From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339667 - are you a drinker or not.
Poll: Are you a drinker or a teetotaler?
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#2Link to the discussion thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8339667
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#3I wouldn't say I'm a heavy drinker since I mostly drink one beer per day but since it's the only option for me, I guess I'm a heavy drinker according to this poll.
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#4Well I know I can't be the only person who had to look this up:
>Teetotalism refers to either the practice of, or the promotion of, complete personal abstinence from alcoholic beverages.
I mean, I kind of inferred, but this is my first time hearing the term.
Anyway, I only drink on special occasion or when I go out to a fancy restaurant. Other than that it's copious amounts of marijuana.
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#5Where's - doesn't drink at all on the weekdays, and then drinks extremely heavily on the weekend? Best burnout mitigator.
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#6Wish there was a category for "Former drinker, now teetotaller". There are only so many times you can ask your friends to clean up your puke, talk the cops out of arresting you, and drag your passed-out-ass back to the hotel before you wake up and say, "maybe I shouldn't drink anymore"
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#7Well I know I can't be the only person who had to look this up: >Teetotalism refers to either the practice of, or the promotion of, complete personal abstinence from alcoholic beverages. I mean, I kind of inferred, but this is my first time hearing the term. Anyway, I only drink on special occasion or when I go out to a fancy restaurant. Other than that it's copious amounts of marijuana.
That seems like we need a follow up poll then - do you smoke weed! The discussion resulting from "do you smoke weed but not drink alcohol" might be interesting too?
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#8I wouldn't say I'm a heavy drinker since I mostly drink one beer per day but since it's the only option for me, I guess I'm a heavy drinker according to this poll.
I'm with you--I have a beer with dinner almost every night, but it is very rare for me to have three drinks in a night.
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#9I'm a social drinker, but I'm not very social. (Male, 20s, London UK)
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#10I perform 90 proof alcohol enemas on myself(every hour). Does that make me a 'heavy drinker' since I don't take the liquid orally?