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I'm using it to disinfect my homebrewing equipment I swear!

I'm using it to disinfect my homebrewing equipment I swear!

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[–] • 7 pts

You should see how they treat you when you buy a 5th of everclear.
Haven't had any drink in years. I just don't see a reason to have isopropyl in my medicine cabinet.

[–] • 6 pts

It's probably cheaper to buy denatured ethanol.

[–] • 6 pts

I'd rather disinfect with something that was safe to drink.

[–] • 1 pt

Exactly. If me an Childs end up the last ones in camp, by the dying fire in the snow, it may come in handy.

[–] • 1 pt

Buying even cheap vodka has to be a lot more expensive than simply buying an actual sanitizer. I don't get it.

[–] • 2 pts

denatured ethanol

I am not an alcoholic. Why would I want poison added to the alcohol? That is the reason I don't buy the isopropyl. Alcohol is what I want in the bottle, not Alcohol and some other shit to kill people.

[–] • 3 pts

Isopropanol is an alcohol, just a different kind than ethanol. They have the same effect when used as a disinfectant. If you're not drinking it, it shouldn't matter.

I wouldn't suggest something like Butanol unless you enjoy the smell of vomit, but it will still do the job.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Mine said “Do I even need to ask”

[–] • 2 pts

Lol I remember those days. "Y-you're not gonna' drink this... Are you?"

[–] • 2 pts

My stepdad used to drink everclear regularly. Not sure how he could do that and not die.

[–] • 0 pt

It's not really made for drinking straight. It's for mixing while minimally altering the taste of whatever you're adding it to. Hence why it's called a neutral grain spirit.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I did shots of it once in college and it burned my throat. Felt like I had a sore throat for 2 weeks.

[–] • 1 pt

You take 3 or 4 drips and let the permeate your tongue and mouth. A shooter glass is about 6 or 8 sips.

Same for good moonshine. Do not try and drink faster or you will fry your throat.

[–] • 4 pts

If you're buying the cheap stuff, he already knows how your day is going.

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[–] • 0 pt

"Yea, I'm gonna mix all these cans of catfood together in a bucket with the vodka and watch all the stray cats in my neighborhood get shitfaced."

[–] • 0 pt

I think the implication is that he spent all his money on booze and the cheap cat food is what he's going to eat.

[–] • 3 pts

One of my more disturbing memories...

A bum is at the counter buying a 1.5 liter. bottle of the stuff, I think it was Cossack vodka. There was another customer in the queue between us. As I left the store the bum had just polished it off.

I almost gave up drinking that night. Almost.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

He chugged a 1.5L in a few minutes? Damn. Reminds me of Shoenice.. I wonder if that dude is dead yet.

[–] • 0 pt

Was this in Russia?

[–] • 2 pts

I use it to disinfect my insides.

[–] • 3 pts

I watched a video earlier that said 40% alcohol wasn't enough to destroy the bacteria in the gut microbiome. Yes, I am concerned about the bacteria in my gut, just nerd things.

[–] • 1 pt

You should be it's the biggest part of your immune system.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt (edited )

Butt chugging has a different microbiome tolerance rate, probably a lot lower. We need a scientist up in hur!

[–] • 2 pts

Which is why you have to buy the cheapest bottle of vodka and ask them, "How's your day going?"

[–] • 2 pts

I remember living in the desert more than 20 years ago before they put emetics into rubbing alcohol, a bunch of hobos died drinking it and then dying of dehydration.

alcohol in any form is poison, you gotta be careful.

[–] • 1 pt

Indians here drink hairspray with whatever water they can find. Even from a dirty creek. They call it ocean water.

[–] • 0 pt

I lived in northwestern Arizona for years. true indians, some are OK, but by a far far margin they're drunks. my buddy in high school dated a girl whose dad was indian. he'd kill a 30 pack in a day and go for more.

those buffalo niggers on reservations are worse. they fight and fuck and rape and kill. it's like they're niggers. but on the reservation it's all their family. I saw one time a 17 yr old stabbed a 20 something to death for a bottle of jack.

some are prideful and aren't shit, but most of them are gone. waste of space.

[–] • 2 pts

I always say "this isn't what it looks like" when buying any product whatsoever from a store. Give it a try OP.

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

Surprised they didn't card you for being too old. Nobody over the age of 19-20 drinks that stuff.

[–] • 2 pts

That's not true. Do you think alcoholics drink the more expensive stuff?

[–] • 0 pt

Nope, not at all lol. They drink New Amsterdam ANYTHING. $10-$12 fifths.

[–] • 1 pt

nah dude, they drink Caliber Vodka. that's like $12 for a handle

[–] • 0 pt

They can card but how will they know if you're wearing a mask

[–] • 1 pt

Is cheap vodka as effective and safer than using star san?

[–] • 1 pt

I don't know, but why buy star san when you can buy cheap vodka instead?

[–] • 1 pt

Reasons to buy vodka over rubbing alcohol

  1. the state doesn't poison vodka

  2. it can be used for trade

  3. in a pinch you can boil it or freeze it down to purer vodka and use it as a clean fuel for say a camping stove

  4. it works as good as rubbing alcohol

  5. if the water goes out, or the water is contaminated, you can add it to the water to help purify it (and thats a big one if we're talking municipal supplies)

  6. in a pinch, it works as a painkiller if say, someone needs a tooth pulled, or a wound sewed.

  7. supposedly its cheaper than rubbing alcohol (haven't looked, I never buy rubbing alcohol)

  8. when theres nothing left to do, you can always drink.

Vodka, like a bandana, has many uses.

[–] • 1 pt

I've mixed various sage herbs with vodka and rubbing alcohol and use it as a skin cleanser and disinfectant. I think I prefer vodka as it seems gentler on the skin and smells better.

[–] • 0 pt

It’s not for me lady, I wouldn’t drink this shit... It’s for the kid on his bike outside.

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