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The least popular opinion ever!

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 18:30

I'm going to get handed my coat and escorted out of here but I'm going to say it anyway.
I do not get people's obsession with drinking!
I don't drink, I don't mind the taste (except ginEnvy), I just don't NEED it if you get me.
I dont particularly like feeling drunk but even just to have one or two drinks doesn't appeal to me...its calories that I don't need and it actually does nothing beneficial for the human body.
All I ever see people on here post is how after homeschooling they need Gin Envy..why? How's it going to help? Why do so many of you need to put a substance in your body in order to feel good? Why not smoke a blunt instead? Why alcohol?
Are you boring without it? Can't you have fun without a drink?

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Ragwort · 22/01/2021 18:34

Obsessions are interesting in others though aren't they - I would say I really don't get peoples obsessions with pets, just cannot understand why anyone would want to share their home with an animal (sorry OP, just noticed your user name Grin)

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 18:35

@Ragwort haha that's ok, I just needed to change my username to something, I love my cat but I'm not obsessed by her.

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LongIslandIcedT · 22/01/2021 18:36

I would smoke a blunt if it was easy to get hold of weed. Wine will have to do..

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 18:37

I guess what I meant though was why do so many people rely so much on alcohol.
My mums WhatsApp group is full of the memes about if it's early enough to drink gin or not, then all the other mums tee hee over it.
It's the 1000th gin meme we've seen since lockdown..its not original and its not fucking funny. Can't you cope with life without a drink?

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PurpleDaisies · 22/01/2021 18:37

It’s just supposed to be a humorous comment. I don’t think most people literally mean it.

You might be overthinking this.

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 19:01

Oh but then in the evening everyone shares a pic of their glass of prosecco or gin or whatever. And the amount of times gin is mentioned on threads on here Hmm.
Find a new joke its not humorous.
Would it be as funny if I said I need a joint after the stress of today?
FYI I don't smoke weed either I'm just trying to understand why alcohol is seen as ok to rely on and other things aren't.

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Christmashope19 · 22/01/2021 19:04

I’m with you Catwoman
Don’t get it at all
But I think we are in the minority

bingowingsmcgee · 22/01/2021 19:05

Totally agree, but then we're a nation of alcoholics

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 19:06

I'm glad I'm not alone @Christmashope19 Grin

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Wtfdidwedo · 22/01/2021 19:08

@Catwoman123

Oh but then in the evening everyone shares a pic of their glass of prosecco or gin or whatever. And the amount of times gin is mentioned on threads on here Hmm. Find a new joke its not humorous. Would it be as funny if I said I need a joint after the stress of today? FYI I don't smoke weed either I'm just trying to understand why alcohol is seen as ok to rely on and other things aren't.
Well alcohol isn't illegal so it's not tricky to work out why people are more likely to drink than smoke something that could give them a police record Hmm
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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 19:08

Why are there so few people who can go out and socialise without having a drink?
Why are people who don't drink seen as boring?
I've been the life and soul of many parties without having any alcohol in my body. If Im out and i want to dance I'll dance, if I want to sing, I'll sing (badly).
If I've had a rough day, I have ways of coping without having to put alcohol in me.

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 19:10

@Wtfdidwedo
Legal or not both have the same effect, yet if i said I couldn't wait to get home to my joint, I doubt I'd get as many (fake) laughs

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JaimieLeeCurtains · 22/01/2021 19:12

I've got some very unpopular opinions. Legalisation of euthanasia, votes for children, brown cafés on high streets, fairer redistribution of wealth and the ownership of the means of production and access to natural resources - I've got it all going on. Can't get worked up about the odd sherbet tbh.

PowPurry · 22/01/2021 19:14

@Catwoman123

Why are there so few people who can go out and socialise without having a drink? Why are people who don't drink seen as boring? I've been the life and soul of many parties without having any alcohol in my body. If Im out and i want to dance I'll dance, if I want to sing, I'll sing (badly). If I've had a rough day, I have ways of coping without having to put alcohol in me.
Because that’s how alcohol works.

It’s a highly addictive substance after all.

(I am a drinker)

Theunamedcat · 22/01/2021 19:14

@JaimieLeeCurtains

I've got some very unpopular opinions. Legalisation of euthanasia, votes for children, brown cafés on high streets, fairer redistribution of wealth and the ownership of the means of production and access to natural resources - I've got it all going on. Can't get worked up about the odd sherbet tbh.
I'm lost what is a brown cafe?
iklboo · 22/01/2021 19:14

Why do so many of you need to put a substance in your body in order to feel good? Why not smoke a blunt instead?

Erm......

MolyHolyGuacamole · 22/01/2021 19:15

🏅

JessicaHyde · 22/01/2021 19:17

Juvenile and pathetic.

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Catwoman123 · 22/01/2021 19:19

@JessicaHyde having to rely on alcohol in life is yes

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JessicaHyde · 22/01/2021 19:19

Why do people like you suffer with such a lack of empathy or imagination?

LaceyBetty · 22/01/2021 19:21

Alcohol is addictive. That's why.

LaceyBetty · 22/01/2021 19:22

I'm a drinker to btw.

JessicaHyde · 22/01/2021 19:23

They should pen you all off in some kind of island, where you can grin inanely at each other and slap each others backs.

Notashandyta · 22/01/2021 19:24

Your post is confused.

Are you discussing people who have to have a drink or people who like to have a drink?

Notashandyta · 22/01/2021 19:24

And you're a tad defensive about your cat btw Grin

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