The I'm drunk thread. . .

[jerri blank]

Or reading Qt3.

[Omniscia]

At least that sorta counts as interpersonal interaction.

[jerri blank]

Holy crap, Yuengling Lager in a can is nasty.

[Raife]

Wait, is there anything sadder than being drunk and alone in a hotel room? I can't think of anything offhand.

Order a lobster dinner from room service. Also, a puppy.

[Adam Eayrs]

Wait, is there anything sadder than being drunk and alone in a hotel room? I can't think of anything offhand.

I don't know, check out post #1137 in this thread, and maybe you'll feel a bit better.

[robsam]

Drunk and alone in a hotel isn't bad if you are there for business reasons and have a good life at home waiting for you...I think you're good unless I missed something in your posts recently.

[jerri blank]

Drunk and alone in a hotel isn't bad if you are there for business reasons and have a good life at home waiting for you...I think you're good unless I missed something in your posts recently.

Yeah, it was mostly an opportunity to enjoy some decent microbrew where I wouldn't have to drive or annoy anyone else.

[Shadari]

I don't know, check out post #1137 in this thread, and maybe you'll feel a bit better.

I was actually quite happy when I posted that. ;)

[Balasarius]

Getting drunk, trying to kill Atramedes, and trying to educate Stusser about loads all at the same time!

[Morkilus]

It just doesn't feel the same without ElGuapo. Where is he? Drown in his hot tub?

[Balasarius]

How long's he been gone?

[Ed Solomon]

How long's he been gone?

A few weeks. He got mad at us in that ridiculous patent thread.

[Balasarius]

What forum was that in?

[Ed Solomon]

Hardware, I think. I'm on my phone but I'll try to find the thread.

Edit: Here we go.

http://www.quartertothree.com/game-talk/showthread.php?t=63679

[Shadari]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waq6EfRhoqg

Florence Welch, will you marry me, baby? :)

[Shadari]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PzoKyv9fvk

Did I ever mention I'm a huge fan of Jane's Addiction? If not, then here ya go foolz!

[Shadari]

Oh yeah, and the Queen has something to say....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAWpkZSCMXU

[jerri blank]

A few weeks. He got mad at us in that ridiculous patent thread.

And now that he has a steady gf, he doesn't feel as compelled to pop back in to brag about his skeevy exploits.

[Shadari]

Jerri, you're just jealous, aren't you? He almost converted you back to the other side. That would have been quite an accomplishment. :)

[Houngan]

Oh yeah, and the Queen has something to say....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAWpkZSCMXU

Now, I'm not going to be nasty and start a mocking thread in Music, but don't you think this song is pretty much a remix of Bad Romance, her one song that didn't descend into simple repetition to fill a bridge? Juh-dah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ga-ga-ah-ah-ah-ah? The chorus is damn near a Xerox.

H.

[jerri blank]

Jerri, you're just jealous, aren't you? He almost converted you back to the other side. That would have been quite an accomplishment. :)

Busted...

[Shadari]

Hound boy, I'd answer your question, but frankly, you're only nitpicking because it's GAGA... so yeah.

Anyway, just gonna post one song tonight. It's Susannah McCorkle, a great jazz singer who ended her life early... ugh, I can't... nevermind....

Anyway:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m478jgmhdTw

[Speak With Bread]

Passionfruit vodka is significantly less abrasive than regular old vodka. And Margaritaville-brand hard lemonade is cheaper than Mike's around here, so...

One song tonight, to join in Shadari's tradition (with something entirely different).
http://listen.grooveshark.com/s/Pisc...o/2MSsoS?src=5

Do the Pisco Bandito dance, everyone!

[Sidd_Budd]

It tastes like pink! It tastes like pink!

context

[Anti-Bunny]

Attorney Generals, not content with banning Four Loko, are now targeting something from Pabst called "Colt 45 Blast". It sounds dreadful. And I must try it.

Edit: apparently it doesn't even contain caffeine.. what the fuck is so special about it that it needs to be banned?

[CLWheeljack]

As I understand it, the issue isn't so much caffeine, as that it's alcoholic, but uses marketing images similar to energy drinks, and is ostensibly targeted towards underage kids. That's how the Four Loko ban was pitched here, at least.

[Anti-Bunny]

That's how the Four Loko ban was pitched here, at least.

Four Loko was banned because it mixed Alcohol with Caffeine. FDA was threatening breweries that include caffeine in their recipes for craft beers, afterwards.

And how are they "marketting to kids"? They're running ads on Nickelodeon? Or are their ads for kids.. because, you know, you can tell these things.

[CLWheeljack]

And how are they "marketting to kids"? They're running ads on Nickelodeon? Or are their ads for kids.. because, you know, you can tell these things.

Yeah, pretty much the latter. The argument was they the bottle designs look a lot like existing energy drinks (Monster, Rockstar, etc), and that they were located alongside those drinks in stores. The caffeine ban didn't come until some time later, after the whole thing blew up.

In 2009, a group of US state attorneys general began active investigations of companies which produced and sold caffeinated alcohol beverages, on the grounds that they were being inappropriately marketed to a teenage audience.
...
On November 17, 2010 the U.S. FDA Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to four manufacturers of caffeinated alcohol beverages citing that the caffeine added to their malt alcoholic beverages is an “unsafe food additive”

Personally, I find the whole thing rather silly.

[Mrenda]

First article I came across says "It's 12 percent alcohol, and packaged in single, 23-ounce cans. "One can is the equivalent of five beers," says Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley."

What world is she living in where that's the equivalent of three beers?

My calculations.
23 Ounces with 12% alcohol means 81ml of alcohol
One pint (Irish standard) with 5% alcohol means 28ml of alcohol
That means the can is roughly 3 beers.

Unless you guys have really poofy beers. (Which is what I'm getting at, lolAmerica.)

¬_¬

[Shadari]

Is this the best skyscraper ever?