Any other Teetotaler tropers out there? I practice but don't advocate. Not really a Bad Ass, but have something of a Dark And Troubled Past (due in large part to the drunken father - truth in television!). And I do like to keep my wits about me. I DON'T prefer a spot of tea, nor even the milk so often favored by The Phantom. Diet Cola will do just fine...
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-raises hand- Ultra-prohibitionist here. I don't have any sort of concrete reason like a bad experience in the past, just morals.
No morality justification for me, i just think it tastes bad, no matter the form.
I have no moral objection, I just don't like the concept of consuming anything that has such a effect on mental state after a bad experience being on behavioral meds.
I find the mouth-feel of ethanol mildly unpleasant, and I find the pharmacological effects of even minimal consumption (on me) or excessive consumption (on others) to be downright revolting. And in particular, I've never understood why anybody in his or her right mind would spend $40, or $80, or $120 per seat on concert tickets, and then attend the concert with the little grey cells intentionally impaired.
How exactly is Bruce Wayne a teetotaller if he drinks to maintain his Rich Idiot With No Day Job persona? Is he faking the drinking in public? I suppose that would explain Batman not being constantly hungover...
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As he only drink in Public settings and he never needs to play drunk, he just ask the bartender to give him a ginger ale or whatever the no alcohol liquid is. And if that secret come out, who cares?—people like the Playboy and vaguely HIMBO Bruce Wayne and not the psychotic sober Bruce Wayne. The point is that he is to Playboy and to Bruce to be Batman, no alcohol required.
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According to one apocryphal story, a "Gibson" cocktail (now essentially a martini with an onion instead of an olive) originated with a teetotaling businessman who, when required to drink in social settings, would have the bartender give him a martini glass filled with water, garnished with an onion purely for identification purposes.
Most cocktails can be made "virgin" (although a virgin martini would be an empty glass with an olive in it).
Где Бэтмен? Я Помню тут был Бэтмен и куда он делся.
Where's Batman? I remember Batman was here and where he went.