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Would you have a drink at lunch and then go back to work? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What would be the acceptability of this in your workplace? For context, which country and industry are you in?

I guess I'm mainly thinking about professional jobs, but interested to hear from. I think in France it would be quite common to have a glass of wine, even at a work canteen or so. But in the UK it seems like people would think that was a problem, and in a lot of cases you'd be in violation of something at work.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You drink in space??? What kind of gin? What's being drunk in zero g like? I'm gonna vomit just at the thought of a space hangover mate

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hell yeah, spirits only though since no one's yet found a 'medicinal' reason to bring beer along. I like a bit of Hayman slo gin, we've got some Schadlerer schnapps, and plenty of clear bottles.

Being drunk's pretty much the same but it hits you way faster and passes quicker too, hence why you only do a little bit at a time. No one's vommed yet, but got plenty of towels around for other reasons just in case

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That's so sick. What do I have to do to be able to get drunk in space? Have you been training to be an astronaut your whole life or is it a career switch?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I sort of fell into it, did a couple of STEM degrees back when they were handing those out, took a foreign language course in Russian and Japanese, met someone there whose partner worked for the ESA, and then did an internship, and then went through years of vigorous training outrunning and outdrinking my colleagues. None of this is true btw, and please don't believe people who claim to be astronauts on the web.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Other reasons like zero-g orgies?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah, the sex is bad and the 24hr livestream makes it difficult to perform. We really do need better trained professionals up here.