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32 year old me: "Hahaha, you sweet summer child."

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[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

i was just talking to my doc yesterday about how hangovers changed wildly between ages 29 and 39+

i just straight up quit drinking at a certain point. not even like a "i gotta stop this", just viscerally averse to even wanting a drink. the notion of making mornings more difficult becomes absurd, and i used to have a whole system of hydration and electrolyte replacement. shit like that just breaks down as one ages.

eventually the only actual tactic is to hook up to an IV in the morning. i know people who do that. healthcare workers with access, obviously. and, frankly, if your recreational drug use has you playing with needles, you can't pretend like it's casual anymore.

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 10 points 14 hours ago

"Sweet summer child" comes from game of thrones and I am sick of hearing it said unironically in public. It makes no sense outside of game of thrones. It is such a Reddit phrase. "Oh but banme actually it shows up-" it has been used in literature about 2 times before game of thrones and neither of those times with the meaning it has in public use and of course not! Because it doesn't make sense outside of game of thrones.
Might as well be out here exclaiming Excelsior or Bazinga

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 8 hours ago

I've never seen GoT, didn't know it was from GoT, and it made perfect sense to me from the get-go. I will continue to say it and frankly you just sound like you're whining lmao

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I am whining! I am whining about the phrase being used because it annoys me, that is what whining is. There's this weird cultural obsession with not having emotional reactions, to which I do not subscribe. The whole "oho you seem to care about something? What a loser!" Seems deeply toxic to me. Even when it's about pointless bs like this. It's a common trick used to belittle others, and thankfully it's against hexbears code of conduct now.

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 12 hours ago

on one hand yeah but on the other it's one of the most basic 'human consuming art' things in the world, to take a phrase or an idea from the art and bring it with you into your day-to-day. 'sweet summer child' presumably took off because it's immediately digestible even without the context of game of thrones, despite the literal meaning depending on that worlds fantasy elements

doesn't mean it can't be annoying or cringe to you but it should be expected

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Yeah it is very normal for people to do it and it makes sense and all that. I find it annoying still, mainly because

  • Redditism
  • People insist it's not from GoT

It would be like if "may the odds be ever in your favor" became a thing people just said

[-] dead@hexbear.net 11 points 12 hours ago

You really bazingaed with this comment.

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 4 points 12 hours ago

I totally cowabungaed. turtle power. holds three fingers up and whistles that thing from the hunger games may the odds be ever in your favor

[-] RION@hexbear.net 7 points 13 hours ago

I feel like it's perfectly sensible on its own. Summer is childike, you think it's gonna be warm and bright forever, and winter is harsh reality that you become accustomed to with age. There are plenty more inane phrases that we treat as normal

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net -1 points 12 hours ago

It really doesn't make sense on it's own. You don't think its gonna be warm and bright forever, that connotation only exists because of game of thrones.

[-] RION@hexbear.net 6 points 10 hours ago

when you're a kid summer feels like forever

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 1 points 3 hours ago

So does spring and winter and autumn.

[-] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 7 points 13 hours ago

Pretty sure my grandma and mother said it often before got but im just a ssc or sweet summer child as it were.

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 0 points 12 hours ago

Yeah, cause it sounds like something an old person would say.

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 2 points 12 hours ago

Where do you think reddit got it from?

[-] h4x0r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 16 hours ago

does anyone ever say to you, 'sweet summer child'?

[-] Hermes@hexbear.net 48 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, I see their point. I drink a ton, and have never had a hangover.

That's because all I drink is water smug-explain

[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 17 points 16 hours ago

Water is so fucking good

[-] decaptcha@hexbear.net 32 points 19 hours ago

Techbros will hear this and go "hell yeah, wanna sell me some of that young blood?"

[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 19 points 19 hours ago

They're ruining their adrenochrome, we need to raise the drinking age to preserve the quality of the harvest.

[-] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 14 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

In my early 20s I could put away beer like no tomorrow and be at work the next morning. All I'd need was a multivitamin and a big ass bottle of water and I was good.

Then in my 30s, one or two beers would give me a headache and I'd feel like crap several hours later. Then again at that point I drank maybe once a month, if even that.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 13 hours ago

Yeah I aged out of drinking by the time I hit rehab. I binged for almost 5 or 6 years and had to check myself in, that was the first time. Then in my mid 30's I relapsed and started drinking again, which lead to rehab 2. By my second stint I was fully over alcohol, I could barely ever keep the stuff down and the next day I wanted to die.

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 23 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I stopped getting hangovers mostly when I started taking a b vitamin (all the B vitamins) before going to bed when I knew i drank too much

Now i stopped getting hangovers because i don't drink anymore, THANKS LEGAL THC DRINKS

But based on the efficacy of b vitamins i think a big component of hangovers is a result of having pissed all of them out

[-] nothx@hexbear.net 19 points 18 hours ago

The legal THC drinks have been a great replacement for alcohol. I’ve begun to worry about the future of them tho seeing as how the US government is still trying to destroy hemp.

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 11 points 17 hours ago

Unless something changed they're trying to ban them again by November. So Im going to buy like 5 years worth of thc gummies from a bulk distributor and freeze them lol

[-] nothx@hexbear.net 3 points 12 hours ago

That’s a great idea! I’m in a state where recreational weed is legal (for now), but would do the same.

[-] Arahnya@hexbear.net 5 points 17 hours ago

it also depletes magnesium!

[-] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 22 points 18 hours ago

Just make sure you you're drinking fluids to replace all that you're pissing out and stay away from wine, I still rarely get any repercussions.

[-] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I drink a full glass of water with any alcoholic drink. I pee like a ton, but that's an excuse to leave convos I don't wanna be around too or just mingle more around other people instead of being stuck. Also let's me walk around instead of just sitting the whole time. If people say "you keep leaving to go to the bathroom" I can also be perfectly honest about why and they just say "oh that's kinda smart"

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 8 points 14 hours ago

drink a full glass of water with any alcoholic drink. I pee like a ton, but that's an excuse to leave convos I don't wanna be around

"Sorry I peed myself I'll be right back"

[-] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 5 points 13 hours ago

Don't apologize, just explain that peeing yourself is better than hangovers

[-] Commie_Chameleon@hexbear.net 11 points 18 hours ago

Don’t really drink any more but the wine thing is so true. Regret it every time I go “It’ll be fine this time!” and am catatonic in the morning.

[-] CitizensTyrant@hexbear.net 11 points 18 hours ago

Im the opposite. I never get hung over off of wine. Beer fucks me up tho, like it doesnt even get me drunk it just makes me feel like shit

[-] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Conversation between a barbarian and a Roman

[-] Arahnya@hexbear.net 7 points 17 hours ago

I learned recently thst when you drink, it drastically reduces your vitamin levels, especially magnesium and b vitamins.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 17 hours ago
[-] take_five_moments@hexbear.net 3 points 13 hours ago

drink more lol

[-] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

The first time I drank, was when I was 19. I drank like 4 12oz whiteclaws and actually got hella hungover from that. I was never built to be an alcoholic.

I only take kratom these days and even I get a little hungover from it sometimes despite staying hydrated

[-] 9to5@hexbear.net 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I maybe had 1 single hangover in my life despite me getting blackout drunk a couple of times. That was all during teenage days and my early 20s though.

I dont really drink like that these days anymore though. I just stop after 2 drinks.

[-] septcanid@hexbear.net 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

daily binge drinking helped me stave off hangovers. never took the hair of the dog or got the shakes or anything. I just drank each night like it was my job. first two or three nights can be bad, but after that I could go for 12 drinks

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