As you may have read in my last blog, at the after party I had Archer's Fruitinis and some raspberry vodka stuff. I just thought I'd have a rant about it, becomes I'm uninspired and have nothing else to rant about.
Ok, so I pull out my Fruitinis, and then people start saying how much of a "pussy" drink it is. I was wtfing all over the place. Why is it a "pussy" drink? Because it tastes good? Because the packaging is a combination of pink, yellow and green (I think)? I don't understand. It's the same with beer. Why is it a man drink? Because it tastes awful? Because the packaging is bland and tasteless? Though there are some people who like it when they first drink it, apart from them it's an "aquired taste", which basically equates to "You have to drink it enough so that it numbs your taste buds to it's digustingness".
Who decided that drinks, of all things, should have stupid stereotypes that come with them. They're drinks for Gods sake! The point is to enjoy them, not for them to pump up whatever look you're going for, whether it's pussy, man, or sophistication (in the case of wine).
Besides, who's 'pussier' (pussy would be on my list of dumb words, btw)? The person who drinks what they like regardless of label, or the person who drinks crap because they're afraid of stupid labels? It seems pretty dam obvious to me.
The only time I drink beer is when I have nothing else, because I don't like it that much. If beer didn't have an alcoholic content I doubt anyone would even drink it. We'd all be drinking Fruitinis.
I hate people sometimes.
Oh! And I just thought of something else I'm angry about (I'm tired, hence grumpy, hence have lots of rants). Here comes part 2 of my 2 part rant:
People who take offence when you insult, or disagree with their opinions. What's with that? Or when people say that because you disagree with them you think your opinion is better. I don't see any problem. If someone disagrees with your opinion then it AUTOMATICALLY means that they think their's is better than yours. There's no two ways about it. That's why they hold their opinion in the first place - because they think it's the best and makes the most sense. Why would you hold an opinion that you thought was the worst and made the least sense?
Anyway, back to my initial point. Insulting someone's opinion doesn't equate to you insulting them. It equates to you insulting their opinion. Which doesn't equate to you insulting them, it equates to you insulting their opinion. Which doesn't equate to you insulting them, it equates to you insulting their opinion. Which doesn't equate to you insulting them, it equates to you insulting their opinion.
Are you understanding this?
Disagreeing with someone on something doesn't (or shouldn't) have ANYTHING to do with how much you like them.
And now I'm bored. I'm gonna go work out.
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Drinks
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2 comments:
a good rant, though i disagree on the beer thing, which also brings into account your opinion thing. i actually quite like the taste of beer. at least, most beer. that is my opinion, i find that the so called "bitch piss" (sorry, but i'm not sure what else it comes under, i guess Mixers or something) well it becomes too much after a while. like bourbon and coke. i can drink probly a max of 2 before its too much.
yeah.... thats really all i had to say. other than the fact that dissagreements of opinion can change relationships between people, imagin if your friend held the opinion that say, rape should be made legal (for instance) would you think of themm the same way? i guess you would in a way, they'd just be a bit darker in your mind.
and i just looked up those mix drinks and according to wiki those sorts of drinks are called alcopops.
The question is, did you like beer the first time you tried it? Or did you slowly become accustomed to the taste?
I'm not arguing that beer is bad, just that a lot of people drink it to be 'manly', rather than because they like it. I would argue that most people like 'alcopops' more though. They are as sweet as a normal fizzy like coke, and most people like some kind of fizzy, so likewise I would guess that most people would be able to enjoy at least 1 kind of 'alcopop'.
And I know opinions on things can change relationships, but my point is that (in general) they shouldn't. I s'pose I should clarify and say that I mean un-relationship-related opinions, if you will. Besides, my main point is that insulting, or disagreeing with someone's opinion isn't that same as insulting them. So in the case of someone thinking rape should be made legal, I probably would think of them differently (I wasn't trying to say I wouldn't), but that still doesn't mean when I tell them "You're opinion is stupid" that I am saying "You're stupid."
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