Did you know that 1 in 5 car crashes involve a drunk driver? That means that in 4 out of 5 crashes, everyone is completely sober! It is way safer to drive while intoxicated! Pour yourself another cup, it's the only way to be responsible.
There's other good speculation on the reasoning but I wonder if it's due to the younger staff put in charge of posting this notice. Maybe they pestered management about the specific reasoning until they determined that hard liquor did not meet the provided definition of restricted items, then added the last sentence as a form of protest.
In my experience the library is often visited by homeless people because it's free entertainment. A lot of the homeless people around my area are also alcoholics and have you ever tried to take alcohol away from an alcoholic. It's not easy.
if that were the case they could just write "no canned beverages" or "no drinks without resealable lids" etc. there's no reason to bring booze into it at all. so if that was their intent then this is really poor communication.
Soak a dictionary in bud light the night before, then you just rip out a handful of pages at a time, boom. Now who is a degenerate failure and a worthless blemish on decent society, Grandma?
65 Comments
RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz · 109 pts · 78d
So... study whiskey is ok?
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 66 pts · 78d
Of course.
West_of_West@piefed.social · 26 pts · 77d
It'd be barbaric otherwise
DaleGribble88@programming.dev · 30 pts · 77d
I mean, no one is going to do calculus sober
YellowParenti@lemmy.wtf · 33 pts · 77d
I actually derive better after a few drinks!
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 77d
elephantium@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 77d
Never drink and derive.
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org · 8 pts · 77d
don't drink and derive!
DaleGribble88@programming.dev · 4 pts · 77d
Did you know that 1 in 5 car crashes involve a drunk driver? That means that in 4 out of 5 crashes, everyone is completely sober! It is way safer to drive while intoxicated! Pour yourself another cup, it's the only way to be responsible.
sundray@lemmus.org · 2 pts · 77d
I signed up for calculus but it was like 90% algebra and I wanted my money back!
Saapas@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 77d
Cognac and study
sickday@fedia.io · 1 pts · 77d
henny & study
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 77d
More of a Scotch person myself.
JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 76d
So... study whisky is ok?
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 77d
It’s the carbonation induced volcano they’re trying to avoid
stickyprimer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 77d
Of course. But for gods sake - no seltzers!
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 95 pts · 78d
I’m very curious as to why, but I won’t argue.
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 56 pts · 78d
They have a resealable top. The library is most likely concerned about spills. Most of them have a no cans policy.
chocrates@piefed.world · 15 pts · 77d
Beer dries sticky, does hard liquor dry out clean? It's mostly water and alcohol so it might be better
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 10 pts · 77d
Generally relatively clean, though flavored liquors may contain sugar and most liqueurs do.
leftascenter@jlai.lu · 10 pts · 77d
Grain Vodka is the only one that leaves no traces. I knew a bartender who would clean his customer's glasses with vodka when he saw they were dirty.
chocrates@piefed.world · 2 pts · 77d
😅 i do most of my cleaning with alcohol. Is that not good?
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 77d
Just don’t use it on screens.
IratePirate@feddit.org · 6 pts · 77d
For anyone wondering as to the reason: alcohol can ruin the anti-glare coating on matte displays.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 77d
Nonsense. My windows look gorgeous.
village604@adultswim.fan · 25 pts · 78d
Opening cans is very distracting.
areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 9 pts · 78d
What about a bottle in a paper bag? That could be just as distracting!
numerator3962@fedinsfw.app · 4 pts · 77d
What about a flask?
recursivethinking@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 77d
The most common kind with the cap attached to the metal hinge thingy rattles/jingles.
Perhaps a beer helmet and 2 bottles of liquor?
krashmo@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 77d
There's other good speculation on the reasoning but I wonder if it's due to the younger staff put in charge of posting this notice. Maybe they pestered management about the specific reasoning until they determined that hard liquor did not meet the provided definition of restricted items, then added the last sentence as a form of protest.
Phoenix3875@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 77d
Duh, obviously you need hard liquor for hard study. It's pretty hard.
nickiwest@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 77d
I assumed it's because the tenured faculty come in to do their research with a pocket flask.
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 77d
Don't mess with the hard liquor lobby. If you know, you know
InputZero@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 77d
In my experience the library is often visited by homeless people because it's free entertainment. A lot of the homeless people around my area are also alcoholics and have you ever tried to take alcohol away from an alcoholic. It's not easy.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 77d
Well so long as I can have my study whiskey
qwertyasdf@feddit.uk · 33 pts · 77d
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 77d
The cracking bit is the issue, they don’t want a beer volcano. Vodka isn’t carbonated.
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 77d
Usually at least. Big Clive did put some in the sodastream https://youtube.com/watch?v=8kK-QUjOl0Q
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 29 pts · 77d
Study shots it is then, got it.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 78d
It’s not the booze that’s banned it’s the can
nycki@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 77d
if that were the case they could just write "no canned beverages" or "no drinks without resealable lids" etc. there's no reason to bring booze into it at all. so if that was their intent then this is really poor communication.
dankm@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 77d
I assume VT is like what I've read about the USA where people can't walk around outside with open alcohol.
Other canned drinks can just be brought out when you're leaving, but you need to try to conceal beer. That'd lead to unnecessary spills.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 77d
So, they just don’t want drinks that make noise when you open them?
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 77d
Fizzy drinks in cans can erupt like a volcano too
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 77d
I had a 6 AM start microbiology lab. In order to get myself going, I brought a bottle of wine carefully poured into a bottle of Gatorade.
I fucking loved that class.
Also our TA was a smoke show.
quips@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 77d
Alcoholic?
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 77d
You bet!
Godric@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 78d
Fascists :(
pyre@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 77d
this seems more about protecting the books from the way people crack their drinks open.
fubarx@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 77d
Tweas?
sulgoth@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 77d
Boozey iced teas
recursivethinking@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 77d
Never heard that particular slang but sounds like it's from the Twisted Teas brand
CheetahHybrid@pawb.social · 3 pts · 77d
Correct
explodIng_lIme@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 77d
Study wine it is
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 77d
Okay but drink it from the bottle. No spills!
Snapz@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 77d
Soak a dictionary in bud light the night before, then you just rip out a handful of pages at a time, boom. Now who is a degenerate failure and a worthless blemish on decent society, Grandma?
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 76d
The real pro tips are always in the comments.
Treczoks@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 77d
So the library leadership cut an exception for themselves, probably.
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 76d
Why doesn't this ban apply to hard liqours? Why am I allowed to trip vodka in the library?
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 76d
Im guessing literature professors.
sundray@lemmus.org · 7 pts · 77d
I misread this and immediately thought, “I wouldn’t go to the library without my study bear."
“You’ve got this, babe!”
kubica@fedia.io · 6 pts · 78d
What if I have a cola with vodka but I have it well served on a glass?
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 77d
– Foucault, probably
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 76d
Rum Dingers are excellent study aides.
TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 5 pts · 77d
It's a plot against the Inebriati.
https://youtu.be/ROcyySC1abk
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 77d
These people aren't your friends