Straight alcohol does take like crap. I took a shot of everclear ONCE.
Have you tried anything other than pure alcohol?
Try Russian River's Suppliation, or Alpine's Pure Hoppiness, or Surly's Coffee Bender fresh on tap, or New Glarus' Wisconsin Belgian Red. You may dig them.
You are right though, a lot of mass produced rubbish tastes just like, well, rubbish.
This is so horribly subjective, I can't touch it.
does no good to the society
This too
at all except for boosting the economy,
which is nice. A lot of people can afford their mortgages because of alcohol.
As well as how we abuse food, television, the internet, etc. For every person who abuses it, many more actually exercise moderation. If something seizes control of people, I find it foolish to blame the thing. It is better to put the onus on the individual and his/her desire. Seems stupid to do otherwise, like Islam banning women being seen rather than getting men to confront their own sexuality. Zing!
and use it as an 'excuse' to pitifully try to get laid successfully.
I've seen just as many guys listen to shitty music, wear stupid clothes and even learn how to play the guitar just so they could get in some chick's pants. This is human nature. Its relationship to alcohol is incidental.
To me, it seems STUPID. You'd rather waste it on a bar of chocolate. At least it tastes good, and actually doesn't give you a hangover. It's cheaper too! And you can't get drunk from chocolate. Wait I take that back.
The expanding wastelines of America confirm that people abuse chocolate too.
At least you're approaching this with an open mind.
This is my favorite retort to alcohol bashing as it
perfectly sums up the issue at hand. From "the internet"...
Noah S. “Soggy” Sweat, Jr. had the following to say to the Mississippi State Legislature in 1952:
“You have asked me how I feel about whiskey. All right, here is how I feel about whiskey.
“If when you say whiskey you mean the devil’s brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster, that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean the evil drink that topples the Christian man and woman from the pinnacle of righteous, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation, and despair, and shame and helplessness, and hopelessness, then certainly I am against it.
“But;
“If when you say whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and laughter on their lips, and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman’s step on a frosty, crispy morning; if you mean the drink which enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness, and to forget, if only for a little while, life’s great tragedies, and heartaches, and sorrows; if you mean that drink, the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars, which are used to provide tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm; to build highways and hospitals and schools, then certainly I am for it.
“This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.”
