Doing It Wrong, as usual

[cosmolinguist]

I just saw something on facebook about Water Aid trying to encourage people to drink only water for the month of January. "Had one too many?" it asks, making broad assumptions of shared culture.

It makes me laugh, because I might be the only person I know who looks forward to Christmas finishing so I can get back to rich food and strong flavors and alcohol and indulgence and all the things I'm getting back just when everyone's supposed to want to give them up!

Comments

[mathemagicalschema]

Hahhhh I am kind of feeling this. My sister and my partner's family both have taste that tends toward "bland". My sister has never drunk, my partner recently quit (which I'm super proud of him for!), and his family tends not to drink at gatherings. I have almost nobody to drink with, and have somewhat limited opportunities for pungent flavors!

[subbes]

Did you see the blog post by the Soylent guy who wanted to "go without water" for a day? it's an... uh... an eyeroller.

[cosmolinguist]

I don't think I've ever heard anything that's so definitively a sign that someone has so few problems they have t go around looking for new ones. That's kind of impresisve, really. :)

[subbes]

Here is the blog post: http://robrhinehart.com/?p=1152

The soylent dude is kinda insufferable.

[jesse_the_k]

Huh? What? Why?

The "make resolutions' furor meets the mind with nothing to say.

[softfruit.livejournal.com]

Can you twist that for the giver-uppers ("I'll drink your beer to keep your NY resolution intact"?)

[meepettemu.livejournal.com]

I'll be drinking only water with flavours added (tea, squash). If that counts. That's just normal :)

[tigtogiba34.livejournal.com]

Nope I had to give up Dr Pepper once for acid reflux testing worst month of my life. Never again.

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