• weew@lemmy.ca
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    1 年前

    lol that sounds like vocabulary only an alcoholic would invent.

    “I’ve heard of being sober, but I’m to afraid to try it right now.”

    • Kichae@lemmy.ca
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      1 年前

      It’s a super weird turn of phrase. I admit, as someone who doesn’t actually enjoy the flavour of alcohol nor its intoxicating effects, I’d not mind having something a little more universal that I can say to people. “I don’t really drink” both comes with a lot of unrelated baggage – they think I’m either a recovering alcoholic or a church nut – and people get really weird about it if they ever see me having a drink (probably because they think I’ve fallen off the wagon or something).

      But that phrase sure as hell isn’t going to be “sober-curious”.

      • ttmrichter@lemmy.world
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        1 年前

        How 'bout the phrase “what concern is it of yours what I do and do not drink?”

        A: Want some booze?

        B: Nah, I’m good.

        A: OK.

        That’s the mature conversation. Since most people aren’t like A in this conversation, however, I tend to actually experience:

        C: Want some booze?

        D: Nah, I’m good. [N.B. this presupposes I don’t want some booze: I’m not a teetotaller, but I’m not always in the mood for booze]

        C: Why not?

        D: In what way does your knowing the reasons make this anything beyond an increasingly awkward conversation?

        C: Asshole!

        D: Whatever.