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Re:Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic by partomniscient on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @07:37AM (#42449970)
We bought a couple of bottles back from Czechoslovakia (still together back then) 25ish years ago.

All I can do is confirm that Absinthe drunk is different from most other typical alcohols kind of drunk. That said rum drunkeness made more beligerent drunk than normal drunk.

Its possibly due to trace amounts of Thujone [1], which strangely wasn't referenced in the article.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thujone

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Re:Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic by 1cool on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @03:13AM (#42557308)
The Thujone must definitely metabolize in some way to create that feeling even at trace amounts.

While ranked lower amongst enthusiasts, I’m partial to Kübler Abinsthe. It’s always a great euphoric drunk and without the head heaviness of many alcohols once you get to a certain level of inebriation.

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