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General Category => Substance Abuse => Topic started by: FAH-Q on October 24, 2009, 02:40:40 AM
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It's all hype, really. It's just really fucking strong booze.
I'm drunk.
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Did you have the stuff with proper wormwood?
I'm sure it is mainly just hype, but I actually enjoy a nice pastis every once in a while and the louching is kind of a fun ritual.
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I drank that the other night. I felt really warm. I was wasted though when I did it and I think it led me to feeling drunk without having had anything to drink for the last couple of days. Either is was the absinthe or I'm getting the flu.
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I had that bottle I bought online like 6 years ago, and opened it for a *special* night a couple of months ago. I had the special sugar cubes and everything too, and made it louche pretty well. It was ok, did make my legs feel extra warm, but nothing special.
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I don't want to make rash assumptions, but I'm willing to bet money that at least some of you are actually talking about the high-priced pastis that goes by the name of Absente. There's a picture of Van Gogh on the box. It tastes pretty good, but by all accounts it's not the real muscle-convulsant thujone-containing Absinthe that was sold to alcoholics in the good old food-safety-free impressionist days of the 1800s.
Ultimately you're having the last laugh, but to those that make a big deal about Absinthe it's a joke.
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I guess that's what I had because it wasn't anything special
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I have had Absente and didn't like it very much.
I also have had some fancy French brand with a name I don't remember. The flavor was a little better, but I would not go to the effort to get it again.
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Apparently there's some Czech stuff on the market that is quite similar or identical to the original rediscovered Absinthe recipes but it is yellow and doesn't really louche so the experts assume that key ingredients from the recipes had been left out purposely by the distillers in order to protect the secret recipe. It's funny there's a whole culture of weirdo who are really really into the idea of absinthe and spend hundreds of dollars trying to recreate it exactly. So far I've never heard of anyone recreating the mythic visions and such, so I'm left thinking it's mainly just hype. Whatever differences there are between the stuff on the market now and the genuine pre-ban stuff that still exists is just the degree of toxicity. The only thing that still keeps me interested is the fun and games of the louching process. Yes I am a child.
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We had the wormwood stuff, although I don't remember the brand. I have no idea how authentic it is, and honestly don't enjoy it enough to really care. We drink it once a year, on what would have been a friend of ours' birthday, in her memory.
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It's a pretty simple test for whether or not you're going to enjoy absinthe or one of its knock-offs: Do you like Ouzo? If so you'll probably like absinthe.
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Nope, not at all. Can't stomach sambuca either.
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Lamers. Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder...
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...or the mind go yonder?
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...or the psyche wander?
Or maybe
Evidence of Absinthe is not the Absinthe of evidence...
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Absinthe (Real Absinthe not the various knockoff or vodka mix brands) just became legal in the USSA in '07. While it's strong, it's acually supposed to be diluted to about 15-20% ABV. It's maybe a slightly different intoxication.
Its psychoactive properties, apart from those of alcohol, have been much exaggerated.
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just became legal in the USSA
Fucking Russmericans always get everything good.
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Got a bottle of it in czech republic in 2004. I don't really remember what it tastes like (outside of awful) as I was already drunk and drank straight from the bottle.
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Cretin.
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When I bought the Absente stuff I drank it out of a 1/4 cup measuring cup because it was the only clean thing in the kitchen.
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Perfectly normal, perfectly healthy behavior.
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We were drinking it out of plastic cups. Classy!
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Perfectly normal, perfectly healthy behavior.
I'd rather drink whiskey out of a skull.
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And you know I would too. And have. And will again on Nov 7th. You should come. You can go for a ride in my new boat. And sleep it off behind Arby's again.
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Done. Though I am not going to go in with the intention of having anything to sleep off (even though that probably does not reflect reality).
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The best nights are the ones where you end up having to sleep it off unexpectedly, so I'd say that's a good plan.
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Let me know if you need directions.
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The wormwood stuff is completely unlike alcohol IMO.
Plus the "normal" is pretty heavy duty.It can make baaaaaaaaaaddddddddddd shit happen.
I've known alcoholics in denial say it should be banned.
Fun tho...
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The wormwood stuff is completely unlike alcohol IMO.
How so?
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convulsions mainly i'd assume.
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I dunno. Sounded more like youthful exaggeration.
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The wormwood stuff is completely unlike alcohol IMO.
Plus the "normal" is pretty heavy duty.It can make baaaaaaaaaaddddddddddd shit happen.
I've known alcoholics in denial say it should be banned.
Fun tho...
ooo... does sound fun...
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We get our Czech Absinthe from what I assume is organized crime.
It's the real deal, though, and a highly enjoyable experience. The last time we drank it we wound up taking out every glass in the house and filling them up with various amounts of water and put on a concert.
The first time, however, was during Halloween a few years ago, and ended up with my lead guitar player and I staging an actual swordfight in the front yard.
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Wormwood Absinthe = Evil ...
The Other = Lame
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Both = don't care when it's easier to score other drugs if you really wanted to get high.
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Honestly, drinking absinthe the correct way is used as either a pain in the ass or a way to look superior in front of your friends. Emp is right, just smoke up and go mushroom light. And for the price of a bottle of the good shit, you can get a bottle of Midleton's Very Rare, and three decent buds.
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Agreed and agreed.
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Emp is definitely right, but I still find the ritual aspects to be kind of fun. The drink is a toy more than a new ride, but toys can be fun as long as you don't have too great expectations.
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i've had the rare opportunity to have real czech absinthe. otherwise i'd never drink the knock off shit. real absinthe tastes bad enough. it cost my uncle a few hundred dollars, and i knew it was legit before i tried it because he's that uncle that the rest of the family doesn't really mingle with. so anyway, i had absinthe and fillet mignon. amazing combination going down. i drank about 2 half plastic cups full, no mixing. a beer too. i knew i'd probably never have it again, so why not enjoy it in its purity.
well it tastes like shitty cunts.
but i had to go get firewood in the dark woods.
i followed a large glowing orb most of the time.
and when the night was about over, i filled a small plastic trash can with about half a gallon of puke.
and when i closed my eyes to sleep, i saw giant blades of grass trying to attack me.
i also remember calling people crying, begging them to save me from the grass...
kick ass new years.
but theres nothing really too fantastic about the shite.
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It's just fuckin' booze FFS.
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absinthe doesn't make you trip like that, asshat. You probably had turpentine.
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It's just fuckin' booze FFS.
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Right. That was my point.
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Absinthe made me dopey. Kinda like eating two big-macs and then slugging some whisky
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Thats called "The Danzig"
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I drank cava & absinthe last night. It actually tasted pretty good that way.
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What kinda cava?
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Absinthe made me dopey. Kinda like eating two big-macs and then slugging some whisky
Thats called "The Danzig"
I really wouldn't be opposed to a dinner of big macs and whisky.
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I don't eat at MacD's but I have enjoyed another burger place and whiskey
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Supposedly they're opening a McDonalds here soon. I'm kinda psyched.
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I'd lobby hard for a 5 Guys. Fuck Ray Kroc.
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Well if I had my way we'd be getting an In N Out, but I'll settle for McD's.
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On the burger front, there's a great local burger & beer joint near my new place. Fuck McD's
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I will fucking freebase Chicken McNuggets, they are so fucking good.
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From drugs to burgers ....
Yep, this thread is truly running its course on time ...
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DID SOMEONE SAY DRUGS AND BURGERS??
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Don't know what kind of cava it was. Probably whatever the cheapest you can get is, since they didn't list any information on the menu.
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Supposedly they're opening a McDonalds here soon. I'm kinda psyched.
Well their shit is cheap enough, but every time you pay them you think of the local businesses they destroyed.
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He takes bets for a living.
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He takes bets for a living.
What does that have to do with the price of fish?
Supposedly they're opening a McDonalds here soon. I'm kinda psyched.
Well their shit is cheap enough, but every time you pay them you think of the local businesses they destroyed.
Um, I'm kinda psyched for McDonalds cuz there's nowhere here to get a burger, other than expensive restaurants. Who make crap burgers and charge US$15 for 'em.
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He takes bets for a living.
What does that have to do with the price of fish?
You have indirectly invloved in people getting fucked fiscally. You would be aware of this and have developed a near total imunity towards people getting fucked up. They knew the risks, they took the risks. Same with small business (in a way), you never know when the man might move in next door.
That's how i saw ir relating to the price of fish.
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Simply his way of saying that since you're already involved in organized crime, you have no problem strongarming mom and pop out of business in favor of a cheap turd on a sesame seed bun.
Crystal clear to me.
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but i meant it not as an insult.
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I didn't either.
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Supposedly they're opening a McDonalds here soon. I'm kinda psyched.
Yeah, that never happened.
Also, this was a great thread. Made me laugh.
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There's a absinthe bar next to my work. I've been making laudanum tinctures and dripping it onto my sugar cubes. Fuck yeah opium.
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I brought a bunch of Absinthe back from the Czech republic.... still havent drunk any.
Meh