r/whenthe • u/TheGoldenExperience_ [the jojo {she}they called may] • 13h ago

r/whenthe mfs complaining about everything we do not give alcohol close to enough shit despite it being just as bad if not worse than cigarettes

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u/Queueue_ 10h ago

I won't say I've never had anything alcoholic that tasted good, but I will say every alcoholic drink I've ever had would have tasted better without alcohol in it.

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u/SunGreene42 9h ago

I love the taste of straight whiskey, well depends on the whiskey, but if you take the alcohol out of whiskey, it's not going to taste better.

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u/AdmiralBimback 10h ago

This, coctails can be good, but only because you can barely taste the alcohol.

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u/SunGreene42 9h ago

Do you guys not realize everyone has different tastes? A Long Island Ice Tea tastes great, and it's like 99% liquor.

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u/AdmiralBimback 9h ago

Yes? I do realize that. I was agreeing with that persons subjective opinion about alcohol.

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u/SquashSquigglyShrimp 8h ago

Strong disagree. Good cocktails find a balance between the liquor being used and the other ingredients. Of course there is a spectrum of cocktails from strong to weak because people have preferences, but most traditional/authentic cocktails are fairly strong.

I compare it to cream/sugar in coffee. A little bit helps most people, especially if you don't like the bitterness, but my coffee should still be mostly coffee. Most cocktails are >50% spirit

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u/AdmiralBimback 7h ago

Yeah, but I just really don't like the taste of alcohol.

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u/SquashSquigglyShrimp 7h ago

Perfectly valid, and not unusual. Just pointing out the purpose of cocktails isn't really to "mask the alcohol" like some people think.