I don’t much like the taste alcohol; I wouldn’t say I have a strong dislike, but I’m pretty ambivalent and will usually abstain when my friends drink. When I do drink, it’s usually a single beer (amber ale’s usually a safe bet; I don’t generally enjoy IPA’s) and I’d say I end up drunk on average less than once a year, which typically has happened when a heavy-handed friend has hosted parties and mixed the drinks. Regardless of how much I drink, I never really experience any pro-social effects, though drinking more I do tend to feel mentally sluggish and others have noted I can seem withdrawn and/or somewhat oblivious to the happenings around me. I read a post on Yvain’s LiveJournal that suggested 3 drinks a week was probably good for one’s health (not that the following applies to me, but I feel I should also note that later JohnMaxwellIV posted a link to a paper saying the average health gains for women were cancelled out by increased breast cancer risk), so I bought a 6-pack of beer and set alarms on my phone to remind me 3 nights a week to drink one, but the beer just sat in my fridge for months as, even with the alarms, I was never motivated to drink them.
As for some other flavor preferences: I loved green olives as a kid and still quite like black olives on pizzas and submarine sandwiches. I don’t drink coffee, though it’s one of my favorite ice cream flavors. I also enjoy foods that are decently spicy (at asian restaurants, I’ve found that requesting the spiciness of dishes to be a 7 on a 10-point scale to usually be pretty safe bet).
if I requested a spicy dish to be any number on a scale I would be requesting nothing higher than a 3.
You can make the beer into beer-bread. (uses the bubbles and yeast in the beer to make the bread rise)
you are at least the second person to comment on not liking coffee but liking it as an icecream flavour.
I have noticed the pro-social effects of alcohol but they can be faked by:
a. remembering the feeling
b. asking yourself the question, “what do I want to know about this person?” and “what do I want to share about myself with this person?” whenever you want to talk to someone. (whats your name, how old are you, where are you from, what do you do, what do you think about X topic...)
I don’t much like the taste alcohol; I wouldn’t say I have a strong dislike, but I’m pretty ambivalent and will usually abstain when my friends drink. When I do drink, it’s usually a single beer (amber ale’s usually a safe bet; I don’t generally enjoy IPA’s) and I’d say I end up drunk on average less than once a year, which typically has happened when a heavy-handed friend has hosted parties and mixed the drinks. Regardless of how much I drink, I never really experience any pro-social effects, though drinking more I do tend to feel mentally sluggish and others have noted I can seem withdrawn and/or somewhat oblivious to the happenings around me. I read a post on Yvain’s LiveJournal that suggested 3 drinks a week was probably good for one’s health (not that the following applies to me, but I feel I should also note that later JohnMaxwellIV posted a link to a paper saying the average health gains for women were cancelled out by increased breast cancer risk), so I bought a 6-pack of beer and set alarms on my phone to remind me 3 nights a week to drink one, but the beer just sat in my fridge for months as, even with the alarms, I was never motivated to drink them.
As for some other flavor preferences: I loved green olives as a kid and still quite like black olives on pizzas and submarine sandwiches. I don’t drink coffee, though it’s one of my favorite ice cream flavors. I also enjoy foods that are decently spicy (at asian restaurants, I’ve found that requesting the spiciness of dishes to be a 7 on a 10-point scale to usually be pretty safe bet).
if I requested a spicy dish to be any number on a scale I would be requesting nothing higher than a 3.
You can make the beer into beer-bread. (uses the bubbles and yeast in the beer to make the bread rise)
you are at least the second person to comment on not liking coffee but liking it as an icecream flavour.
I have noticed the pro-social effects of alcohol but they can be faked by: a. remembering the feeling b. asking yourself the question, “what do I want to know about this person?” and “what do I want to share about myself with this person?” whenever you want to talk to someone. (whats your name, how old are you, where are you from, what do you do, what do you think about X topic...)