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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Such a boomer meme.

Fancy bars are optional extravagances. Groceries are fuckin not.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

apart from the people saying this isn't even true... even if it were, one is a necessity and one is an indulgence. it's one thing to choose to blow some money for something fun and another to have to spend that much every week for mere sustenance.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago

I'm the opposite, I go to groceries and buy snacks and stuff and pay 100 without breaking a sweat but If I have a 100 bill in a bar I'm in deep depression for the next 3 weeks.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is how it should be lol.

I dont get why its not more common to just buy a pack of beers and a bottle and sit in the parc with the lads.

like who wants to spend half a days worth of salary for some meh beer in an overcrowded bar with shitty music.

(I guess the problem is the US has puritan laws against drinking alcohol outside, thankfully we don’t tend to have the in europe).

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

I was about to say,
"Cause there is no free third space for you and the lads to hang out" but you seem to have figured it out.

In proper capitalism you have to pay for the privilege to exist anywhere

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I dont get why its not more common to just buy a pack of beers and a bottle and sit in the parc with the lads.

Because then I'd get arrested for drinking in public.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

(I mentioned that at the bottom of my post if you had kept reading)

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Don't kink shame

[-] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

I think people would rather pay more for entertainment things rather than things required to survive.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

*Slaps Franzia box

You can fit so many drunk nights in this

[-] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago
[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Look at moneybags over here

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

To be fair 100$ of groceries is like 2 things now.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Nobody with any sense is doing this

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

How? Are you paying like $15+ a pint or something?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

0.5l is over 5 euros these days, you can't even get 20 beers for a hundred.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Australia no joke a pint is about $14 and a cocktail is about $20.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Yup very common in here... designer drinks can be $25-$50 easily

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Some of us might be drinking more than 6 pints (6 UK pints is about 7.2 US pints). That's one way.

Another way is paying more than $15 per drink, yes, after including tax and tip in the US. That's somewhat common in some places, especially if cocktails are involved. Or higher end wine or spirits. Or even certain craft beers.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Your prices are crazy high. I can often get a round for less than that.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I do live in an expensive area, but didn't mean to imply that the prices I'm describing are the lowest available. Some people choose to go to more expensive places, or order a more expensive option.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

You drink something else than beer.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

...yes? Is this not common?

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Certainly not here anyway, £5 already feels expensive so if it's that much I will probably only have 1. Can usually find places that sell you a £2-3 pint.

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

Norwegians complaining/bragging about high alcohol prices is basically a meme. But it's true that prices have shaped the way we treat going out and partying. BYOB is fully expected at private parties unless anything else is announced. People rarely head out to nightclubs without being properly boozed up from a preparty at someones home. A store bought 0.5L beer could be as low as $2-$3, while a beer at a bar or a club is expected to be ~$12 at a very minimum, but typically slightly above $15.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

At my local bars, I tell them I'm (still) unemployed and then ask for the saddest, cheapest, beer. Usually it's High Life or a sad little green can I can't remember the name of. $4 or $5. One of them's a local enough bar that I know most of the bartenders now, at least.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

5 dollars for a bad beer?? I pay 3 euros for a great beer!

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