Lucas dips his indignant toes into a subject that he knows shit-all about. Finally a video I can just enjoy and not experience Handmaiden-style existential dread about medieval rape camps - spirits sperg incoming:
Points and responses:
1.
"Bottom shelf brandy is still better than medium shelf whisky" - This is such a strange thing to say that I'm not fully sure how to respond other than, this opinion is bordering on clinically rètarded. Whisky has the broadest range of flavours from any cask aged spirit, along with *possibly* rum, but IMO unlikely. Brandy scales well (I suppose it's good for drunks in this way) because like bourbon its flavour is so distinct that it comes through well even in cheap versions, it just gets more complex the more it's aged. With whisky where you can get all manner of flavours, with a higher budget, the greater the variety of flavours you gain access to. The notion that he considers the two even equivalent is insane, but I suppose he's being a manchild and unable to understand that not enjoying something =/- it not being as good as what you like.
2.
"If you're going to make the claim that you're drinking something better than bottom-shelf alcohol by your own money [...] prove it" - This is going to require a slight PL but what ever, it could produce some milk (Lucas - note that a lot of them are opened and haven't been immediately chugged down. I know you won't believe me because it harms your world view, but two of these bottles have been open for the better part of a year). This isn't some college game where you spend the least so you can get drunk more often. People who appreciate a product rather than abuse it are capable of spending more in return for better quality or something closer to their preference. If anything, the more you spend, the less you drink, as it's a treat to savour. A drunk pig with no impulse control like Lucas could never understand such basic nuances, of course.
3.
"Prove you yourself are paying for your own alcohol instead of relying on somebody else" - More Peter Pan bullshit, 'If I can't do it, how can anybody else!?'. People who are not homeless can buy things, and surprisingly, may even specialise in things. Given that Lucas is entirely dependent on state hand-outs, this is even more hypocritical than usual for him, as the Washington government is paying for his cheap brandy.
4.
"Being a generation X dude who is not really impressed by money over things like kindness towards others..." - You can buy nice things while still being a functional human being, I know Lucas can do neither, but shockingly it is possible. This leads to a solidifying of my initial implication that Lucas is too stupid to tell the difference between different types or vintages of alcohol, he just binge drinks it like a degenerate. Yes, good alcohol costs more, but it's not equivalent to a status symbol, it's because it tastes different to somebody who can appreciate it, and that difference is worth the premium over buying takeaway all week like Lucas does. He's also so arrogant and ignorant of basic social history: in my country at least there is an extensive history of working class appreciation of spirits and fortified wines, common folk who can talk a pretentious person in circles if they bring up alcohol in discussion. He finishes his thought with
"...and... humility", the self-awareness of this man.
5.
"You even attempting to argue with me instead of just getting along is proof enough that you're an asshole" - Lucas 'Criticism Of My Psychotic and Dangerous World View Hurts my Feelings' Werner in full crying baby mode. His entire social media presence is based around whining and abusing people while acting like an internet tough guy who doesn't get bothered by anything. I guess deep down such cruel criticism cuts to the bone
6.
"I guarantee you're just some sort of capitalist pig we all kind of hate" - Who is "we", Lucas? Everybody hates you: left, right, centre, rich, poor, old, young - you're despised by all. You've never encountered a person online or in person who doesn't feel disgusted or disinterested after you are gone. If anything that is what you truly have a reason to whine about, the isolation and lack of engagement this must cause.
7.
"Just because you think your money equates to status, which it doesn't among 60% of the young adults today" - I wish I could find out whether he made this figure up, or got it from badly misreading a study. And again, spending on a luxury doesn't make a person rich, it means they don't waste money on other things. Lucas is memory-holing his boasts of the amounts he's spent on board games very hard at this point.
8.
"You act bigger and better because you have more money" - Lucas finished an entire bottle of brandy in 2 days. A person who drinks a few drams a week (3 cl each) will be down to 3/4s of a bottle in a month or two. Who ended up spending more on alcohol, bucko?
9.
"You have no proof that you're drinking anything better" - Sigh. I can't believe he is choosing this hill to die on, and with his hands tied behind his back and blindfolded too. I'm sure he could argue that "better" here means flavour, and that he has magically determined that his drug store brandy tastes much nicer than anything a person who enjoys spirits could ever determine with their greater experience. Perhaps his magical sperm whispered this into his ear.
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