Beer: Now snortable

[Martianinvader]

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I can already visualize the endless number of coming sitcom episodes that will be built around the existence of "alcoholic air."

[Delthayre]

I hadn't thought of the sitcom plot potential when I read that yesterday, but damn it, yes, I could see that.

The whole thing seems rather silly. I don't see much reason for it other than, 'because we can and it's cool." I can see this making some mild headway with hipsters who have more disposable income than they should, but the rest of humanity will probably stick to just guzzling their booze the old fashioned way.

Now, I do worry about any unfortunate asthmatics who might get confused...

[Kuja's Light]

No offense to those who wil llike this idea, but I think it sounds stupid. Baporized beer, whiskey, etc,? I don't know, the idea sounds much more like a show thing to me...*shrugs*

[PaQ]

Well, I guess I shouldn't be suprised something like this was invented. Looks silly, hopefully it's not a risky thing to do.

[Artimus Gigan]

Theya re going to make a new saying

"don't cry over exhaled beer"

really this just doesn't fit right

also inhaling anything and going straight to the lungs doesn't seem safe unless it's medication

[Master Moron]

"This is because vaporized alcohol, as it enters the bloodstream directly from the lungs, is not subject to the protective effects of the digestive system—notably, the impulse to vomit. "

That is ****ing awesome. It freakin sucks to puke when I drink too much. Sometimes I'm not even drunk when my reflex to puke comes up. It's so hard to get drunk without puking. I know this one girl who has to puke several times during a night of heavy drinking. I think this is the best invention of the decade. The ability to get drunk without the risk of puking is simply fantastic.

[Aquadementia]

It can be snorted now, huh?
Now if I could figure out how to ingest beer through my ears,
that would cover every orifice.

[Artimus Gigan]

"This is because vaporized alcohol, as it enters the bloodstream directly from the lungs, is not subject to the protective effects of the digestive system—notably, the impulse to vomit. "

That is ****ing awesome. It freakin sucks to puke when I drink too much. Sometimes I'm not even drunk when my reflex to puke comes up. It's so hard to get drunk without puking. I know this one girl who has to puke several times during a night of heavy drinking. I think this is the best invention of the decade. The ability to get drunk without the risk of puking is simply fantastic.
But if you intake too muc alcohol you usualy end up with alcohol posioning or your heart will stop

puking is a reaction to taking to much in of somthing and therefore has to be ejected quickly...

[Evil & Lovin It]

If you inhale it you don't get that beautiful taste (or if you're drinking something really heavy, that wonderful burning sensation). I don't see the point.

[TimTwoFace]

That's just a legal way to get "high", is all. Seriously, if you're going with alcohol as your drug of choice, it's always more fun to drink it.

Cheers!

-Tim

[Shnay]

I agree with Tim and E&LI, in that the only purpose of this is to get the effect of the drug, which brings up some issues. The appeal of drinking to many people is the social nature of it (or, at least, that's what they claim). This new method is used solely to get a buzz. That's fine, I don't really care or judge anyone for it. But it does raise the question of why something like this is acceptable, whereas marijuana is not.

[Evil & Lovin It]

Because the alchohol industry is VERY rich my friend.

The appeal of drinking to many people is the social nature of itYeah seriously. There's nuthin' quite like suddenly puking all over a girl you just met, asking for her phone #, then passing out and waking up in the bar the next mornig late for work. Of course you won't remember this and hopefully niether will she.
Can you get that from a beer bong (like my name for it)? I think not!
LOL :D

[Shnay]

It's not so much that the industry is rich, it's more that the history of alcohol is deeply integrated in American culture, while other drugs are not. This discussion has been had a lot, though, and I wasn't trying to bring it all up again. I was just pointing out that something like this makes it harder to differentiate alcohol from other drugs that have very similar effects on the brain, yet are scorned by many in society.

[Jave]

Thanks to this, The Simpsons are now one episode longer.

Homer: Marge, look! Vaporized beer!
Marge: Homer, inhaling beer is just as bad as drinking it!
Homer: Yeah, but for my lungs! I can finally give my liver a rest!

[EinBebop]

Snorting? Y'all are going about this all wrong. You need to inject it directly into the bloodstream.

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[Kurtman]

It sounds like a completely bizarre idea. I was never into beer or alchohol. So I am not interested in breathing drunk air.

[Mr. Pedro]

Snorting? Y'all are going about this all wrong. You need to inject it directly into the bloodstream.

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Meh. That stopped being cool when Motley Crue got clean.

*Spooked because he remembers that shooting booze into the bloodstream bit from "Behind The Music"*

[Lucky Bob]

Ted Kennedy unavailable for comment.

[wrenchien]

and the face of oktoberfest parties in the worldwide was never the same again.

[Speedy Boris]

Leno made a joke about this vaporized beer- "How lazy are we getting in this country when we can't even lift a bottle of beer to our lips?" ;)

[Master Moron]

But if you intake too muc alcohol you usualy end up with alcohol posioning or your heart will stop

puking is a reaction to taking to much in of somthing and therefore has to be ejected quickly...

I think dying of alcohol poisoning is less embarrassing that puking in your friend's sink...or on their floor...or on your shirt...

[Artimus Gigan]

I think dying of alcohol poisoning is less embarrassing that puking in your friend's sink...or on their floor...or on your shirt...but the fact is...you're still dead

[Alex Toon]

About the sitcom parody of this, a character might be arrested for snorting cocaine but really snorted beer.

[Delthayre]

but the fact is...you're still dead
Yeah, and if you're going to do that, you might as well just do it by asphyxiating yourself with your own vomit. That at least has a venerable heritage of irresponsible partying attached to it, unlike this upstart fatality-in-the-making.