Thursday Next Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Split from Fitness/Exercise The healthiest drink you can order at a bar is a screwdriver. It's usually what I stick to now. I prefer Vodka and orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I prefer Vodka and orange. How is that different from a screwdriver? Screwdriver = vodka + orange juice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I know. It annoys me that people call it a screwdriver. You don't call a vodka and coke a "chisel" or a gin & tonic a "coping saw" so why give a name to that combination? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Lots of drinks have names. Long Island Iced Tea, Bloody Mary, Martini, etc etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I guess he sees it sort of how I do, in that it doesn't really seem like a 'cocktail', which would involved three or more ingredients if you were trying to get technical, so just name it after the alcohol and the mixer? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Lots of drinks have names. Long Island Iced Tea, Bloody Mary, Martini, etc etc... As Hotty says, it's got less than three ingredients. You call a long island iced tea a long island iced tea because asking for a "gin, tequila, vodka, rum (sometimes triple sec and sours mix) and coke" is a pain in the butt. Martini is a weird one since it's vermouth and gin. I'd assume that as Martini is the biggest (if not the only big) brand in vermouths it's a "Bacardi and coke" sort of thing. And yeah, bloody mary is a complexity thing. "I'd like a vodka and tomato juice with some tobasco, Worcester sauce and pepper , oh and stick some celery in it too." But we are way off topic here, except to say that perhaps a Bloody Mary is as healthy as a vodka and orange. Especially if you eat the celery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Why is there people being snobby about the names of alcoholic drinks in the fitness thread. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Because alcohol is the best medicine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I like my vodka and cranberry, I dont know if there is a name, but I like it. People say its a girly drink, and I say "So? It tastes good" and that usually shuts them up. They are drinking making faces and I'm drinking with a smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 People are always shocked that I don't like beer, and I say "It tastes bad." The respond "it's an acquired taste", to which I reply "Why would I drink something that tastes bad in order to make it eventually taste good, when I can just drink things that taste good to start with?" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope V2 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 ^yes, this is why I like jack and coke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 People are always shocked that I don't like beer, and I say "It tastes bad." The respond "it's an acquired taste", to which I reply "Why would I drink something that tastes bad in order to make it eventually taste good, when I can just drink things that taste good to start with?" Go to Maine and Vermont and ask people why they drink Moxie soda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Oh I split the thread btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 People are always shocked that I don't like beer, and I say "It tastes bad." The respond "it's an acquired taste", to which I reply "Why would I drink something that tastes bad in order to make it eventually taste good, when I can just drink things that taste good to start with?" Apply this same logic to movies, videogames, and books, and see what sort of low quality shit you end up having to enjoy. Nothing but Call of Duty, Twilight, and uh... Twilight. Also Jack Daniels is terrible for its price. I hate that people order a "jack and coke." Yeah, like you can even notice the difference when you're drinking it with coke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewblaha Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 + and + Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 People are always shocked that I don't like beer, and I say "It tastes bad." The respond "it's an acquired taste", to which I reply "Why would I drink something that tastes bad in order to make it eventually taste good, when I can just drink things that taste good to start with?" Apply this same logic to movies, videogames, and books, and see what sort of low quality shit you end up having to enjoy. Nothing but Call of Duty, Twilight, and uh... Twilight. "Having to enjoy" implies it's a chore to enjoy it, which is kind of the opposite of enjoying it... Anyway, I don't think that's a good comparison regardless. Learning to like the flavor of beer isn't going to expand me as a person the same way that a challenging piece of media can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope V2 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yeah, I don't buy the argument of beer tastes good either. Didn't people drink beer solely because it was cheap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 "Having to enjoy" implies it's a chore to enjoy it, which is kind of the opposite of enjoying it... Enjoying some sort of deep/artistic movie or book seems like a chore at first... until you get into the swing of things. The same applies to alcohol. Also, there's more variety in beer than anything else. Just keep trying different things. Also, there's plenty of beer that is not cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 But you said "having to enjoy" in reference to things that don't require effort to get into (CoD, etc). Anyway, I've tried plenty of different beers, and while they all taste different there's an underlying "beer" flavor that is there in all of them (often it's more of an aftertaste though), and that flavor is repulsive. Coffee is the same way (though it's obviously not the same as the beer flavor). I dunno, maybe I'm a supertaster. People will tell me "try this, you can't even taste the beer/coffee" but to me that flavor is overpowering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I swear we've had this convo before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Probably. I know I've talked about it with people in person before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I swear I seen this as well... with that said. Cold, COLD beer. Any beer will start to taste like crap after it warms up like my current favorite: http://www.firestonebeer.com/beers/products/dba-double-barrel-ale It got a nice flavor when nice and cold. As it warms up, that taste/aftertaste will slowly build which I hate... I can tolerate it because of my palate history of super bitter Chinese medicine. So you can see me drinking a beer quite quickly which leads to my three drinks max limit. Never understood why people want to get piss ass drunk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I like beer. Find lager to be a bit flavourless. I only tend to switch to shorts when I am full of beer, even then I prefer (nice) vodka or whiskey over ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Yeah, I don't buy the argument of beer tastes good either. Didn't people drink beer solely because it was cheap? I thought it was because up until modern times water was bad and fermenting alcohol was a safer drink. Ditto with wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Well that's why they didn't drink water, but distilled spirits are also safer to drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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