NO amount of alcohol is safe! WHO experts warn

[kwilco]

1 hour ago, Hummin said:

Finding ????

 

I believe most us know this by know, but how to socialize without alcohol? Get laid? 

 

Hm, big essential life questions

This just shows how addictive even "social" drinking really is - people can't even imagine how to function as a human without alcohol.

[ukrules]

I've recently started occasionally drinking a cognac in the evening, I used to buy a bottle every now and again when passing through airports some 20 years ago as it was 'cheap' and I remember liking the taste, but as a sipping drink it's not really something for drinking 'down the pub' so much.

 

I like it cold - straight out of the fridge, I don't care what the so called experts say - I don't want it tepid.

 

There's nothing wrong with drinking some 50 to 70ml of something like this and I don't care what they say.

 

If on the other hand if I was a raging alcoholic who drank the whole bottle then they might have a point.

 

I'm beginning to have less and less faith in what these experts warn about over the years.

Edited January 6, 2023 by ukrules

[LaosLover]

I'm good for about 3-4 alcohol units a week (decent rum, usually). How is that any worse health-wise than having a big slice of chocolate cake?

 

Just had some chili clams in Chinatown, Singapore. A double Laphroaig whiskey is only $8 US.  Lovely together. High end whiskey at a bar is a rare Singapore deal.

 

Skip the Singapore Sling: cherry liqueur and gin together is the worst idea ever. In high school, we had a drink called the Purple Jesus: cough syrup and low grade vodka. A Singapore is the lesser version of that.

 

I def love the Japanese high ball idea - a shot and a big glug of club soda in a tall glass with lots of ice. So refreshing.

[LaosLover]

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

I like it cold - straight out of the fridge, I don't care what the so called experts say - I don't want it tepid.

 

There's nothing wrong with drinking some 50 to 70ml of something like this and I don't care what they say.

Cognac-guy, I keep my bit of booze in the freezer. Since most drinks are iced, it always seems backwards not to.

[Lucky Bones]

I wonder how many of these WHO experts smoke cigarettes or maybe are obese?

Pot calling kettle?????????

 

[Lucky Bones]

5 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

I'm good for about 3-4 alcohol units a week (decent rum, usually). How is that any worse health-wise than having a big slice of chocolate cake?

 

Just had some chili clams in Chinatown, Singapore. A double Laphroaig whiskey is only $8 US.  Lovely together. High end whiskey at a bar is a rare Singapore deal.

 

Skip the Singapore Sling: cherry liqueur and gin together is the worst idea ever. In high school, we had a drink called the Purple Jesus: cough syrup and low grade vodka. A Singapore is the lesser version of that.

 

I def love the Japanese high ball idea - a shot and a big glug of club soda in a tall glass with lots of ice. So refreshing.

Oh, I thought you said lots of rice. Could be interesting.????????

[OneMoreFarang]

3 hours ago, jvs said:

I drink very little alcohol,5 bottles of beer per year or so.

I love to be sober at parties,i know exactly what is going on and who is signaling who to do what ever.

When ever i am told about a break up i already know why.

You are telling me i don't know how to party?

If you really want to know my opinion then: No, I don't think you know how to party.

It might happen that I see who is playing around with whom or signaling whatever. 

And why would I care if I know already in advance who will break up and why?

Maybe I would be interested in all that if I would be an investigator at work.

But while I am not at work and when I go to a party then let's party. Where is the booze and where are the cutest girls? Let's concentrate on the important parts in life.

[Hummin]

5 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

? Let's concentrate on the important parts in life.

And the most important is enough good sex! My two cents

[MrJ2U]

5 hours ago, Black Ops said:

Critics slammed the message accusing the authors of 'demonising alcohol' 

Mainly the distribution company.

 

But people should be able to get it anyways. 

[LaosLover]

So where are non-drinkers socializing? Starbucks? Because downing four expresso's isn't that great for you either. Also, I am much more prone to eat something unhealthy in a Starbucks than a bar.

 

I know from getting laughed at in the other thread that this is not a crowd that's going chit chat in a pot bar.

 

Maybe Swenson's?

[Hummin]

Just now, LaosLover said:

So where are non-drinkers socializing? Starbucks? Because downing four expresso's isn't that great for you either. Also, I am much more prone to eat something unhealthy in a Starbucks than a bar.

 

I know from getting laughed at in the other thread that this is not a crowd that's going chit chat in a pot bar.

 

Maybe Swenson's?

Gym, when I worked onshore, I was at the gym 6 days a week at least two hours each time. Also travelled doing sports meeting people world wide during doing what you loved! 

[LaosLover]

I like the idea of gym-socializing, but everyone there seems to just want to do their thing and not have conversations. Since I have to literally force myself to go there and exercise, I too just want to get it over with.

 

Obviously, Metoo# means avoiding even casual eye contact with any women there.

 

I have heard about "locker room talk" my whole life, where strangers might potentially want to talk about women and sex with me, while showering, but I think:

 

1) It's a ridiculous myth and it never happened in the real world even one time.

 

2) It possibly happens (like in the navy or something), but wiould never happen to me.

[OneMoreFarang]

23 minutes ago, Hummin said:

And the most important is enough good sex! My two cents

Which brings us back to the tequila.

That is obviously not absolutely necessary. But it certainly often enhances the experience.

[Hummin]

Just now, OneMoreFarang said:

Which brings us back to the tequila.

That is obviously not absolutely necessary. But it certainly often enhances the experience.

Do not want a lady who drink tequila 5 days a week, god sake man ????

[LaosLover]

If you're of a certain age and from the states, you've thrown up tequila through your nose at least a half a dozen times.

 

For some, that's a gateway to ordering up bottles of Patron, for others its a message to pick a more nasal-friendly thing to binge on.

[Woof999]

3 hours ago, jvs said:

I drink very little alcohol,5 bottles of beer per year or so.

I love to be sober at parties,i know exactly what is going on and who is signaling who to do what ever.

When ever i am told about a break up i already know why.

You are telling me i don't know how to party?

 

To be honest, it did cross my mind.

[Hummin]

4 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

I like the idea of gym-socializing, but everyone there seems to just want to do their thing and not have conversations. Since I have to literally force myself to go there and exercise, I too just want to get it over with.

 

Obviously, Metoo# means avoiding even casual eye contact with any women there.

 

I have heard about "locker room talk" my whole life, where strangers might potentially want to talk about women and sex with me, while showering, but I think:

 

1) It's a ridiculous myth and it never happened in the real world even one time.

 

2) It possibly happens (like in the navy or something), but wiould never happen to me.

It is more a meeting point after you start meeting the same people, especially if you have specific hours and days you work out. It doesnt happens over night, but be patient. Especially one gym in soi 88 in Hua Hin was a good meeting point with a protein/fruit shake bar and also a restaurant. Also had rumba, yoga, spinning classes. Many girls working out there to with weights.

[LaosLover]

 

No one likes a Johnny No-mates who's hanging around the smoothie bar after they finish their smoothie.

 

On the internet, people are always being urged to join a hiking group to meet people. This has resulted in women forming women-only hiking groups so they can hike in peace.

 

I really want to respect other people's fitness process; and hope that I someday, somehow acquire one myself.

[kwilco]

2 hours ago, Lucky Bones said:

I wonder how many of these WHO experts smoke cigarettes or maybe are obese?

Pot calling kettle?????????

 

very few I would extrapolate the idea to include other bad habits.....but if it makes you feel better in yourself to imagine that.....it really just shows the depth of your addiction.

[kwilco]

56 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

So where are non-drinkers socializing? Starbucks? Because downing four expresso's isn't that great for you either. Also, I am much more prone to eat something unhealthy in a Starbucks than a bar.

Your problem is because of alcohol you can't conceive how normal people socialise, you can only envisage it in groups styled on joint alcohol consumption groups.

 

drinkers labour under the misconception that everybody behaves like they do - because they simply can't see beyond alcohol. In fact on a world scale they are a minority.

 

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by kwilco

[LaosLover]

At an average of less than half an alcohol unit a day, you sort of have the wrong guy to offer up your free psychotherapy to.

 

For meeting people and shooting the breeze, drinker or not, a bar is hard to beat.

 

It's only been popular for about 800 years, so your point of view may yet prevail.

[Mark Nothing]

After years of pushing stupefyingly obtuse theories on us, with not even the slightest hint of fact, they finally got one right.  I wonder what trick is up their sleeve?

[Kwasaki]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Which brings us back to the tequila.

That is obviously not absolutely necessary. But it certainly often enhances the experience.

That's funny my last time on Tequila me and the lady fell asleep soon as we hit pillows. ????

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by Kwasaki

[Hummin]

41 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

 

No one likes a Johnny No-mates who's hanging around the smoothie bar after they finish their smoothie.

 

On the internet, people are always being urged to join a hiking group to meet people. This has resulted in women forming women-only hiking groups so they can hike in peace.

 

I really want to respect other people's fitness process; and hope that I someday, somehow acquire one myself.

Socialize doesnt mean men hunting women on hiking trips, it means getting together and share moments, and then maybe someone gets together. To many cave men around, so go figure why women need women groups only ????

[Hummin]

35 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

 

 

It's only been popular for about 800 years, so your point of view may yet prevail.

Popular mostly for men and ladies of the night! No normal women had access to bars for more than 60 years or so? Nightclubs and restaurants yes, but,,,,,,

[Doctor Tom]

7 hours ago, Hummin said:

Finding ????

 

I believe most us know this by know, but how to socialize without alcohol? Get laid? 

 

Hm, big essential life questions

I manage both, on diet coke, spicy tomato juice and fresh orange juice. You'd be surprised how many good looking ladies, worldwide, prefer that in a man and you can drive them back to your place for after's.  

[kwilco]

39 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

At an average of less than half an alcohol unit a day, you sort of have the wrong guy to offer up your free psychotherapy to.

This is a classic drinker's response.

Firstly in denial about the effects of the alcohol they drink (v.WHO above) and then cannot conceive of life without an alcohol model of socialising.

As said drinkers can't see outside the glass.

[Mac Mickmanus]

49 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

 

No one likes a Johnny No-mates who's hanging around the smoothie bar after they finish their smoothie.

 

On the internet, people are always being urged to join a hiking group to meet people. This has resulted in women forming women-only hiking groups so they can hike in peace.

 

I really want to respect other people's fitness process; and hope that I someday, somehow acquire one myself.

The hiking groups that I have noticed in Thailand are open to all and not just female only and felang males and Thai females often go hiking into the mountains and stay the night in tents 

[jak2002003]

6 hours ago, Hummin said:

The main problem is, the older you get, the less alcohol you should drink to keep fit and stay virile. Well, however, when I loose it or if I loose it before I die, I will start drink to. 

I'd rather die not too old and only short time ill rather then live a long time with pain and suffering. 

 

Drinking alcohol in excess once in a while or in moderate amount regularly is not going to kill you.  

 

I am sure drinking a bit will reduce stress levels and they stress is a major cause of ill health. 

 

Actually, if you read all the stuff health experts say, nearly everything is bad for our health, from processed food, meat, sunlight UV radiation, toothpaste, sugar, salt, artificial sweeteners, electricity radiation from your TV or phone, fruit juices, BBQ food, cooked food, fat, vegetable spreads, cheese, milk, and overdone toast, and even sex.   

 

 

Edited January 6, 2023 by jak2002003

[Mac Mickmanus]

6 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Did you try it?

 

Personally I like to drink in company, but I have also no problem if I don't drink at all.

It is no fun to be sober when everybody is drinking. The jokes are just not funny without enough alcohol.

 

And spending extended time with tea totals is mostly no fun.

A long time ago when I was young, I spend most my time with people who smoked. I never smoked myself but in average if was more fun to be around those smokers.

 

If people don't want to drink that is obviously fine. I prefer the others who know how to party.

Being sober in bars that are prostitute pick-up joints in Thailand , seeing how they carry on , how they tell the same jokes to each other every night and the constant innuendoes and "outrageously" bending over making sex noise  and discussions about who has had sex with who and the denials and then the hilarious punchline "I'm still a virgin" , gets rather reparative after a while and the "I no member, me dunk" .

   But you all go ahead and party and enjoy yourselves