joe.ie: 19, never drank

The Young Wan

http://www.joe.ie/life-style/feature-im-19-im-irish-ive-never-alcoholic-drink/544491

You can't ask people not to judge you for not drinking, and then judge those who do drink. Thoughts?

razorblunt

It's joe. I'm not increasing the traffic by clicking on the link.

The Backwards Man

I'm thinking of having a jam sandwich for lunch

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Joe.ie, lad bible, benchwarmers etc can all suck my left one. Absolute garbage, don't click links that give them money and encourage them to make more clickbait.

Maximus Alexander

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm thinking of having a jam sandwich for lunch

Joe.ie: Man thinks about having jam sandwich for lunch, you won't believe what happens next!

Winterlong

Joe.ie is a poor mans Journal.

Duggy747

Grand all not drinking, I know a lot of non-drinkers who still have the craíc with us on nights out, have never seen or witness them been ribbed about it but can imagine some people would act up about such a thing.

This piece was pretty judgemental and bit on the ol' self-congratulatory side...........in short, a shíte opinion piece (a typical Joe.ie article) and not because he's a non-drinker.

endacl

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Joe.ie: Man thinks about having jam sandwich for lunch, you won't believe what happens next!

Has marmalade?

benjamin d

Winterlong wrote: »

Joe.ie is a poor mans Journal.

...which is a poor man's Evening Herald, which is a poor man's Independent, which is a poor man's Irish Times, which is a poor man's London Times.

Lt Dan

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm thinking of having a jam sandwich for lunch

You sick man!

kneemos

Never known the joy of having every orifice project bodily waste.

Lt Dan

Noted the first name and a buttoned up shirt with no tie, and it was obvious what this lad was

Dial Hard

The Hunky Monster wrote: »

Joe.ie, lad bible, benchwarmers etc can all suck my left one. Absolute garbage, don't click links that give them money and encourage them to make more clickbait.

My 16-year-old nephew, who barely passed his Junior Cert did his TY work experience in joe.ie this year. There was no appreciable difference between the articles he wrote and the ones written by their staff writers.

Says it all, really.

beach_walker

We should give him a medal and a parade.

brummytom

The Young Wan wrote: »

http://www.joe.ie/life-style/feature-im-19-im-irish-ive-never-alcoholic-drink/544491

You can't ask people not to judge you for not drinking, and then judge those who do drink. Thoughts?

In fairness, I didn't really get the impression that he was being particularly judgmental there.

Personally, I love drinking. Absolutely love it. I'll admit I don't really 'get' not drinking. About a month or so ago, I couldn't drink for a while (doctor's orders). One night, I went out to play at a session, and stayed on water or squash all night. It was sound until about 2am-ish, by which point all of my mates were cúnted or coked up, and I was stone cold sober. As a result, I've got some kind of begrudging respect for people who don't drink and can stand being around drunk people. Being teetotal wouldn't be for me, though.

Lt Dan

beach_walker wrote: »

We should give him a medal and a parade.

A pioneers medal perhaps?

mfceiling

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm thinking of having a jam sandwich for lunch

What kind of jam?

The Backwards Man

mfceiling wrote: »

What kind of jam?

Had no jam, made a cheese and ham toastie instead.

kneemos

mfceiling wrote: »

What kind of jam?

BlackBerry jam is the only kind of jam.

osarusan

joe.ie publishes in earnest the same stuff Waterford whispers publishes as a joke.

The Backwards Man

kneemos wrote: »

BlackBerry jam is the only kind of jam.

You've obviously never had homemade gooseberry jam. Delightful.

Lt Dan

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Had no jam, made a cheese and ham toastie instead.

Good man, none of that fancy Protestant messing ... Jam..pfft,

The Backwards Man

Lt Dan wrote: »

Good man, none of that fancy Protestant messing ... Jam..pfft,

Good quality homemade jams are as ecumenical as you can get.

What was this thread about again?

thegreatgonzo

Winterlong wrote: »

Joe.ie is a poor mans Journal.

Farmer's journal?

SEPT 23 1989

good man

that leaves more for the rest of us

Lyaiera

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Had no jam, made a cheese and ham toastie instead.

This is exactly the kind of post that brightens my day.

I love beer (and whiskey, and the occasional gin.) I really do. But I need to cut down on it. Fair play to this lad, I've seen people getting awful abuse for not drinking. And I hate walking about town at 2am when I'm sober.

jive

These are some of the simpler reasons why I benefit from not drinking

Well, let's see if he can convince me to give up the good stuff.

I love my job

Oh, alright. Not really relevant.

I’ve never had a hangover.

It's an article about not drinking, this is kind of implied.

I save a lot of money

Brilliant, sure we can all just do no activities and never spend a penny on anything other than sustenance.

The idea of not being fully in control of my actions kind of freaks me out.

Yes because having a drink means the alcohol monster takes control of your being; you are merely a shell of a human being operated from within by the alcohol demons coursing through your veins.

Any article about not drinking always has the author coming off as a condescending knob and this is no exception.

Irish culture, and many other cultures, are associated to some extent with alcohol. Hardly article worthy. Next week on Joe.ie, meet the Irish graduate who has never tasted a potato.

Riders Of Rohan

I didnt drink till I was 25, never felt the need to, still dont drink alot, infact excluding last week when my baby was born, its been 8/9 months.
People used to get shocked when I told them, but **** it, its my life just cause Im Irish doesnt mean I need to drink

Riders Of Rohan

donegaLroad wrote: »

fair play to him...

although to be honest, unless he moves out of Ireland, he could end up folding to the pressure and hitting the bottle.

You think, I never in Ireland felt the need to drink, when I moved to Australia was when I started drinking

chrissb8

Don't drink if you want whatever I don't think most people really care. I couldn't hang around with friends when their drunk. Why bother. It's not the same at all. Their all messed up and I'm there sober listening to nonsense. I mean really why bother when people get that drunk.

Chain Smoker

Simple way to avoid the whole "you mean you've never had a drink? ever?" conversation:
"My dad was an alcoholic"

Doesn't have to be true, of course. If you're uncomfortable saying your dad, just pick some random blood relative.

"30 year old male has never read joe.ie".

D'ya reckon I should submit an article to 'em about this?