The User Is Drunk

Re:The User Is Drunk by practicalpants on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @11:09PM (#9261045)

I'm assuming this is just attention grabbing for this guy's personal brand.

Always interesting to see what kind of marketing stunts get you to the front page.

If this were to be taken seriously, a guy regularly getting drunk is just sad, as alcoholism is a real problem that this seems to be brushing aside.

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Re:The User Is Drunk by richardlitt on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @11:12PM (#9261054)

As soon as I get a certain amount of clients, I'll cut this off. I'm not interested in drinking professionally.

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Re:The User Is Drunk by sien on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @12:33AM (#9261304)

Subcontract.

Live the dream!

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Re:The User Is Drunk by patrickmay on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @11:40AM (#9263643)

So you're not interested in a sales job?

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Re:The User Is Drunk by richardlitt on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @09:10PM (#9267192)

Nope.

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Re:The User Is Drunk by hueving on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @11:35PM (#9261127)

Your last sentence/paragraph comes from a pretty myopic perspective. Some people enjoy getting drunk occasionally. It's like saying "getting high is just sad", "running marathons is just sad" or "eating high fat foods is just sad". They are all sacrificing something for a high.

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Re:The User Is Drunk by practicalpants on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @12:00AM (#9261207)

Which is why I said "getting drunk regularly," which is the implied activity in a business built around a guy getting drunk.

Either way, amusing to see someone compare getting drunk to running a marathon.

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Re:The User Is Drunk by kelnos on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @12:14AM (#9261252)

Define "regularly". I get drunk fairly regularly (1-3 times a week), and I'm pretty happy with that for of fun, as well as the sober kind.

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Re:The User Is Drunk by jakobegger on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @04:28AM (#9261772)

I used to get drunk once or twice a week, and I thought it was completely normal ("all of my friends do that too").

Looking back, I now know I had an alcohol problem. It affected my work (couldn't concentrate) and it affected my health (gained weight). I'm still young, so I hope there are no permanent effects from my drinking.

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Re:The User Is Drunk by kelnos on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @05:31PM (#9266068)

I guess it's different for everyone. I'm fine at work & I've actually been losing weight lately (intentionally).

I think there's a fine line between what's ok and what's not. If it actually becomes an addiction and you "need" it to survive the day-to-day, of course that's a problem. Obviously in many (most? all?) cases the individual is too close to the problem to accurately diagnose for themselves.

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Re:The User Is Drunk by Rapzid on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @03:32AM (#9261664)

Same, I probably drink too drink to much and, yeah, have a drinking "problem". But I have fun, drink great craft beer, and never have an urge to get loaded before work(or instead of). It's all after-hours downtime fun(self medication?) for me.

I also do a lot of sober activities, including sports so... IDK. I'm a well-rounded drunk?

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Re:The User Is Drunk by nickysielicki on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @11:53PM (#9261184)

Who called the morality police? Sheesh.

He's a man in his prime, let him have some fun.

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Re:The User Is Drunk by graeme on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @11:58PM (#9261201)

Is that in the rules? I checked, and couldn't find any reference. Even "Show HN" appears to be a convention, rather than a rule.

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