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Haha. I've mentioned this before... I like beer, a couple of bottles in the evening with my best friend. Not every evening, of course. It's a good time to just chat about anything... I've noticed many times that people become more genuine when they've had a few drinks. Yes, they might act more like jerks, but they're also more open. It's like they take off the mask they wear in public. Even the most obnoxious and unpleasant guy from my school class would become quite tolerable after a few drinks and would stop making those lame, unfunny jokes.
So, a couple of beers – there's nothing wrong or disgusting about that, I assure you. On the contrary, it encourages communication.
But if it's every day, like many people do, or if it's vodka mixed with beer, cheap wine, etc., then the fun, lighthearted conversation turns into an orgy of shouting songs in the middle of the night and "meeting with Edik," as one of my friends used to say.
I don't find much that's appealing in that, or in lying in a ditch in your own vomit.
Although... throw tomatoes at me, but when I imagine something like this:
"A bald man's head appears in front of you, a plate of fish, cucumbers, meat, etc., is placed on a table in the yard, and a hoarse voice whispers something like, 'Stepanich, get the glasses!' Then a clear liquid is poured into the glasses, and everyone rubs their hands in anticipation," I feel... a certain romance. It's like an essential attribute of Russian culture.
Although, personally, I would prefer something different...
Let's say you go to a fancy bar... you put your sombrero on the chair next to you... you order half a glass of whiskey or tequila with salt and lime... ah. And no lying in a ditch. Everything is very civilized.
Or a home bar in a villa on a cliff, on the seashore. You sit in an armchair on the balcony with a cigar in one hand and a glass of sparkling golden liquid in the other... luxury... ah.
But... in Russia, it's different – you buy a bottle of cheap vodka at a late-night kiosk, drink it, and pass out in the dirt. Because that's the mentality. We don't know how to drink luxuriously and civilly.
That's why I've never been "trashed" – because I dislike that kind of behavior.
And vodka doesn't exactly have a rich bouquet of flavors. ...But in general, judging alcohol is pretty stupid. It's one of the most integral parts of human culture.
I've noticed that people who have never consumed alcohol, or who have consumed it and didn't like it, or those who have seen the example of alcoholism firsthand, are the ones who most often condemn it. I personally feel dislike, if not disgust, for such... people.
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I mean, for people who are examples of that.
...And we shouldn't dismiss those people whose lives are so terrible that they need a bottle just to get through the day.
Like the homeless. Although, it must be admitted, many people become so miserable precisely because of such addictions.
Dirty_Player
