Like I bet if alcohol was something you had to snort, or just like a pill you take, I think a lot of people might not dig it as much.
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Alcohol: now in XXL suppository
Quick, where can I get one of these? And does it vibrate??
Alcohol < Drugs
I think of it was a pill it would be waaaayy more popular. A lot of people avoid alcohol because it’s disgusting, including me, but if I could skip having to drink disgusting liquid to get drunk I’d consume a lot more of it. Snorting probably would be more popular too as long as it didn’t smell bad or burn to do. I like alcohol and hate drinking so I don’t drink but if drinking is taken out of the picture…. I’d be down
It’s the opposite for me. I don’t want the effect of alcohol, I just want a nice drink to complement my meal and is hard to find something that in neither sugary or alcoholic.
Have you tried boofing?
No and it sounds disgusting so I’m not even looking that up
It redirects to “Rectal administration” on Wikipedia, so yeah…I’m also not clicking on that one for “further” research. :D
Sissies. 🙄
When people say, “I don’t use drugs”, almost never do they include alcohol in that. Alcohol, which is a drug, is always referred to separately, in large part because it’s a beverage. Most people, if asked, will agree that alcohol is a drug, but it’s not really categorized as one in their mind on a day-to-day basis. No one has a glass of wine at lunch and thinks, “I’m doing drugs now.” But, if alcohol as a liquid simply didn’t exist, but exactly the same effect could be had in pill form, I don’t think people would be taking a pill with their dinner, and washing it down with water.
For many people, “drugs,” with no other qualifier, is just short-hand for “illegal drugs.” Plenty of people who say they don’t use drugs also take prescriptions or OTC medications.
It will be interesting in the next few years to see where marijuana ends up on that spectrum. Still largely illegal (federally), but if that changes, will people still consider it a “drug” in the same way they do now, or will it fall into a separate category like drugs that are mostly legal?
Alcohol is something that for a very long time was associated with civilisation itself, it was and is very important. It’s just embedded into most societies of course people don’t consider it drug.
It was the only way to make water drinkable in many places
“Small beer” wasn’t made for funsies
It’s largely a myth that ancient and medieval people brewed beer for lack of fresh drinking water, kind of like the “spices were for eating rotten meat” myth. People have always known how to find fresh water or preserve meat.
The main reason people have always brewed beer and wine is because they’re good. Small beer was in fact made for funsies.
And, interestingly, in certain places and times there was also a cultural reason as drinking those was higher status than water which was “for commoners.”
I agree for the most part,
It was very dependent on where people lived
My point that booze comes in many delightful varieties still stands
Booze has a journey, other drugs are about the destination
Also coffee, which is a stimulant.
I agree, but there’s a significant difference
I love wine, beer and whisky and pretty much anything except vodka (because it’s boring)
I love it because of the flavours, the mouth-feel, the way I can pair drinks with food to enhance the enjoyment of both
I’ve never had coke, mushrooms, ketamine, weed or anything else that made me think “wow, this is yum! I reckon it’d go beautifully with a nicely aged cheddar, or oysters, or a perfectly cooked lamb shoulder”
Weed goes nicely with a big ole bag of Chex mix
The only drug I do is either prescription drugs, or the caffeine I get from the occasional chocolate.
Cigarettes, pipes, hookah and lots of other forms of smoking were and are popular as a social lubricant, if that’s what you’re getting at
I believe it’s mostly cultural. Alcoholic beverages are as old as civilization itself. We drink alcohol because that has been the social norm for thousands of years.
But there’s probably something about it being a beverage as well. It goes along well with food because of this, which makes it a tasteful alternative to water.
Alcoholic beverages are as old as civilization itself.
Some people theorize that alcohol was the cause of civilization; that we settled down and developed agriculture to have a reliable source of grain to make archaic “beer”.
They have sparkling THC beverages which I preferred when I was trying out weed when it became legal. Something about drinking a refreshing beverage as you feel its effects slowly is more relaxing than a gummy or something
Snorting tea, coffee and broccoli would be less popular too.
I think you’re probably right, especially now that snorting snuff and smoking are significantly less common. Although if you put it in vape form…
Although if you put it in vape form…
Vaportini was a short-lived trend that did not end up taking off.
Well duh, how’s that supposed to fit in my pocket
Like, from P&R?
May I go ahead and chisel your aromasphere?
I was thinking the League, but yes, that P&R scene was almost certainly inspired by the vaportini trend.
You can drink alcohol? I thought you had to boof it.
Shouldn’t you be slowly eroding the government instead of browsing Lemmy, Brett?
boofing it is peak commitment to running shit on the bare metal
Considering how many drugs are taken in those other ways and how popular they are, I don’t think the method of delivery is the issue.
Before water could be reliably sterilised beer was the only thing people could drink safely. So it would have been the only thing a lot of people drank for their whole lives after they stopped breastfeeding which I think will have contributed quite strongly to it’s popularity.
Obligatory parks and recreation
Skip a minute into it though for some reason the clip starts way sooner than it needs to.
I’m pretty sure you don’t understand the science involved. “Alcohol” must be a beverage. There’s no other way to take that particular drug.
e: OK geniuses… make some powdered EtOH. I’d love to see it and I’ll duplicate your efforts if you’re successful.
e2: oh, some of these brave souls must be injecting it. Please be careful with dosage.
Bro, this is clearly a fantasy scenario where we have a non-liquid substance with the same effects as alcohol. No one’s asking you to make tequila fun dip for real.
Look straight up, WAY up. That’s the whole point of the conversation going over your head.
The question is NOT “Can we make more forms of alcohol?”
It IS “Is alcohol’s high social acceptance strongly influenced by it being a beverage?”
Yeah he said “-if- it wasn’t a beverage” its just a hypothetical
Look up alcohol powder
Or inhale it…
You have no idea what you’re talking about.
Oh yeah.
But this whole thing seems like, “what if my grandma was a bike” so fuck it.
We’re in c/showerthoughts. “What if my grandma was a bike?” would fit right in
What if heroin was healthy?
You got the idea!
I mean, we could talk about the societal implications of grandmothers metamorphosing into bikes, if you want. Hey, it’s your hypothetical…
