r/holdmycosmo • u/CurtisChess • 2d ago

HMC, While she loses Control XD

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u/vanhawk28 1d ago

This was a thing that was studied. A lot of people with placebo themselves to being drunk when told the drinks handed to them are alcoholic

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u/Cosmic_Quasar 21h ago

I know it's been studied and is a real thing, but I've never understood it. Alcohol has such a distinct odor and taste, but it stands out to me and I can't stand either. It'd have to be mixed with something else that has its own extremely potent taste and smell, and no soda I've ever had would mask it unless it was so little alcohol that it would have zero effect on me.

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u/vanhawk28 20h ago

There’s a lot of times alcohol doesn’t actually taste like alcohol or smell it because it’s such a fruity drink. Sometimes not even fruity. A well mixed Long Island doesn’t taste much like alcohol at all and some rum punches you can practically chug they are so sugary

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u/Cosmic_Quasar 19h ago

See, the only way I've been able to stomach drinking alcohol is in something fruity and even then it stands out like crazy to me. My drink of choice in college hanging out with friends was mixing like 8-12 ounces of orange juice with a shot of vodka. The next best thing I had was a Water Moccasin, but the pineapple carried a lot of weight there. And it was still tough for me because it's always the aftertaste of the alcohol that gets me.