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    1llamarampage will write againJordan Sargent
    8/12/16 3:07pm

    Agreed. Bars are awful. Pubs are fun - and fulfil the classic definition of a “third space” considered necessary for community-building by most civic planners. Unfortunately, in America, even if it’s called a “pub,” it’s a bar. The desire for access to a genuine neighborhood pub is, no hyperbole, one of the reasons I’ve chosen to spend most of my adult life abroad.

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      Myrna Minkoff1llamarampage will write again
      8/12/16 3:14pm

      Is this a problem in most American cities? In Philly, I feel like there are at least a dozen decent-to-good or excellent pub-type establishments just within walking distance of my house.

      The bars described in this post are what Mr. M and I call college bars — the loud, obnoxious kind with blaring music and tons of girls who don’t know how to walk in the heels they are wearing. Most other “bars” are pubs or old man bars, which are quiet and enjoyable and generally have decent food too.

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      WokeClintonLoverMyrna Minkoff
      8/12/16 3:17pm

      I can’t think of any quiet bars in Brooklyn. Even the old man bars there are like, old man bars by day, 25 year old cocaine enthusiast bars by night.

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    BaggyTrousers3Jordan Sargent
    8/12/16 3:55pm

    I’m almost 30.

    Jesus. Is there anything worse than a twentysomething telling the world what sucks and what doesn’t.

    TL;DR version: Is there anything worse than a twentysomething?

    Signed, a former twentysomething.

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      IchabodPaddockBaggyTrousers3
      8/12/16 4:07pm

      20something; “I just realized about this particular injustice and (2,000 words later) how unfair the world is.”

      everyoneover30; “Yes, we know.”

      20something; “But the 2 party system is destroying...”

      everyoneover30; “Yeah, no really. We get it.”

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      AskYourMotherBaggyTrousers3
      8/12/16 4:22pm

      It gets worse. You could be hearing the same sort of shit from people in their late 50s.

      Signed - someone in their late 50s

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    MizJenkinsJordan Sargent
    8/12/16 3:02pm

    The worst part is that we all have wonderful places to gather: our very own homes. Know what’s an enjoyable, fulfilling social experience? Hanging out with your good buds in the calm of someone’s living room.

    This is true if you live anywhere but New York City and have a living room that’s bigger than 15 sq. ft.

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      The Noble RenardMizJenkins
      8/12/16 3:04pm

      Yeah. Like, what? Jordan, you have a living room? I have three roommates and the living room was converted into another bedroom.

      Lots of bars are shitty and loud. But some of them are awesome. And when you find a good one, there’s something special there.

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      Fred Garvin Male ProstituteThe Noble Renard
      8/12/16 3:05pm

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    IAMBlastedBiggsLostBurnerJordan Sargent
    8/12/16 3:09pm

    Now that I'm in my mid 40s, I can't possibly be in a bar without being seen as (a) a loser, (b) a creeper who should be spending his time on OurTime.com instead of at a bar trying to pick up some women far too young for him, or (c) somebody desperately trying to hold on to a youth that was completely fucking wasted and wasn't that good to begin with. Thank God I hate bars.

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      permagreyonio9IAMBlastedBiggsLostBurner
      8/12/16 3:19pm

      It sounds like you’re going to bars alone? You’re doing it wrong.

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      Cam/ronIAMBlastedBiggsLostBurner
      8/12/16 3:26pm

      Try visiting a goth club, seeing fellow aging hepcats, and thinking, “Damnit, it’s no longer 1994.”

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    EatTheCheeseNicholsonJordan Sargent
    8/12/16 3:05pm

    Why should I listen to somebody who hadn’t even tried a banana until a earlier this year?

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      rudi_freudeEatTheCheeseNicholson
      8/12/16 3:08pm

      Be gentle. It was his first time.

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      Dale Hugecockrudi_freude
      8/12/16 3:28pm

      It always hurts the first time...

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    Low Information BoaterJordan Sargent
    8/12/16 3:10pm

    Wisconsin just took out a contract on your life.

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      ReasonablySoberLow Information Boater
      8/12/16 3:11pm

      It’s true. We did.

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      Low Information BoaterReasonablySober
      8/12/16 3:12pm

      The Tavern League is a powerful enemy.

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    Flying Squid (I hate me more than you do.)Jordan Sargent
    8/12/16 3:16pm

    Jordan, we’ve read your history of articles and I think we can all say that you are really not in a position to judge what a normal human being finds to be fun.

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      BullingimoFlying Squid (I hate me more than you do.)
      8/12/16 4:00pm

      Counterpoint: Fuck you.

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      BullingimoFlying Squid (I hate me more than you do.)
      8/12/16 4:02pm

      ETA- Accidentally posted this twice. I meant to be a dick, not an asshole. Sorry for the confusion.

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    HighLikeAnEagleJordan Sargent
    8/12/16 3:31pm

    This sounds like the ramblings of someone who goes to the wrong bars or just sucks at going to bars. Which is fine, because I hate it when the right bars are overcrowded with people who suck at going to bars.

    Bottom line: There’s nothing worse than having to hang out at a shitty bar, and there’s nothing better finding and getting to know a good bar.

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      brokentoasterkidHighLikeAnEagle
      8/12/16 5:06pm

      Well put. Nothing worse than having a good bar spoiled by a bunch of wads that show up and fuck the place up.

      Which isn’t to say people aren’t allowed at places. People who hate bars or who don’t understand them are also bad at reading a room and figuring out its social cues. Too often that the of person still does whatever the fuxk they want, which then makes regulars/normal people miserable and makes them look like asswads.

      This whole culture clash is why I learned to do my drinkin’ on weeknights and avoid ‘drinking holidays’ like the plague.

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      HighLikeAnEaglebrokentoasterkid
      8/12/16 5:33pm

      Indeed. Being able to read and fit in at a variety of bars is a skill that translates to a lot of different areas of life. One of my favorite questions to answer is: “Why do you get such better service than I do?! I come here all the time too!” Yeah, but everybody here wishes you didn’t.

      And yeah, I avoid the “amateur hour” holidays like the plague as well. Halloween, New Years, etc. I like to go to the bar on Christmas. That’s an interesting crowd.

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    Custer - KinjaPromotionsJordan Sargent
    8/12/16 3:14pm

    This is terrible.

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      Sid and FinancyJordan Sargent
      8/12/16 3:03pm

      Why isn’t this clearly labeled as spliced from The Cuck?

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        Nigel OverstreetSid and Financy
        8/12/16 3:09pm

        That site has been a lot better lately.
        It’s not as good as it was when it first started, but it’s really turning around from the dumpster fire it was back in the day.

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        rudi_freudeNigel Overstreet
        8/12/16 3:32pm
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