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Holy shit that guy and I live in different universes.

1000$ a month on drinks, coffee and snacks?

Couldn't stand that. Boring as hell. Going for drinks is the easiest way to get people out for a fun night.

Have fun having no social life and being bored out your nut.

You can have a great social life that doesn't involve drinking.

It's a whole lot harder though.

Nothing brings people together more than 'fancy a pint?'.

Otherwise you have to go out your way to organize activities that are interesting enough to actually make people want to come. And usually hard to schedule in as people are working during the day, eating in the evening and nights everywhere's shut other than bars/clubs.

Only if you want to hang out with a group of people with no particular shared interests.

It's easier if you take part in some hobby / special interest group. In my experience, a shared interest can really bring people together and lay the groundwork for great social interaction that does not need to be related to said interest.

Do conversations under influence of alcohol really feel meaningful to you? (Honest question, not judging, if you like and it's safe why not.)

Interesting write-up. I seriously cut down on my alcohol consumption since moving from the UK to Spain and feel a lot better for it. I still go out but will stop after a couple of beers (also bearing in mind beers here are about 330ml as opposed to a pint).

I don't think you need to stop drinking ALL alcohol to have benefits. You can still maintain an active social life without needing to knock back 6 pints every Friday.

I gave up "fizzy drinks" ( I think it's called soda in the US?) And I've noticed a marked improvement in my mental and physical health. I feel less jittery and my concentration is better. Now I can't even drink a can of diet coke without feeling weird. I still drink alcohol and coffee in the morning but that (coffee) is next on my hit list.

$1k a month is a lot to spend. I've bought kegs before (usually those last 3-5months with people buy in) and I still don't hit $1k a month. Maybe I'll go out 2-3 times a week. Still I'm no where near $1k a month.

The author stressed that this was in NYC in which case I totally understand. $10 per drink actually seems on the cheaper side.

The author makes mention of paying $10 per drink, then goes on to include alcohol-induced food consumption.

I wonder if the author knows that coffee and most types of tea have approximately the same amount of caffeine in a cup.

Source?

Mayo Clinic says otherwise: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-h...

Typical caffeine content in 8oz of brewed coffee: 95-165mg.

Typical caffeine content in 8oz of black tea: 25-48mg.

This is why I only drink tea. Coffee leaves me all jittery.

Low-calorie, low-caffeine, lovely to taste and a nice warm cup to start the day. What's not to like?

According to google ...

Coffee: 95mg / 8oz

1 shot espresso: 64 mg / 1oz

Black Tea: 30mg / 8 oz

Green Tea: 35mg / 8 oz

I think you are confusing the idea of tea leaves having more caffeine than coffee beans with the final brewed product, as brewed tea almost always has significantly less caffeine than brewed coffee.

I hear people say this a lot but I don't know where you're getting your coffee if that's the case. Any time I have a coffee I'm bouncing off the walls after, whereas a tea is very subtle in comparison.

Maybe the American filter coffee isn't as strong? You can only get espresso-based coffee here.

Counterintuitively, drip coffee actually contains more caffeine per serving than espresso.

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