I try to go to a local spot once a week or so for the sake of community. It's kinda fun.
My problem drinking happens mostly at home.
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I do. Most other people that come here are regulars also.
Not much else out there for community.
I don’t know about every night but I know plenty of dudes who have a watering hole they go to weekly.
Umm, I'm in my 40s and I do... 😬
Granted it isn't like Cheers, I just need the change of scenery since I work from home 10-20 hours a day.
I work from home 10-20 hours a day.
That's fair. Drinking at one's workplace is usually frowned upon.
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Still do?
I don't drink anymore, but yeah. Those people you see in dive bars are often daily customers.
Such a vague question merits the default It Depends™.
It's fairly common right now, too.
How can anyone afford to go to bars anymore? Drinking at home is much cheaper.
Man, I have no fucking idea. I can't afford to rent my own apartment without roommates to help, and I have worked with dudes that made $3/hour less than me who owned sizeable middle-class houses somehow. 😬
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A lot of bars would have tons of cash on Fridays and bartenders would cash paychecks. Customers would pay off the tab and start a new one. Idk how common it is anymore. Most jobs I’ve had for a while will give a paper check if they have to, but discourage it as much as possible.
If I could afford it I would. Better than going home and sitting on my ass playing video games or whatever. Bars around here are too expensive though (just like everything else). I could drink for a month at home on what I spend for 1 trip to the bar.
I walk by some neighborhood bars, that are cheap and still some people go everyday like the Simpsons.
Videogames are better. I've come to recognize some of the "local drunks" that are there every day, they do be like Barney from the Simpsons. It seems a little depressing looking at them destroying themselves with booze.
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Yup, it used to be a lot more common, Not Just Bikes has a great video on this subject too and how our car dependency made most of them disappear:
The Great Places Erased by Suburbia (the Third Place)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvdQ381K5xg
non YT https://yewtu.be/watch?v=VvdQ381K5xg
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Yes, and it's still pretty common.
Yeah. My husband went out to the pub 6 nights a week. He's no longer drinking - quit last year - finally! (I quit in 2009)
Seriously, alcohol is overrated.
When I was in my 20s I frequented a local bar a few times a week and always thought it'd be cool if the bartender would just know what my usual drink was. Turns out that was not a great idea.
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When I was younger I did this and it was the best part of my life. Having a place to go where everyone was welcome was very nice
Yep.
Source: Was one of them.
Not every night but twice a week I got social pressure to go to the bar to drink. I hated it because those were eight perfect hours that could be used for playing with my PC 🤓
Nowadays I couldn't afford it anymore even if before I was a broke student and now I have a job
I worked in a bar for a few years and I saw the same people everyday. They would even come in on holidays if the bar was open. Some of them would blow their whole paycheck, I always thought it was kinda sad.
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