idk, doesn’t seem that crazy to me. if you don’t drink or are a small person with a small tolerance, you might have no idea how many beers a person who drinks more might get through per night. don’t want to underdo it and have them run out, don’t want to overdo it and make them feel like you think they’re a crazy alcoholic. and then obviously add a little d r a m a to it cause it’s a tweet :)
I mean if I wouldn’t drink, I just wouldn’t buy no alcohol at all. And if I would, I’d just buy twice the amount I drink if I don’t know any better about the person.
No I don’t, though maybe if all my guests smoked I might? It’s somewhat arbitrary anyway, you do some things to make their stay pleasant, and you don’t do others if they’re too much work for too little (of your guests’) payoff.
I don’t drink, I’m always confused when hosting about the amount and type of beer I should buy. And then I’m stuck with beer afterwards the inevitably goes bad. Now I just let people BYOB because they typically did that regardless.
I don’t drink either and used to be in a club where I had to work a bar once a year. And every year without fail, I had to re-learn even just the basic categories of beer.
(Where I live, there’s like 7 different words to describe 4 different popular categories.)
It’s fairly well answered by basic information about alcohol serving sizes, DUI limits, and just the amount of fluids someone can take in over an evening. 1 can of beer = 1 basic dose of alcohol. 2 in an hour puts you over the legal limit for blood alcohol for driving. Someone could typically drink maybe a gallon of fluids in an evening regardless of what it is. Beer is sold in packs of 4-12, which are usually shared. So a normal amount of beer to get for someone who isn’t a regular alcoholic would be 2-6 for a night. It also varies with their weight and the strength of the beer (most is about 5% now but some is higher).
We really seem to don’t. Saw a screenshot of a tweet the other day about someone’s dad wanting to take a vacation to the spot where JFK was killed and look around, “just in case the FBI missed something,” and people were calling that dude all kinds of awful things instead of just. Laughing. At the joke he was obviously telling
This is the internet, there are people who are actually like that, and we’re sick of them.
absent tone of voice, intonation, and an understanding of his character, we have no idea if he’s joking. It’s a story being told second hand through a small amount of plaintext.
It’s fairly common for people to miss dry humor, especially online. I can be very deadpan in person and sometimes people who don’t know me well think I’m serious about the most absurd things.
How could an adult actually be confused about this?
idk, doesn’t seem that crazy to me. if you don’t drink or are a small person with a small tolerance, you might have no idea how many beers a person who drinks more might get through per night. don’t want to underdo it and have them run out, don’t want to overdo it and make them feel like you think they’re a crazy alcoholic. and then obviously add a little
d r a m ato it cause it’s a tweet :)I mean if I wouldn’t drink, I just wouldn’t buy no alcohol at all. And if I would, I’d just buy twice the amount I drink if I don’t know any better about the person.
I don’t drink coffee, but I still have it in case my guests want some. It’s just nice.
Do you provide cigarettes if you don’t smoke as well?
Cigarettes are a little easier for someone to just carry in their pocket or purse with them
Yes
No I don’t, though maybe if all my guests smoked I might? It’s somewhat arbitrary anyway, you do some things to make their stay pleasant, and you don’t do others if they’re too much work for too little (of your guests’) payoff.
I don’t drink, I’m always confused when hosting about the amount and type of beer I should buy. And then I’m stuck with beer afterwards the inevitably goes bad. Now I just let people BYOB because they typically did that regardless.
You could make it a BMBH (Bring My Beer Home).
Going to BYOB is the right call. Good on you for focusing on your strengths.
I don’t drink either and used to be in a club where I had to work a bar once a year. And every year without fail, I had to re-learn even just the basic categories of beer.
(Where I live, there’s like 7 different words to describe 4 different popular categories.)
I grew up Mormon, and am only now figuring this all out. I have no idea about any of this
It’s fairly well answered by basic information about alcohol serving sizes, DUI limits, and just the amount of fluids someone can take in over an evening. 1 can of beer = 1 basic dose of alcohol. 2 in an hour puts you over the legal limit for blood alcohol for driving. Someone could typically drink maybe a gallon of fluids in an evening regardless of what it is. Beer is sold in packs of 4-12, which are usually shared. So a normal amount of beer to get for someone who isn’t a regular alcoholic would be 2-6 for a night. It also varies with their weight and the strength of the beer (most is about 5% now but some is higher).
Good to know! Thanks for the info 👍🏼
Could also be a joke?
Apparently we don’t do jokes on Lemmy.
We really seem to don’t. Saw a screenshot of a tweet the other day about someone’s dad wanting to take a vacation to the spot where JFK was killed and look around, “just in case the FBI missed something,” and people were calling that dude all kinds of awful things instead of just. Laughing. At the joke he was obviously telling
That shit was wild. Folks were actually pissed about dad over there.
And then you try to tell them it’s a joke and they say “jokes are supposed to be funny”
But like? It is?? How is it not funny???
I guess you’d have to accept that it was an absurd postulate. And they did not.
My favorite was all of the “Doesn’t he know this happened 60 years ago!” Like, mf don’t YOU know this happened 60 years ago!
It’s fairly common for people to miss dry humor, especially online. I can be very deadpan in person and sometimes people who don’t know me well think I’m serious about the most absurd things.