tend to be heavy on hops. Heineken and other light beers are, well, light on hops.

-budweiser and bud light are cheap, shit, beers that are primarily for college frat houses, sporting events, and/or broke characters who are drinking multiple to get drunk & don't care about taste.

-wine is literally just grape juice but with alcohol. Most wines will be this. It is possible to find wine mixed with fruit juice or wine made from other fruits, but its less common.

-CARBONATION. A lot of drinks, like an annoying percentage if you're like me and dislike carbonation, are carbonated. Wine, beer, those cheap smirnoff ices (which despite the brand are 5% alcohol at most), hard ciders, are all carbonated. Most (if not all) hard liquors are NOT carbonated. I'm sure there's a reason, I just have no idea what it is aside from an attack on me personally.

-jury is still out on why hangovers happen, but someone who paces themselves and drinks water as well as alcohol is less likely to get one than someone who doesn't. Also age is a factor. A 22 year old can go out for a night of drinking then go to their 10am class with no issue. A 40 year old can have a couple mixed drinks and will be in agony the next day.

-drinking on an empty stomach, especially for older characters/people, is a BAD idea. On top of becoming drunker faster, it can cause issues with stomach acid which is a burning that fucking sucks. (And long term can cause stomach ulcers) Oh and you can FEEL the alcohol hitting the empty stomach like an unsettling splash of light acid.

Hope all this is helpful though I still agree, its entertaining to see the signs the author is doing their best!

i love when fic writers who have clearly never tried any kind of alcohol in their lives try to write someone drinking bc they're always like

"he ordered a tall glass of hard liquor. after three large glasses he was feeling tipsy" like babygirl i can't be sure but i think u just sent this man to the hospital