The fuck soviet-hmm

  • Absolute@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    God I wish, I love wine but the hangovers I get from it are absolutely brutal. I can literally feel the water being sucked from my body when I sip a glass of wine.

    This is why vodka with ice and water is the working person’s beverage, imo

  • Gorb [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    I’m the opposite beer for me is like water but wine even a single glass i will have a massive headache 10 minutes later. If i get drunk on wine I’m basically deceased the following day

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    7 months ago

    If you’re drinking beers with a higher sugar content like a hefeweizen, it might make you feel worse than like a dry white wine. A sweet red wine makes me feel shitty the next day, between the sugar content and the tannins.

    Idk, drink more water between your beers and try changing up what type of beer you drink. I love hefeweizens and the like, so I limit myself to one, maybe two of them a night.

  • sappho [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    Possibly there is something about the beer that you’re reacting to. Like, beer has gluten in it. If you have a sensitivity to gluten you get an inflammatory reaction, and a hangover is a inflammatory response too, so it might just feel like a worse hangover instead of a more obvious gastrointestinal sensitivity.

  • Dickey_Butts [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    Also, on the days where you’re drinking beer - have you eaten and drank water like you have on the days where you drink wine? Like are you drinking the wine with a big meal? Eating and drinking a lot is the best prevention for a hangover. I get weird ones all the time even like between different types of beer and I’ve narrowed it down to most likely be poor eating / drinking habits the day I drink. Having food in your belly is just as important as staying hydrated IMO.

  • BigHaas [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    Beer is interesting because it’s got this other drug in it, hordenine, a stimulant

    I like plain vodka and a full glass of water between each shot. Pretty much zero hangover.

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      7 months ago

      This, except I alternate water with zero sugar electrolyte beverage (whichever was cheapest at the time I re-upped, most are basically the same).

      I didn’t know about the stimulant in beer, that’s fascinating

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    Aside from a monstrous hangover I got from drinking a half a bottle of Thunderbird fortified wine, I have never gotten hungover

    I don’t even think it’s genetic or anything because I have the tolerance of a person half my size

    Two beers will get me tore up

    • fanbois [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      When I was younger I thought being able to drink a lot was a good thing.

      Turns out, consuming more of the poison that destroys your guts and liver to get into the desired state of mind is actually bad.

      On the other hand, I’m usually the one getting drunk people home safely, so thats nice.

    • GinAndJuche@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      Same, wine gives me the worst. Well, except that one time I tried southern comfort. Whiskey with a bunch of added sugar is a nightmare combo.

    • Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      Alcohol is basically poison and there’s a lot of variation among humans globally as to how well our bodies metabolize it.

      Example: the “Asian flush” is real, a large minority of people of East Asian descent have a less effective variant of a protein involved in metabolizing alcohol so drinks make affected people feel warm, uncomfortable, even flushed pretty quickly.

      You might have something like this as well.

      • LaughingLion [any, any]@hexbear.net
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        7 months ago

        my ancestors were white af. polish and hungarian. and hairy like a goddamn bear

        its possible i have this gene but if its specific to asian people then idk how

        • Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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          7 months ago

          That particular allele is most common in SE Asia and South China but can be found in lower frequencies elsewhere. It also has impacts even when a person is heterozygous, i.e. just has one copy of the less effective protein gene.

          But there are many ways to have variation in how a person metabolizes alcohol. You could even have your own fun new mutation!