I think it's people 30 and over who know there is no future, know it in our fucking bones, and so we might as well enjoy a variety of treats to gorge ourselves upon as the world readies itself to rupture and deflate

Depends on the generation. Theres been studies that gen z has been decreasing alcohol consumption. Party due to the hangovers and social acceptance that you dont have to get hammered.

We even have alcoholic ice cream.

None of this stuff is marketed towards alcoholics though. It’s always low percentage, worse quality, and overpriced compared to just putting actual booze into whatever there is a hard version of.

The ice cream is actually good, but I can’t imagine a fully grown adult consuming enough of it to actually get drunk. That would take a lot of ice cream.

is everyone just getting loaded all the time to try and forget that everything fucking sucks?

You mean to say that's not the universal standard?

Yes, alcoholism is definitely on the rise in the US.

For the reasons you mentioned.

Because those pharma assholes won't make us the soma we so clearly need so we self medicate as best we can

The evil shutdown led to a drastic rise in alcoholism

Don't worry, I'll alleviate my anxieties about the opioid and alcohol epidemics by smoking copious amounts of weed every single day, also as a way to cope with my loneliness and stress and the chronic pain I experience from lack of reliable access to health care

This is sustainable and healthy

cheapest orange juice known to man with the cheapest champagne also known to man

Risking sounding like a snob, but that's exactly the point. If you're having fresh oj with some decent bubbly (champagne is overrated), it's a really good drink. Unlimited booze? I'm getting any other drink than that.

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I tried going to bottomless mimosas but they just called the police when I refused to put my pants back on

pay me $50