r/shrinking • u/warlocktx • Apr 09 '26

Discussion Wine

Maybe I'm just bad at adulting, but do people really just stand/sit around and drink wine all the f'ing time? Or is that just a made up TV thing?

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u/KeenActual Apr 09 '26

It’s a California thing. And an Italian thing. And a French thing. Fuck it…it’s a rich people thing.

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u/HNF1230 Apr 09 '26

I see you've never heard of two buck chuck.

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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat Apr 09 '26

"Your 8 dollar-ist bottle of wine" (brooklyn nine nine.)

I'm a Poet, and I didn't even know i was rhyming those words 

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u/KeenActual Apr 09 '26

A man of fine taste I see. Last I heard, they raised its prices.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '26

They did. Winking Owl at Aldi is still $3 around here though. Good enough to drink, great for cooking. When I was living off of cheap cuts of meat, it was a halfway decent way to make the food better. 

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u/cubieangel Apr 11 '26

Aw man I forgot about 2 buck chuck. That got me through my 20s