Drinking Thread: Three Sheets To The Wind

[Kepler]

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I guess I'm projecting. I never need alcohol unless it's to deal with other people. "I drink to make other people more interesting." -- Hemmingway.

[The Rube]

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MT, this isn't directed to you but a general rule. If somebody thinks they might have a drinking issue, the first rule of thumb is: never drink alone.

It's neither necessary nor sufficient, but it's quite useful and it's a bright line.

Never get drunk alone.

Having a nightcap alone, as you relax with a book, or the internet, or a movie, sure. That's ok.

[Kepler]

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MT, this isn't directed to you but a general rule. If somebody thinks they might have a drinking issue, the first rule of thumb is: never drink alone.

It's neither necessary nor sufficient, but it's quite useful and it's a bright line.

[MissThundercat]

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Well, today is the last day of Dry May. I think the hard reset on alcohol was needed. I have no idea if sobriety is a permanent thing with me, or if I'll go back to my 1-2 drinks on the weekend and call it good.

I never moved/dumped what I had in my fridge and freezer, although ignoring it became much easier after two weeks.

Before Pandemic 2020, I had an okay relationship with booze, but it became easy to say "**** it" every night and have something every night in April. But getting "blasmed" before class wasn't the best idea.

If I decide to drink, I have my rules in place. We'll see what happens tomorrow night.

[The Rube]

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Wut

15 minutes open air, is comparable to half life on surfaces. Depending on the environment (or surface) will determine the time of the half life.

[dxmnkd316]

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15 minutes [is] like the half-life on surfaces, etc.

Cardboard is 24 hours also, IIRC.

Wut

[The Rube]

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The surface half life is measured in tens of hours. The log five reduction on plastic is two days. Metal it’s still 24 hours or more.

Cardboard is 24 hours also, IIRC.

[dxmnkd316]

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It will spread, but less than 15 minutes greatly reduces the chances. It's like the half-life on surfaces, etc.

The surface half life is measured in tens of hours. The log five reduction on plastic is two days. Metal it’s still 24 hours or more.

[The Rube]

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Wasn’t there a series of studies just published that showed this thing can linger in the air for hours in an enclosed area?

Enclosed, I could see that. We were outside, so we could keep our distance.

[dxmnkd316]

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Wasn’t there a series of studies just published that showed this thing can linger in the air for hours in an enclosed area?

[The Rube]

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has The virus now mutated to where it won’t spread in the first 15 minutes of contact? I’m confused

It will spread, but less than 15 minutes greatly reduces the chances. It's like the half-life on surfaces, etc.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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has The virus now mutated to where it won’t spread in the first 15 minutes of contact? I’m confused

[The Rube]

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What's the 15 minute part?

15 minutes within 6 feet of another person. The "constant" contact with another. So just walking by them, it's meh. Standing there talking with them or whatever for 15 minutes..uh oh.

[Kepler]

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6 feet apart/15 minutes

What's the 15 minute part?

[The Rube]

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Dude

6 feet apart/15 minutes, we poured our bottles into others' glasses, etc. Nothing was touched by multiple people. No, it wasn't 100% by the current rules, I admit. We basically were doing what everyone in "essential" businesses are currently doing as for "contact."

Edit: I dare say, we were safer than someone going to Target/Cub/Home Depot/etc.