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/r/pics/comments/7qebku/id_hate_to_be_the_guy_to_walk_back_to_this/
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[
"Took the tire out of spite. Ouch.",
"Where is this so I avoid the shit out of that place? ",
"Poverty to the point of being forced to ride some stupid human powered machine for transportation ",
"Anywhere there's humans, you'll find bike thieves."
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I'd hate to be the guy to walk back to this
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/r/pics/comments/7qebyg/a_bone_from_a_south_american_giant_sloth_they/
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"[Source](https://www.google.com/amp/s/relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/news/2013/11/131120-giant-sloths-people-americas-ancient-archaeology-science), and wiki for the [sloth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium?wprov=sfla1) . The article talks about a specimen that died 30,000 years ago, while the species did not go extinct until 8-10,000 years ago. The oldest human ruins found in South American are over 14,000yo. ",
"they were the only seed dispersers for avocados, and if it wasn't for humans finding a taste in them they'd (the avocados) have gone extinct with the sloths",
"Alongside? They were likely hunted to extinction after surviving tens of millions of years before humans populated the Americas.",
"Clone it! clone it!",
"Sloth-Park (the movie). \n\nGiant cloned ancient sloths escape their enclosure, killing the scientists and trashing the lab that had the hubris to create them, then moving outward: terrorizing an entire city of people. ",
"What body part is this bone from?",
"[Run Time: 4yrs, 7 mo, 16d, 9hr, 43m. Rated R for Brief Nudity]",
"Looks like a humerus to me, so the upper part of the front leg.",
"Judging from their shorter legs, I'd assume that's a femur, but it could be a bone from any limb honestly. ",
"https://i.imgur.com/9XkUIGK.png",
"You could make a huge stock with that! ",
"[and baby, you've got a stew goin'.](https://youtu.be/Sr2PlqXw03Y)\n",
"*died alongside",
"without earlier humans and especially Rudolph Hass their population would have taken a large hit, but probably not go completely extinct. they can live over 100 years (so that's only 100 generations without one of their dispersion methods) and their fruit will still grow once it hits the ground and the bottom feeders (rodents, etc) will eat everything but the pit while rolling it farther from the original tree and get it ready for growth. new trees would still grow, just not be dispersed as widely or in as many numbers. it would take much more than 10,000 years for a tree to become extinct. and much like animals, plants can adapt/evolve too. ",
"[takes a lot to make a stew](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrGrOK8oZG8)",
"14,000 evidence think is highly questionable on the carbon dating of sites was presumed to have stirred layers from different time periods.\n\nBut 8-10,000 years ago absolutely.",
"Seems ancient humans found them tasty eating, to their demise. No coincidence so many large land mammals went extinct in areas right as humans moved into the area while usually also under pressure from environmental shifts.",
"Slaking. ",
"Extinct***",
"All I think of is the “Fun on a bun” episode of Futurama. When Hermes screams for an what seems like an eternity as a giant sloth slowly swipes down to try and crush him.",
"Became excint?? They were exterminated by humans. ",
"Looks like the club dear old dad used to drag around.",
"Not for very long they didn't. They must have tasted too good."
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A bone from a South American giant sloth. They became excint roughly 10,000-years-ago and lived along side humans.
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/r/pics/comments/7qectm/real_or_fake_elephant_original_content/
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"I vote fake",
"I feel like it's a sculpture",
"Definitely fake ",
"Same feeling. Hole in the ears is what catches my eyes.",
"Not original content you turd -- I illustrated this photo into a sticker about 6 years ago. Why you gotta lie? Jesus is watching you.",
"Disney. Safari ride. Love it! ",
"Good yob",
"Jungle cruise",
"...this is my photo taken with my camera LAST YEAR. I can send you the metadata if you want 🙄🙄 let's see your photo side by side with mine. I can GUARANTEE you it's not the same edit, angle or even camera. Troll. ",
"r/thathappened",
"It's a fake at disneyland.",
"/u/SavannahBananaz, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must not ask for general information or feedback. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/SavannahBananaz&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qectm/real_or_fake_elephant_original_content/?context=10\\))"
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Real or fake elephant? (Original Content)
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/r/pics/comments/7qecvr/my_bose_collection/
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"Bose fanboy? ",
"You are a true fan when you buy one the L series ",
"The Revolve+ is awesome."
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My Bose collection
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/r/pics/comments/7qefbg/i_work_at_a_treatment_center_for_troubled_teenage/
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"Saved for a wallpaper, thanks!",
"that Sun cat reminds me of the telletubby Sun baby...",
"The juxtaposition of the thorny cacti with the sandpaper of a cat’s tongue evokes in the viewer the feelings of pain and despair in the artist’s past. Purrfection. ",
"I want this in my house!",
"Whoever made that, she must have been feline troubled.",
"What is this? A center for ants? ",
"I can feel the angst. ",
"Thanks, dad. ",
"Real talk. She should make prints. They would sell pretty well on here. ",
"WHAT JUXTAPOSITION!",
"Already framed! Love this.",
"I want this in my house! She is amazing ",
"Troubled is an understatement",
"Ha! This is more true than you know. Sometimes things can get real crazy!",
"It truly is a masterpiece.",
"Reddit is a sucker for paintings with cut out cats taped to it ;)",
"It's better if you zoom in. You're welcome :)",
"Right? This one is pretty great though. ",
"Proud Godzilla cat in the distance is my favorite ",
"Agreed!",
"I have had a similar job before.... thank you for your work. It's not easy, it's not pretty and it doesn't pay well but it is rewarding in it's own way. ",
"fabulous. did she paint it or was it a found painting?",
"Show me what you got! ",
"I'd hang it on my wall. No doubt.",
"What a catastrophe!",
"Why is 10/18/16 written at the top left-hand corner of the painting?",
"LOL at the erect penis cliffs",
"One of them is a cat lady in the making... ",
"So I updooted here instead."
] | 29 |
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I work at a treatment center for troubled teenage girls. Arts and Crafts went well today.
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/r/pics/comments/7qegg1/my_states_senator_responded_to_my_plea_to_retain/
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"Unfortunately, that corporate tool does not come up for reelection again until 2022. But remember this, and keep that letter.",
"Yes, I too am keeping all the patronizing letters this asshat has written to me. ",
"I'm a strong supporter of net neutrality, I've written the fcc etc. What I'd really like to see though is a response to each of these arguments that isn't overly passionate",
"Seriously — would you support government tools instead? ",
"Seriously, obviously yes. The government is **us** - you and me. ",
"Well, except, it isn't -- not really. Those people we send have their own interests, and they seem to care less and less about hiding the fact that they're pursuing those at the expense of ours. Meanwhile, the government -- not any corporation -- has a monopoly on the use of force. It can kill you if you won't bend to its will, and do so legally. There also isn't any alternative. Toyota has no power over you because you can turn to Ford or Kia if they piss you off.\n\nSo, really -- why do so many people trust the government, especially when basic liberties are concerned?",
"Now you are switching the terms. \n\nYou didn't ask me if I trusted them, you asked me if I would support a government tool over a corporate tool. \n\nAnd once again, obviously the answer is yes I would prefer the government tool because the government is you and me. \n\nAre they perfectly representative of us? Of course not. This is the real world, where human beings are imperfect, but this is still fundamentally a representative government, which is still objectively the least terrible government system human beings have ever devised.\n\nAnd telling me that Toyota has no power over me because I can choose a competitor is true but it completely misses the point here, where corporations are taking over government, and then we don't have any choice, and they don't represent us in any way.",
"I'm not so much switching terms as addressing the question more broadly. I agree that the USA has the best of all possible worlds in terms of its government; however, we have swerved off the path the founders set - for example, direct election of senators while capping the House at 435, which simultaneously makes it more *d*emocratic, and less representative. \n\nMeanwhile, there's the bureaucracy. Those 535 can be said to represent, but they've delegated their actual authority (illegally, as it happens). \n\nI'm glad you mention \"corporations taking over government,\" because that only happens when you have a government willing to disregard its limits. Otherwise, business must stand or fall on its own. And that brings me to the problem with fears over \"net neutrality\" -- the idea that your ISP will do evil things to you. First, if they weren't doing it before 2015, they probably won't now; and second, since most local ISPs are local monopolies, that's the problem right there. They are not subject to competition. Once you break their monopolies, all of this FCC gobbledygook will be purely academic.",
"Yeah, you are.\n\nI made a comment, you questioned it, I responded, and you ignored my response, using it as an excuse to preach your ideology.\n\n",
"Well, I thought we were having a civil conversation, but evidently, your insistence that I was \"switching terms\" was simply cover for the fact that either you don't understand what I've said or you're finding it uncomfortable to cover more ground when it doesn't support your initial assumptions. So, that's that, I guess.",
"Ah, I see, it's my fault. The problem is that I don't understand you. Must be your superior intellect. \n\nCouldn't be that you're simply wrong, and lack the courtesy to actually reply to my response to your question.\n\nNope. Must be me.",
"Screw poor people",
"I replied to every one of your points and then some. \n\nYep -- it's you."
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My state's Senator responded to my plea to retain net neutrality.
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/r/pics/comments/7qehrk/this_is_my_cat_houdini_he_had_been_missing_since/
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"Went missing December 18th, 2017. I knew that day something was wrong as he wasn't captured on any of our cameras. We posted about 50-100 signs throughout the neighborhood. We talked to all our immediate neighbors asking them to keep and eye out and if they have a shed to keep it open for a little bit in case he got stuck in. The neighbor directly next to us was hard to get a hold of but I spoke to their teenage son and asked him if he could.. he sounded sincere that he would. Maybe he opened it and the cat was hiding... we don't know.\n\nWe paid for a service which creates facebook ads, sends faxes to all the pet /vet stores in the area, and does a automated phone call to 1000 people. \n\nBased on all the above, we received about 2-3 messages of cats that appeared like him. We were able to see one of them... but it wasn't him. \n\nSo yesterday my wife heard a cry while in the backyard. Was able to identify it was coming from their shed. Went over to their house and asked for them to check it... of course he was there. My wife was able to pull him out, but he jumped ( and clawed her) as she was walking back to our house. I was able to pull him in.\n\nWe ended up taking him to the vet for just a checkup. They said he was extremely dehydrated and very skinny. He was a solid 13.5lbs at his last checkup (Mid December) and now he was just over 10lbs. They gave him a \"hydration shot\" and are testing him to make sure everything is fine. So far so good. ",
"Not quite living up to his name as an escape artist but glad you have him back home.",
"Haha, yeah the one time he couldn't figure it out. Thanks!\n\nThe reason we named him that actually is because of his escaping skills. There was a litter in our yard. Every cat was easy to catch with a trap other than him. He was able to escape it about 3 times without it going off. Finally I saw him inside it eating the food and so I ran out screaming at him and that freaked him out enough he got trapped. Then since then he's learned how to push windows open and even open a screen door! ",
"Picture of a cat. ",
"... There must have been some water/food in there otherwise he would have been long-gone.",
"I hope your neighbors werent planning on keeping him...\n",
"That's the part that is most confusing. It's a well built shed. I could imagine he ate bugs, and maybe rodents.... But no water. It's rained several times over the past three weeks and maybe there's a leak in the roof or something that allowed enough water to get in to sustain him. ",
"They weren't aware he was even in there. ",
"Maybe he wasn't in there the whole time. They checked the shed. No cat. Days later, cat gets in. Maybe? "
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This is my cat Houdini. He had been missing since December 18th. Turns out he was locked in the neighbors shed... that they told us they checked.
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/r/pics/comments/7qehyf/the_plane_that_almost_slid_into_the_black_sea_on/
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"thank god nobody was hurt",
"Any online story? ",
"[Here](http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/plane-skids-off-runway-in-northern-turkey-125679) is some coverage in English."
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The plane that almost slid into the Black Sea on landing in northern Turkey today
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/r/pics/comments/7qejcw/this_picture_looks_like_a_screenshot_from_gta_v/
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"Yup. It does. ",
"Which GTA is it then?",
"Some spots in LA are 99% in GTA V. At the beach there's a house with a yellow staircase on the outside and I recognized it from my vacation pictures! Some things are just altered slightly and put into the game.",
"They also took random things from a bunch of other places as well. There's a few lists around with just some of what they put in the game. "
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This picture looks like a screenshot from GTA V
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/r/pics/comments/7qejvq/the_base_of_this_pole_was_burned_off_but_thanks/
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"LOL. R.I.P Electric company Maintenance.\n",
"Wow!, how much tension are these lines under?\n\nI imagined the lines more kind of 'rested on' the poles...\n",
"Verging on surrealism, that is a really cool photo",
"Makes it easy to replace the pole. Don't even have to turn off the electricity. ",
"[View from another angle](http://i.imgur.com/mZ5xfrT.jpg) shows how much this is sagging.",
"His dick fell off",
"That's tight.",
"http://karmadecay.com/results/u9946072",
"“Scary” -Kanye",
"Jesus Christ!",
"He died for our sins.",
"r/mildlyinteresting ",
"The are required to be under quite some tension, so that they don't hang too low. You could calculate how much tension exactly from the weight of the rope, the distance from one pole to the next and how much they are allowed to hang below the height of the top of the poles.",
"Lines, \"We gotchu bruh.\"",
"Remains hanging, maybe. Standing, I don’t think so",
"Looks like a Pink Floyd album cover.",
"Why do we have poles if all they do is hang from the wires ??",
"There's so much tension. You can practically feel the electricity in the air.",
"[I am still standing](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHwVBirqD2s) ",
"Needs more !deepdream"
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The base of this pole was burned off, but thanks to the wires, remains standing
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/r/pics/comments/7qejzz/poster_behind_the_scale_at_my_gym/
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[
"Should measure kg and your relationship with mass. Hashtag metric system now. ",
"Nice reminder though. ",
"It also measures your ability to use simple measuring equipment.",
"Weight most certainly has a connection to strength though... Like I get the message but strength seems like an odd inclusion ",
"Also can help measure your dedication to physical health, determination and will power. ",
"Also it can help you determine how fat you are",
"With a bit of genetic luck sprinkeled in ;)",
"It also helps remind you that if you don't lose that weight you're predisposed to stroke and heart attack.",
"It's a factor, but resting heart rate and blood chemistry and pressure are better things to check.\n\nA fat guy with a low resting heart rate and low cholesterol and blood pressure is less likely to have a heart attack than a skinny guy with a high resting heart rate, high cholesterol high blood pressure.\n\nFat people are just more likely to have high blood pressure and cholesterol than skinny people. Fat people are also likely to live a sedentary lifestyle, which leads to a high resting heart rate.",
"Nor can it measure charisma, uniqueness, nerve, or talent",
"Yes. You'd be a *more* beautiful, talented, purposeful, stronger and loveable character on the Moon.\n\nGravity sucks.",
"Genetics might affect the ease of maintaining health but they don't keep a person from being healthy. That's the excuse a lot of overweight people use. ",
"Not really, more like a very small percentage of people have bad luck. But for most people, general physical health is a option regarding weight.",
"Oh yes. Genetics aren't magical. And if you only eat unhealthy you will become fatter, regardless of genetics.\n\nI'm just saying that the number on the scale isn't 100% representative between any two people with regards to:\n> dedication to physical health, determination and will power",
"I said can help, rather than shows or proves. But a scale, specifically one at a gym is not just an arbitrary measurement of gravity and nothing more. Plus, you can be fit and be a good person.\n\nBTW, I'm fat.",
"Sorry honey, people should be ashamed of their weight. \n\nNEXT!!!",
"Yeah. I'm not fat but rather on the other side of the scale (get it?...)\n\nGot to eat plenty in order to maintain weight. \nCurrently still at a healthy weight for my length, but I shouldn't lose many more kilos... And I eat plenty, so it can't be that I eat too little.\n\nMy dad actually has the same complexity as I do (also on the light side for his length), which is why I do truly believe that genetics can be an important factor in your body weight.",
"Yeah, but you’ll have a stroke as a beautiful, talented person with a sense of purpose. ",
"Not in the gym to work on your personality tho are you",
"Given the meanings of the words that are used with it, it's likely that the \"strength\" being referred to is less the physical and more of a spiritual nature. ",
"Not really because you can totally nondedicated and still weigh little just due to diet. I don't really find it takes any effort to not eat too much because I just naturally don't eat a lot like that. I don't think weight really ties to determination or how thoughtful you are of your own health necessarily because there's many skinny people who are unhealthy.\n\nNot that I don't get your point. But a 300lb man who just worked and lost 10 lbs has all of those qualities more than someone sitting at 130lb who just naturally doesn't eat much\n\nI guess maybe over a long period of time.",
"That's why I said can help. And a person who weighed 300 and lost ten pounds just used a scale to measure the effects of his hard work. By no means does a scale determin a person's value, but IT CAN HELP measure dedication to physical health and determination and will power. \n\nEDIT:\n\nAlso, being underweight is also unhealthy, so dedication to eating properly can can be measured by gaining weight. ",
">Oh yes. Genetics aren't magical. And if you only eat unhealthy you will become fatter, regardless of genetics.\n\nGenerally yeah but man I my diet for years was fast food, alcohol, soda, and juice for hangovers. Mind you I mean a lot of booze, like nonfunctional alcoholism that could easily be 5,000-10,000+ calories per day in booze alone. No real exercise. I'm still a twig, so I feel like my skinny body can really only be attributed to genetics.\n\nI feel like I'm definitely unusual and most people would've gotten fat. But people in my family are all very slim with little fat. I have even tried to put on weight in the past (by eating a lot not using shakes or powders or anything) , as I'm pretty underweight, and not had luck.\n\nI understand most people aren't this fortunate and I'm thankful. But it does leave me to wonder if it is this hard for my body to gain weight, can't it be this hard for a body to lose weight? Is it possible for a body to just naturally sit at an obese level the way I naturally weigh underweight?\n\nSurely it is? I'm sure it isn't common, just as my body type is not common. But I feel like it sounds reasonable. But maybe obesity is just much harder on the body than being underweight and this causes the body to be less inclined to be that way? ",
"But you still fat af",
"Right, but I don't go to the gym to work on my beauty, talent, possibility, purpose, or character. I go there to work on my love, strength, and gravity relationship. ",
"A blood test on the other hand... 👀",
"Being fat doesn't automatically make you those things.",
"That's soooo gaaaaaay. ",
"Hmmm if it reads 400 I’d say it can give you a pretty clear measurement of beauty.",
"No a scale tells you how fat you are getting so you can lose some weight etc..this sign is dumb. Get healthy, use a scale, and stop crying or looking for sympathy for failure. Make it happen.",
">I don't really find it takes any effort to not eat too much because I just naturally don't eat a lot like that. I don't think weight really ties to determination or how thoughtful you are of your own health necessarily because there's many skinny people who are unhealthy.\n\nGood for you. Now try bulking up and putting on 50 pounds while minimizing fat gain and keeping your cardio strong. Guess what? That takes dedication. \"Just due to diet\" sounds easy when your diet is small and you have no weight-related goals. I'd bet you'd actually have a harder time gaining weight than a fat person would losing it.",
"Don’t ruin this, man! He’s having a stroke for fucks sake! Let him die thinking he was happy!",
"it does though, this sign isn't entirely honest",
"Maybe but the scale still says I'm skinny and I'm not really doing any work for it. It takes 0 dedication in my part is what I am saying. I don't see what your bit about bulking up/setting weight goals has to do with anything? My only point is that it takes no dedication to be skinny simply because my normal diet isn't necessarily full of garbage and I don't over eat.\n\nIdk man it seems like me saying I and others are skinny with 0 effort has ruffled some feathers. But it's still true. But you know what, it's actually normal for a human with a healthy diet to not be fat, and diet is the main reason many people aren't fat(as they have little to no exercise) ",
"Choosing to be obese, so in an emergency you will be unable to carry another, and in fact, someone will have to carry you, is also a good sign of character.",
"Wrong. It's the measuring tape the one that tell you how fat you are. You can be burning fat like crazy and gain weight because the body stores water on empty fat cells so they can be filled again. Eventually the water goes away, and the weight goes down quickly for about a week. So it' doesn't really matter. I agree with the rest :D",
"My point is that if your goal is to change your weight, \"just dieting\" is not easy.\n\nIf you were fat, it would take dedication to get skinny.\n\nSince you are skinny, it would take dedication to bulk up.\n\n>it takes no dedication to be skinny simply because my normal diet isn't full of garbage.\n\nThat's the point. A lot of people aren't in the same place as you. For fatter people, it *is* hard to lose weight. Just like it would be hard for you to gain weight. Either choice is a departure from normal habits; habits are hard to break; thus it's hard going.\n\nSo you're right, it takes no dedication for you to stay exactly as you are. Fortunately you're happy with where you are, and that's a place that requires minimal maintenance. For anyone looking to lose fat or gain/maintain muscle, that requires dedication.",
"Which is why it doesn't show determination of physical health. Like I said, someone can be working for it and be at an unhealthy weight. I can be not working for it and still be at a healthy weight. Does the scale mean that I am more determined because it shows a healthier result? I'm less determined than that other person of course.\n\nThe way it is easy for some people to be fat, it is easy for some to be skinny. A scale doesn't reflect your determination unless you track shit over a period of time like I said",
"sounds like your gym has a lotta uggos",
"They don't have to feel ashamed, but they shouldn't feel indignant when nobody fucks them.",
"Seriously, worlds strongest man is 400lbs.",
"Dr. Kelso?",
"I actually have an idea for all the incels out there.\n\nThey should just meet up and fuck each other. Then they won't be incels anymore. Oh, you don't want to fuck people who you aren't attracted to? Then don't expect people to want to fuck you.\n\nHonestly, I doubt anyone who is functionally and mentally healthy is a true incel. Females who put some work into losing weight and putting on makeup will get laid easily. Males who get some practice talking to girls and lose some weight will get laid easily. \n\nThat's not to say fat people can't get laid. There's a ton of overweight people who are great people and as a result, are in solid relationships with great people.",
"True, but not the intention of the sign. It’s letting obesity off the hook",
"Body fat % yeah, but weight alone doesn't actually say much.\n\n",
"Also note, the higher the numerical value shown, the less likely you are to ever find a mate, and die alone.",
"Man, fuck the trolls in this thread. I'd love to see how many days a week they train. They're missing the point that this is a sign INSIDE a gym, meaning the person reading it is already taking active steps towards making changes about their health. So yes, a scale inside a gym actually can measure strength, talent and character. Working out does improve those traits.",
"MBG?",
"Correct me if I'm wing, but wouldn't that particular scale work regardless of what the acceleration sure to gravity is? Essentially making it measure mass not weight?",
"That's a stupid sign",
"Nah fam. If it was genetic you’d be an anomaly and heavily studied. It’s far more likely that you were overestimating your caloric intake like most ‘genetically thin’ people. \n\nThere’s not a person alive or dead who beat CICO. ",
"The comments on this pic would make for a great psychology experiment. Interesting what you can learn ",
"Well it isn't possible I am misguessing calories. I maintained a pretty uniform intake every day. I suppose just my metabolism was good enough to handle it",
"That’s just it, there is no such thing and never has been such a thing as a ‘good metabolism’. No human being has ever had a metabolism that differed so greatly from the norm, not has there ever been a person who can eat an excess number of calories without gaining weight. \n\nDo you truly believe it’s more likely that your body is physically radically different to the body of ever human who has ever lived, or that you overestimated your intake? ",
"Bruh why",
"plus who doesn't like checking out women with awesome relationships to gravity ;)",
"It is quite literally impossible to overestimate intake when you maintain regular intake of the same goods every single day. Perhaps the companies are telling us lies about how many calories are in their product? I mentioned alcohol, which you can look up the calorie rates online easily enough. If I'm drinking 4000-5000 a day alone in just vodka, how far off can I be and how much can it matter?\n\nPeople just don't all react to diets the same. Some people just naturally break shit down faster. ",
"Did you gag from how douchy that is? ",
"Bruh, that's my major. ",
"Jesus Christ fuck this noise. As a society we need to do a little fat shaming. If you’re fat then get skinny.\nIf you’re fat you’re predispose to medical problems. There is no advantage of you being a fat piece of shit.\nWe need to stop letting people be ok with being fat",
"Not when you realize just being in a gym means fuck all. Just think of the large population of people who go to a gym right after new year's. It's people like that who look at this sign then think, \"heh you're right, this validates my weight problem. I don't need to be here when I'm told these traits that have nothing to do with a gym.\" ",
"That people are tired of garbage motivational stuff everybody already knows? This sign isn't meant for serious gym goers because they already know how and what a scale is used for. This sign is meant for people who are already unsure of seriously working out and instead validates them and their decision to stop going.",
"You keep missing the main point here and I’m guessing it’s because you’re choosing to. Do us all a favour and contact CERN about your magic metabolism. There are hundreds of thousands of people who would kill to burn 4000 plus calories just by existing for a day.\n\nEDIT: drinking a minimum of three and a half pints of vodka a day, (4000calories worth) I’m doubting you counted your calories perfectly each day my guy. ",
"I was drinking over a half gallon a day, so yeah it was quite a few calories. There is 0 chance of miscalculation because I literally opened a new one and finished it off through the day. Never got overweight... So how? I didn't exercise.. Simply standing a few times was my physical activity for the day oftentimes . How then? Or are you going to tell me that just never happened? Because it absolutely did and I'm not the only person it happens too.\n\nHalf gallon of vodka, a varying amount of beer just depending how much i spent at the bar, and then I would eat sparingly, but on a schedule all the same. Enough to not die. I didn't really change up my habits because you know, addiction. But still, not fat. ",
"Magic obviously. I’m sorry but I’m not gonna agree with you because what your proposing flies in the face of some of the most basic and proven science known to us as a species. \n\nYou believe you know better than science and common sense, that’s fine. There’s no point continuing a discussion where you’re refusing to accept anything other than a drunken personal anecdote, and I’m not obliged to explain all of the ways that single drunken anecdote is physically impossible. \n\nHave a good night, and best of luck with sobriety.",
"Important to remember this message isn’t just for people trying to lose weight. ",
"Right, what the hell. Stupid sign.",
"It's not that I believe better than anything it's just what happened. What happened is just what happened. If you can't explain it then okay, you don't understand it I guess. ",
"Let it go dude. Think what you like and drop it already.",
"Wow, you got downvoted for being right.\n\nEdit\n\nBring it on, you shallow idiots.",
"Christ, there are a lot of assholes on Reddit.",
"I can fit 4 people in my truck; will that help?",
"hey guys, weight is just a number",
"I wish I could up-vote this a thousand times.\n\nSure, a lot of people are overweight and don't try to lose it for one reason or another. But there are a lot of people that go to the gym who feel totally ashamed of their bodies because of the totally unrealistic shit they see in the media. A lot of people go to the gym because they hate themselves, not because they love themselves. I think this sign is speaking to them, not to people who are avoiding going to the gym at all. ",
"Right? I can hardly believe what I'm reading here. 95% of the people replying to this post hate themselves for their bodies, have hated themselves for their bodies at some point, or hate others for theirs.",
"Fucking. A. Exactly what I was going to post.",
"As someone who has been preoccupied with their weight and those stupid little numbers on the scales for a long time, this has just made my day! ",
"Fuckin’ A. That’s damn right.",
"Not everyone who are focused on their weight are fat though. Some people go to the gym through lack of body confidence (read me) and self esteem (again me) and seeing something like this can really boost your mood. Honestly, seeing something like this would just make me more determined to get fitter and healthier and more confident!",
"You don't have to be fat in order to be unhealthy. If we're going to shame overweight people, let's shame thin people who eat garbage and happen to have a fast metabolism. Their lab markers are likely to be awful, too. While we're at it, let's shame good-looking people who behave poorly and call others pieces of shit without having any clue as to their character or their contribution to society.",
"This is awesome ",
"Seriously though, so many negative comments, yet this is supposed to be positive.",
"Doctor here.\n\nFun fact, the most sensitive predictor we have of coronary artery disease? Abdominal girth.\n\nThe more of a fucking ponch you have, the more likely you are to have heart disease. Mind blowing right?",
"Ponch? Interesting word choice for a doctor. Then again I was once told by a doctor “You got shingles bro.” So go figure",
"For those of you who are looking for a scale that *can* measure beauty, talent, purpose, possibility, strength, love, or character, please visit my parents.",
"Seems kind of weird for a gym to have a functional antique scale",
"What a dangerous, unethical creep you are. \"Doctor\" posts \"Why do our stomachs growl when we're hungry?\" and offers treatment advice to strangers on the internet. Okay, kid. Btw, abdominal swelling and obesity are not talking about the same thing.",
"Yeah but this attitude is suuuuuuuper toxic. It reads like “Oh you’re fat? You have no redeeming qualities until you get skinny.” Which totally ignores the fact that it’s not like you can get skinny overnight. \n\nWe expect people to stick to their weight loss plans while everyone around them is reminding them how worthless and disgusting they are? Jesus. \n\nAll this sign is doing is reminding people that they are more than their weight. But judging by the comments in this thread, treating people as human beings no matter what they look like is a horrifying idea. ",
"Of course, like I said, fat people are generally more likely to live a sedentary lifestyle and have a poor diet. Fat has to follow the same laws of physics as any other matter, and had to be put there. It makes sense that it would be a predictor, if the assumption that fat people are more sedentary and have a poor diet is true. But riddle me this... \n\nYou have two patents: both 350 lbs, one on keto and going to the gym 3 times a week with a resting heart rate of 63 and the other eats mostly fried chicken strips and French fries, drives to his mailbox, and has a resting heart rate of 102.\n\nWhich of the two would you think you would be visiting in the ER to have stints installed?",
"Yeah, because drastic lifestyle change never involves emotions, thoughts, or feelings beyond what is measured on a scale. Anyone who has doubts or struggles while facing the scale is just a fatty in denial. Sound logic. ",
"Or reminds them that they are worth more than their weight, which gives them the emotional boost to keep trying. ",
"Not really. It's just reminding you that your vices don't need to be the sole measure of your value as a human being. ",
"Taking measures to measure the measurers",
"I’m not fat, I just have a bad relationship with Gravity ",
"Stents*\n\nAnd it's more likely to be the fat guy who's exercising actually. Because even if he's making healthy choices, he's still fat, and until his healthy choices make him not fat, he's still higher risk.\n\nResting heart rate has never been shown to have any correlation with coronary artery disease. ",
"Did I post that? I was probably karma farming.\n\nAnyway, I'm a real doctor. Abdominal swelling has a differential diagnosis in fact, and can be fluid (ascites, blood, etc.), feces, fat, gas, edema, etc.\n\nThe studies that investigate abdominal girth as a marker of coronary artery disease risk have \"other causes of abdominal swelling ruled out\" as part of their inclusion criteria.",
"Put that above a BMI scale.",
"It measures how many pizzas and Big Macs you scarfed down while exercising the art of couch potato to become obese! Get real!",
"Then I’m glad I don’t have any of those. ",
"Yeah... but it also happens to be a great at measuring how fat/not sexy you are. ",
"He's still a higher risk than the guy of the same weight who doesn't exercise? (or did you not read the entire scenario carefully?)\n\nI did about 45 seconds of research [to find a paper supporting my case](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23104638/), although I could probably Google \"do tight socks cause autism\" and get a paper in this day and age.\n\nWhat I (and most people who had a health class in high school) know is that a stronger heart muscle beats slower at rest. A weaker heart muscle will have to pump harder to push the same amount of blood around and will exhibit a faster beat at rest.\n\nTriglycerides are the cholesterol that cause the clots that cause heart attacks. if they are normal, there should be a normal possibility of heart attack.\n\nWeight is correlated to heart attack and stroke, because weight usually comes with the other risk factors. It isn't causation.\n\nWhen your car won't start, your immediate thought is to the correlation between engines not starting and failed batteries. But a dead battery could be the fault of a broken alternator. Your engine may also not start because of a failure in your key/chip security system.\n\nIf the police used correlation like this, it's called profiling and it's illegal. \n\nNever confuse correlation with causation. If this were completely true, nobody skinny would die of heart disease.",
"\"Only a mirror can do that.\"",
"Go back you kitchen soup nazi. ",
"Let me guess: Planet Fitness? ",
"What a bunch of sentimental garbage. You're a fatass. I'm a fatass. We're all fatasses.",
"but thinner people can still have all those things plus not being fat. ",
"That sign was written to make fat people feel better about themselves.",
"Even planet fitness isn't this lame.",
"Why are people downvoting this? I thought it was funny! Upvote from me.",
"I went to the gym once... I never returned... pretty scary place",
"It can also end a military career with just 1 notch. ",
"But it can tell if you're a \"girly man\"! ",
"Where is this gym and what's it called? Cause I never want to find myself in this place.",
"It can estimate, though.",
"And if you can read",
"[400 pounds of beauty](https://i.imgur.com/mwbIlvl.png)",
"nobody likes fatties?",
"SJW bullshit",
"That's not true. I have a genetically fast metabolism and I eat whatever the hell I want, and I don't gain much weight. I eat relatively healthy but if I were to eat shitty food every day, I'd gain little weight. ",
"Beauty is up to debate",
"> happen to have a fast metabolism.\n\nThis is a myth. Seriously. Go read some articles.\n\nMaybe learn something about fitness/nutrition before you get all high and mighty.",
"And your health. Don’t forget that one ",
"GTFO",
"Yeah, [no](https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2017/05/'Healthy-obesity'-is-a-myth-study-suggests.aspx).",
"Oh noooo, what I meant was you can see that you weigh more or less than you should for your height/build/doctors recommendations and see that you’re unhealthy. “Healthy at any weight” is a load of crap.",
"Lol obviously I will do that.. But it really is absurd to come into a thread, tell them an experience they had is impossible, and then when they disagree you tell them to move on. Like it's crazy that I lived through something and because you just lack understanding in how the metabolism process works you just tell me it was impossible and never happened..\n\nSo I got curious and decided to look into this. Since you're saying it didn't happen or it must have been magic there's surely something wrong here.\n\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_and_weight?wprov=sfla1\n\n\"Alcohol also appears to increase metabolic rate significantly, thus causing more calories to be burned rather than stored in the body as fat (Klesges et al., 1994).\" \n\nAyy so not magic and it is in fact related to metabolism \n\nFun fact, back in the day people actually used alcohol as a diet. They replaced calories they'd get with eating and drank instead. And it kinda gained traction because it seemed to work for some people. Obviously this died out because alcohol should not be used for this reason due to a ton of other reasons (and because it can totally lead to weight gain of course for some). This died out around the 1960s so as you can imagine culture also enabled such lifestyle at the time because alcoholism wasn't really as understood/stigmatized. \n\nBut it literally speeds up the rate at which you burn calories. So someone who already naturally burns many calories speeding up their metabolic processes can definitely consume a high amount of calories and still stay skinny with no exercise.\n\nIt's concerning that you'd simply wrote off an experience somebody mentions having as impossible just because you don't understand it. You seem to be pretty passionate about the weight of other people, so it seems like you may want to know this info.\n\nHave you never wondered why any alcoholic could be skinny? Obviously skinny alcoholics exist despite taking in thousands and thousands of calories a day with no exercise. I am curious how you think these people could exist if not due to their metabolism being faster than most?\n\nBear in mind that plenty of other things can naturally speed up the metabolism, not just alcohol. And abnormal metabolisms just do exist. Your metabolism can actually be *so fast* that it leads to health issues in itself. Sometimes it stems from another disorder. For example, people recovering from eating disorders will often have an extremely fast metabolism when they begin to recover. Would you tell these people experiencing that that they must be having magic happen to them? ",
"Also known as “visceral fat” which is located inside the abdominal cavity and surrounds the liver, kidneys, pancreas, etc. Bad stuff. ",
"To be fair, zero weight loss does not mean zero progress. Weight is not a good measurement of fitness by itself.\n\nMost people *are* there to work on beauty and strength.",
"Most people with a BMI that indicates Obese are actually Obese, the exceptions are so few it's practically insignificant.",
"Soooo the gym promotes HAES? Bold move.",
"It measures how much you weigh... which is in direct correlation of how fat you may be depending on height, muscle, and bone density.",
"So fucking gay. What’s up with the pussification of the western world? Weigh yourself, act to change the weight if you want to. Don’t be a little bitch about it.",
"Literally fucking cant. All it does it weight, and that is what the sign is correctly saying. You’re inability to read and comprehend, well that’s also a measurement. ",
"Which is, IMO, ok. There's a difference between lying to fat people and trying to make sure they feel no respite from judgment.",
"That's the only reason people step on a scale.",
"They are pretty directly proportional, so I would say weight says a fair amount, with the exception of elite athletes.",
"You're wrong. Bullying is wrong. Ive lost 100 pounds and hate never helped me. Take your fat shaming and kindly stuff it. ",
"I've found a value to convert:\n\n- 100.0lb are equal to 45.36kg or 247.87 bananas",
"...what?",
"I agree *to an extent*. It's pretty common knowledge that being overweight is about as dangerous to your health and lifespan-shortening as smoking. C\n\nHealth warnings on cigarette packs have little effect on smokers, but the social stigma has a huge impact on making people want to quit. So, smoke-shaming saves lives. It's reasonable to believe fat-shaming may have a similar effect.\n\nI say this with it needs to be done with a little tact. Calling them a piece of shit isn't shaming, that's just rude. There's a difference in reminding people of he importance of losing weight and calling them names.",
"Yea it’s pretty remarkable how intense people react to something so simple. Like I said , this would make a great psychology experiment ",
"It may not measure those things but many of them can be somewhat assumed from that number it gives. ",
"SEEMS KIND OF WEIRD FOR A GYM TO HAVE A FUNCTIONAL ANTIQUE SCALE",
"I applaud you. I think people who improve their themselves like that are pretty awesome. Whatever motivation you used, tell other fat people to use it",
"I dunno, if it reads 77 pounds, you probably aren't at the top of the list in the strength department.",
"It’s actually a local YMCA with mainly older adults. Go figure ",
"He meant paunch but also wanted to punch the guy who posted above him. Wires crossed. ",
"My knees hurt and my doc wrote me a scrip for stations. I had just turned 30. From reddit I found CICO and myfitnesspal.com. I made a decision to do something about it. Thx btw",
"It's a normal scale. ",
"When you are so insecure that a scale needs to have a sign saying you aren't ugly just because you are fat, at least you know that you are without a doubt fat.",
"What? Is that not one of those manual type ones? Not even an automatic mechanical scale. You know the ones replaced by the now obsolete hydraulic scales which was replaced by the modern electronic scale. You're not like to find one of those shown above outside either, an antique shop, a museum, south sudan or apparently this gym.",
"These are in every doctor office and gym because they are extremely accurate. At least in the parts of the US I reside in. ",
"That’s not a very good idea for business. ",
"Well if there's anywhere you can count on being outdated in matters related to measurements, it is the US.",
"Most incels are straight men. So even if what you were saying were done you would still have a large section of that population alone and even more bitter.",
"Thry are extremely accurate, dude. An LED display doesn't make shit more accurate. ",
"Only about 6% of the population is an outlier due to being too small with too little muscle mass. About 12% of the population is actually fit enough to have enough muscle to be an outlier and that 12% spends years in the gym earning that right to be an outlier and they already know they are.\n\n82% of the population BMI is just fine for.",
"There is no such thing as healthy obesity. You may be obese and healthy for now but it will not last forever.\n\nhttp://time.com/82848/theres-no-such-thing-as-healthy-obesity-says-study/\n\n> The researchers conclude that even though these people may not have heart-related disease yet, their weight is still taking its toll on their health.",
"Okay, bmi works too, but even that isn't pure weight. Weight means different things to people of different genders, heights, and ages.",
"Obese lifters, sumo wrestlers, etc still fall victim to obesity related diseases and die sooner than non obese individuals.\n\nThey may stay healthier for a bit longer but it does nothing to prevent the realities of obesity from over taking there body. There is no such thing as healthy obesity.\n\n> Which of the two would you think you would be visiting in the ER to have stints installed?\n\nThe guy exercising since he actively puts his cardiovascular system under load compared to the lazier guy. There is a reason every exercise commercial says \"please check with your physician before starting any exercise regiment\" and it's for people exactly like this. Even something like squatting which isn't cardio puts loads of weight on your back and puts your entire bodies cardiovascular system under stress. In a weakened cardiovascular system that could potentially trigger a stroke or more. ",
"> It isn't causation.\n\nWe know enough now to know that it is indeed causation. This not some scientific mystery. Your car analogie is just ignoring the reality that we already know how this works. You not knowing doesn't mean science doesn't.\n\n> If this were completely true, nobody skinny would die of heart disease.\n\nFlatly false. It can be completely true and someone being born with a genetic heart disease is literally irrelevant and does not disprove it at all. Come on man. Don't use absolutes to play devils advocate. ",
"He's not right. That's why he's being downvoted. There is no such thing as healthy obesity and science continues to prove that reality. \n\nhttp://time.com/82848/theres-no-such-thing-as-healthy-obesity-says-study/\n\nHere is just one article discussing a study that showed that not to be the case. \n",
"Combine it with your height and you can also calculate BMI which can indicate how unhealthy you are, how much at risk you are for getting surgical procedures, etc.",
"Weight = Force of gravity * Body Mass in KG. \n\nWeight is just a number and means exactly their mass times the force of gravity. \n\nPeople trying to take that number and give it context based on genders, heights, etc are completely missing the point. \n\nYou sound like the kind of person the sign was meant for. Stop trying to attach more meanings to a number. Your relationship of mass to gravity is just a number. What you do with it after that fact seems to say a lot more about the person if they need to justify that number through the lens of gender, height, or age.",
"I weigh 160. does that mean I'm in good or bad shape?",
"You do you I guess since now you're just jumping topics every post to maintain being contrary. \n\n> Body fat % yeah, but weight alone doesn't actually say much.\n\nYou started here. Also, BF% is literally all you need since that already takes into consideration bone mass, muscle mass, etc. No additional information about height, gender, or sex is required. \n\nNow you think maintaining a contrary position about something that was clearly (Op is literally this) just about your relationship with gravity furthers that point?\n\nYou just want to argue. Bye bye.",
"Oh yes a 120 pound woman will be just as attractive to me as a 500 pound woman with the same face. Quit this bullshit....",
"I've found multiple values to convert:\n\n- 500.0lb are equal to 226.8kg or 1239.34 bananas\n- 120.0lb are equal to 54.43kg or 297.43 bananas",
"I've learned a great deal about it. I have had to due to overtraining and a resulting injury and illness. People with a fast metabolism have a great NEAT response. That can't be faked.\n\nHow is it reasonable to suggest that there aren't things about people's bodies that make some better at metabolizing calories than others? ",
"True, and regarding judgment, nobody truly judges anyone else at the gym. Everyone is their own worst critic and assumes everyone else is thinking the same thing about themselves that they are. Everyone is at the gym just focused on their own selves.",
"Dude I'm pretty sure I know the evidence lol. If you want to live in your fantasy world where fat people who walk more don't die then go for it. ",
"You're creating a scenario that doesn't make sense. No 350lb man is going to have a resting heart rate of 63. \n\nAdditionally, even if he had such a low resting heart rate, the choices that got him to 350lb in the first place have most likely clogged his arteries and given him health issues. \n\nOn top of all that, being that big and exercising strenuously can cause heart issues. I'm a fair bit under 250 (read: over 100 pounds less than the fictional man you've created) and an avid weight lifter. Going hard on the elliptical can cause my BPM to hit potentially unsafe levels. \n\nThere's lots of risk factors associated with being fat. Your original post essentially says, 'Well, a fat guy with NONE of the risks associated with being fat is healthy!\" No shit - it's just a person like that does not exist. It doesn't make biological sense",
"I've found multiple values to convert:\n\n- 100.0lb are equal to 45.36kg or 247.87 bananas\n- 350.0lb are equal to 158.76kg or 867.54 bananas",
"Is this the sign in the female changing room at CU Boulder? \n\nIt would be interesting to see if people had had a different reaction if they knew where the poster was hung...\n\nIt's not there to convince people to not lose weight; it's there to remind a demographic disproportionately affected by eating disorders that their weight doesn't define them. People be judgey AF!",
"Good bot",
"Agreed, my eyes roll right back into my head when people bring up outliers as an excuse. About 5% of men and 1% of women fall into the category of being obese just due to muscle mass. \n\n\nGranted, there are also some highly specialized athletes who carry some extra fat on purpose... but they too know they are an exception of sorts. ",
"But I picked up a weight once and accidentally became the Rock!",
"...hes on reddit... hes not on shift... what's wrong with you",
"The butthurt only proves you right :) ",
"Actually, it looks to me like they were perfectly consistent the whole way. Weight is only a decent estimator of body fat percentage when accompanied by other information, such as height. I see no topic jumping occurring. Perhaps you'd be better posed accusing them of pedantry.\n\nOn a tangential topic, sex matters a lot when considering whether a given BF% is healthy or not. Women have a higher baseline than men, so BF% is not 'literally all you need'.",
"You're welcome to that opinion. I'm welcome to use my own two human eyes and watch them bounce around and use my own judgement. So you do you bud.",
"It’s a joke... what’s wrong with you?",
"medical facts are shallow amirite",
"> All it does it weight\n\nWhich, as it turns out, is fairly predictive of things like stroke and heart attack risk. ",
"Sounds lile something that PC Principal would say.",
"I'm sorry your mother didn't love you.",
"Nice meme. It's actually weird because I pride myself on having a great supportive family and group of friends. I also seem to be part of the shrinking minority of people on the internet who don't have mental health issues and am perfectly happy with who I am as a person. But nah, my opinion on whether or not a sign has a positive effect on someone looking to lose weight totally contradicts that. Damn and to think I grew up with a great life.",
"So you're nothing more than an insufferable prick? Got it. Carry on, good sir.",
"Says the one insulting me. All I've said is I don't think a sign is going to work the way it's intended and that I love my friends, family and self. \n\nI guess my comments only show my relationship with the sign. Not measure my beauty, talent, purpose, possiblity, strength, love or character.\n\nFunny how irony works, huh?",
"\"...it’s also possible to be thin and unhealthy, and people can be at risk for the same metabolic problems at any size if they do not take care of themselves.\"",
"Nothing I said suggested it wasn't also possible to be thin and unhealthy. OBVIOUSLY anorexic people exist. \n\nThey are not mutually exclusive concepts. One does not preclude the other from existing. One does not imply the other doesn't exist either. That's literally NOT what they were saying here at all.\n\nAt no point does a skinny unhealthy person literally existing disprove the reality that healthy obesity does not exist. ",
"Wtf? If the doctor in your source meant anorexic people, he would've said people with eating disorders.\n\nEdit\n\nHere, read the article yours links to:\n\nhttp://time.com/14407/the-hidden-dangers-of-skinny-fat/",
"They count too and it's incredibly ignorant for you think they did not. Anorexics absolutely are unhealthy and thing. They are part of that population.\n\nAlso, at no point did what you say disprove my claim. Notice even in this last response you never even attempted to actually disprove the point with even 1 fact that actually refuted it.\n\nYou've got literally nothing to add here. Refute my point with actual facts that refute it or deal with it and move on with your life. A thin and unhealthy person existing in no way precludes obese people from being unhealthy at the same time. Not even remotely. At no point did your claim make an reasonable or logical sense to refute what I posted with a source. \n\n",
"Lmao ",
"People with eating disorders are not counted.\n\nhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/770362\n\n\"Among US adults...\" that part is important, because we have very different diets and lifestyles from Koreans \"...there is a high prevalence of clustering of cardiometabolic abnormalities among normal-weight individuals and a high prevalence of overweight and obese individuals who are metabolically healthy.\"\n\nYou are right. Unhealthy skinny people does not mean there are no unhealthy overweight people. Just as skinny healthy people does not mean there are no healthy overweight people.",
"> You are right. Unhealthy skinny people does not mean there are no unhealthy overweight people. Just as skinny healthy people does not mean there are no healthy overweight people.\n\nWhich makes literally everything you've responded to me literally irrelevant. They don't disprove my point so at no point did anything you say to me disprove the reality that there is no such thing as healthy obesity.\n\nYou are literally wasting my time with pointless arguments that even you admit don't refute my point. Wow.",
"No, what you've said is that you don't think a sign is going to work the way it's intended, in a really shitty way. If you don't see that at all, that's why you're an insufferable prick. There's nothing worse than moral indignation from someone that doesn't know how to treat people well in the first place.",
"I think I overestimated the reading comprehension level here...\n\n\"Skinny healthy people does not mean there are no healthy overweight people.\"\n\nI said: There are healthy overweight people.\n\n\"There is no such thing as healthy obesity.\"\n\nYou said: There are no healthy overweight people.\n\nThose are opposing statements. They mean the opposite things. \n\nThe most factual (accurate or correct) source one can cite is a scientific study, so I provided that for you. My point is that weight and health are not the same, and there are most likely people that are heavier than you that are also healthier than you, so you should not judge a person's health by their appearance. If you do you are an idiot and/or an asshole.\n\nIf I thought you were capable of the discussion, there are interesting studies on the long term health of athletes (a physical fitness ideal), finding no difference in cardiopulmonary health from non-athletes/less active adults, but several times more instances of joint problems and injuries.\n\nDisclaimer for better readers: When I say overweight, I do not mean morbidly obese and immobile from it, just as reasonable people don't mean those with anorexia or bulimia when they say skinny.",
"It's funny you started off WITH A BLATANT INSULT and then proceded to literally not actually address what I said with a refutation at all.\n\nGo waste someone elses time. I stand by my link that you still have no even remotely tried to refute the claim the study referenced within made. \n\nGrow up and keep insults to yourself if you want to be taken seriously like an adult.\n\n> You said: There are no healthy overweight people.\n\nLITERALLY not what I said. If you actually read the article it has this nugget.\n\n> he researchers conclude that even though these people may not have heart-related disease yet, their weight is still taking its toll on their health.\n\nThere's a reason I link these sources. Because the source is the point. Holy christ you're not bright.\n\n\n*edit* \n\n> “Obese individuals who are considered ‘healthy’ because they don’t currently have heart disease risk factors, should not be assumed healthy by their doctors,” \n\nAnother line from the article you are refusing to read just to argue AT ME and not with my source supporting documentation. ",
"What a twist!",
"Okay, buddy, take a deep breath and start over. What is the point you are trying to make that your article is saying?",
"r/wholesomememes take this away. Its message is lost on the cesspool.",
"Thank you for making it clear you aren't reading anything I say. Perhaps if you started at my first post, read it's content, and then ACTUALLY READ THE LINKED ARTICLE you'd have a basic grasp.\n\nSince you are continuing to refuse to do so it's clear you have no actual refutation of the points held within. Good day to you.\n\n*edit* For example the title of the article is literally \"There's No Such Thing As Healthy Obesity\" so for you to still be confused is 100% on you.",
"Sign should say the scale is not a measure of your strength and muscle tone. ",
"Read the second half of the article.\n\nEdit\n\nRead further than the title.",
"What’s absurd is insisting this hard that your body is capable of breaking biology and physics. I’m not gonna agree just to make you happy, and alcoholism has nothing to do with anorexic people and refeeding syndrome and comparing the two is foolish. \n\nWhy can’t you just drop it? I don’t care that you think your body is magically capable of impossible things. You do you and ignore all the science on the world, just stop trying to make me agree with your nonsense. Stop talking to me and stop calling your ignorance and refusal to accept it my problem. ",
"ROFLMAO. I read the entire thing and you've yet to quote even one single thing out of it that refutes the reality that anyone obese now and healthy will eventually be unhealthy. In fact I'll quote for you these lines right out of it again since you failed to read them at least twice now.\n\n> “Obese individuals who are considered ‘healthy’ because they don’t currently have heart disease risk factors, should not be assumed healthy by their doctors,”\n\nYou have no leg to stand on. You've utterly failed to refute that source, it's argument, or anything held within. You've offered no solid refutation in argument form and offered literally nothing in source form. \n\nYou've failed in every possible way to refute the contents of that article and the study it cites.",
"It’s a scale. It’s not about vices. It is a literal measure of your weight.",
"Keep telling yourself that, fatty",
"I don’t even know what you’re talking about now. I don’t want to. Stop harassing me for not accepting your personal anecdote as proven fact and apparently going through my comment history trying to find reasons to continue having a go. Goddamn dude it’s weird.\n\nI don’t owe you information, especially information that is readily available as CICO. Leave me alone. This is obsessive and weird.",
"No, it doesn’t. Sorry, but it just doesn’t. I know a healthy 250lb guy of muscle and I know a buddy at 200 that is very obese and we’re worried for him. That number means fuck all for health. \n\nI’m less healthy than either, and I’m a svelt 147lbs. By your reasoning, I should be the healthiest. Sorry, it’s just a number. ",
"How was what I said, said in a really shitty way? I would actually like to see how it could be construed as such. And I treat people just fine, it's weird you assume I'm a terrible person for my opinion on a sign. It doesn't seem like I'm an insufferable prick, it seems you're the one who can't handle someone not liking a message a sign conveys.",
"I don't know why you're bothered. By your standards all I've done is disagree with you. Let's try it your way. \n\n\"What you have to say means fuck all. Lots of people think what they say is just fine and they're not capable of seeing how their words might hurt others.\" That's a paraphrase of what you said, but more appropriate to out topic at hand.",
"haha that going to play in head every time I use one now"
] | 221 |
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Poster behind the scale at my gym
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/r/pics/comments/7qemll/flying_with_style/
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[
"Special Beam Canon!!!",
"That is so awesome",
"The lead planes look like they are touching wings that is some serious skill.",
"Like toothpaste",
"This was the fly over for the Abu Dhabi grand prix ",
"Are the gear down to increase drag for the manoeuvre?",
"Pictures that deserve to be gifs...",
"First, yes it is impressive flying. It is not quite as close as it seems from this angle. The lead plane is at a slightly higher altitude than his neighbors. It is easier for flank planes to look up than down, or directly across, for tracking. ",
"what does flying without style look like then? 5 of 7 are just flying straight",
"I saw pipe cleaners",
"Do a barrel roll!",
"This is actually a real barrel roll. Star Fox has been lying to us all these years as you can't barrel roll in Star Fox and for unknown reasons they call an aileron roll a \"barrel roll\".",
"“Kick the tires and light the fires” ",
".. but with style.",
"I wish I could give more than one upvote to you sir. ",
"amazing"
] | 16 |
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Flying with style.
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/r/pics/comments/7qeoxr/our_new_lord_and_saviour/
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[
"In the gnome of the father, son, and holy shroom",
"You find these at a Michael’s?",
"No Walmart",
"Amen and happy tripping",
"Well jesus was actually a hallucinogenic mushroom so yeah"
] | 5 |
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Our new Lord and Saviour
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/r/pics/comments/7qesxm/my_friend_sent_me_a_message_saying_theyd_just/
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[
"Adolf Kitler 1945 in the ruins of the Reichstag. Colorized. ",
"That went from \"Sad cat\" to \"Nazi\" really fucking quickly. ",
"Yeah usually you have to wait a few comments but nope this guy went full Godwin right out the gate."
] | 3 |
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My friend sent me a message saying they’d just seen the world’s saddest cat. I have to agree.
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/r/pics/comments/7qeueh/guns_sand_club/
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[
"http://gunsandsand.com/ \n\n\n",
"I HATE sand. It's coarse and rough and it gets everywhere",
"can someone troll him with applications? I like the noise on my guns ALL THE WAY BABY! "
] | 3 |
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Guns & Sand Club
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/r/pics/comments/7qeukn/i_worked_for_edelbrock_in_my_early_20s_and_drew/
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[
"that's a \"feels good, man\" thing if I ever saw one.",
"Exactly",
"Sue is a nice lady though.",
"The artwork belongs to them. I'm just glad it's still around ",
"So now they've managed to sell 1 T-Shirt and a hoodie in 15 years ?\n\nNot sure how that turns into a \"success\" story....",
"Solid logo, not douchy. What do you do now?",
"What the hell did he think was wrong with it?? It's perfect.",
"I originally made the art for a black mechanics jacket, which Vic said wouldn't sell. I ordered 50 jackets thinking they would last us two years, and they we're sold out in a few hours. I found out the artwork has lived on the jacket and extended to hats, a metal sign, t-shirts, and hoodies! Just good to know I was able to contribute to the industry I loved so much. I work for a children's hospice now. ",
"Pretty cool to have left that sort of a mark on the company",
"I'd pay you too if you can make a hoodie for Meyerhoff lifters."
] | 10 |
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I worked for Edelbrock in my early 20s and drew this shirt. Vic screamed at me saying nobody would buy it. 15 years later, this kid said he just bought it at the race track, and a hoodie of it too!
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/r/pics/comments/7qevet/a_picture_of_my_car_after_last_nights_snowfall/
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[
"Caddy eh... lol",
"It looks hungry. Approach with caution.",
"I do love my garage for this very reason. I always feel superior driving my clean car after a storm! ",
"Wife’s car was in the garage 🙄"
] | 4 |
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A picture of my car after last night’s snowfall
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http://i.imgur.com/Jl1vDsj.jpg
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/r/pics/comments/7qexg7/display_at_local_shithole_bookstore/
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[
"Shithole!",
"Holy shit",
"so... like is this a trump joke or something\n?"
] | 3 |
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Display at local shithole bookstore
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/r/pics/comments/7qexrb/my_evil_shopping_cart/
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[
"Hello dave..",
"It reminded me of an alternate mega mind lol",
"Hahaha still"
] | 3 |
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My evil shopping cart.
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/r/pics/comments/7qf11s/a_car_in_santa_ana_somehow_crashed_into_the_2nd/
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[
"GTA VR",
"Off the Freeway one would assume\n",
"Car actually was parked upstairs, reversed into the wall. That’s rule #1 for parking in your room. Always be aware of walls. ",
"It was a mudslide, I swear!",
"This has Bruce Willis wrtten all over it. ",
"gol dang dem Duke boys!",
"When GTA is life",
"These Fast and Furious movies are filming everywhere"
] | 8 |
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A car in Santa Ana somehow crashed into the 2nd story of a building.
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/r/pics/comments/7qf1ar/this_guys_first_snow_storm/
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[
"He, um... He doesn’t look too thrilled. 😢",
"He never looks thrilled. Can't figure out his deal man.",
"OP, are you dressed like a deer? I’d take the headpiece off super quick!",
"Maybe feed him a warm steak for dinner and promise him it won’t happen again so he doesn’t, you know... murder you.",
"[At least he didn't shave the dog before it went out there](http://www.13wmaz.com/img/resize/content.wtsp.com/photo/2017/06/11/husky_1497197128503_9746031_ver1.0.jpg?preset=534-401)",
"That’s too funny!\n\n“Hey! Who sewed this dog’s head to the body of a chicken?!?”",
"His tag is hilarious. "
] | 7 |
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This guys first snow storm.
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/r/pics/comments/7qf3bs/a_very_innovative_tattoo/
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[
"Creepy",
"Hope that's not his jerkin' hand.",
"That's why the Jesus has his head down.",
"Old",
"Who would jesus fist?",
"Just not that innovative of a post. http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2mgyiw/beautiful_tattoo/\n \nhttp://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/31ryo6/imagine/\n \nhttp://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/2mhfkn/take_jesuss_hand/\n \nhttp://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/2mhndi/imagine_what_it_looks_like_when_he_masturbates/",
"these are all much better versions of that\n\nhttp://tonobanquetes.com/images/one-piece-tattoo/one-piece-tattoo-26.jpg\n",
"Tattoo Jesus person: whomever is free of sin throw the first stone\n\n *BAM BOOM BANG !!... People screaming*\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSome guy: why did you say \"BAM BOOM BANG !!... People screaming\"",
"Saw one like that but it was Popeye",
"Jesus has seen enough.",
"Leviticus 19:28 (KJT)\n\n*Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.*",
"Someones getting nailed tonight",
"grabbin ur dick with that would be awkward",
"the perspective on the cross is waaay off 5/10 would not recommend\n ",
"Jesus loves jerking him off.",
"Damn right! Also, \"I permit no woman to teach or have authority over men; she is to keep silent.\" Timothy 2:11",
"Aw, man... rule 34. Must... resist the urge... to Google...",
"I fail to see how that has anything to do with Jesus tattoos.\n\nBut that is in there, as well as support for slavery, killing your kids for smart talk and god's fear of iron chariots.",
"Aliens would read that and think it’s a joke lol",
"It doesn't. Just another zinger!",
"The amazing thing is, there are people who read it, and *don't* think it's a joke.",
"Good one. The Jesus tattoo fool probably has that inked on the other arm.",
"Masturbation is a sin. Jesus died for our sins. Jesus died so we can masturbate. Masturbate often. For Jesus. ",
"I like your reasoning. I will \"carry on\""
] | 24 |
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A very innovative tattoo
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http://i.imgur.com/QaOMtvU.jpg
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/r/pics/comments/7qf3i2/grand_hotel_italy/
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[
"There is no way this image isn’t from a beautiful Wes Anderson film.",
"All it needs is a funicular and some fuchsia paint.",
"that's the first thing that came to mind. 'grand budapest hotel'?",
"It looks extremely cold ",
"Yeah you can boat around Como with Clooney",
"Eh i didn't think Wes Anderson filmed in shithole countries like this place. Even North Korea has nice buildings don't be fooled",
"They should call it the Several Grand Hotel, because that's how much it'll cost you to stay there. LOL!",
"It feels cold ahaha!",
"\"She was dynamite in the sack, by the way...\"",
"She was 84..",
"Good joke mom!!! ",
"Where is this?",
"Better keep an eye on the hedge animals",
"Italy",
"/r/AccidentalWesAnderson ",
"R/accidentallwesanderson ",
"Pretty sure it is the [Grand Hotel Misurina](http://www.grandhotelmisurina.com/en) on Lago di Misurina just [south of Austria](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Grand+Hotel+Misurina+-+Blu+Hotels/@46.9459187,10.6042572,7z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4779cccf81717831:0x2ea068c446b428d9!8m2!3d46.584335!4d12.25358?hl=en).",
"Yep looks like it. Thanks!",
"I laughed.",
"Smooooooooooooke on the waaaater....",
"Reminds me of the Lake Louise Chateau. Beautiful!",
"WAMMU!!!",
"That's Montreux",
"The water isn't frozen. Looks way better than our - 10°F today.",
"I’ve had older...",
"Beautiful, but a bit ominous (at least in this photo). Looks like a good spot for a murder mystery or two.",
"Grand Italian Hotel",
"What?",
"?",
"The Shining ",
"Got it",
"/r/evilbuildings",
"Yikes! That place looks creepy as fuck! Nooo thanks ",
"I love this photo. I'm not sure why, but it airways reminds me of Batman Begins... weird ",
"isn`t that a porn movie? ",
"Amazing place! \n",
"Reminds me of Jacobstown ",
"Yeah I could never stay in a hotel like that. It's most definitely haunted.",
"No. You're either mistaking this for Grand Budapest Motel, or the Gran Budapest Hotel. ",
"ok, I was mistaking it with my first porn movie I watched. It was called something similar to this ",
"Opera Diocesana San Bernardo Degli Uberti Istituto Pio XII\nVia Monte Piana, 4, 32041 Misurina BL\n0435 39008\n\nhttps://goo.gl/maps/3gLSHc8xCCC2",
"\"...you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave...'",
"It's actually [this place](http://www.misurinasma.it/en/). Same lake, but at the south end. ",
"\nThey ought to name such the Several Grand Hotel, because it is how many a good deal it's going to virtue thouin accordance with stay there. LOL!\n",
"Awww that's so sweet, you're a romantic. I hardly remember. ",
"I'm more wondering WHAT it is. ",
"YES! This is more noire tho, but absolutely no complain...",
"Would want to visit",
"This part is what made me think of that song:\n\nWe ended up at the Grand Hotel\nIt was empty, cold and bare\nBut with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside\nMaking our music there",
"so many people inhibited by this subject that I got a tone of downvotes. No wonder why they all voted for Trump. lol ",
"[Here](https://i.imgur.com/nsRy8sh.jpg) is a **much** higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://500px.com/photo/41078450/misurina-1-by-fabrizio-gallinaro) is the source. Credit to the photographer, [Fabrizio Gallinaro](https://500px.com/fgallinaro), who took this on July 21, 2013.\n\n> Canon EOS 5D Mark III\n\n> Canon EF 24-105mm \n\n> f/4L IS USM\n\n> 105mm\n\n> ƒ/14\n\n> ISO 100\n\n It looks *very* different on [Google Street View](https://www.google.com/maps/@46.5795787,12.2525065,3a,50.6y,186.01h,88.89t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPZGTuAPZcoeCXnSZ6ojBuEyNGy0KVmtmTxTL6z!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPZGTuAPZcoeCXnSZ6ojBuEyNGy0KVmtmTxTL6z%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya46.130093-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352?hl=en).",
"Looks like the hotel from the movie 'Grand Budapest Hotel' ",
"That's The Grand Budapissed Hotel starring Stormy Daniels.",
"Yeah, but he won't stop talking about Darfur, and then he leaves you on the other side of the lake as a practical joke. I'm not bitter...",
"It looks from the website that it’s a child asthma treatment center. They seem to pride themselves on being at a high altitude which benefits the treatments. ",
"You mean a professional photographer with a good camera and lenses made something look better than Google Streetview?",
"That place is haunted. I guarantee it.",
"I go to bed with all my friends.",
"My first was Debbie does Dallas.",
"Has the same feels as The Shining, to me.",
"This place has only belonged to Italy and more precisely the Region \"Venezia\" since the aftermath of WW1. It was a part of Tyrol beforehand. In order to break the \"Ladin\" identity, Mussolini divided them into 3 provinces. Anpëz/Anpezo or Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italian got Annexed to the province Belluno (Venezia).\n\nOnly in South Tyrol and Trentino their language is protected by law, which is why their culture is dying out in Cortina. A trend further enhanced by the high number of secondary homes owned by rich people from all over Italy as it's a world famous winter sport area - causing the local population to abandon the place because properties and rents are unaffordable. \n\nIn a referendum in those 3 majority Ladin areas a couple of years ago, more than 95% of all voters agreed on the desire of reintegration into the province South Tyrol where their language is protected by law. ",
"All work and no play make Jack a dull boy ",
"Who the hell upvoted this but didn't upvote mom's good joke?? ",
"agree with you",
"amazing veiw",
"r/accidentalwesanderson ?",
"If they don’t use this for the hotel in series of unfortunate events they’ve made a grave mistake",
"My thoughts exactly- looks like the overlook hotel from *The Shining*",
"Yep! I actually stayed at the Grand Hotel Misurina and it was great, a weird blend of Italian/German food and hospitality. The view from our table at dinner was this exact view. ",
"This is actually the view FROM the Grand Hotel (A Blu Hotel) in Lake Misurina of another Hotel across the lake. Our family stayed there (Grand HoteL) in 2015 and it was amazing, an odd mix of Italian and German hospitality and food/culture. SUPER Clean hotel and a really unique part of Italy that I'm really glad we decided to go to. ",
"haha apparently others don't agree :p",
"Tegnete calmo ",
"to all ma haters! [<3](https://media.giphy.com/media/4zukjM1pQeZJS/giphy.gif) ",
"Misurina lake. I've been there.",
"Well, actually plenty of others *do* agree, but they're also getting downvoted just like you. See comments. \nSo it appears that there are two points of view. And some people, who are Douchebag bundles of sticks, seem to be very intolerant of this point of view. "
] | 77 |
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Grand Hotel, Italy
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/r/pics/comments/7qf4rh/car_crashes_into_second_story_of_building/
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[
"10/10 that takes complete talent ",
"Must have been really late for his appointment.",
"Damn! I hate when that happens. ",
"when birds fly upside down",
"Drive-thru dentist office",
"That is crashing skills ",
"I would assume speed was a factor here. Did the car ramp up on the hood of another car or did it somehow end up ramping on a truck and then into the building? Crazy!",
"GTA Stunt Jump Failed",
"But how??",
"\"I said it's dark upstairs, not 'there's parking upstairs'\"",
"[The Lineup](https://www.google.com/maps/place/319+17th+St,+Santa+Ana,+CA+92706/@33.75985,-117.8639505,3a,75y,3.07h,84.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1se1-1JD7hEuulyt4CetJHtA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x80dcd9a52507178f:0xa9bdf3a532fbaa4d!8m2!3d33.760214!4d-117.8639352)"
] | 11 |
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Car crashes into second story of building
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/r/pics/comments/7qf62n/after_driving_up_this_road_i_had_to_see_what_it/
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[
"I wonder if there is a logical reasoning behind it..",
"Incline, I guess, but 3 tight bends might have been cheaper than a flyover!",
"Is this in South Dakota near Needles highway. I drove that last summer and seeing those on the gps was confusing.",
"Smokey Mountain Parkway?",
"If the other comment wasn't clear enough, there's a cliff and driving straight would mean an extremely steep (lethal) fall. You drive down a ramp instead.",
"That civil engineer was really trying to show off that day.",
"Happy cake day,",
"\"Let's trigger everyone and make it look like an unfinished pretzel.\""
] | 8 |
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After driving up this road, I had to see what it looked like from above.
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/r/pics/comments/7qf7vj/being_a_dad_is_the_most_rewarding_accomplishment/
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[
"It's the little gifts like this that I like the most. You can tell they are being totally honest. Simple little notes like this pretty muh telling you you are doing a good job.",
"Unexpectedly hit me in the feels. ",
"You managed to breed, congrats.",
"Wow. Very witty",
"Says the person replying to a thread over a month old. Well fucking done...",
"Lol...so intelectual yet so shallow",
"Ha! got me in one. Oh hang on..."
] | 3 |
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Being a Dad is the most rewarding accomplishment I'll ever achieve!
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/r/pics/comments/7qf87i/my_terrys_orange_looks_like_a_butthole/
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[
"Feel like one too?",
"Oddly enough, yes.",
"Put... put your...",
"Favourite song on and...",
"Can i eat it ",
"Sure can. I can never finish one of these anyways. ",
"Dont mention Terries or i might jump into battle mode, ready to draxx them sklounst. ",
"I'd rather eat a butthole. I love chocolate but I think orange chocolate is a sin",
"I’m going to remember this, next time I get lonely.",
"Didn't need to see that. ",
"ROBOT BUTTHOLE",
"Later tonight? ",
"Most likely. Me and that thing. It’s on.",
"There’s enough to go around. I’m a giver!",
"I like the cut of your jib, Daven!",
"#shithole"
] | 16 |
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My Terry’s Orange looks like a butthole
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/r/pics/comments/7qfau8/my_mom_decided_to_assemble_all_the_stuffed/
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[
"Where's Bart?",
"I am not seeing a glowworm?? ",
"[is this your house?](https://www.google.ca/maps/place/37+Bertmount+Ave,+Toronto,+ON+M4M+2X8/@43.6634087,-79.3353795,3a,75y,86.71h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6GEeDlQcnEJvb0NMmFthTw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d4cb9d5676dde1:0x45346caac38a351f!8m2!3d43.6634179!4d-79.3351703)",
"Are there children?",
"Furby? Check.\nBeanie baby _with_ tag still on? Check. \n\nI’m gonna guess you were born between 1980-1985? ",
"1990s bb!",
"Yeah haha! ",
"My sister and I but we moved out a while ago ",
"There are*",
"I think the troll doll threw me off... ",
"Oldest is 1989 so you were close! :))) ",
"Geez. Imagine being the person living in the next house over. Seeing that garish monument to mental illness every time you arrive at home, absolutely sinking that good feeling of finally being able to kick back and relax.",
"Moms and grandmas having estate / yard sales are goldmines for things like this and as a teacher, I thank them for it. After hitting up all I could find this past summer, I had a military duffle bag full of brand new condition beanie babies and other stuffies that supplied my students with Christmas presents and prizes for academic achievement. ",
"Lol what happened when I read this: “what are you talking about he’s right th-wait a minute, MOM WHERE IS BART?!!”\n\nEdit: she sent me a picture of homer and said “here he is!” -.-"
] | 14 |
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My mom decided to assemble all the stuffed animals in the house. She sent me this picture saying “there’s more in the basement”
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/r/pics/comments/7qfbrz/a_speeding_car_hit_a_median_and_ended_up_in_the/
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[
"I hope no one was out there.",
"\"Did somebody call 9-1-HOLY SHIT?!!\"",
"His car certainly acquired a few *dents* in the process. ",
"It may require a cavity after that lol",
"Don't floss and drive.",
"Them old Duke boys are at it again. ",
"That's what I call a dental daaaaaaam."
] | 7 |
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A speeding car hit a median and ended up in the second-story of a dental office!
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/r/pics/comments/7qffga/not_photoshoped/
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[
"Of course loudlabs got the shot",
"They had to rescue the guy up there out of the car.",
"My mind is blown... the whole car is on the second floor?! Can someone please explain how this can happen with a car hitting a curb 15ft ish from the building? ",
"You've never played GTA 5?",
"/u/Amberraedrake1, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No pictures with added/superimposed digital elements.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/Amberraedrake1&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qffga/not_photoshoped/?context=10\\))",
"I lived a sheltered childhood :( lived without an Xbox until college, and I never really got into gaming outside of the pc...",
"So it was a lot of Zork for you then?"
] | 7 |
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Not photoshoped
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/r/pics/comments/7qfgul/describe_this_car/
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[
"googly",
"Bad",
"Drugs",
"Beautiful ",
"Pretty sure these were designed that way. Some kinda collaboration between VW and Benetton.",
"Golf by Benetton.",
"I’d like a pickup truck with all those colors.",
"Pimped",
"“Yeah, so I googled my car.”\n\n“Oh, what did you find out about it?”\n\n“No I mean I painted it Google.”",
"Gay",
"Volkswagen Golf Harlequin",
"Everybody hates chris",
"That 20 something year old that goes to highschool parties car",
"Fisher-Price"
] | 14 |
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Describe this car
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/r/pics/comments/7qfiqy/the_41000_lighter/
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[
"Source: http://www.lightersdirect.com/Limited+Edition+Lighters.989/S.T.+Dupont+Complication+Lighter+-+Yellow+Gold+%252526+Palladium.23290.html",
"Why tho",
"When you have more money than brains. ",
"I want to see a movie action hero throw this into a puddle of gasoline. ",
"This thing is pretty ugly.",
"Really? I've always liked the exposed-gears look. I used to have a watch like that. "
] | 6 |
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The $41,000 lighter
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[
"Where did you take this photo?",
"Disney World: a great place if you don't mind crowds.",
"Obviously not a real elephant once you zoom in.",
"Jungle Cruise!!!",
"Jungle Cruise puns are the best!\n\n\"As we approach, please notice that there’s a dock on the left, and a dock on the right. But don’t let it confuse you. It’s a paradox.\"",
"Please enjoy this sandstone formation, most people take it for Granite. ",
"The Jungle Cruise Attraction, looks like the one at Disneyland",
"https://youtu.be/a0cCRRFi1aA wooo!",
"I was on it not that long ago and this pun made me laugh a little harder than I should have: “on your left there that is the second scariest and most deadly animal we will encounter the African bull elephant. And now as you can see we have the first; his mother in law.” ",
"Was just about to link to this! Checked to see if anyone else had... good work."
] | 10 |
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My family couldn't tell if the Elephant in this photo I took was real or fake
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/r/pics/comments/7qflgk/after_a_6_hour_flight_delay_in_a_cuban_airport/
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[
"Hey....WestJet, eh",
"Aww damn. Well you elicited a sympathy chuckle. This experience will make your bed feel better tonight though. ",
"Did you at least bring back some cigars ?",
"Rum and lots of it",
"Cuba gets tornadoes!?!?",
"This is literally like. My worst nightmare. Hope you're safe",
"Oof...",
"Is this airport near the water? This looks a little more like a waterspout than a tornado. Was there any sort of tornado warning? Waterspouts are incredibly common in the Florida/Cuba Corridor. They’re often very weak and short-lived, but are still dangerous to watercraft, or if they come ashore. ",
"Do *NOT* get on that plane.",
"👍😊",
"That's normal to see, most likely a water spout (cuban here).",
"Don't worry dude, that's just the part that sticks through the earth to hold the globe together",
"Hey, the plane could use some torque to fly faster! Don't miss the moment!",
"ima go out on a limb and say your Canadian. ",
"How can one tell the difference between a water spout and a tornado? ",
"Well, waterspouts are only born on the water. A tornado can move over water, but IIRC it’s still a tornado. A tornado is normally born from a rotating thunderstorm known as a supercell, and it touches ground. A waterspout tends to not be born from a Supercell, although it can be. These seem to happen when clouds are developing over water. \n\nWaterspouts are often visually very small tubes coming from any sort of cloud. A tornado can be many shapes and sizes, and often are very difficult to see at a distance due to how low to the ground the cloud base is. Honestly, it’s all up to the environment, and your knowledge of the type of storm occurring. \n\nOP was in Cuba, which is a tropical area. Tropics are the most common place you’ll see a waterspout. If this was over a nearby lake or the ocean, then it’s definitely a waterspout. If it spawned on land then it’s either a tornado or a landspout. ",
"Your Canadian what?",
"Good guess",
"Take off, eh!"
] | 19 |
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After a 6 hour flight delay in a Cuban airport and thinking nothing else could go wrong. I looked out the window
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/r/pics/comments/7qfllo/this_park_in_chesapeake_has_a_public_stage/
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[
"Also, disclaimer: I wasn't able to successfully post this image with the location attached due to a Reddit bug (for whatever reason I can't post on mobile data).",
"Is this not a thing? Every town I have lived in has had at least one park with a public amphitheater or stage.",
"Probably not rare for you to see a park with a stage, but it is for me. There's not a lot of them nearby me!"
] | 3 |
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This park in Chesapeake has a public stage!
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[
"I hope they had the living daylights hugged and kissed out of them. ",
"The kid in the background, too, has seen some shit. Where is this from? Syria? Bosnia?",
"I hope the people of Syria are safe, and I hope the terrorists realize that there aren’t 40 virgins waiting for them after they die. Happy hunting to all of the American allies and I hope all of our allies stay safe! ",
"> Syria\nSyria",
"i hope that too , they have seen the dark side of this life on early age :/",
"What the hell is with the downvotes here?",
"Everybody is complaining... would you rather it DIDN'T work? Sheesh...",
"This is the only proof I need that we live in an evil world. No child should ever have to fear for their life, and yet countless children die every day. ",
"Repost to /r/frisson\n\nDefinitely merits it...",
"/u/rjhfun, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must directly relate to the event in the picture. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/rjhfun&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qflnz/they_came_out_safely_under_the_bombing_between/?context=10\\))"
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They came out safely under the bombing ..! Between the look of the older boy and the smile of the little boy falls a despicable world
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/r/pics/comments/7qflqs/albert_einstein_lecturing_at_lincoln_university_c/
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[
"a little racist. Look at the dude sleeping during class",
"fully racist",
"Is it just me or is everyone looking at a blank chalkboard?\n",
"And linked arms ",
"Colorized by /u/veggytheropoda\n\n",
"Interesting..the fact he took the time to lecture there speaks volumes. ",
"Nah...Just funny",
"were the students white in the precolorized photo?",
"That professor's name? Albert Einstein ",
"Thanks mate!",
"Nope, not at all...",
"You can't see the writing from this angle. It is all relative to your viewpoint.",
"That was very punny",
" Nice repost",
"Says the T_D loser.\n\nGo back to your safe-space snowflake echo chamber, the adults are talking here...",
"He was Jewish. At that time they were considered non-white, just like black people. ",
"Waht",
"Liam",
"Only amateur nights",
"So... basically what you are saying... \n\nis that if I'm at a 90 degree angle to the chalk board, like those students, then the text Einstein is writing at that moment in time, will seem maximally overwhelming and perplexing to my brain...\n\nwhereas... \n\nif I am travelling away from the chalkboard on a spaceship, at the speed of light, on a tangent at the angle this photo was taken, then I'll never be overwhelmed by Einstein's thoughts, because the light from the chalkboard will not have sufficient time to reach me? \n\nIf that's true, then what happens if the light travelling towards me passes through a gravitationally bent region of the space/time continuum fabric? \n\nAnd what happens if I shine a laser back along that path, aimed at the chalkboard? \n",
"This is an incredible photograph.",
"Does anyone know if any of the young men in this photograph rose to prominence? ",
"Damn, you got triggered hard, dude. ",
"What a twist!",
"We beat him just fine, by almost 3 million votes.\n\nWe (America) just didn't beat the Russians.\n\nAnd that's a serious failure of democracy, regardless of party affiliation...",
"Haha, as an outsider of this conversation, you got triggered.",
"It makes him look good for sharing his knowhow to help people’s want to get smart and make them good at business. ",
"Makes sense given he was an avid supporter of the socialist party, the same party that A. Philip Randoph (a prominent black labor activist) of the Fair Employment Practices Act (an anti-discrimination act) was a strong advocate for.",
"Alright! Here we go! Conspiracy nuts arise!",
"The names of all of those men? Albert Einstein.",
"Why don't you use some of triggers to open a S&W factory?",
"All men are created equal. ",
"Jewish people were predominantly 'white' under Jim Crow and segregation as it applied to skin colour, not ethnic or religious background (for the most part). \n",
"R/thathappened is leaking. ",
"Imagine being the guy with his eyes closed when they took the photo ",
"Jewish people were still white people under the Jim Crow Law, but in retrospect, it's no secret Jews have been heavily discriminated for thousands of years, especially during WWII where the Holocaust took place. So they took a more lax attitude towards minorities.",
"[6 Ways Albert Einstein Fought for Civil Rights](https://www.livescience.com/50051-albert-einstein-civil-rights.html)",
"Says the Clueless Dotard...",
"So triggered. Had a little tantrum and everything.",
"lol",
"Think I'll put on my business suit and go to class",
"He failed math in school.",
"ha /s",
"And that Albert Einstein's name?\n\nAlbert Einstein.",
"This is an amazing photo. Who would be the equivalent professor today?",
"Thank you",
"Why do you getting downvoted? It's a repost from last week iirc.",
"0/10 he didn't color the black and white photos on the wall.\n\nbut, seriously, pretty cool picture.",
".... yes.",
"S&W? If it isn't a Glock® brand Glock®. It isn't worth anything!",
"At least the mystery of where Hillary Clinton got her fashion sense from has been solved.\n",
"You know they’re all just playing hangman.",
"Awwww...Look who found their thesaurus..",
"https://youtu.be/Kjf1KG9-IY0",
"He never failed math. He mastered differential calculus before he graduated high school.",
"Racism has always been a foreign concept to the Jewish people.",
"Well, wouldn’t the photos would be black and white anyway? I’m assuming we are viewing this picture from the first-person perspective of someone who was actually there. \n\nAnd yeah, it is a cool picture",
"I wonder what the people listening went on to do. ",
"What a pretentious fucking comment, lol",
"The guy furthest right in the background is the epitome of hipster. ",
"There's nothing written on the chalk board and everyone looks so captivated by what's on it.",
"in regards to field and fame, probably stephen hawkins",
" ",
"Now to zie mathematical part of thies lectuure.\n\nwhen zie have feive apples, and you takez one awaay, you haz one lez apple. ",
"How not shitty of a comment",
"TIL Evander Holyfield is older than i thought",
"Repost.",
"Tell that to Jesus ",
"Yes, the guy in the back with the bow tie is Steve Urkel",
"Because normal people aren't glued to reddit and actually do shit on a day to day basis,meaning we don't see every post that happens to fly by.",
"Where's Morty",
"If you are on a spaceship at the speed of light close enough to discern what may have been on that chalkboard, you will very quickly not have to be concerned about being overwhelmed by Einstein's thoughts, or anything else, ever again.",
"man i got some great laughs from this, thanks.",
"> normal",
"Physics has become very diverse, and there is no person any more who can be a star in the whole of physics. It is like pop music. ",
"\"Hello, yes. Reservation for two.\"\n\n-Albert Einstein",
"Thank you for sharing this article. I had no idea about any of this before this article",
"\"It was so boring I nearly fell asleep\"",
"why was jesus racist?",
"Well, his dad wasn’t a Jew so he had mixed heritage. Still that doesn’t mean he should have been so racist. ",
"Are you...are you calling Jesus racist? For real?",
"The light will in fact reach you, even when travelling at the speed of light. However, it will be fully red shifted, having lost all of its ability to overwhelm you.\n\n\nIf there happens to be a sufficiently massive body to cause gravitational lensing (let's say, your mom) in between you and the chalk board, any light traveling directly toward you would be blocked by said object. However, any light traveling at an angle outward from the board would be \"bent\" around it, allowing you to see the contents of the board behind your mom in the form of an Einstein ring. Keep in mind this light would still be redshifted to you, so long as you travel away from the board at the speed of light.\n\n\nIf you were to point a laser back at the board, around your mom, the photons from your laser would, in fact, arive on the board. But it would be stretched and redshifted to be invisible to anyone there, as you're still traveling away from everyone at the speed of light. If someone decided they should really see what you were up to, and they started following you at the speed of light, towing the board perfectly behind them, the laser would shift back into the visible spectrum for them.",
"Einstein showing them new basketball plays.",
"Just Googled where he was from... Ulm, Germany. Not the best place to be when you're a Jew during WWII.\n\nAlso, sure he knew what it was like to be segregated. ",
"Technically you’re a Jew if your mother is a Jew as that’s how the familial line works. That’s the irony portion of that joke. I would only expect those of Jewish heritage to get that portion as it’s a pretty subtle one. I figure it may give one person a pretty good chuckle though as it’s 4 layers into the onion of wrong for the wrong reasons. \n\nJesus was not a racist. That’s the opposite of what he taught with the whole Samaritan thing and all. That would be the generally accepted as the humor portion of this joke as it’s completely false on the surface. ",
"Cool!",
"“Hello.” \n\n- Albert Einstein ",
"Why is it incredible? Just Albert Einstein lecturing a class. I don't understand why this is such a big deal. He lectured numerous times throughout his life.",
"In my experience, physicists love to talk shop with people. It doesn't matter who you are, if you know a little physics and ask a physicist what they're work is, you'll be listening to them for hours.",
"Thank you. You did a great job!",
"I thought he meant Jesus experienced racism or was aware of it through actions, thereby refuting if as a foreign concept to jews",
"Ohhhh okay. I was actually confused for a minute thanks. I should sleep.",
"There's math on there. I can't see it but I would bet money that the square root of 1 minus v^2 over c^2 is up there somewhere. When I took a relativity class in college we called the class \"square root of 1 minus v^2 over c^2 \".",
"Don't worry I need sleep too, but that's the way I read it.",
"Bow tie kid: \"E equals MC waaaaaaaat?\"",
"The man in the back with the glasses and the bow tie looks just like Brother Mouzone.",
"Yup this, thanks for clearing it up ",
"i wonder what were you replying to",
"If you were traveling away from the chalkboard at the speed of light it would look really tiny so you wouldn’t be able to read it",
"So dumb, You get up votes for this ? lmfao!!",
"Interesting how times change. Can’t remember a single person wearing a suit and tie/formal wear when I was in undergrad, but I kind of like the idea. Adds a sense of formality to education. ",
"Because one of the most rebound minds in history was willing to go to an all black college in 1940s America and treat them like he would any other students. ",
"> Why is it incredible? Just Albert Einstein lecturing a class. I don't understand why this is such a big deal. He lectured numerous times throughout his life.\n\n\nIt's incredible because it captures a statement for civil rights. Lincoln University was the first establishment to grant degrees to african americans, literally the first HBCU. Einstein was an outspoken supporter for civil rights and got flak from the public and other scientists alike for his views on race -i.e. \"We're all people, knock off the racist bullshit\". This picture was taken in 1946, well before the civil rights movement made any legislative headway and while segregation was in full swing. \n\nIt's incredible because it wasn't just a lecture, it was a prominent white scientist lecturing at a historically black university while the civil rights movement was still in it's infancy. \n\nHonestly, what I find even more incredible? That six decades later the civil rights movement has made so much progress that you didn't even pick up on the racial dynamic in the room. THAT is progress and you just made my day. ",
"Guy in the back left looks like an 8 year old wearing his dad's suit and trying to not get noticed. ",
"Username checks out",
"Or did notice it, but decided to downplay it.",
"Yet they were excluded under many housing covenants in middle-class and wealthy neighborhoods. The discrimination for Jews wasn’t as systemic as it was against black Americans, but it still existed.\n\nMy father grew up as a Jew in Detroit in the 1940s and lived in a predominantly black neighborhood and went to a predominantly black high school because that’s what was open to his family.",
"E = MC Hammer.",
"And if they did, all the more reason to smile brightly, shake hands and congratulate them on their unconscious progressiveness. A shining beacon in these dark times. ",
"Right?! Totally looks like one of her pantsuits! ",
"Low key klansman",
"You know what the most dangerous thing in America is, right?",
"Dat jacket = /r/streetwear/",
"[And his name...?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enMReCEcHiM)",
"> What a twist! \n\n-M Night Shyamalan",
"That is not true. ",
"Maybe when Albert talked *about* a chalkboard it was fascinating.",
"It would be curious if no one knew. ",
"I think you're confusing \"hipster\" with \"nerd\". ",
"I would kill to be part of that class",
"Yeah one of them is actually Albert Einstein",
"You didn't know where Einstein was from?",
"Whoosh ",
"And that, kids, is how Gus Fring learned how to make methamphetamine. ",
"While this can be interpreted in many ways as people usually want to depict Jesus in as good light as possible but this story could also be interpreted as racism\n\n22A Gentilee woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”\n\n23But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged him to send her away. “Tell her to go away,” they said. “She is bothering us with all her begging.”\n\n\n24Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”\n\n\n25But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!”\n\n\n26Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”\n\n\n27She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”\n\n\n28“Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great. Your request is granted.” And her daughter was instantly healed. —Matthew 15:22-28 (NLT)",
"If I were an evil genie I'd totally make you kill Einstein bwahaha. ",
"It's probably because he blinked (blank? blunk?) when the photo was taken.",
"Well, yeah, or at least light grey.",
"Wait if Gus knew how to make meth why did he need Walter to make it for him?"
] | 139 |
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Albert Einstein lecturing at Lincoln University, c. 1946
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[
"Mrs. Eagle may be looking to protect eaggs from snow",
"*ice",
"Idk if you know what floating is",
"Ice",
"Eagles always look so majestic. Great photo!",
"Baby"
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An eagle floating on snow
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[
"There are still... K-Marts?",
"Amazon should buy sears and K Mart. They then use them as warehouses . Stock them with the 10000 most ordered things in each area. Then set up a Uber type same day delivery system or pick up.",
"On the surface that seems like a good idea. I am just not sure if it would be practical logistically. ",
"In Aug 2017 610 Kmarts remained open. However another 111 have been shut down since that number was released and more will be closing this Spring. So yes they still exists but their numbers are dwindling quickly",
"You make the manufacturer deliver to your warehouses at there expense. Amazons cost would be cost from local warehouse to your door using the uber system."
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KMart's newest “DO NOT SAY DEATH SPIRAL!” strategy. (BONUS: line of surplus wagons)
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/r/pics/comments/7qfqw6/here_is_a_piece_i_finished_up_earlier_in_the_year/
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[
"I have no idea what this is, but it looks awesome! So what is it exactly?",
"It's a pendant! ",
"What stones are in it?",
"Aside from the largest one, which is Hessonite Garnet, they are all Spessartine Garnet!",
"I love it!",
"This is gorgeous! I'd love to see a \"making of\" album for a piece like this!",
"This wouldn't be easy to do that with, I've had a bunch of people ask, but just too much work to be completely honest, it would double my work time, and I try to meet a weekly quota!",
"That's totally fair! About how long does something like that take you?",
"5 or 6 hours!",
"WOW. Wow. You must have a lot of experience!"
] | 10 |
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Here is a piece I finished up earlier in the year!
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[
"Umm, it's not supposed to look like that.",
"Lol what dumpster did you grab this shit from",
"Actually, it looks quite delicious. Yeah, most of the fat has been reduced, but that just leaves the rest of the meat juicy and tender.",
"It sure did! \n\nThen I glazed it with a brown sugar, butter, rum, pinepple juice, and crumbled gingerman cookie glaze. Om nom. ",
"My mouth just came...;-)"
] | 5 |
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I took the ham out of the oven and it looks like a giant anatomical heart
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/r/pics/comments/7qftmw/where_all_makers_mark_bottles_are_dipped/
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[
"Fun fact: Makers freezes solid at -31°C. Crown is still liquid at -35°C.",
"They're not going to make goal.",
"pre-robots taking their jobs...",
"They already did.",
"If you're ever in Kentucky the makers mark tour is actually very entertaining. And it's part of the bourbon trail.\n\nAt the end you get to hand dip anything you buy from the gift shop (including bottles, hats, glasses, tumblers etc...)\n\n\n*Edit*: Their freebie is only some chocolate though. \n\nFour roses gives a free tasting glass\n\nWoodford reserve gives a pair of cheapo earphones ( that were used during the tour )\n\nPeerless Distillery gives a tasting glass\n\nAnd that's all I can recall right now",
"It's pretty much their trademark though",
"What's with this cyborg glasses?",
"Looks like tinted safety glasses.",
"Over their goal.\n\nGood work ladies",
"It's a special combination of plastic and wax.",
"Plaxtic",
"About to head there in a month. Any pointers?",
"But you don’t have a drinking problem. ",
"\"Dips? Where we're going we don't need\" ::flips down glasses:: \"dips\"",
"Make reservations and start early. Tours sell out by midday on weekends. ",
"Anybody else really wanna dip their hand in that wax?",
"Thank you for answering one of the questions I have always had!",
"They let us try the unaged product at the end of the tour at Maker's Mark. It was strong. They also let us try some new reserve product they were trying out.\n\nI recall driving out there to the distillery. It was in June or so. Driving for miles on a road lined on both sides by these very lush green cornfields. Then, sticking out of the cornfields are black barns about 8 stories tall with no windows. They make a very striking impression among all the green. They were of course the barns where the bourbon is aged. \n\nThen you get to the distillery which is very charming. ",
"From experience, liquor popsicles are not as good of an idea as they initially seem.",
"I couldn't tell that topbun was wearing glasses and that was kinda terrifying.",
"I get that it's an interesting trademark thing that sets them apart, but these are a messy pain in the ass to open.",
"I'm imagining an \"I Love Lucy\" factory scene where the conveyor belt gets going too fast. Lucy and Ethel, unable to keep up with the pace, wrapping candies flying by, desperately start eating some of the candies. \n\nExcept with bourbon.",
"Glad to see these gals are ahead of their goal!",
"Is bourbon whiskey? ",
"My favorite alcohol. I get old fashions at the bar. Im 27 and they always call me an old man for getting that drink. ",
"well done girls, smashing that goal, keep working!",
"I like my tips dipped. "
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Where all makers Mark bottles are dipped
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[
"Nice name Ruby.. Shows so simplicity",
"I downloaded a picture of her so now I feel like I have a stake in her life. How is she doing? Is she properly fed and stimulated? I won't rest until I get some answers!",
"Nothing beads the ass sweat quite like leather cushions.",
"Xxx",
"She is doing alright. She’s getting old now though. Almost 12."
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My doge Ruby
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[
"That's actually cool",
"This kills the ant",
"Taste the rainbow ",
"Ant no party like a colored water party",
"Super cool photo of the day",
"And as each surviving member of the tribe quenched their thirst and raised their heads, they instantly saw the change and quickly proceeded to kill one another. Dumb Ants.",
"Thirsty bois",
"This should be in /r/woahdude! That's amazing. ",
"I wanna step on them. ",
"*Feel* the rainbow.",
"*Be* the rainbow",
"You’re actually right ",
"Incredible! How do they know to drink from their respective colours? Can you train ants?! Or is it just luck?",
"Cool you're right!",
"I am the rainbow",
"Honeypot Ants! They are really cool. They have ants within the colony that specifically sit around all day acting as storage by holding liquid in their thorax. They can hold almost 20 times more than what you see in the picture.\n\nSource:\nAnts Canada,\nhttps://youtu.be/joL0ClvRlRU",
"Right, you're cool!",
"What do they mighty morph into?",
"What is this? Power Rangers for ants? ",
"It's cool that the red ant went to the red drop, and the green to the green and yellow to yellow.",
"I dont laugh often at posts, maybe I'm just drunk, but here's some gold.",
"Now splat them ",
"Y'all got puked out by a unicorn on acid.",
"i remember seeing this on posts on google plus when i used to think it had hope. it always had a tagline that was something like \"government is feeding hormones to ants to make straights gay through bites\" or something. wake up sheeple.",
"So he's joking?",
"It’s 2018, we don’t refer to water like that anymore. Water of color is the proper terminology.",
"I saw the gold and thought “well I must just not be getting the joke” then read the part about OP Drunk gifting it and then had the same question ",
"Does it matter? He is either a dumbass or really funny. Either way entertaining. ",
"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-rainbow-colored-transparent-ants-are-what-they-eat-25521112/",
"Hey man it's 2018 we say 'water of color' now",
"Ah so it’s Saturday... nbd",
"hahaha, I bet they taste nice too",
"That queen ant is freaking me out. She looks so weird",
"When they drink the right color you jerk them off",
"The lack of characteristically long palps and a thoracic saddle identify this as a species of Camponotus, rather than Myrmecocystus. (Honeypot ants) \n\nAnts of many genera, Formicinae especially, posses social stomachs that expand greatly for transport of excess liquid food. The skin between the plates of the abdomen stretches and becomes translucent as the social stomach fills, allowing observation of the contents within.\n\nMyrmecocystus take this a step further by selecting morphologically suitable sisters, and force feeding them far beyond the average abdominal capacity of most ant species. Once a replete, they can not change roles, as their abdomens become permanently stretched. As such, they must rely entirely on other workers to force feed them, for they will serve no other purpose but as living larders until death.",
"Caption: Human introduces racism to ants",
"BWAH BWAH BWAH BWAH BWAH",
"I think he is just drunk guys",
"r/interestingasfuck",
"I drunk.",
"If one of the ants, let say the green one, bit me would it change the color of the bite? Would the bite be green? ",
"Science is pretty cool that it brings us pictures like this. Just one question: why? ",
"thatsthejoke.jpg",
"How the hell do you know so much about ants ",
"SimAnt",
"First I was like, wow they look cool! Then I was like, hey those are Rasta colors! And finally I was like, damn I kinda wanted to see what the blue ant’s abdomen looks like... ",
"Can we make the water glow in the dark and then use them as Christmas tree lights?",
"That guy just learned a whole lot more today.",
"He’s very ant-thusiastic about insects.",
"this is what this subreddit should be.\n\nnot, \"my brother has cancer everyone upvote this\".",
"My bad. That's awesome, much better description.",
"Look at the brain on this one!",
"because now you know",
"Damn honeydickin’ ants. ",
"\"Social stomach\" is a term I regret learning.",
"[r/shittyaskscience](https://www.reddit.com/r/shittyaskscience/)",
"“Social stomachs” omg that’s horrifying sounding. But for ants? Doesn’t surprise me.",
"how do you shoot this scene or the designed view??? who knows",
"Something something tide pods",
"Which color did you drink?",
"All of them and the morning will be tough.",
"I quite the yellow guy in the middle",
"Not yet",
"Something something tide pods ",
"Oh no, even ants are doing the tide pod challenge",
"The same person who figured that out also got deer to cross at the road signs.",
"Something something Tide pods..",
"Well you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.",
"For a second I thought they were eating tide pods",
"We do what we must because we can.\n\nFor the good of all of us. Except the ones who are dead. ",
"So ants see puddles of water as big shiny balloons of liquid just sitting there? \n\n\nFucking trippy ",
"Man.... Power Rangers are really struggling to come up with new ideas huh? ",
"Gonna go out on a limb here and say no, as it looks like that's just water storage and doesn't go straight to the venom. ",
"Ink-edible ?",
"\n\nJoking aside, the recreation is shit. These critiques don't help at all. People looking after purchase such are mostprobably interested in the characteristic on the game.\n",
"Omg you can't just go around calling ants yellow",
"taste the rainbow 🌈 ",
"You're right! Cool!",
"Alot of training",
"[Literally](https://youtu.be/qGEwgb4uc3M)",
"what?",
"Wasnt this photoshopped? Or am i thinking of something else?",
"Username checks out?",
"flies have more [fun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FjVn-CfGn8&feature=youtu.be)",
"Double rainbow ",
"Wow!",
"When I was in the 2nd grade, I was playing in a pile of mulch that was infested with ants. They covered my entire body. I have no appreciation for ants. ",
"TIL: Water would be the consistency of jelly to ants. ",
"Rainbow Goblins! ",
"/r/shittyaskscience",
"Go Go Power Rangers!",
"What is this --a tide pod challenge for ants??!",
"That's racist, period!",
"Turns out ants have a inborn talent for racism!",
"/r/explainlikeimcalvin",
"Fart the rainbow",
"I had SimAnt for my Macintosh as a kid. Tried playing it on like two occasions and never understood what I was supposed to be doing, so I just went back to hunting and fording rivers in Oregon Trail. 🤷♂️",
"I’m almost 100% sure this was in my high school chemistry book",
"Dangerous balloons. At this scale insects need hydrophobic coatings to combat high relative surface tension. \n Otherwise they risk drowning. \n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcmwYKgrijs .",
"If you're gonna use a Portal quote at least use the more fitting \"Science isn't about why, it's about why not.\"",
"Somewhere, right now, some new fetish art is being drawn.",
"Incredible 😇😇",
"Spaaaaaaaaaace!!!",
"I laughed harder then I should have at this, I'm goin to hell.",
"Itch the rainbow",
"M E T A ",
"Ant, the rainbow.",
"Nice picture. Quite intriguing as well. How did you take the photo and what camera did you use?",
"You're cool, right? ",
"They have favourites.",
"This looks like a Resident Evil puzzle of some sort...",
"wow",
"drank*",
"And knowing is half the battle.",
"you're going to *ant* hell",
"But there's no sense crying over every mistake",
"... but there's no sense crying over every mistake.\n\nYou just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake.",
"So um... what would you call this establishment? Hooters but with cats I mean.",
"> I just went back to ~~hunting and fording rivers~~ dying of dysentery in Oregon Trail.\n\n",
"Purple drank",
"Thank God for MLK. Really happy that these ants now have equal opportunity and can drink any place they want now and not just restricted to the colored section.",
"Hey your gaster is green!!! Is my gaster green too? ",
"Do they make rainbows when you put a magnifying glass on them?",
"Damn, I think this has been reposted for half a decade.",
"Are those middle schoolers eating laundry gel packs?",
"Oddly want to watch Power Rangers now",
"> Ants Canada\n\nSounds like a government bureau.",
"why don't they drink and switch each other so that they have a mixed color for their body. funny",
"It's treason then.",
"Power rangers",
"Completely underrated",
"Rasta ants!",
"Subbed af.",
"How can possible it?",
"That shit is mad cool.",
"One of the classic SNES games ",
"so he drinking ",
"This is so amazing for anyone who hasn't taken High School biology!",
"Cool pkc but OPs username is what I was more interested in ",
"Monster hunter tri is all I can see.",
"Can confirm. Learned about the composition of music also. Mah brain.",
"Ragnarok online intensifies.",
"Too bad they're not RGB ants. Just that mental image of tiny bugs lighting up in my phone's screen...",
"There are a bunch of awesome ant documentaries on YouTube. There's an Amazonian ant that builds the walls of its nest from ants. And when they travel they build highways out of ants. When they cross rivers they build rafts out of ants.",
"When you put it that way, this makes a lotta sense.",
"CATTERS!",
"I don't khonw.",
"I looked at this post again a month later and seen your comment. I am audibly laughing very hard."
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"That s a rail line...",
"Is this where they filmed the flying car scene in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?\n\nEdit: oh my god I think it is https://youtu.be/Qdq0ffcd1BI",
"Yes it is. Longest bridge ever.",
"That's what a viaduct is. 😁",
"I’m going there this summer! Can’t wait!",
"You are stating the truth and getting down voted. Reddit, never change...",
"Yep. [Glenfinnan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenfinnan)",
"Are you 4 real?",
"Queues Potter Theme in my head. ",
"A viaduct doesn't *have* to carry a rail line; it could carry a road.",
"Enjoy the rain and midges. ",
"Why a no chicken?",
"You can luck out - it can happen. Once in a while. Maybe.",
"Lets follow it to Hogwarts!",
"Hahaha so right, was there last summer. Total rain and midges!!",
"Midgets?",
"It’ll be worth every bite!",
"*Cues",
"It's one form. A viaduct can carry any mode of transport, though usually rail or road.",
"Well, it's one kind of viaduct.",
"The railway line from Mallaig to Glasgow crosses this, the Glenfinnan Viaduct. We got to cross it on the train, and I got some blurry, rain-spotted photos of the train as it curved along the top. If we'd gone a week earlier, we could have ridden the steam-powered one. (They stop running it in the Autumn.)",
"Yes, but why a duck?"
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"Reminds me of ticks on an anaconda ",
"Though I've never seen ticks on an anaconda, I think you nailed the description",
"Looks like crocodile teeth",
"Might s. Burg use this design next upcoming movie"
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"That’s cool, save that one. ",
"DreamWorks™ animation logo auditions",
"A great shot to park your thoughts in. Repeatedly. \n\nDeserves a proper frame and place to be enjoyed. "
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[
"Is this at Glengoyne?",
"Who's bin sipping. Loosing some volume each year ",
"Glengoyne distillery near Strathblane, I fitted those display cases. \n\nEdit to add: The frames of the display cases are made from four different kinds of old cask; a mix of European and American oak, and sherry and bourbon fill. The bottles in each display match the cask wood of the frame. \n\nEdit2: Thank you very much for the gold. Seeing my joinery work online was a pleasant surprise, but the response to my reply has given me a bigger buzz. [Here's a picture of the displays](https://i.imgur.com/DmQb0lb.jpg) after we'd fitted them, but before the distillery added the bottles.",
"That's the angels share. ",
"My uncle works as an angel and he's been twelve years sober now. We're so proud of his progress and harmful stereotyping like this just makes it harder for people like him",
"This is r/mildlyinteresting ",
"Why would that be represented in the bottle, unless they were doing it to prove a point.",
"Looks like they take a sip out of each bottle each year too. And then on the last year when they run out of space they just drink the rest in celebration of having some amazing whiskey. ",
"You did a fine job.",
"Why does C-2 have a sticker on it? ",
"Lol!",
"Damn you, I'm really in the mood for a nice whisky now",
"> only the first 10 years that matter\n\nI mean, maybe as far as color goes, but I'd imagine that's also dictated by how the barrel was charred. As far as smell/flavor/experience goes? There's a massive difference between a 10, 20, and 30 year old whiskey.",
"Might be considered the best.",
"I've read that almost all scotches add caramel color in the final product. Is that true, and if so is that reflected in this display?",
"Notice the angel's share in each bottle as well",
"\n\n[wider view showing the effect of different casks](https://i.imgur.com/DWT77RF.jpg)",
"That's exactly why they did it",
"That is the point though, the displays show how the whisky matures the longer it's left in the casks, but how much is lost to evaporation at the same time. ",
"It might be proportional to the amount in the barrel, specifically for illustrating how much is actually lost. The first one is proportional to a full barrel, while the last is proportional to what is left in the barrel after 30ish years. ",
"This made my bunghole sad",
"I’d be too tempted if I had these on display in my house. More than half of them would probably be filled with cold tea.",
"It's usually cheaper scotches that want to look older that do this, although it's not exclusive to cheap scotch.\n\n\"Almost all\" sounds way to high. Your typical single malt wouldn't have coloring added - although Lagavulin is a well-known exception.\n\nWhat's happening here, however, is sherry and compounds from the wooden cask are leaching into the whisky. That's why the older it is, the darker it is.\n\nEdit: clarification",
"That's the 21-year-old, it's the only one that's part of their core retail offering.",
"Same color after about 12 years",
"Typical single malts do have colouring added to make sure they look consistent. Single malts are made by blending whisky from different casks to make sure the flavour is consistent, and sometimes that leaves the colour off.",
"Ah, that's a good point! I'd never thought of that. ",
"This threatened my bunghole.",
"Shit. It's a small world if some random joe posted this, then the guy who worked on that display sees it and comments. \n\nThe internet still amazes me sometimes.",
"Wait, whiskey is clear before it goes in a barrel?? Wtf this is blowing my mind",
"A guy I know in Australia has been making his own for 30+ years. He soaks Tasmanian Oak in Sherry for a few months then puts the sticks in 15 litre plastic bulk rum containers which he fills with the distilled spirit. He makes about 200 litres a year and has 15 litres put away from each year he has made it ageing separately. He does like a drink as does his wife. The house is probably a fire hazard as there are 2000 litres stored underneath.\n\nI have had some of his 7 year old stuff and it was fairly good.\n\nAs an aside this just popped up in my news feed today. \nhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-01-15/quinoa-whiskey-produced-with-local-grain-by-whipper-snipper/9325652",
"Yeah. You start by fermenting malted grains, and end up with something similar to un-hopped beer (since beer is fermented malted grain with hops...). You put that in a still, boil off and collect the ethanol. The stuff that comes out is a clear liquid, which is where names like \"white lightning\" come from. You leave all the color from the grain in the pot and dump it.",
"Yes!",
"That place is fantastic!",
"I hate to break it to you, but... somebody's been drinking out of them. ",
"Whiskey is only called whiskey once it touches wood. You could take the alcohol from the whiskey still before it went in the cask, add some botanical ingredients (mostly juniper), there's some gin. Hell, you could call the alcohol that came from the still vodka. Some pedants wouldn't call anything but potato spirits vodka though. Ridiculous as most Russian and Polish vodka is grain based.",
"Can you still get drunk off of 1 year old whiskey? Wonder what it tastes like?",
"Oh, please. If it wasn't true most of the time, it wouldn't be a stereotype.\n\nWhat? I'm just saying what we're all thinking.",
"That shows me how long it takes to Pay of a 30 year mortgage ",
"that.. or you know to show that some evaporates.",
"Op picture is taken before they're labeled. Anyone wanna guess? ",
"You can do a little experiment and take a dab and rub it on the back of your hand. If when it dries it's sticky that's an indication of caramel being used for colouring. Also putting some on the back of your hand is good for smelling whiskey in general. ",
"Of course. They distill it to some percentage (proof) alcohol then water it down to the desired proof (typically 80 proof or 40% alcohol). Ethanol is ethanol, all gets you drunk. Probably tastes like really cheap whiskey - strong and medicinal.",
"What did Arthur have to say?",
"ever seen moonshine? pretty much the same stuff (made out of corn instead of barley or other grains) just fresh out of the still instead of aged.",
"yea it's pretty much moonshine",
"Since this is scotland it’s whisky, not whiskey. ",
"Why is there less in each bottle?",
"Looks that way because of evaporation *when it's inside the cask*. It's called the Angels Share.\n\nEdit: clarification",
"Much like vodka, actually.",
"Yea angles\n\nEdit. God damnit ",
"Probably representing the 'angel's share'",
"I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO!",
"It's to show the portion lost to evaporation while in the cask.\n\nSee also, angel's share.\n\nGood visualization of it in the cask: \n\nhttp://www.distillerytrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Jameson-Whiskey-Barrels-New-Fill-3-Year-4-year-12-year-18-year.jpg\n\nAccompanying article: http://www.distillerytrail.com/blog/what-is-the-angels-share/",
"The liquid level goes in the wrong order for that to be the case",
"Or it's a planned advertisement campaign",
"Was there in October. I didn't know I liked (scotch) whisky before that trip. The chocolate and whisky tasting was spot on!",
"Drinking the bottles out of the display case isn't right, angles.",
"The amount missing is the \"angel's share\" - the amount lost to evaporation during aging. The long it ages, the more is lost. ",
"I had always understood it that single malt meant it was only sourced from a single cask and therefore, unblended. Have I been wrong all this time? ",
"Aaaand now I miss my trip to Scotland. Glengoyne did a great distillery tour and the land it’s on is stunning. ",
"Single means from one distillery. Very few whiskeys are bottled from a single cask.",
"'Hogshead' I understand, but 'Luncheon' and 'Barf' are a little out of place.",
"Ah. Saw this like 8 months ago. I feel it's reposted often",
"What are you talking about? The bottom right is the oldest",
"I must say, I only drink alcohol on Christmas, & this Christmas I drank some of a NASA scientist's port wine that had been aged in wood for 10 years & that smell of wood was outstanding. I can see why connoisseurs like that kind of thing. It's not my drug, but I can easily appreciate beauty of aging a drug product like that. ",
"I saw this post 2 weeks ago.",
"Yeah, they just have to be sourced from a single distillery. Distillers still have to blend several casks to ensure that the flavour is same in each bottle because each individual barrel will taste a little different, and they want to sell a consistent product. If the whisky has an age statement, that indicates the age of the youngest individual cask that goes into it so a 21-year-old like this might have, say, a little 25-year-old and 32-year-old whisky in it as well.",
"The youngest and fullest is at the upper left, the oldest and emptiest is at the bottom right. The order is that of normal text, left to right and top to bottom. How are you reading the order?",
"^ this",
"Just a guess but I'd imagine whiskey actually gets weaker alcohol/volume as it ages - though with a much stronger non-ethanol flavor.\n\nedit: my guess is because ethanol boils at a lower temperature than water, so more if it should evaporate over time.",
"Which by the way, do not buy any white lighting moonshine at a liqour store. It tastes the smell of ball sweat and rubbing alcohol. It's horrible.",
"Yeah, well maybe he shouldn't be in a biker gang..... ",
"It was a geometry joke based on the spelling mistake.",
"Looks tasty\n\n",
"I will have these finished in under one week.",
"There's a reason whiskey is aged in barrels for several years...",
"Aaaahhhh... I don't know too good from math! I took it as \"angles\", like in Los Angles. ",
"It usually goes in the barrel at around 110-125 proof. It's just grain alcohol, not much to it. As others said it's basically moonshine. We used to do shots of everclear in college, 190 proof grain alcohol. Very harsh, no flavors except alcohol. I would imagine this would be similar",
"It really bothers me that they put the 21 sticker on the 22nd bottle.",
"Nah, this picture has been reposted quite a few times.",
"Macallan adds zero coloring to any of their whiskey",
"Definitely kingsmen secret armoury behind there for sure ",
"I'm sure the Saxons have some blame",
"> like in Los Angles\n\nThere's half your problem. It's Los Angeles.",
"You're only proving their point...",
"Thought I recognized those bottles. Toured the distillery when I was in Scotland on vacation a couple years ago. Excellent work on the cases.",
"You are somewhat correct. In scotland, due to high humidity, around 2.5% of alcohol is lost per year, called the Angels dram. That is the highes possible *legal* limit. But in the US for example, due to low humidity more water is lost in the mix and most bourbon actually gets stronger in alcohol content over the years.",
" but that's right. 21 years old is the 22nd bottle. The first bottle is 0 years old. ",
"Rerererererepost!!!!!!",
"Damm angels. ",
"Huh, I figured it started at 1 for some reason. I am not a clever man.",
"Ah yes that's why the grain content makes the most difference in whiskey flavors, right?\n\nEdit: to clarify, this was meant to show that his comment is completely wrong. Whisky is whisky because it's made from certain grains in a certain way. That's why Light rum doesn't taste like vodka even though they're both clear.\n\n",
"Maybe not, but they did spend years defrauding their customers by bottling younger whiskies than they claimed until they got caught. That's why they've stopped bottling whisky with age statements for their core range. They're a shite brand.",
"Is it so it doesn’t taste like ball sweat and rubbing alcohol?",
"Is there a noticeable different between even the ones at a three year gap? ",
"Diminishing returns",
"It's a wonderful kind of day, when we can learn to work and play, and get along with each other ",
"Yeah and it's not even real moonshine. You can't mass produce the shit, throw a fancy sticker on it and sell it at Krogers and call it moonshine. You're just selling high proof alcohol in a Mason jar. \n \nYou'd be hard pressed to find real moonshine these days though, unless you live in parts of NC or the Piedmont area in SC where there's still a couple old dudes left making it. Dude near me uses crystal clear water (he boils it and filters it first) from the river and cracked corn for the mash. ",
"General reposti",
"It is very interesting to see the quantity of whiskey reducing with each bottle. Could somebody explain chemically as to what is happening here?",
"Yes it's essentially moonshine until it's aged a few years for flavor.",
"HEY!",
"Now that you mention it, hogshead is equally weird",
"u/StewieGG",
"How come the bourbon casks don't get as dark?",
"So which one is best?",
"Pretty much.",
"The type of grain, yeah. Barley vs corn grain vs rye...and several combinations thereof ",
"Is the Devils cut a real thing too? Always wondered.",
"I read the comment I replied to wrong, I thought he meant that it was actually evaporating out of the bottles",
"I make white lightning (moonshine) and it’s far from shit when aged a bit on oak. Raw from the still is a bit hot, and is pretty good on a cold day cuttin wood and such",
"Sherry is a dark(ish) liquid when it enters a new cask, Bourbon is clear when it enters a new cask.\n\nBourbon gets its colour from the barrel, whilst Sherry would get some, but in fact can add colour to the barrel instead.",
"half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend.",
"You are so sexy.",
"> Ridiculous as most Russian and Polish vodka is grain based.\n\nEspecially ridiculous given that vodka production predates the potato's introduction to Europe by at least four hundred years.",
"Sergeant Angle?",
"Now every year you get a 30 year old whiskey for the price of a one year old whiskey!",
"Rum isn't made from grains, it's made from sugar cane. ",
"Your explanation makes sense, but isn't the sherry in /u/10202632's photo clear in its first bottle?",
"Pizza the Hut!",
"'Moonshine' is just whiskey that hasn't been aged, sold illegally. That's it. The whole illegality thing is what makes it moonshine.\n\nWhich, of course, in the south, is disputed by everyone. 'Naw, I've had the real stuff! 198 proof and tastes like magic fruit candy!'",
"Or he’s lying. ",
"If it sits for 100 years will it just be a thin black layer of goo at the bottom of the bottle?",
"That is the neutral spirit that will become whiskey. The sherry was in the cask previously.",
"The difference in quantity by year is due to what distillers call the “Angel’s Share”. Legend has it that long ago, distillers were baffled by barrels less full than they had been, and determined that angels were taking some whiskey each year to drink. The real reason is that whisk(e)y evaporates through the barrel constantly. Whisk(e)y seeps through the barrel and evaporates away. The rate at which it disappears is dependent on a wide variety of factors. Really drastic changes depend on temperature and humidity. Whiskeys aging in Kentucky evaporate at a much higher rate (almost double) than a whisky on Islay, simply due to the higher temperature. The humidity changes the proof of the spirit, high humidity means more alcohol evaporates, low means more water evaporates. \n\nOther major factors include how well the barrel was made, the salinity level, and how often a warehouseman turns the barrel. Certain fungi on barrel house walls can change the rate of evaporation as well. For an Islay whisky, 5% of the spirit is lost in the first year, and an average of 2% every year after that. \n\nDiageo has been experimenting with plastic wrap around barrels to reduce the angels share, and time will reveal if it is an efficient method to reduce waste. \n\nA new trend (looking at you Jim Beam) has been to popularize the term “devils cut”. This refers to the whiskey that is held within the staves of the barrel itself. I believe they fill the empty barrels with water, and then agitate the barrels to pull the spirit out. ",
"Angels share is lost to evaporation.\n\nDevils cut is lost in the cask, minor the amount may be. ",
"It's okay, you're just a little obtuse.",
"Or you could come to WV and get it almost anywhere, even tailgates at WVU games in Morgantown. Everybody knows somebody who makes it and there are a ton of different kinds (some of which are delicious). ",
"Sounds like you’ve had the wrong kind of moonshine. You need better friends. ",
"Ohhhhhh! :)",
"Takin some sips in exchange for protection from fires in the rackhouse!",
"Liquor makes it statesmen. ",
"Ahhhhh. Now I feel like an idiot 😎",
"Or fruit!",
"The fundamental element here is that when making scotch, they do not use new barrels. They use barrels that have already been used for either bourbon or sherry. So the sherry has likely added the color to the barrel, and the scotch will subsequently receive some of that color.",
"All this pics are doing is making me thirsty. I will be right back.",
"The devil’s cut is the amount absorbed by the barrel during the aging process.",
"29 Years is a long time.",
"People dont lie on the internet! /S",
"Los Angeles is Spanish for \"The Angles\"",
"Now who ever heard of a sugar fruit?",
"He's not missing the joke. He made it.\n\nPeople are saying the missing volume is due to what the angel's drink. He's saying his uncle is an angel and doesn't drink.\n\nThe joke is that you cannot be employed as an angel.",
"No they’re designed to show evaporation during aging. ",
"There is a drink from Newfoundland called Screech which is essentially this but from rum barrels. ",
"I thought so too, however the lowest ones are the oldest ones which have been filled into the bottle last? Shouldn't the youngest ones that stood the longest have the lowest level then?",
"Yep. Whiskey purists would hate me saying this, but it actually tastes pretty good.",
"On the internet, no one knows I'm a dog...",
"No, it's Spanish for The Angels. Pretty big difference there. :)",
"Are the top first 6 bottles drinkable? ",
"Doesnt it just get stronger?",
"r/notkenm",
";)",
"Well I don't know man, it's not intuitive at all!",
"Or rather, it's an allusion to the \"angel's share\". They could have chosen to fill each bottle equally, but they did not for artistic purposes. (The most full bottle is the lightest, which is un-aged and therefore the bottle that has been filled the longest).",
"There is no evaporation after bottling. The evaporation happens while in the cask. ",
"Why is there a diminishing amount of product in each of the successive year bottles?",
"I thought they were trying to check his baseline. \n",
"It's evaporation inside the cask, the youngest ones didn't spend enough time in the cask to evaporate.",
"I though it was German for Whale’s Vagina. ",
"And good lord does it taste terrible (anecdotal experience with homemade only).",
"So does this mean that after 15 years-ish, aging has much less of an impact on flavour?",
"Would love to have that on my wall XD",
"Do you have to change them every year?",
"\"... TRIED TO SHOVE A CORN COB UP A CADET'S BUNGHOLE! AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?! They were politely asked to leave, and it was AWKWARD FOR EVERYONE!\"",
"It takes an acute sense of humor to recognize such jokes.",
"This isn't helping me avoid alcohol for a bit.",
"If you age moonshine in a wood cask, it's just whiskey (essentially, depends on your mash etc but it isn't just moonshine anymore)...",
"Ahhhh excel",
"its actually a good bit stronger than aged ",
"The first bottle (totally clear) had 0 years of aging in a barrel. So really this is more of the color changes of spirits from when it's added to a barrel and each year there after.\n \nAlso I'm pretty sure these were not all from the same barrel but pulled from barrels that were in the process of aging. Not only would this be difficult to play 30 years in advanced but the loss of 30 liters from a single barrel over time passed would make the remaining spirits taste dreadful.",
"It's great in mixed drinks. Lightly sweet, smoother than vodka. I like it and wish it was less expensive.",
"Repost",
"That's what I've always thought, too. The angel's share is light, pure ethanol that evaporates off, whereas the devil's cut is the alcohol that seeps into the wood and gets even whiskier than the whiskey.",
"But then people look at me weird when I spill too much and spend 50 seconds licking the back of my hand trying to get back that $20 pour \n\nedit:spell",
"Legally, if the word “straight” is used in the name or on the label, they can only add water once it come out of the still. Coloring is only added to the cheap stuff. ",
"Every programming language ever vs MATLAB",
"Fuck your friends ",
"...because the younger ones aren't old enough to drink?",
"Mmm, got a bottle of that in the cupboard, very nice drop.",
"Is level 2 classified",
"With things like rum, you can keep distilling after the ethanol comes off, giving it more colour and flavour. The longer you keep going, the more extras carry over to the product. You'd use a pot still for that and for something like vodka, you'd be using a reflux set up, because you specifically don't want those colours and flavours.",
"Wouldn’t the older bottles (the ones taken out first) have more evaporation if this was the case?\n\nSeems to be the opposite, as the newer (more aged) bottles have volumes that decrease. ",
"For those who don't know, whisky (without the 'e') is from Scotland and whiskey is from everywhere else.",
"Lol. Anyone who claims anything over 120 proof can taste good is full of shit.",
"Sergeant Angle. ",
"That'd make it B3",
"The color seems to plateau around 12-13 years. \n\nWhat does the flavor do beyond that mark?\n\nSeems like 12-13 year aged whiskey is a good profit point. ",
"That's the thing with scotch, most people think they don't like it, but they haven't tried numerous types. There is so much variance in scotch it's amazing. There are scotches that are light in flavor, some heavy in flavor, some sweet, some Smokey, some peaty, or any combination of flavors and sensations.\n\nI would turn people on to scotch by taking one of my favorites, Highland Park 12 year, and pour just a little, maybe Half a shot's worth, into one highball glass, and take a shot glass and put a little bit of room temperature coca cola. The highball left more surface area to get a good smell, then I would have them drink it and swirl it a bit in their mouth before swallowing. Wait about 5-10seconds and take that tiny sip of coke. First you get to experience the smokiness and bite of the scotch, then after the little bit of coke the sweetness gets released. The reason for just a tiny sip of coke is not to wash away the scotch flavors but to enhance them. All burn goes away and this wonderful smoky sweetness takes over.\n\nIt blew people's minds realizing how complex scotch flavors can be and I created a few dozen new scotch drinkers. ",
"Interesting, although I thought the original photo shows it best, especially over time. ",
"i gag for a second thinking of 198 proof.. I've had real Everclear that's like 190 proof and I'm just remembering how bad it tasted and burned. \n\nThat said you throw that shit into some mix and make apple pies and I'll drink that shit all night. \n\nI should make a run to Nebraska it's the closest state to me that still sells real everclear. ",
"I don't know but that sounds delicious. ",
"[this comment sums it up nicely ](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qfz4x/comment/dsp9djn?st=JCFTSBUN&sh=7a5f4039) ",
"Ok, which one?",
"Yes, because every time someone shares something that they find interesting they're shilling for corporate.\n\nWhat is it like to be this paranoid?",
"I knew I had seen those bottles before.",
"Could you reduce the loss of volume by keeping the liquid in something more sealed tight or cooler conditions? ",
"Not me, I love a jack and coke, bruv.",
"/r/accidentalwesanderson ?",
"Why is it confusing that the ones that have aged more have evaporated more? More time = more evaporation, really simple stuff",
"ahoy general reposti",
"About that article you posted, I too am Australian and have tried many types of \"Hemp-Beer\". \n\nNot going to lie, the stuff is terrible, it leaves a thick and almost nutty aftertaste and apparently it can set off drug tests extremely easily. It's more of a gimmick beer than anything.",
"Oh I didn't know that! I was talking about the old dudes that make it, ones I was talking about are about 85-90ish years old. I'm glad there's a community around it though, it's been a big part of my family heritage so it's awesome to see it still thriving. ",
"Then something ain't moonshine if it isn't sold illegally. ",
"Yeah, those unlabeled bottles with no indication of quality really makes me want to find out what the hell it is and import it.\n\nSince apparently everything on Reddit is an insidious advertisement, maybe this is all just a scam by Big Display case to get me to wall mount all my cheap cups.",
"You're going in circles, that joke was already used.",
"G'mornin' Angle. ",
"Do you understand how evaporation works?",
"The last few are noticeably darker than the 12th and 13th. The color just doesn't change as drastically from year to year after that point, but it is still darkening.",
"We have a local distillery (Sandstone) that makes a most delicious grain Vodka. Tastes almost like whiskey in that it has a more complex flavor. I don't like most Vodkas but I like Sandstone's. ",
"I went to the Jameson Destillery years ago and remember those casks. The room was filled with the sweetest scent of whisky.\nCan recommend the tour when you are in Dublin",
"#macgruber",
"You can't rush a good whiskey.\n",
"You still can't rush a good whiskey.",
"Let’s drink to that....\nSmash that case open.",
"How many times I gotta tell ya...you can't rush a good whiskey.",
"Again...you can't rush a good whiskey.",
"Again...you can't rush a good whiskey.\n\n",
"I don’t know if I’d consider Dalmore “the cheap stuff”. ",
"Where can I pay for something like this? Can I have a personal barrel where I can draw from every year? ",
"i see they sample it every year",
"Yes and cheap whiskey that has been aged very little in a cask usually has colouring added to give it that whiskey colour.\n",
"I believe it needs to be in the cask for 3 years before it truly can be whisky.",
"I had a bit of screech on my first trip to Newfoundland. That shit is wild. But I wasnt officially screeched in, something that I hope happens if I get to go back. ",
"I was saying that this picture has been reposted 2 or 3 times in the time I've been on Reddit",
"Oh no shit, i thought I was the only one. If they were labelled I would probably not give a fuck.",
"Yeh, see how they are progressively smaller.",
"Jack Daniels will sell you a barrel. Last i looked it was over 3 grand\n",
"Then you would have expected what?",
"The evaporation occurs when it is in the cask, not after it was bottled",
"did they take a shot each year?",
"I'm gonna go with, less evaporation.",
"Less?",
"calm down there buddy",
"I've seen it a few times myself. Still a good lesson on whiskey, better whiskey, and very good whiskey. Damn...all this talk is making me thirsty!",
"That’s the angels share my dude. Heavens a party too",
"Do you know what it's called? They wouldn't sell it to me in the distilleries in Scotland.",
"You mean the devils cut? :P you know heavon's powders only right?",
"Goooood, you pass the perv test!",
"ah the good old angels share innit? ",
"Gin, Vodka etc are made from neutral spirit from a continuous still and legally needs to be distilled to a certain percentage of alcohol (95%+ depending on where you live). This strips out all flavour and is the reason it's called neutral spirit. \n\nScotch Whisky, at least, because of the use of pot stills, is distilled to a much lower alcohol concentration so that some of the flavour compounds (congeners) remain. ",
"I assume everyone on the internet is unattractive. ",
"I can be ur angle... or ur devil.",
"You only used \"then\" instead of \"than\" that's what I was pointing out. I also was trying to be funny, but it looks like I'm not.",
"Kinda like how the bottom row is all a lower level slightly as it goes towards the right ",
"Exhibit A: The Law of Diminishing Returns, Colour Edition.",
"Top left is pee",
"Do they switch it up every year?",
"In a wooden barrel, whiskey (and similar spirits) evaporates at a rate of 3% per year, so it's quite likely. Dunno about other storage methods",
"Dont worry I got what you were going for :)",
"Doesn't whiskey still taste like ball sweat and rubbing alcohol?",
"Wooden barrel = 3% loss per year",
"Is the first bottle, A1, 1 year old or 0 years old?",
"Dibs on the 18 year old. \n\n*edit:* dammit, reddit. ",
"I wouldn’t know officer im not of legal drinking age",
"satin 666",
"Barf, all I can see is barf. ",
"I knew barrels added taste but without this visual aid I would have though whiskey was \"born\" brown.\n\nIs unaged whiskey even whiskey or is it just, like...alcohol.",
"The one in Dublin is a puppet show. The real Jameson distillery tour is in Midleton, Co. Cork. They don't actually make any Whiskey at the Dublin site.",
"Damn you. Trying to peacefully Reddit at 2 am and here you are making me outburst with laughter. ",
"Oh my god this makes me feel all the feels",
"Good question actually. The \"angel's share\" meaning the part of the whiskey that evaporates through the barrel will be huge at that point. There is a good chance that their will be nearly nothing left to drink at least alcohol wise. But the \"solution\" will be saturated at a certain point and there won't be any difference in taste. I'd guess that happens after 50 years or so. It would just taste like wood. ",
"Someone's not tried Absinthe :-)",
"I dont understand why this is an issue",
"Yeah dude, lots of redditors dropping $50-$150 on one bottle of scotch, I'm sure.\n\n\n/r/tinfoilhats",
"I do too, but I bet you're one of the sexy ones.",
"all 3 rows are ",
"Yeah they told us that on the tour, still pretty cool to see the whole process even if it is just for show",
"It's a joke",
"[35]( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) [18](° ͜ʖ°)",
"Thats awesome im gonna drink some scotch now",
"We do now. \n \nAlso, good boy! ",
"No one said moonshine tastes good.",
"This is Glengoyne distillery, Scotland. We can drink from 18 here legally. ",
"With it being clear I would think brand new after distillation. ",
"This is scotch. Scotland.\n\nProbably still Kingsmen.",
"Its unaged the cask aging is what gives it the color",
"Notice how the level in each bottle is lower year on year? A small amount of the whiskey permeates through the wood of the cask and evaporates, which is known as \"the angels share\".",
"This is Scotch Whisky* not whiskey you heathens. ",
"This pic so much better, thank you.",
"Oh man, that older sherry cask european oak looks amazing, such great color on it. ",
"'Punceheon' and ,I assume, 'barrel'",
"Nope.",
"Unless it's corn whiskey. bleh",
"Is there a reason they don't make them totally evaporation proof? Since it gets less alcoholic as more evaporates especially. Is that part of the flavor of aged whiskeys that's important?",
"\\*winks at you*",
"Hence Angel's Envy.",
"Man I miss Arizona for this, everclear at gas stations, pharmacies and grocery stores! Hell even the Walmart has it, just can’t by ur guns on the same transaction. \n\nWhat I really miss is what I would consider very good whiskey costing $20 / 750 mL. ",
"I've had liquors that were high proof and I couldn't tell it was alcohol till it hit my stomach. No taste or smell and burnt like ~~he'll~~ hell when it hit and on the way back up. Damn you Papa and your Inuit moonshine that's meant to be sipped not taken as a shot. Another was a kind of vodka iirc. So they treated neutral.",
"Flawless execution.",
"I would have gone with none, but apparently I'm an idiot.",
"Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card",
"Which is why, no matter what anyone says, Angel's Envy is the smartest name for a whiskey I've seen.",
"And cost probably $700,000 per bottle ",
"As someone who loves his scotch (and also enjoys Glengoyne, among others) I couldn't help but wonder why the first whisky (top, left) is clear? Is that how all scotch looks before it's matured?\n\nThe reason I ask is that I have been led to believe by watching whisky blogs, such as [Ralfy's](https://www.youtube.com/user/ralfystuff/videos), that not all scotch whisky derives its color from maturation, e.g., can sometimes have E150 caramel additives. I take it that's probably not the case with Glengoyne?",
"God forbid we enjoy it either way.",
"It's a scotch then? ",
"Around the 18-19 year mark is where I stop noticing a discernible color difference.",
"Hey, those McDonald's limited edition Batman mugs are gonna be worth a fortune some day!",
"so im to assume that whiskey shrinks with age? cause the pattern clearly shows less and less here :O ",
"My favourite distillery to have visited. And my favourite whisky.\n\nI wish they'd put a bit more effort into spacing the bottles evenly. It vexes me so.",
"Yeah you need a much larger still to make spirit neutral enough for vodka or making gin - the stuff that comes out of a whisky still takes a lot of its flavor from the grain.",
"Oil. Most valuable.",
"Repost",
"I feel like the returns are truly diminishing after the third bottle from right, mid level.\n\nI'm just assuming that the price is rising exponentially after said bottle?",
"I’ll have the crab juice",
"What if you age vodka?",
"Whisky* ",
"Ah first one didn’t look like it ",
"It tastes like ball sweat and rubbing alcohol that’s been aged in a charred barrel for years. ",
"I swear this has been on reddit a couple of times recently ",
"The colour comes from the barrel they're stored in so they won't age or change colour after being bottled.",
"Only one bottle has a sticker on it...",
"[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)](https://i.imgur.com/0QycEo4.gif)",
"Is it that they poured in less liquid back in the past or did the liquid become more condensed?",
"In heaven there is no beer, because they're drinking whisky apparently!",
"The color comes from the volatile chemicals in the wood barrels. Vodka picks up the same chemicals and colors when barrel aged. ",
"Not if it’s good Whiskey. ",
"It's a large world. There are small circles.",
"The Angel's share and the Devil's cut actually\n\n",
"You have an apt name. I approve. ",
"Til, Store water in an oak barrel and it will turn to whiskey!",
"Then report it. I'm as sick of the reposts as you are.",
"Puncheon, barrel, and hogshead are all units of volume measurement",
"they poured less into the bottle.",
"Whats the difference in taste between a whisky thats only matured a couple years to one thats matured much longer?",
"So the couple times ive tried whiskey it usually looks like the 5th/6th year.. whats the taste difference from there to like say the 20 year mark\n",
"So basically it starts to taste like oak and loses a bit due to evaporation. How hard would that be to replicate artificially?",
"It’s crazy to think I was born when Reagan was president and I’m still younger than at least one of those bottles of whiskey.",
"I went to the package store earlier and they had this $34 bottle of Japanese whiskey that caught my eye... silly Japanese. Good whiskey costs like $5 a gallon!",
"Oh get a room, you three",
"Hmm... it says, \"Statesman\".",
"Do we want to know by what method you became intimate with the scent of ball sweat? /s",
"Doesn’t whiskey stop aging once it’s out of the barrel it was distilled in? ",
"How do you even know what ball sweat tastes like?",
"Yes, I do. \n\nDo you understand how time works??\n\nLet’s assume for a minute that the alcohol is put into the cask on day 0. Let’s assume that the first bottle (the lightest colored bottle) is filled up at that time. \n\nAt the end of the first year, the second bottle is filled with what’s been in the cask. The first bottle is the oldest bottle, it’s a year old. The second bottle is the newest, as we just filled that bottle. \n\nMoving on to year two... we fill up the third bottle with what’s in the cask. This bottle, not surprisingly, is darker than the second, and noticeably darker than the first. The first bottle is now two years old, the second bottle is a year old, and this third bottle is the youngest as we just filled it. \n\nRepeating the process... the first (and lightest) colored bottle is the oldest. It has had the most amount of time for the liquid inside to evaporate. The newest bottle (the one with the darkest colored liquid inside) has had the least amount of time for the liquid inside to evaporate. \n\nIf the liquid is pulled from cask and placed in bottle each year, one would expect the volume of liquid in the oldest bottle (the lightest colored) to have had more time to evaporate. Thus the oldest bottle should have the least amount of liquid in it. Yet, this is not what those bottles are showing. The trend in bottle volume gets less as the age of the bottle gets younger. \n\nMaybe you Mr. Smartypants can explain why this is???",
"You mean you don't sip on and enjoy the intricate flavors of Bacardi 151 before you go to bed with alcohol poisoning? Lightweight. ",
"Much much smoother. You’d have to taste it to know. I’ve had 25 year old scotch. It was amazing. ",
"You won't get any color from the boil. Forever will definitely be affected, though.",
"I recognized this right away, I went to Scotland in July and this was a stop on our tour! I bought a bottle of the 18 to share with my father after my first child is born next month. I also briefly fell in love with a worker there named Ashleen.",
"Bourbon distillers call it \"white dog.\" I know you can get it from Buffalo Trace at least, but iirc they only sell it on-site (and I would recommend visiting if it's an option, cool place, cool people). Not sure about other sources. I've also found a few bottles labeled as \"unaged whiskey\" in one of the more comprehensive liquor stores here.",
"There is definitely a different flavour. Older whisky feels a lot smoother, rounder and milder.",
"That's really not true. Other non-Scottish whisky manufacturers can and do spell it without an 'e'.",
"Obviously not an Excel user.",
"They used to make it in dublin, it's more of a history of Jameson museum than touring a distillery.",
"Sahn Dieago",
"Where can I find this place? ",
"Coooooool...",
"It appears the European cask makes a darker whiskey",
"That cask is a literal hogshead. \n\nHogshead, puncheon, and barrel are all units of volume (and the names of the corresponding casks). ",
"Whiskey in the jar",
"You take that into account and plan for how long you intend to age it. Most Scotch is laid down at ~65% (130 proof). You can let it breathe, pull it early, blend it, fire it, or let it sit. That's the art and history of it. A fine specimen today did not just happen to survive to 2018, x years ago it was crafted to be enjoyed right about now.\n\nIts important to note that once it hits glass, it is dead. It does not get better and it does not \"age\", but you can hold that moment in time. ",
"thats why home distillers usually use glass and chuck oak chunks in instead.\nUnless you have a full size barrel, the surface area-volume ratio goes haywire and means small barrels both over oak and lose too much to the angels share.\n\n",
"I honestly just thought whiskey was naturally brown, never knew it could be clear",
"Love the bottle",
"Although, what is good to know is that you can make a 10 yrs old whiskey in a 3 to 6 months. \n\nA lot of people think it takes years to properly age alcohol. While it is true with big cask. The smaller the cask, the smaller the time it has to soak in it. \n\nSo if you take a small cask, and age your own alcohol, you can get 20 yrs old quality in 6 months to a year. \n\nBut I love the picture here , its very nice to look at.",
"Also seems to be displaying the effect of the [Angel's Share](https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styles/american-whiskey/what-is-the-angels-share/)",
"I'd agree with you, but I know that Val Kilmer uses the internet, so...",
"Makes sense. Smoother and milder definitely would implicate less alcohol. Thanks!",
"That does make sense. \n\nDo you realize though, that the lighter colored bottles are the oldest bottles??",
"Thanks :)",
"What happened with [this guy though?](https://youtu.be/4DQUrg0Yhu4)",
"Would completely sealing these prevent the angel share loss? But i guess they also wouldn't age properly? ",
"Has anyone ever tried aging it in an airtight container but with the barrel wood submerged inside? ",
"It's a decent chunk. The bigger problem with the angel's share is that it keeps accumulating over time while the devil's cut is more of a one time thing.",
"A shot here, a shot there, a shot all the way down.",
"It's called white whiskey, and yeah, it's still whiskey technically. ",
"Such is life. ",
"Also really good whiskey",
"Is the coke doing the same thing as \"opening up\" the scotch by putting a few drops of water in it before drinking?",
"Unaged = white dog, white lightening, moonshine",
"I'm an idiot, can someone eli5 what 'fermented malted grain with hops' means? I've never paid much attention to how alcohol is made and as a result I have no idea what those words mean lol I'm genuinely curious",
"\"Then\" is used when things are happening in order after each other. Ex. \"I got out of bed then I realized I was actually having a dream. \n\n\"Than\" is used when you compare/choose between things. Ex. \"I'd rather eat pizza than broccoli.\"\n\nYou may have known and just messed up, but I hope that's helpful! ",
"Sugar beet. ",
"Oh so it's not the loss out of these specific bottles? ",
"Absolutely, it's a very solid choice. Just think it's one clever ass name.",
"They definitely don't go above 95%, that's literally impossible to distill above.",
"I saw soleese drinking some ",
"/r/theydidtheexcel",
"Went there last September. Was awesome. ",
"If you've had absinthe anywhere near 120 proof you're doing it wrong. Absinthe is meant to be drank after it has been diluted. When it touches your lips it should be around 13%\n\n(edit: originally said 20%)",
"> Or you could come to WV \n\nNo.",
"Refer back to: \n\n> Anyone who claims anything over 120 proof can taste good is full of shit",
"Glengoyne distillery! I was there only a few months back.",
"Once its in the sealed, glass bottle, evaporation stops. The evaporation is entirely from its time in the cask which is not fully sealed.\n\nI have since edited my other comment reflecting your and others misunderstanding of where the evaporation happens.\n\nAlso, a search of \"angels share\" would have given you additional information.\n\nSo, good attempt to be all /r/iamverysmart on me. But I've already beaten you.",
"Hijacking top comment to ask a dipshit question. Has aging caused the whiskey to evaporate, or was that done on purpose to add some flair to the case. For some reason this is one of those questions that's going to drive me crazy until I know the answer because it looks so intentional.",
"I think It’s funny :)",
"No? You know what? Just go away.\n\nEvery time someone posts a picture, a gif, a video, a screenshot, or just anything really that involves some kind of \"corporate\" thing - A video game, a logo, or probably just even the town hall of a city given how overboard you dummies go, you have to /r/HailCorporate it.\n\nI'm done. I've had enough. You can't just spam /r/HailCorporate and expect an upvote. You can't just be like \"dude, you're playing a game?\" and post /r/HailCorporate. You just can't.\n\nI doubt you even work for corporate given how against them you are. You live in a cardboard box, typing on your CrapBook Pro, feeling good about yourself because you think you just \"called someone else out\" for being a corporate shrill.\n\nJust who do you think you are? Some epic 12-year-old on the internet with le cool fedora posting about how \"corporate shrill hails this, corporate shrill hails that?\" Well, I've got news for you. You aren't anything. You aren't epic, you aren't a 12-year-old, and your fedora certainly isn't le cool.\n\nI hope in time you will learn that not everybody and everything is a corporate shrill.\n\n",
"So darker is better? ",
"The devil's cut. ",
"7 years of Spanish in school and I can still barely get through a conversation...I'll never understand how people can just learn a language through tv",
"This is backwards, clear is newly distilled and has not been in the cask. The darker the longer.",
"Maybe they meant Scotch/whiskey? ",
"It's B-3... You have never played chess or used excel, huh?",
"https://i.imgur.com/qjBW0CO.png\n\nThank you RES for bringing me back to this [gem](https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/6sx140/florida_state_troopers_told_to_write_minimum_of/dlh8nbd/?st=jcfw9rad&sh=f66042c5). ",
"https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qfz4x/each_bottle_is_the_same_whiskey_matured_in_the/dsoz6rr",
"It should also be noted that Jim Beams ‘Devils Cut Whiskey’ is a total lie and is just a marketing tool. They’re not filling bottles with whiskey harvested from used barrels, that would be insanely prohibitively expensive and time consuming, if it was even possible. ",
"I assume everyone's a hot girl. Makes me do my best.",
"How does it taste? ",
"We all had different childhoods. Don't judge.",
"How could you be so obtuse? ",
"Even with sarcasm...",
"I'm not sure on the exact math but 4 parts water to 1 part 120-140 proof absinthe doesn't seem quite as low as 20%",
"To be fair you water down absinthe and add sugar to it.",
"FUUUUUUUUUUCK Palmer, TX with a ten foot tall cactus\n\nedit: also this is oddly heartwarming I love all y'all who took the time to note my least favorite place on Earth",
"Aging stops once bottled. Age is how long it's been in the cask not how long it's been in the bottle.",
"If you put it in airtight metal cask with wood shavings inside",
"After 50 you have to get drunk chewing on soggy barrel remnants.",
"The effervescence.",
"Pretty much yes",
"Ech, ach, aughh!",
"Maybe the amount that has soaked into the barrel? I'm not a whiskey expert, just a guess.",
"Well said man, but just FYI, it's 'shill'. Have a great day! ",
"C-2? In Excel that would be B3.",
"Hemp wouldn't set off drug tests there is nothing in it but fiber. I agree with your taste description though lol",
"You should see the porn selection.",
"The Devils cut is what you pay after drinking enough whisky.",
"Barf is what you do after shooting some of that European oak aged whiskey. ",
"Hey it's cool. To each his own set and all that...",
"Someone wouldn’t do something like *lie* on the internet, would they? ",
"Yeah, no wonder 18 year old scotch is expensive as fuck. They get half as much of it and they had to store it for 2 decades.",
"overpriced cough medicine that tastes like the worst jelly bean flavor and makes people pretend they're hallucinating\n\nalthough the process of lighting the sugar on fire is pretty cool ",
"Devil's Cut is pretty clever, too - they extract bourbon from the barrels and add it back into the blend. Doesn't taste anywhere near as good as Angel's Envy, though.",
"I was in the Caribbean in 2012 looking for rum as one normally does, and we came across an aptly named rum called Very Strong Rum. It was 86.5% alcohol by volume and we thought it would mix great with Gatorade for when we were sailing. I was the first one to give it a try, put 2 shots in a 20 oz Gatorade, shook it like there was no tomorrow for a bit a minute and tried it. I took several sips and could only get the slightest hint of alcohol, success!\n\nOr so I had thought. Little did I know that deep in that bottle of Gatorade there was a storm a brewing. We made several more of the concoctions for everyone else on the ship, left the harbor we were in and went about sailing to our next destination. With the sun beating down and sweat starting drip down my face I took the fateful swig of my Gatorade, none the wiser of the horrors that awaited. See, the rum, for whatever reason, didn't mix very well with the Gatorade and pretty much just floated around as a ball of pure evil hatred floating through thirst quenching flavor.\n\nAs I tilted my head back with one hand still on the helm, the ball of fury hit my tongue and went to the back of my throat. I gagged violently but held my composure enough to make sure I got the alcohol down and one by one the rest of the people drinking felt the Very Strong Rums wrath. Some held it together, some didn't, the ship turned red and smelled of fruit punch, and now I don't fuck with Very Strong Rum. ",
"No it isn't and a quick Googling would show you that, as I said, neutral spirit must be above 95% in most countries including the US (96% in EU). The azeotropic mixture point is 97.25% which is the maximum.",
"How much for a glass from the bottom right? or from a bottle of that vintage(is that the right word for whisky?).",
"1 alcohols please",
"Bourbon also gets a lot of it's color from the char of the barrel, so it depends on what level if Charing you have",
"Yup, many times the colour comes from roasted? sugar.. Laphroaig has Whisky that is 10 years and still clear beacuse they didn't add colouring to it, weird but still tastes awesome.",
"It's pasta :(",
"I'm a fan of angles too. Go fighting Obtuses!",
"So 11 is the perfect year?",
"Does this mean the darker the better? Whisky noob here, love drinking it tho",
"Agreed",
"In the film don't they say they bought a distillery in Scotland to honour what's-his-face?",
"This has been posted a few times before actually, so not that small :P",
"Isnt that the angel's share",
"It stops maturing, never stops ageing tho. The flavour can improve the longer it sits iirc ",
"No wonder they charge more for aged spirits! They have to make up the cost of having less volume to sell!",
"Not going to be much of a devil's cut in something like Scotch as they use previously used barrels.",
"How would you distinguish between the two?",
"In KY we call unaged Bourbon \"White Dog\". When it first comes out it's clear as water. After its poured into new charred oak barrels it gets all that rich brown color (and flavor) from the caramelized sugars in that char.",
"They encourage the whiskey to soak about an inch into the wood for colour and flavour. The deeper it penetrates the wood the better these will be, so more years aged means a more mellow but better quality whiskey.\n\nAlso, whiskey is not kept in climate-controlled zones since natural temperature change helps it cycle through the wood to get those flavours. Evaporation is just part of the process.",
"If you take 1 part 100% alcohol and add 4 parts water, it is now 20% alcohol, 80% water.",
"while I pretty much agree, I think you've gone overboard on this guy. he didn't even link to HailCorporate and his comment wasn't snide or smug.",
"An unbranded bottle with no mention of how to buy it no less",
"Change your username to canal-pleasure and it might give them a hint",
"No their point was that in Scotland whisky is spelt as such but in Ireland it's whiskey. Most people are used to seeing whiskey with the 'e', for example most(all maybe) US bourbons are called whiskeys. Whisky is a Scots spelling but it's not solely used in Scotland, in Canada they will generally spell it whisky(likely due to a lot of Scottish immigrants influencing it) and Suntory spell it as such on their bottles but they're Japanese. Interestingly Suntory also own Jim Beam but spell it whiskey on those bottles.\n\nWhisky is the Scots spelling of the word but it doesn't guarantee the origin of the bottle.",
"Noob here: As time passes by, the quantity reduces ?",
"The alcohol evaporates more than anything else, so it would basically be dirty water",
"yes, someone needs to sticky this comment.",
"In much the same way each repost of this photo gets more upvotes than the last.",
"But drink from about 12 in reality.",
"A friend of mine tried to do the thing where you spit alcohol into flames with 151. We were trying to film it and we kept fucking up so he kept swallowing it. He's a big guy, I mean a *biiig* guy, so I'd never seen him black out before, but that did it. ",
"the 40 year old highland park that i had a couple of years ago was simply the smoothest liquor i've ever had",
"Unaged whiskey is moonshine.",
"You sank my battleship!",
"there to be",
"Or maybe it did just happen man! :( ",
"F.E.W. makes a decent white whiskey (Which I think is technically a vodka unless it hits oak in some way shape or form?)",
"\\*teleports behind you*",
"I actually would have expected more loss in the beginning due to barrel absorption. I guess angels prefer aged whiskey.",
"Well.. I mean.. They were just filled up to different levels. They didn't evaporate as they were poured into the glass..\n\nI am fun at parties.",
"RIP inbox but... It's called \"Whisky\" in Scotland. Not \"Whiskey\".",
"The amount that evaporates away every year is called the angles cut, that is why each bottle has less in it. The amount that soaks into the barrel is then squished out and but into a blend called the devils cut. That part used to be thrown away, so literally when you buy devils cut whiskey (not that it is bad or anything) it is 100% profit for the distillery.",
"[didnt even change the title and edited out the name if the bar](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/738l8k/each_bottle_is_the_same_whiskey_matured_in_the/)",
"Maybe OP takes a sip of each every year?",
"Some scotch, particularly the single cask ones, comes 110 proof (55%) in the bottle. Drinking that without a bit of water burns your mouth so much that you miss the flavors and scents to a large degree. Some mix it with as much as 50% water before drinking to take the bite off the alcohol content and take in the actual flavor of the drink.",
"> You'd be hard pressed to find real moonshine these days though, unless you live in parts of NC or the Piedmont area in SC where there's still a couple old dudes left making it.\n\nMaybe on TLC. It's not that difficult and I'd be shocked if there isn't a thousand stills in every county in the nation.\n\nSeems to me that the damn tar heels were too stupid to keep from yappin' about it. \n\nI'm pretty sure Alaska has moonshine. And Montana, Arizona, West Virginia, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, California... ;) ",
"Sit down and hush college boy, this is a discussion for adults. ",
"Went there last year (from Australia). We loves it!\n\nThought this was a brilliant way of illustrating the differences in treatment and age. ",
"r/mildlyinteresting",
"This is actually fascinating.\n\nI know wine gets all of its color from tannins in the grape but since it's also (sometimes) aged in casks I'm now curious if that gives off any color as well.",
"And that's why scotch is sold at older ages than bourbon. Bourbon tops out at about 10 or, in very select cases, up to 20 years. (The best Pappy Van Winkle isn't the 23 year, it's the 20 year, for example.) That's because the barrels are new charred oak - the bourbon will pull all of that flavor out as it moves back and forth into and out of the barrel over time with temperature fluctuations. The distillery gets rid of the barrels after they're used once.\n\nThen a scotch distillery will buy them (or some other barrel, like sherry) and put in the white dog and age it. Since the bourbon or sherry already pulled a lot of the flavors of the wood out during its aging process, you need to leave the scotch in longer to get a similar amount of flavor and character.",
"Evaporation + the wood absorbing the liquid.",
"If you're drinking it at 120, it's really bad on your throat.",
"It's pasta :/",
"That's not glorious enough.",
"I didn’t know whisky started out so clear",
"There are barrel strength bourbons that clock in around 120-130 proof that taste absolutely delicious. For an easy-to-find option, try Booker's.",
"You aren't meant to drink everclear straight. Put that shit in a watermelon or make some jungle juice.",
"Thanks :)",
"So 30 years of prep work before putting up the display.",
"To a certain extent. Eventually the extra aging hurts the flavor.",
"TIL whiskey starts off clear",
"I had to clear my throat by the time my eyes reached the bottom row",
"/r/excel might scratch your itch.",
"Yeah but it's a repost. ",
"user...name..?",
"Let me guess.. 100 bucks for a bottle... probably more.\n\n\npretentious assholes.",
"That label on the one is oddly out of place and someone needs to tell them. \n\nNice display. But it’s totally queered because of that. ",
">It would just taste like wood.\n\n20-25 years if it's bourbon, depending on the distiller. Maybe 30.",
"There are a few companies that offer \"age your own whiskey\" kits (I've tried [the one from Woodinville Whiskey](http://www.woodinvillewhiskeyco.com/products/age-your-own-whiskey-kit/)). My kit came with a small cask, two bottles of barrel-strength whiskey, tasting glasses, and instructions to age and sample the whiskey over ~3-6 months. The aging is greatly accelerated in these small casks. It isn't my favorite bottle in my bar, but it's very fun, educational, and reasonably priced for the whole experience.",
"It was a joke because they said 'then' not 'than'. ",
"I get this excel reference, ugh.",
"And at one point it’s kind of beer too. ",
"Maybe you never played Battleship. ",
"I want that all the ones on the bottom ",
"Yep. And more yummy.",
"It's called \"Viski\" in croatian. Not \"Whiskey\" or \"Whiskey\". And it's called \"Uísque\" in portuguese. ",
"Thank you for clearing that up :)",
"It reminds me of like a month ago when /r/mildlyinteresting had a post about the Seattle(?) airport and how it had four different hand driers in a row at different heights. Then the guy who installed them chimed in and said something, \"yeah, the airport apparently just wanted to test different heights and brands. We were confused as well, but it's what the customer ordered.\"",
"EU must be rounding pretty hard. [Wikipedia says](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azeotrope#Positive_and_negative_azeotropes) the azeotrope is 95.63% \n\nWhere'd you get 97.25?",
"Depends on the local legal definition.\n\nThis is definitely not true in the US.",
"Why is there less whiskey in each bottle?",
"How much would a bottle of J3 set me back?",
">That said you throw that shit into some mix and make apple pies and I'll drink that shit all night.\n\nThe hillbillies say that it's only apple pie if you drop apple slices and cinnamon sticks in the shine and let it sit until they've dissolved.",
"While we’re here, “Tasmanian Oak” is a trademark Gunns registered for Mountain Ash. ",
"Yes. Straight off the still it's pretty good. The younger aged ones might get worse briefly but I'm sure it would be drinkable throughout.",
"\n>Its important to note that once it hits glass, it is dead. It does not get better and it does not \"age\", but you can hold that moment in time. \n\nIt won’t get better, but it can get worse with age in a bottle. Corks don’t last forever, so while it’s tempting to let it sit on the shelf because of the money spent, it can actually hurt the taste. Old bottled whisky is drinkable, but it won’t likely taste “right”. \nWhy? because oxygen. ",
"I sure as hell never gave it the lick test",
"ELI5: If all of the flavour and colouring comes from the wood, and whisky evaporates from wooden barrels, why don't they just place the un-aged whisky in a hermetically sealed barrel and add split oak logs?",
"your math is pretty wrong then",
"Aka Scotch. \n\n",
"/r/mildlyinteresting",
"Glengoolie Blue. For the best of times!",
"I've never told a strange man this, but... Thank you for your service. ;)",
"Above 100 is a bit above my pay grade (and probably not really worth it, i don't know I'm not really a connoisseur) but 50-100 for a bottle of scotch seems pretty reasonable to me. Unless all you drink is Johnny Walker red/black or some other shit that's sealed with metal instead of a cork cap, I don't see how you will even manage below 50. I typically pay like 60-70 for liter bottles of Ardbeg or Lagauvilin at the duty free. And I mean how many bottles of scotch do you really need anyway? One lasts me at least 5-6 month. Of course I don't drink everyday and when I do it's just one or two drinks, and then it's mostly when I'm out somewhere with friends. I have to say I find the implications of your comment a bit depressing.",
"Or Tennessee...although the odds of getting high quality there are lower since Popcorn Sutton offed himself. You can buy his recipe on the shelf, now, though.\n\nGotta make sure you're buying from a reputable source, though, otherwise you could get some that was made in an old radiator and won't pass a flame test.",
"More like necessity",
"I visited the Glengoyne distillery about twenty years ago and it kick-started a real love of whisky. I think it's definitely time I went back - I fancy the \"Masterclass\" tour this time, and I've learned enough since then that I might be able to appreciate it better!\n\nhttps://www.glengoyne.com/visit-us/distillery-tours",
"For some reason I wish they would reverse the middle row so it zig-zags.",
"Chateau d'Yquem has a similar collection of bottles. IIRC the oldest were from the late 1700s. \nThey go from yellow to orange to red and older ones are almost black. And that's just **in-bottle** aging.\n\nIt's mostly the high sugar content polymerizing to something more like molasses. You can taste the difference even in wines available. Aged Sauternes are less sweet but much more complex.",
"Whisky is the spelling for the Scottish variety.",
"Hold that moment in time except for the evaporation right? Isn't that why the bottles have lower levels? They're still evaporating. \n\n",
"Then It's a bot posting the top reply, that was the planned advertisment campaign.\n\nthe bot account will be bought by another company to sell another product through \"organic\" ads.",
"Am I the only one who dislikes long-aged whiskey? This is something I complain about regularly. Whenever I order whiskey straight I always regret getting an older whiskey. The aging really just makes it taste like wood, and in the case of scotch, peat and wood. No trace of grain or malt. It's just not balanced. It needs to be mixed. \n\nAn old peaty scotch would go great in wessail for balance for example.",
"Whisky doesn't age after it leaves the barrel.",
"Because you want more than just the wood from the barrels. Typically these are barrels that have been used to store port, sherry or bourbon and have been infused by these alcohols so when it come to storing the whisky it also gets infused by some of the flavours from them.",
"Yes, home distillers will usually put it inside a glass cannister with wood chips",
"*whoosh*",
"TIL thanks for the information! ",
"They will usually be marketed as such.",
"That is actually a sherry display not whiskey. Whiskey does not get that red color , only a dark brown. Sherry is also aged in barrels though, so it is still ageing, but it is basically putting wine into barrels.",
"This comment gave me cancer. Thanks a lot.",
"How come?",
"Glenfarclas claim not to use any caramel in any of their offerings.",
"[£600](https://shop.glengoyne.com/glengoyne-30-years-old-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-70cl)",
"not a whiskey fan.impurities just fuck you up.",
"Not quite. There is less alcohol, yes, but the smoothness comes from the wood itself. The sugars and tannins from the wood balance the burn of the alcohol. \nJust because it’s aged longer, doesn’t necessarily make it better. In my experience, scotch stops tasting better at 14-15 years because I can’t pick out the subtleties that it picks up later.\nSimilarly, there’s a reason bourbon typically doesn’t have an age statement; it’s ready when the distiller says it’s ready. ",
"Absinthe is drank diluted and sweetened. It's also great with soda. Makes me wish it were available here, that and mezcal. \n\n",
"I do my part in pouring one out for the homies lost. ",
"Out of his ass.",
"Mildlyinteresting: Glengoyne is the southern-most *Highland* distillery (think appellations for scotch); the original distillery is on the north side of the road outside which is considered the border of the highlands. That’s where the big copper pots are, the malting house, the spring from which the water is drawn. So, you know, *highlands*. \n\nThat’s all cool except when you hop out of your car in the car park (which is on the south side of the road, and therefore *not* in the highlands) you see these huge pipes running along the wall, under the road, through the car park and to the warehouse at the far end of the car park. Where the distilled goodness is put in the casks. \n\nSo it’s *distilled* in the highlands, using highland water, but then piped across the road and bottled in not-the-highlands. \n\nCheeky. \n\nPlease note: I love Glengoyne: it’s got wonderful flavour, and I really enjoyed the tour. Definitely worth a visit. ",
"Diminishing returns after 15 years, at least in terms of colour.",
"Then which is appropriate in this context?",
"Barrels are wood. Wood is porous and can't be completely sealed. There will be absorption and evaporation. I know sometimes bourbon barrel beers are made with wood chips soaked in bourbon, that probably slows the evaporation process a bit since most fermenters are made of stainless steel and/or copper (in breweries).",
"Read his username ",
"It's called white lightening. It tastes like fire, everclear, hate and bad.",
"ok its been triggering me, why there's only one bottle has that black dot? the one from the lower left",
"Oh believe me, I have a probblem buying expensive whiskey of all sorts. \n\nIt just strikes me as something well outside the range of reddit's majority demographic.\n\n\nBTW, how would you compare Lagavulin to Uigeadail and Laph 10? Haven't tried Lagavulin yet but I've been curious.",
"Fuck man why aren't I Scottish\n",
"It’s a scam by Big Display Case! \n\nSeriously, I know ads are literally everywhere now and they can be extremely annoying, but they aren’t bad by themselves.\n\nI’ve bought tons of stuff because of ads, and without the ad I wouldn’t have known it existed.",
"I see you too were under the tutelage of Mr. Spacey",
"you just add some water and shake. all's good. ",
"Once you go 100% rye you'll never go back. Amazing flavor.",
"Is that at Glengoyne?",
"Why is there an decreasing amount in the bottles? Does it represents how much fluid has vaporized in one year? Is there an equal amount of alcohol in each bottle?",
"Mr. Bushido up in here all full of complaints. ",
"Yeah. At Buffalo Trace they do this thing in the tasting room with white dog (unaged) whiskey - you pour it in your hand, smell, clap, smell, rub, smell. The first smell is like rubbing alcohol, the second is like corn (because that's the primary grain in the mash), the third is like bread from the yeast used in fermentation. It's trippy.",
"Found this out the other night. Grabbed a glass of my one of my favorites, and after flicking a little water into it it tasted so much better. ",
"Still wont be as mature as me!",
"\"Than\" ",
"Wine is generally aged in standard french oak barrels, no char. For sure a good measure of flavor comes from that, but not quite so dramatically as what we're talking about with bourbon. Most bourbon stays a in barrel a min of 6 years. Some go to 8, 10, 12 and as high as the 20+ years. On top of that the barrels are aged in non temperature controlled warehouses. That means as the the barrel staves expand and contract a portion of that bourbon gets absorbed and released slowly by the wood, changing with the season year after year. In that way the climate during time in the barrel has a strong impact on the character of the whisky and can ultimately be a factor in when it's consider mature and ready for bottling.",
"The difference in liquid height in the display is often called 'the angels share'. It's the loss from evaporation in the cask, maybe some of it absorbed into the wood. It likely didn't evaporate in any meaningful way in the display. Cork doesn't last forever, but it doesn't go bad too quickly.",
"How come what? ",
"Okay, to follow on from that, why not soak the wood in those aforementioned drinks beforehand?",
"We do, but don't care as we are all bots.",
"Could you imagine licking the sludge from a 100 year old whiskey barrel?",
"they must have withdrawn one of them recently... new year party i guess",
"Fun fact. The equivalent to 30,000 bottles of whiskey evaporate from Jameson's Midleton Distillery every day.",
"Presumably how come it stops aging in glass",
"What if it's a cap?",
"> What does the flavor do beyond that mark?\n\nThat *really* depends on the whiskey or whisky being aged, but generally, the bitterness and chemical tang continues to dissipate, which lets you taste more of the background flavors. There are also some compounds that get created over time (look up phenols) and chemicals that get adsorbed from the cask. What chemicals get adsorbed, and what compounds get created depend on what barrel and what whisk(e)y is being aged. Overall, mature whiskeys tend to be described as \"smoother\" or even \"sweeter\".\n\nThere are definitely diminishing returns though, and what is \"enough aging\" depends on a bunch of different factors.\n\nI've gotten to try most of the Glenfiddich lineup, and I actually think I prefer the 15 year to the 18, 21, and 26. ¯\\\\\\_\\(ツ\\)\\_\\/¯",
"...Osama Bin Sipping?",
"Interesting. Is there an equal evaporation of water and alcohol? ",
"I have a bottle of old Fitzgerald bourbon from 1953 in my cabinet, I wonder how that will affect the flavor when I do drink it ",
"I had 3 shots of 151 with my father in law who is an ex-navy guy and puts spiced rum away like it's water. He was fine. I spewed over the coffee table and was still throwing up on my train home the next day. Brutal stuff. \n\nThe real tip here is if it comes with a metal guard on the top to stop you setting the whole bottle on fire, you probably shouldn't be drinking it. ",
"This answers your question pretty nicely I think http://www.dramming.com/2012/06/17/whisky-myths-debunked-8-diageos-cling-film-casks/",
"It's not like you'll be drinking anymore at 21 than you do at 18 in the states... ",
"Ugh, Iowa fans.... ",
"That's interesting. Thanks for the info, TIL.",
"Yeah, “white lightning”",
"Noob question. But is there a noticeable difference in taste between the bottles. If so, when do it “plateau,” so to speak?",
"But... why is it lower *in the bottle*? I mean, a cask makes a lot more than one bottle's worth of whisky. So whoever filled the bottles for this display intentionally filled the later bottles with less liquid just as an illustration of what's happening at a larger scale in the cask?",
"I think I just had an ¥£€₩×&#",
"The whiskey doesn't evaporate in the glass bottles. The whiskey evaporates in the wooden barrels. They put less in each bottle to signify that there is less return the longer you leave it in the barrel",
"I believe they are asking why the (exterior of the) wooden barrels aren't sealed with wax or some similar non-permeable coating [like so](https://i.imgur.com/pG0KEHc.png). \n\nEdited for clarity",
"A hangover?",
"I can be your angle or your devil",
"that 29 year old whiskey in the bottom right is almost purple. I bet the flavor of something like that would be legendary.\n\nI bet it would also cost about $8,000 for a shot, though, lol.",
"Since it's the third shelf from the top, isn't it the 31/32 year old?",
"If you zoom in you see its labled \"21\" for the US drinking age. Probably just a \"fun fact this whiskey is the same age as the legal drinking age\" thing.",
"Also to note this is why blanco tequila is clear, it isn't aged.",
"Ive been here! They have a really nice tour that takes you though the whole prices of whisky making. Lots of free samples too. Each bottle in the display contains less and less liquid as the water evaporates over time.",
"ELI5: Why is there less liquid in each bottle progressively",
"Which is why, if you are really keen, you use argon gas to fill the bottles after using. It's heavier than air, and thus displaces it - stopping any oxidization. Good bars do this to wine/spirits at the end of each night.",
"That would be labeled single barrel. There aren't a whole lot of single barrel options out there, because the flavors can be different and that usually isn't great for repeat customers. (Same reason why the macrobrews like Bud and Coors have some amazing brewmasters who often go run their own craft breweries later on - they have to be able to make sure that every Bud Light tastes the exact same.)\n\nThere's also small batch whiskeys, which are 5 to 100 or so barrels per blend.",
"If that was the case it would be reversed. My guess is it’s an illustration of the level of liquid in the barrel at the time of extraction.",
"is the reduction in volume just a visual representation of the actual evaporation, but not actually the result of evaporation in the bottle?",
"So the fourth is Jim Beam?",
"For our wedding in September, our \"unity\" thing will be to pour two types of white whiskey in a cask and age it so we can have a little every year.",
"No, it doesn't. They keep getting darker, but it is less noticeable.",
"What a waste",
"Of course they do, if you were dead and shit would you be drinking dewars or lagavoulin?",
"This is some prime reading comprehension, A+.",
"Does the volume decrease in each bottle to represent the angel's share?",
"Look at Big Pasta trying to take over the thread, you Italian corporate shrills make me sick",
"Absolutely! And as a low-medium bourbon goes Jim Bean isn't a slouch. Haven't had the JB Devil's Cut yet, but damn good marketing",
"Is there any sort of colouring being added? I've heard artificial colouring is found in some whiskies ",
"You know what goes great with that whiskey? The refreshing taste of Coca-Cola.\n\n^just ^kidding, ^drink ^it ^neat ^or ^gtfo",
"Something that got me into whiskey recently is not only the complexities of the flavours but also how they interact with other foods.\n\nI used to hate most hard alcohols and just stick to beer/wine but a friend of mine had gotten engaged and he is a whiskey drinker so I decided the next time we hung out that I'd buy a medium expensive bottle and bring it. I had anticipated kinda forcing myself to stick with it for the spirit of the evening and while I didnt end up really liking that one, it was a japanese whiskey that I forget the name, something that blew my mind was having some whiskey after we drunkenly ate eggos with maple syrup. The sweetness from the syrup just made the whiskey so much less harsh and it was like drinking caramel. It blew my very drunk mind at the time and got me into whiskey.\n\nI havent adventured into many different whiskeys yet but I am a huge fan of Makers Mark now. And love combining it with a spicy meal. I find the whiskey and food compliment/accent each other in such unique ways. Its really quite amazing. My inner foodie would probably drink non-alcoholic whiskey because Ive been thoroughly enjoying my \"flavour trips\" of sorts.",
"It doesn't actually 'age' in the bottle.",
"So does this start from 0 or 1?",
"Half a bottle left in 30 years.\nDoes that mean in 60 years the bottle is empty?",
"depends on where the bottle is located in the rickhouses. Buffalo Trace and Heaven Hill routinely put out cask strength whiskey that is anywhere from 126-140 proof when the maximum it can enter the barrel is 125 proof.",
"There are 30 of them.\n\nSaved you the time of counting.",
"Bet the price doesn't go up by $3.65 for each year though.",
"I mean after the alcohol leaves, that stuff will rot away like hell. So probably not ",
"So does that mean it will taste the same as if I drank it in 1953",
"Shit, I grew up in northern california and i personally knew 3 guys in highschool that made shine.",
"thanks :)",
"It's a lot but not enough to change their ways. If they part with tradition and use different barrels / alternative, you risk losing the influence wood has which is huge and why the colour changes above.",
"Can confirm this for the Netherlands to",
"The display isn't \"real\", but it's a fun representation of what happens in a cask. I don't want to be a killjoy, so I'll leave it at that. ",
"Ahhh, that explains all the rebranding efforts lately.",
"Oh, I learned about the Angel's Share from Mila Kunis!",
"I think it's called the angels share. Each year more whisky is absorbed into the wooden cask it's stored in, losing a small amount but adding to its overall flavour.",
"I had an eight grade reading level in the 5th grade so tell me something I don’t know ^^^^/ ^^^^s",
"And single cask whisky tasting sure is fun to do!",
"Ah shit son, I was there a bit ago they do tours apparently. The whiskey was good but the distillery was so Idyllic, it didn't seem like a place people would go to everyday to work. Then again this is coming from a London boy. ",
"It's like the color of a boxer's pee after each hit to the kidney.",
"Might be by volume rather than by mass?",
"Sounds to me like you studied Spanish because it sounded like a good idea, not because you ever planned on speaking it outside a classroom setting.\n\nI did the same thing myself. I studied Spanish for 4 years in high school (and French for 2 years) but couldn't really speak it very well. Fast forward to 15 years after graduation, and I moved down South, working both as a restaurant general manager and in construction. I learned more real Spanish in a couple years than I did in school, even if my grammar wasn't the best.",
"Malted barley contains sugar that yeasts eat. Yeasts poop alcohol. Feed them, and they poop more alcohol. They are magical. Beer is made by 1) making a barley tea containing all those sugars, 2) letting yeast eat those sugars and poop alcohol, and 3) adding hops for flavoring/bitterness.\n\nSpirits (like vodka, whiskey, etc) are made by distilling. That's when you take a liquid which is moderately alcoholic and extract the alcohol from that substance. That moderately alcoholic substance is made by fermentation. Effectively, you are first making a beer, and then distilling it to get whiskey.",
"Catholic?",
"Yes",
"Only outside of Scotland would you call it Scotch. ",
"Counting wasn't your strong suit I take it",
"God damn I love moonshine. I have a buddy who used to make it in his garage. He’d make like 2 pints and invite a few friends over to enjoy it, and boy was it good. He flavored it by putting sliced lemons and oranges in it.",
"Why does the American Oak seem to have less evaporation and not color as quick as the European Oak?",
"Fortunately there's always the Teeling Distillery in Dublin - they actually make whiskey on site! It's a comparatively small and modern building, but the guides are knowledgeable, you actually get to see the whiskey being made, and of course - the whiskey tastes great!",
"George T Stagg at 142 proof was the best whiskey I've ever had. William Larue Weller this year is like 126 proof and is pretty smooth. Elijah Craig Barrel proof is highly regarded. The bottle I got is 136 proof and a little hotter than the others I've mentioned. Stagg Jr is a good barrel proofer for people to get started with. It proofs anywhere from the mid120's to 139.",
"I love the way the volume decreases for every year. They called this evaporation the \"Angels Share\" in the Scotch industry. ",
"tons of great moonshine to be had in the Greenville-Spartanburg area.",
"Nah, water is more dense, so by mass the azeotrope concentration would be even lower (something like 93%)",
"Nor would you want to seal it i guess (you can always seal it, like coating the inside or outside of the barrel with something)\n\nI didn't get that these bottles were just for decoration originally, i thought the liquid actually evaporated out of these glass bottles",
"Isnt this a copypasta from that really salty reddit moderator? ",
"...Alright but really fuck scotch. \n\nI get that it's supposed to be wonderful. I've tried dozens in dozens of different ways, ranging from the cheapest, to some of the higher ends. \n\nScotch is gross man. I don't know how y'all do it.",
"You sunk my battleship!",
"I see a lot of \"smoother\" and \"less harsh\" but I know to me all of those would make my nose bleed",
"What does that have to do with after they put it in a bottle?",
"If you are in Australia a dog would be a very derogatory term , which would cause you severe bodily harm had you lived in the suburb of Mt Druitt or in prison ...",
"No shit? Now I feel bad for liking macallan 12yr",
"Aging only counts when it's in the barrel; as soon as it comes out, the aging stops. That's because you're starting with ethanol and mellowing it by letting the flavors of the charred oak soak into the booze. When there's no wood to add additional flavor, it just sits there.\n\nWine is different because you actually have more of the grape character in the bottle - part of why reds are more likely to age better than whites. It may not necessarily improve but it will change. But event that's limited.",
"2 friends maybe. One posted, other claims credit on comments🤷🏻♂️",
"Gatorade is one of the very worst mixers if you wanna mask the bite of any liquor. \n\nWell told story though otherwise. ",
"Been there 😀 ",
"Like New York. Massive city but broken into thousands of tiny neighbourhoods, it seems super small. ",
"No idea but id guess that the surface area to volume ratio is important and the barrel ratio is well known and tested plus they can then sell the barrels on to whisky distilleries for a lot.",
"Mostly. Maybe a little 'worse' as some of the flavor compounds may have decomposed (broken down chemically) or oxidized over time.",
"I don't know but their blood has bin Laden with suck",
"Hehe ",
"I visualise this as an ad. \n\nMan with rugged voice on the voiceover, vintage filter on the video, ends with a slow pan over the passed out bodies of lesser men. ",
"Assuming it was bottled in 1953, then ideally yes. If you're unlucky the cork might not have lasted and the flavour could have suffered.",
"It's basically the same tour considering the real plant is at an industrial scale and isn't about to let a bunch of random tourists walk through it. They don't make any whiskey at any part of the \"distillery\" you walk through in Midleton either.\n\nThat said, it's an informative and interesting tour and I'd still recommend it. Just don't want people to get the wrong idea. ",
"If you plan on mixing it, it's hard to go wrong with anything in a glass bottle, really. I'm partial to Evan Williams though as a *value priced* mixing bourbon.\n\nI'll draw the line at Old Crow or Kentucky Tavern, though. There's a point where \"free\" is still too much to pay.",
"Caps need to be tightened once in a while. Even a good one isn't 100% seal-proof. If it was, the whiskey still would change over time (the whiskey solution is not in equilibrium and \"never\" will be).",
"Taste aside, I would say drinking it is akin to using gasoline as an aftershave...on your balls. \n\n8/10 would try again ",
"Unless you actually meant “I’d rather eat pizza thEn broccoli.”",
"I think you misunderstand. The question was \"if the whiskey would be stored in a cask for a 100 years\" after they fill it in a water bottle there will be no evaporation or difference in taste anymore. ",
"Calm down, Roy. ",
">tarheels were too stupid to keep from yappin' about it. \n \nWhich would be a problem if it wasnt impossible to understand them \n \nI have a still, and I know many others do. What I meant was old-timer shiners. I always consider them the real deal. A still in my barn isn't the same as their blackwater river built-on-logs stills. \n\n",
"Oh I know, I've had lunch in the café there a handful of times, and the founder likes to pop in and chat people up, lead some tours, etc. A jovial chap in a gold buttoned blazer, but actually a teetotaler, if you can believe that! Fair play to him though, he makes a lovely spirit, and the business has done wonders for regenerating the surrounding area.",
"8 years seems to be the sweet spot",
"Ah, I was misled! [This image](http://archive.is/cYnOn/5f41258d3a173738a5d6c62f71330132c2cbbc75.gif) erroneously suggested the 95.63% was by mass!",
"That is some intense maturation.",
"Tasting every year to taste the difference I guess.. 😀",
"It depends on the country you're in as to how proof works, but from your figures I'm guessing you're referring to US proof.\n\nAsbsinthe is between 90 US proof and 148 US proof. Traditionally it is mixed with anywhere from 3 to 5 parts water.\n\n148 US proof = 74% ABV\n\nWhich could also be expressed 1 part asbsinthe has 0.74 parts alcohol.\n\nAdd 3 parts water and you'd have 0.74 / 4 = 18.5%\n\nAdd 4 parts like you desire and it's even lower.\n\nChoose a lower proof and it's even lower.\n\nTo get /u/suspendersarecool's figure of 20% alcohol from 120 proof, he'd need to be mixing it with only 2 parts of water (assuming US proof).\n",
"Dalmore 15yr is amazing, who cares if there is coloring",
"np, if it wasn't for your comment I wouldn't have checked so I found out about it too :)",
"satin 666°",
"How can a drink feel \"round\"? Can it also feel square and/or triangle? How about other polygons?",
"And the angels’ share keeps on increasing. ",
"So the last one is 30 years ? Is it even good to drink that ?",
"Fermentation is a process where you take some kind of sugar, make sure it is dissolved in water, then add yeast. The yeast eats the sugar and turns it into alcohol. The sugar source that you use determines what kind of alcohol you end up with. A handful of examples:\n\n* beer uses the sugar from grain\n* wine uses the sugar from grapes\n* cider uses the sugar from apples\n* sake uses the sugar from rice\n* mead uses the sugar from honey (I make this at home).\n\nSimplifying a bit, yeast can only eat \"simple sugars\". sugar is a kind of carbohydrate, and depending on the source, these sugars could be in long chains called \"complex carbohydrates\" that the yeast can't break down. To fix this, you take grains and let them start to sprout. When they do this, they produce some enzyme that begins breaking down the complex carbohydrates into simple sugars. You bake them for a bit, stopping the process. This is called \"malting\", where malt is also the name for the sugar produced. Then you boil the malted grains in water, and the sugar gets dissolved in the water. You add hops, which are the flower of some vine, to add bitterness and add components that prevent organisms other than yeast from growing in the beer. You add the yeast, and it ferments this sugar/malt water, and makes beer.\n\nEdit: Tonight I bottled 2.5 gallons of a \"dry cyser\" as the first part of a 4 part experiment. A cyser is basically mead, but instead of adding honey to water, you add honey to apple juice. I'm making it dry and unspiced, dry and spiced, sweet and unspiced, sweet and spiced. For spices I'm using cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. 5 gallon recipe was 4 gallons apple juice and 10 pounds of honey. The dry cyser was fermented with a champagne yeast with an alcohol tolerance around 20% ABV. I think it ended up around 15% but I got a bit drunk and forgot to take a measurement. The sweet used a wine (chardonnay) yeast with a tolerance around 15%. This is my first dry cyser and I'm a huge fan so far. Without any sugar, you lose the apple flavor, but it is tart and there is a hint of bitterness. The aftertaste is basically what you get a few minutes after your last bite of an apple. Other mead-related experiments I have going on are a barrel aged wildflower traditional (i.e. no flavor ingredients except the oak and honey), a sour mead, a bochet (where you burn the honey before fermenting it) and some weird super sweet super strong berry concoction that I don't think has a name. For more information, come see /r/mead.",
"Me and my mates stopped by whilst doing the West Highland Way. Was nae bad",
"Worse probably. ",
"> It just strikes me as something well outside the range of reddit's majority demographic.\n\nDoes it? Reddit is one of the most popular websites in the world, and its userbase skews towards males in the 18-35 bracket. If you actually *did* want to advertise Scotch, there are many, many worse places to do it than reddit.",
"Whiskey loses about 2% volume per year when it's aging in wooden casks, the so-called Angels' share.\n\nTo put that in perspective, the Jameson distillery in Middleton, Cork loses a bottle of Jameson every 3 seconds due to evaporation!",
"Once whiskey is removed from the barrel and bottled up the aging post stops. So I guess these will look like that 'forever'",
"EVERYTHING YOU WROTE IS FALSE \n\nFor whiskey to be Bourbon, Irish Whiskey, Canadian Whisky, Scotch, etc it would have to touch wood. American Corn Whiskey doesn't have to for instance.\n\nGin has to be distilled to 95%ABV (96 in Europe), which disqualifies it from being a whiskey. Vodka is the same.\n\nEDIT: There is so much misinformation in this thread chain. I've tried to correct some of the bigger mistakes but it is getting tedious.\n\nswitched 195 proof to 95% ABV, misremembered",
">Highland Park 12\n\nI love their Double Dark. Mmm ",
"Should have a price tag for each bottle so you can see how much it increases per year!",
"So really I could just use oak shot glasses and pour unaged whiskey. Wait 10 minutes and that's a 10 year old whiskey! better yet! the longer you wait the better it will taste. ",
"\n\n[$10 from Amazon.](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001AS4NCM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_dngxAbFN6HBRR)\n\nI also use it for some balsamic vinegar, liquid nic, expensive paints etc. Basically anything that I don't want to oxidize. Argon is amazing.\n\nI haven't used the one above, but it looks like it is the same thing, ",
"Nah, just coloring. Color changes less after 15~ years but taste is definitely noticeable between a 15 and a 17 and, I assume, on from there ",
"You obviously haven't tasted a good Absinthe then.",
"well is the clear 1 or 0 years and yep that how you know it's time for bed gnite everybody",
"So old whiskey is just part whiskey, part wood juice? I feel like you should be able to synthesize wood juice without all that time spent",
"Eh, probably. But if I had a dollar for every one of my 18-35 male friends that thinks Fireball is real whiskey, I'd be able to afford one of those ultra expensive bottles.",
"They won't dissolve though. If anything the alcohol will act as a preservative.",
"Because then the whiskey wouldn't get the flavour of the wood. ",
" Your coach was a sick man. ",
"Quik maffs",
"I thought it was Jim beam because they have an extremely similar display. I don't really are where it's from. I just love whiskey and I find the process of making it so damn interesting. ",
"Evaporation. ",
"Usually molasses actually and sometimes evaporated cane juice. Agriculture Rhum is made from the actual sugar cane though (along with cachaca).",
"Why are the bottles getting emptier near the end?",
"Not at all, the very fact that you're asking the question means that you want to learn and that's already separates you from the rest.\n\nSo, to create beer, you need to convert the starches in some cereal, barley in most instances, into sugars that the yeast can eat. Now the starches can convert into sugars in presences od certain enzymes. But these enzymes are not present in huge quantities in the grain seeds immediately. Someone figured out that if you let the grains sprout, and let them stay in warm water, the water becomes really sweet in an hour or so. This in essence is malting, which is sprouting the grains so that they start preparing some of these enzymes, and then drying them so that these enzymes stay preserved. In fact, the word 'malting' itself comes from historical meaning 'to soften', as in to soften the grain by sprouting it. Once you have the malted grains, you crush them and hold them in warm water (about 60-70C) for about an hour, and these newly created enzymes break down the grain starches into sugars. You then separate this sweet solution, called the wort, from the grain. For whiskey, that's it, you then boil it, cool it, add yeast and the yeast gets to work eating the sugars and expelling alcohol in the process, which is known as fermentation. For beer, there's another step. Beer is not distilled and hence needs to have something to balance the sweetness of the sugars left over from when the yeast finished eating the most. Traditionally there have been a variety of spice concoctions that have served that purpose. But chiefly what has remained a staple seasoning for the beer is hops, a plant that is a close relative of hemp, and has a clean bitterness that counteracts the sweetness of the sugars to provide the balance. The sweet wort is boiled with a calculated amount of hops to get a certain bitterness to the beer. Then it is cooled down, yeast is added, and it gets to work fermenting the beverage to beer, which takes about two to four weeks depending on the kind of beer. That's about it actually.",
"The fill height also differs. Is it to represent the amount of liquid lost through diffusion through the casket?",
"wots yr background m8?",
"> The \"angel's share\" meaning the part of the whiskey that evaporates through the barrel will be huge at that point. There is a good chance that their will be nearly nothing left to drink at least alcohol wise.\n\nSame thing on the internet; in 100 years, there will be nearly nothing left to reap by reposting this, at least upvote-wise",
"Yeah I think it'd be reasonable to charge the same as low quality stuff, despite them needing to factor in the storage space, technique and recipe, and losses through evaporation, not to mention the non-immediate return on producing the product incomparable to almost any product in the world.\n\nTotally reasonable.",
"haha that image is really poorly done, understandable. A lot of effort to convert yourself instead of just google the abv, but understandable.",
"I can explain. It is a representation of how much is lost to evaporation. It isn't actual evaporation in the bottle. It may not even be whisky in the bottles for all we know. The display bottles could have all been filled on the same day with coloured water to represent the different stages of whisky.",
"Same reason 2000 was not the start of the new millennium. ",
"You just need to spend a little more. Booker's bourbon is excellent. There are lots of cask strength whiskeys that are great.",
"It's like my urine when I drink whiskey, just flipped around. Every leak is more clear than the last. ",
"You gotta play the field and find the whisky you like. I prefer Islay, but everybody has their take. ",
"that would actually be Brandy",
"RIP Popcorn Sutton. I don't much like how they've commercialized his name and stuff but I'm a hardass who loves to complain about shit so I guess it doesn't matter. \n \nAnd yeah, the local dude Pappy for me has a nice hand made copper still. Gets his water from the river but boils it first before making the mash. Uses cracked corn that's stored in dry oak barrels. Real clean dude, super fucking old though so he's probably going to be going soon. \n \nThere are some people who use some sketchy rusty shit though. It's not supposed to come out rust brown. ",
"As far as I know, the barrel sheds you walk through on the Midleton tour are real and curing Whiskey that will eventually go on to be sold.",
"Or you're a planned advertisement for advertising INSIDE a planned advertisement!",
"It won't be the same. Synthesised banana or strawberry don't taste as nice as the real stuff. ",
"The whiskey soaking into the wood is kind of the point.",
"Rich people have literally just bought into a fad for drinking dirty water, so it's feasible",
"If you're doing the ol' bourbon and coke....I hate to admit it but Evan Williams is a no brainer. I used to bartend and seeing people mix high quality whiskeys made me so sad. Jim Bean just hit that spot of on the rocks with a splash of two of water and you can accept it.\n\n\nIm with you though...I'll flat refuse Kentucky Deluxe even if its free and mixed\n",
"\"Hell's Share\"",
"looks like you guys like to test the older stuff more often haha",
"It represents the evaporation over the years. When you age alcohol in wooden barrels you will lose liquid as oxygen gets into the barrel over time. ",
"Why aren't the wooden barrels sealed with wax or some similar non-permeable coating, along with some cubes of wood put into the whiskey to impart flavor.\n\n**edit - downvoted for asking a perfectly reasonable question. redditors...**",
"Ahhh I had the brewery guys tell me that it could. I doubted them but stuck to the side of caution.",
"> Also, whiskey is not kept in climate-controlled zones since natural temperature change helps it cycle through the wood to get those flavours. Evaporation is just part of the process.\n\nDepends on the distiller. Stranahan's is 100% temperature and humidity controlled.",
"A lot of \"maturing\" is evaporation. ",
"No, I'm asking my own question. I saw something about \"angel share\" being the reason for the lower levels of whiskey in the bottles, but \"angel share\" has to do with cask evaporation. ",
">On the internet, no one knows I'm a dog...\n\nCall the Ghostbusters. They can help you.",
"No dogs know that I'm the Internet. ",
"His was a reflex response ",
"I can’t figure this out. I hope I’m not missing something obvious. But if they are taking a bottle out every year, then they would be taking the same amount out each time aren’t they?\n\nIt isn’t evaporating from the bottle, as the oldest would have the least in.",
"Yeah they are. Probably best to mix it unless you're a champion and can handle 140 proof+ straight. ",
"No after bottling it no longer ages. A 30 year old bottle of 30 year old whixky is still a 30 year old whisky. It may evaporate depending in the seal at the top and the ambient temp but it'll likely be at a different rate to the cask rate. In any case this is purely for display if you buy a 30 year old whisky you buy a full bottle.",
"BECAUSE SHE JUST WANTS TO DIE",
"Yeah this guy Pappy I was talking about in another comment operates around/near that area. Plus you can still run by old rusting stills in the Cherokee Falls area. ",
"Look at his arrse. ",
"I mean, good vodka is a thing. ",
"Only if something is terribly wrong with the cork. Evaporation happens in the barrel, not the bottle.",
"Of course, but people willing to drop a tidy sum on expensive whiskeys will be a minority in *every* demographic, unless you plan to advertise in *Totally-Not-Racially-Exclusive Country Club Digest* or *Veblen Goods Monthly.*\n \nGood whisk(e)ys are fashionable these days, and there really aren't a lot of better places you could advertise them than the front page of reddit, if you can get there.\n\nNot, mind you, that I necessarily think *this* is an advertisement. Just that this would actually be a pretty ideal place to put one, if you wanted to sell your hooch to every millennial with money between Silicon Valley and Brooklyn.",
"I believe they extract the sugar from the beet first, plus it's a vegetable.",
"The angels and the devil take their share",
"They claim it's a \"barrel\" but they bottle it and then ship you the bottles. ",
"funny story: so my grandpa was a salesman in the east TN tricities area(the rightmost point). well, his car was black but with white doors, so when he'd drive down mountain roads, he'd hear shots and explosions in the distance as people would panic destroy their stills due, presumably, to thinking he was a cop. (this was the 60s, so well before homebrew legalization)",
"Yeah, in whiskies, the wood gives it a certain flavor, to the point that certain whiskies are supposed to be aged for a certain length of time in barrels made of certain wood to get the expected flavor. In a documentary I watched, for example, the head distiller at a bourbon distillery had to age for no more than x amount of years in charred oak barrels or the barrel flavor would be *too* strong. Cheaper whiskies, they'll age them for a really short time and then add coloring and flavor extracts to simulate the flavor and color you get from aged whiskies. Those can range from really bad to pretty good. They're on the cheaper end, so a lot of people use them as mixers and drink the better aged stuff straight.\n\n**TLDR:** if you've ever had water that's sat too long in a cheap water bottle, you'll notice that plastic flavor the water gets. Well, imagine leaving the water in that bottle for 12 years. That's basically what the whiskey distillers are doing. ",
"That's mostly a Jim Beam marketing gimmick. They pretty much just rinse out the barrels before bottling.",
"The bottle is £600 so not too bad ha",
"Huh. Maybe that explains why whiskey is the only drink I really enjoy with food. I love drinking and I love eating, but even beer or wine taste funny to me when I am eating.",
"Legally, in Scottish whiskey (what’s shown in the photo) must be aged for atleast 3 years. There are also specific requirements for the types and amount of grains used, proof strength (both for distilling &amp; bottling), location of manufacture, aging, and even cask sizes. \n\nObviously the legal definitions and requirements will vary from place to place, and will be different for various types of whiskey. For instance, in the US, Bourbon Whiskey must be made in the US, from at least 51% corn, has to be aged in new charred oak barrels (which, by the way, are often sold to Scottish distilleries to be reused), etc, but does not have a minimum required age. Though to be called “straight bourbon” requires aging for atleast 2 years, and straight bourbon has to include an age statement unless it has been aged for 4 or more years. Nit picky, eh?\n\nFor both bourbon and scotch whiskey, there’s actually a legal maximum alcohol content prior to barrel aging. And I believe it’s much lower for bourbon than scotch. Either way, you can’t age pure alcohol and call it bourbon or scotch whiskey. (Not to mention that you’d lose flavour). \n\n\nIf you want to know what un-aged whisky is like, then get can always get ahold of some moonshine. You know, some hooch, white lightning, Mountain Dew, bathtub gin, rot gut, blue flame, white whiskey, etc. it is not pure alcohol after being distilled, but can certainly be mostly alcohol. If you get your moonshine in Appalachia, or the southern US in general, then it’s usually going to be made from corn mash and sugar (so pretty close to un-aged bourbon). You can also buy various un-aged spirits at the liquor store nowadays that are labelled as moonshine (that are, unfortunately, legal). If you could get one made from mostly malted barley that would be close to un-aged scotch malt whiskey. \nVodka is occasionally recommended as being similar to un-aged whiskey, but it’s really not the same thing. For one, it’s not made from a grain mash like whiskey is, so the taste is noticeably different. Vodka has a much smoother but less complex taste than un-aged whiskey, in my experience. For similar reasons, things like rubbing alcohol aren’t particularly similar either. \n\nTo sum up: un-aged whiskey needs to be made from grains (like barley, wheat, rye, &amp; corn), though the specific type &amp; percentages will vary place to place. And there are other legal requirements for aging, manufacture, bottling, etc for a product to be called whiskey, and those vary place to place. And even if un-aged aged whisky can’t legally be called whiskey, its ingredients still matter. So, ignoring the legal definitions, aging a pure alcohol wouldn’t give the same results. ",
"Because if you seal it over, theres no capillary pull from pressure between the outside world and the inside of the barrel. When the outside isnt sealed, it is much easier for the whiskey to penetrate the charred wood on the inside of the barrel. Thats my guess anyway :|",
"Color differences diminish but smoothness definitely changes between a 12yr and say a 17yr. And yeah, price typically shoots upward fast after 14yrs. ",
"I went to a talk with their head distiller. He said they just rinse out the barrels.",
"What's the difference between the wood barrel and the wood cubes that makes one impart flavor but not the other?",
"The absinthe I tried tasted like Listerine ",
"[Or you know](https://m.imgur.com/gallery/snLplqq)",
"Evaporation before they tapped the barrels. ",
"Wisk he said wisk... \nlater on the h was added to protect the eggs",
"ITT: Everyone rushing around telling every commenter \"that's the angel's share\"",
"Those Angels and Devils sure do take their share!",
"Time to head to the liquor cabinet for a wee dram of Talisker Storm",
"First bottle I ever bought was HP12, and it's still my favorite.",
"Be honest, it wasn't evaporation that decreased the fluid volume...it was each year getting progressively tastier, wasn't it?",
"That is true for Scotch Whisky, Canadian Whisky, and Irish Whiskey (maybe Japanese, can't remember but they modeled after Scotch) but not for American Whiskey",
"I assume that is to show the amount of evaporation in the barrel. ",
" The general rule is that the aging process can be sped up from about two to six times, depending on the size of the miniature barrel. ",
"[Hey. HEY!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR9gMg4hKfY&t=116)",
"But its a Scottish distillery where the legal drinking age is 18 and the average drinking age is closer to 8. Why would they have a mark only for the US drinking age?",
"The guy who fitted those probably just got paid to fit them, not to then post a comment on a Reddit post about it ",
"A 12 year is a solid, tasty whisky when taken straight. A 20+ year is an experience. Even though it's probably $50 for a 2oz pour. ",
"It may be that the casks in the shed are real (I don't know, I imagine you'd get roughly the same aroma from full or empty used casks), but none if it was distilled in any area you walk through.",
"Sure. One probably shouldnt drink hawkeye vodka straight either, but i did both of those one night my freshman year. \n\nDear god did my throat burn the next day after multiple shots of those. ",
"Say anything on reddit with enough audacity and everyone will believe you. ",
"They took the same amount of whiskey in its \"rawest form\" for every bottle. This is to show the percentage of evaporation.",
"Both agricultural rum and cachaça are made from fermented cane sugar juice, not the full canes. ",
"Flavor changes are minimal in a glass bottle. Nothing to soak in. ",
"[Blackwater](https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/2334) is West Virginia. Ya'll have [Green](https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/1080) water.\n\nI'm bustin your chops, of course. ",
"The old guy has had to pour a lot of whisky. Give him a break if he didnt manage to fill them to the brim!",
"Can't answer the non-permeable coating question, but Maker's Mark says they put extra planks into the barrels as part of the process to produce their \"Maker's 46\" bourbon.",
"Generally, yes. Unless they add coloring. ",
"The devil's cut 👹\n",
"A lot of whiskey makers stop at 12, probably because it's a good sweet spot of flavor, time, and evaporation. Some premium bottles go to 17-30 years, but the price skyrockets at that point.",
"Generally, yes. Watch out for coloring additives though.",
"If you were Scottish you'd be drinking Irn Bru, and I wouldn't wish that on any person. ",
"Scotch whisky has to be aged in a barrel 3 years or else it can't be labelled as such",
"It's a very common myth about hemp products so it's understandable and they probably truly believed it too",
"Get this man a Ray Liotta.",
"AND THERE'S PORN, TOO!",
"Wait so if a friend has some legit moonshine, per your definition, but then gives (for free, NOT sells) you some of it - is it still moonshine?\n\nPerhaps moonshine is relative. ",
"12/15 is usually a good price/taste value. If you have money to blow, go 17+",
"Oh shit it’s Glengoyne, no wonder it felt so familiar",
"That is pretty funny. My grandfather took me out on his property once and showed me this heap of copper and metal on the bottom of this steep hill. Well once when he was way younger he was out there \"working\" and heard a car pulling up so he just kicked the whole operation down the hill out of fear. Started a small fire and when a voice asked him what was wrong he yelled out \"JUST COOKING MY DINNER\" but when he turned around it was just his cousin who had come back from out of town. ",
"How about if the sealing coat was on the outside, so it could still soak into the wood, but couldn’t evaporate?",
">more years aged means a more mellow but better quality pussy\n",
"Most Vodka is made from grain. Absolute (Wheat), Grey Goose (Wheat), Belvedere (Rye), Tito's (corn), etc.\n\nOne of the bigger factors in vodka production is the water used to dilute and how well they filter it. \n\nOne of the easier ones to tell the difference is Ciroc bc it is made with grapes though which is easier to pick up on.",
"Since Reddit isn't in Scotland it's stickey, not sticky.",
"My dad was given some by an old man from NC. Offered my roomie a swig, he was able to choke it down and got him tipsy a lot faster than he normally would have. I asked for a taste and he just avoided my question like I never asked. At first I was upset, but then I thought about it, I was at least 50 lbs lighter than my roomie and I'm sure my dad didn't want to see his little girl black out drunk again, so I think he made the right call. Still jealous though. ",
"Extremely satisfying picture and display.\n\nIn other news - I turned 27 the other day and received a Glengoyne 21YO which I haven't opened yet.",
"Distillation course material from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling in the U.K.\n\nWikipedia blurb on neutral spirit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rectified_spirit",
"The reason the liquid levels shrink a bit is because a certain amount of the liquor (about 2% a year) is absorbed into the barrel and evaporates. This is known as \"[the angel's share](https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styles/american-whiskey/what-is-the-angels-share/)\".",
"A 30yr, depending on distillery, will set you back about $300 to $600 a bottle. ",
"Barfolomew!",
"I'm more surprised with how the whiskey \"shrinks\" each year.",
"Unless it's heavily curated, whisky doesn't get much better past 17 years or so. After that it ends up tasting more like charred wood than whisky.",
"ethanol, before it takes in the tannins from the wood.",
"Well thanks for ruining my business idea.... \n\nAnd yeah, I was mostly joking. I went to a local distillery for the grand opening and was told they didn't have any liquor yet, well that's weird. Said they would have white whiskey ready in a few weeks and they were going to super speed aging with wood chips. I went back two months later for some very shitty whiskey. ",
"Nope, distilled fruit spirits are always brandies.",
"> Ugh, Iowa fans.... \n\nI’ve never even been to Iowa, nor am I into sports either for whatever it’s worth.\n\nSo whatever that means was lost on me. Do Iowa fans like German beer drinking songs?",
"Too expensive. Aged casks are stupid $$$.",
"Also in Scotland if the alcohol percentage drops below 40% it can no longer be legally sold as a Malt Whisky. It's a dangerous game, some people could be making a 50 y/o whisky and check it on year 49 and find out its dropped to 39%.",
"30 yo whiskey, though?",
"I aged a liter of Old Weller Antique for a month. I ended up losing 1/3 of it to evaporation. I moved it around a lot to mimic seasons (inside, garage, fridge, 110 degree porch). It actually came out really well but it was aged before 6-7 years before it went into my barrel.",
"Can I, *sweats* can I have that last bottle? ",
"It’s exactly the same base that’s used to make gin. But instead of going in barrels they put different herbs/spices etc into it. Some whisky distilleries will make gin. ",
"When I was in college you could get a liter of Evan for $12. Easy math.",
"Whiskey production is regulated. You have to use the wooden barrels to age the alcohol to call it whiskey. If you want to call it bourbon you also have to use a new barrel each time you make your whiskey.",
"I'd say yes. Most whisky's you find will be 12 years or less since going past that point doesn't give you much better flavor. You end up losing more to evaporation than you're getting in quality. 17 year old whiskys tend to be more heavily curated, so they can be a lot better. After that you're rolling the dice on getting something really amazing, or just alcohol that tastes like sawdust.",
"Huh. My Everclear doesn't have one of those things, so I'm good, right?",
"Yes Reddit confuses me",
"Then it’s not high quality whiskey to begin with.",
"Geez, 85% corn in Buffalo Trace's Mash Bill #1. Plenty of bourbons, some of them good, stop at the minimum requirement of 51%, so 85 is a crazy high-corn bill. Works for me, though; BT is still an underpriced bourbon, and I hope it stays that way. ",
"Japan usually drops the E, too.",
"Isn't the whiskey absorbed into the barrel called the Devil's Share? ",
"Or it's not a small world, but the percentage of people who are active Reddit users is not insignificant.",
"I recognised it as Glengoyne as soon as I saw the first row of bottles.\n\nThe first distillery we visited and sill our favourite! ",
"Yeah once you vomit that shit up it's worse too since your hangover recovery is that much harder",
"WAT?\n\nhttps://imgur.com/a/PmviU",
"*winks with both eyes*",
"> It's B-3... \n\nBingo!",
"Sounds like a good idea! Kind of a no brained actually, but I'm sure if it was viable they would be doing it? Maybe it's just a tradition thing. ",
"Wood chips ? Im no expert but that does not sound very good haha. \n\nI only know this information because I want to start aging my own rum next year so I researched a bit and found I could do it in 3-6 months for a decent tasting rum. \n\nThe best thing though is to taste it as it ages, and see according to your own taste , how long you want to age it. \n\nI was thinking of buying one of these : http://1000oaksbarrel.com/oak-barrel-aging-kits/choose-your-spirit/whiskey-making-kits/ It has a little tap so you can taste it while it age.",
"The bottle of French absinthe I have on my shelf says 68% and it says to mix 4-6 parts water with 1 part absinthe. And yes you're right I was doing 2 parts water, so I guess that explains why it's been particularly strong the last couple times I've been having it.",
"I don't make it, I don't drink it - I just pass along what I was told.",
"It's more the \"in a certain way\" part that makes it whisky. Some whiskies contain nothing but malted barley and some whiskies contain no malted barely what so ever. Also, vodka and whisky can be made from the same grains, but taste different due to how they are made.",
"No distillery tries to extract the whisky from the barrel. Even Jim Beam's Devil's Cut just rinses the barrel.",
"Repost",
"Using the image examples still suggests everything in a cask will evaporate. Of course, once bottled aging and evaporation stops. As long as the cask exists and exchanges air and tannic acid there will become a time when the cask should be empty. Naturally, logic says bottle when all the charcoal is no longer filtering. At a point the flavor should not increase. All whiskey is watered down before bottling so flavors are correct, lot to lot.\n\nSo the example bottled years should continue to show less and less, until the example bottle would show empty. Not reality, but, an interesting progression.",
"I had a 5-6-month aged White Dog from Woodinville at a bar in Seattle. It tasted beautifully sweet, like a boozy maple syrup. Couldn't finish it, because it was my Nth drink of the night and N+1 would've been vomiting for certain. My local martini bar, which is now a hole in the ground awaiting the installation of condos, would age its Manhattan mix (Woodford Reserve and I forget what vermouth) in those same barrels, and that too elevated the heck out of that drink. ",
"If you want smooth, though, wheated bourbons are where it's at. But yeah regular Buffalo Trace is stout. That Eagle Rare is pretty damn good.",
"I tried to explain to my dad that not everything on the internet was true. He told me I was being stupid.",
"People do do that but they legally wouldn't be able to call it whiskey if they plan to sell it",
"I did the first comment. Does not excuse their attitude.",
"is it me or is someone gradually 'sampling' the bottles towards the bottom? They are progressively more empty than the rest :D :D :D ",
"Note that these are first-fill casks. Most affordable whisky will be only shortly matured in first-fill casks and a longer time in second fill casks. That means that the colour is much less intense. Most of the 10-12 YO whisky has colouring in it for that reason. Note that the whisky is brownish when it gets older; you don't see a red hue in it. That's from the colouring. \n\nA lot of whisky is sold as a 10-12 YO because that's a good price point. But after that, the whisky matures further and will develop more cask influenced tasting notes. These are much harder to grasp than your ordinary ones, like 'citrus' or 'wood', but rather 'leather', 'furniture polish' and so on. The whisky is not necessarily better, but more complex. ",
"whoa",
"It only ages in wooden barrel. Not after bottled in glass.",
"Has A Whisky, they make lots of different ones.. Your image shows the regular 10 YO.. 😉",
"Best part is each year you get to drink a little of each one",
"Unless you're specifically getting barrel strength whisky, it's all watered down when bottling. Usually 40% unless you're getting a better quality brand.",
"30 bottles of... whisky... on the wall. 30 boh...tles... of whisky. You... take one down... (oh God)...pass it around... twenty...uh... eight? ...NINE! Nine bottles on the....",
"Is any whiskey great if you let it sit for a lot of years?",
"Whiskey. Drink it.©",
"Oh yeah, high-corn isn't the only action; I've enjoyed wheated and high-rye bourbons... and rye whiskey's no slouch on its own.",
"Even /u/PM_ME_UR_RAPE has standards",
"Yes exactly, it was done as an illustration to show people what happens. Rather than looking at then as bottles we are meant to look at it as a sneak peak to what is happening inside the cask each year. ",
"> Thanks for this, it's more evaporation then i would've expected.\n\nYou may be interested to know that evaporation is why long ageing periods are often uneconomical in many parts of the world. The rate of evaporation is (as you may expect) higher in warmer temperatures. That’s why you see scotch whiskey being aged for decades but you don’t see the same with Caribbean rum. \n\nFortunately, warmer temperatures also mean that the distillate will interact with the barrel at a faster rate, so you also don’t need to age as long to gain some good colour & flavours in warmer temperature. ",
"Note that these are first-fill casks. For second-fill your colour will be much less intense and most of the time colouring will be added. ",
"Fun fact you probably already know but I just learned recently: while the angel’s share is the portion lost to evaporation (as you said), there’s also the “devil’s cut,” which is the portion lost when it is absorbed into the wood of the barrel.",
"Please find me a link or review of this special clear 10 year old whisky so I can apologize.",
"It’s called ‘the angel’s share’ and it’s around 2% in the U.K. and Ireland per annum. The wood breathes and takes on all the flavours of its surrounding. Much like wine, from Air and barrel. You can definitely tell the major differences in Islay and highland whiskeys. \n\nA fantastically interesting topic and when supping, I always think of the people who put so much effort into creating a liquid so long ago that us ornery folk can marvel at for years to come. It’s the grandest of spirits. Uisce beatha (ishka batha with a very soft ‘T’) in Irish - The Water of Life. \n\nGood whiskey is a strange drunk. A buzz, a hum in your head, and enough of it will render your spirit very willing but your flesh limp and weak. ",
"I think of wheat as being bourbon for beginners, because it tastes better if you've not had much in general, where as rye tastes a little harsh, but then wheat bourbons become boring and there's rye, waiting for you. ",
"Usually. The first years will taste more like moonshine. At 4 years it'll be more drinkable, and some more expensive brands like Stranahan's will try to get away with it. Most are sold at 7 years or later since that's when it starts to mellow out. 12-17 years is where it gets pretty good.",
"Nope. A Kentucky Whiskey (absent any other naming) is a whiskey that has been aged 1 year and a straight whiskey is one that has been aged at least 2 years (though they are required to say how long they were aged if it is less than 4 hears).",
"/r/nocontext",
"Its not *too* far from that now. Handle for under 10 and it's actually decent. JB hits at 14.99 ish. If we're going mixing though...I agree with ya 100%. It's funny when my bartending friends and I throw a party we have higher ends but we make sure to grab some EW's. Any mixed drinks EW is there.\n\nGranted if we get cocktails it differs. Manhattens....Old Fashions etc....but just good ol' house parties I'd say 75% of what we buy/drink is EW\n",
"The indexing starts with 0! \n\nThe first bottle would is at 0 years of age. ",
"The Iowa Hawkeyes band plays \"In Heaven There is No Beer\" after a win",
"TIL... Yup, you are right. ",
"I want to know... which Year is,\"The smoothest\"? 30 years is it a good balance? \nI'm not a whiskey drinker, so I wouldn't know.",
"A couple of them seem a bit less... *filled* than others",
"Here I thought it was one sip out of each bottle for every time this has been reposted.",
"I assume it has to do with evaporation within the cask? ",
"r/oddlysatisfying ",
"Yep. A lot of new distilleries will try to sneak it out at 2-4 years, or try to market \"white dog\" without any aging. They're usually not that good.",
"So is /r/venom-dP's view based on the heavier curation of the older bottles then? Or do we have a disagreement?\n\n",
"I came here just to know this too. Somebody answer the man/lady/dog*!\n\n*It could be a dog on the internet, I already met one in the comments above.",
"If it were chess, it'd be B1 or I(?)3.",
"which are pressed from canes as opposed from the using byproducts of making sugar or the in between step of making ECJ.\n\n",
"> London boy\n\n^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.\n\n>whiskey\n\n\nC'mon mate.",
"[University of Iowa’s band plays a version of it after every victory](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkeye_Victory_Polka?wprov=sfti1)",
"Trying.. Bought it in Germany like 10 years ago and don't have the bottle left 😟 It said on the bottle something like \"non filtered, no colouring, no nonsense\"",
"Yeah it was awful. \n\nI'm a homebrewer but would love to get into making my own spirits someday. Godspeed to you! Let us know how the rum turns out! ",
"the volume lost (which get more each hear) is called the devil’s cut ",
"And when humans invent a nice whisky you'll be ecstatic. ",
"After 22 years a label grows on the bottle",
"But I didn't mean that. ",
"You can. You might have to buy some vodka or cheap whisky to fill it since getting the raw spirits can be difficult.",
"*Rubs nipples sexually*",
"Yet, somehow each time, it gets less interesting. This loss of interest is evaporated into the atmosphere, more and more each time, and is known by traditional karma herders as 'the angel's share'. ",
"Tradition I think.. I wouldn't call most whiskey makers hipsters. I certainly wouldn't go to an island off Scotland where they've made whiskey for hundreds of years and call them hipsters for not making it the way I think is more efficient.",
"Evaporation is called the \"Angels Share\" ... can't have thirsty angels.",
"I think one point you're forgetting is alcohol molecules are larger than water. If only the water is evaporating away then eventually youll be left with near pure alcohol (and probably other chemicals from the aging) which cant be lost likely somewhere around 30% depending on the initial batch strength. ",
"Actually didn't know that.\n\nNow I do. Thanks :)\n\nedit: even found a distiller who claims to harvest and sell 'the devil's cut'. Jim Beam, surprisingly. ",
"The taste would be pretty similar. Most of the flavor comes from the barrel, not from the mash.",
"Comments above say it's whiskey from a cask previously used for sherry, could the whiskey get a red color from that?",
"Yeah the bottles are just for show but evaporation takes place (angels share) and some is absorbed into the cask itself (Devils cut)",
"Hmmmm 8:53am is it too early for a Whisky? ",
"What about the Suntory Yamazaki? I believe they use a cap and from what I can tell, they are considered good quality Japanese whiskey. ",
"just want to say thankyou for the informative links. good job.",
"Pretty much just alcohol! Whisky straight from the still is completely clear in colour. It legally has to be cask-aged for a minimum of 3 years in Scotland to be called Scotch Whisky.",
"some whiskey is unfiltered, usually cask strength stuff. \n\nJust because they didn't add caramel coloring doesn't mean it was clear. Bourbon for instance has zero additives (its darker than scotch though because of using a new barrel and warmer weather.)\n\nEdit: The caramel coloring is usually just used to make all the bottles match up colorwise, they don't add a lot.",
"not sure how that refutes the planned advertising campaign hypothesis",
"I think the expansion and contraction of the barrel sucks up and squeezes out the whiskey from the wood.\n\nChips never contract, just absorb.",
"They can call those yellow squares \"cheese product\" so I don't see a reason to not call this \"wood flavored liqueur\"",
"I'll take the bottom 2 shelves for quality control testing... unfortunately due to a recent out break of whiskey causing vomiting I'll have to take all of it, for, science.",
"So if I'm looking at this correctly the whiskey vanishes over time? Where does it go?",
"> home distillers\n\ndoesn't this require registration with the federal government?\n\nedit: not sure why I was downvoted, it's true. [to legally distill your own spirits, you need to be licensed by the ATF.](https://www.ttb.gov/spirits/faq.shtml)",
"whoa",
"no body tells me nuffink.!",
"am wondering...what's the point of each bottle having a little less liquid than the one before? If the liquid is from the same cask, surely there'd be enough to fill the bottle each year. Or perhaps the liquid is measured by weight, and not by volume, indicating the increase in density over time?",
"I won't tell if you don't.",
"You kinda have to try it to know. The young whisky will be more medicinal. At 4-7 years you'll have less burn and get more of the oak. After that you'll start getting stronger wood flavors, but also random other flavors that come with the complex chemicals that form over time.",
"It is evaporating, you're correct. It's what's known as the [Angel's Share](https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styles/american-whiskey/what-is-the-angels-share/) ",
"correct",
"The barrels were previously used to age a different spirit, so the whiskey takes on some of the flavors of barrel's history. I guess you could theoretically take one of the old barrels and chop it up and then toss that into a new non-permeable barrel, but then you still don't get the temperature/humidity cycle that makes the whiskey go in/out of the wood to draw out the flavors.\n\nYou could probably replicate that by adjusting the microclimate within each non-permeable barrel individually, but then at that point it feels like you're losing a lot of the efficiency you were aiming for.",
"Whisky is not written with an e. Horsepiss is.\n\nI make an exception for irish whiskey.",
"Each bottle is piss 5 years later from birth.",
"That’s sexy asf ",
"Me and my best pal are 30 years old. We deserve the last bottle for free 😏 ",
"So if there is an unpopular whiskey or other spirit at a liquor store that just keeps sitting on the shelf untouched, it is evaporating too?",
"Depends very much on the distiller. Some just have old barrels that were forgotten, or never got up to snuff to be released, so they end up tasting like charred sawdust. Other distillers will carefully pick good barrels and keep them in a good place in the warehouse. Those can be really, really good.",
"I don't know about them being dead but I'm dead ass laughing at work to this.",
"Interesting! Thanks for the info now I wanna try them!",
"That sounds about right. Their advertising campaign made it sound like they were magically extracting the whiskey that soaked into the wood, which is ridiculous. They make shit whiskey anyway, but that particular marketing ploy really annoyed me. ",
"Seems like a pretty ballsy and specific lie though. There are some serious craft enthusiasts on here that would jump on the chance to prove they can ID wood by picture.",
"I was envisioning the sealer on the outside of the barrel, [like so](https://i.imgur.com/pG0KEHc.png). The bourbon gets exposed to all of the charred oaky goodness, while being completely sealed off from the atmosphere.",
"Huh! Never seen it as a consumer product. I've always had a giant welding bottle to use because I've only seen it at bars I've worked at.",
"The evaporation is from when it is aged in the barrel (not the bottle). ",
"People keep trying. Some distilleries swear they can do that, but I haven't heard any that can do it well. It usually involves shoving more oak into the barrel, which can make it taste more like sawdust.",
"What’s too expensive, Devils Cut? Isn’t it like $21-$23? That’s pretty cheap actually, but it’s certainly not worth it for that swill. If you want a good Cask finished whiskey I’d grab some Angels Envy, goes for around $50. ",
"Alcohol ruins lives.",
"Whisky * ",
"Big if true",
"I can vouch for West Virginia. It seeps east into Virginia a bit along the border too. If you want to find it, you will.",
"It's called moonishine, white lightning, or white dog. Unaged whisky is just another grain alcohol. It tastes extremely harsh, has a very high abv, and it finishes with hints of the grains it was made from (barley, corn, wheat, or rye). The barrel aging process adds flavors and melds the ethanol into a much smoother liquor. So to answer your question, unaged whisky is just alcohol defined by the grain it's made from. Think of it like an unfiltered vodka. ",
"Actually, the proof strength typically reduces with age. For instance, Scotch whiskey loses something like 0.5 to 1% of its alcohol content every year that it’s aged. \nThe only way to increase the alcohol content during aging would be to store the barrels in a particularly low humidity environment so that more water evaporates than alcohol. In most environments, you are losing more alcohol than water.\n",
"How much is the quality difference after 20 years? Is there a discernable difference between, say, 21 and 30 years? \n\nI know nothing about whiskey :S",
"downvoted to keep it at 669",
"Does the first half of the first row taste like cat piss?",
"Could be Irish.",
"like you would in planned ad campaign.",
"Scotch whisky starts as new make spirit (clear) and can only be called whisky (by law) after 3 years maturation in a cask.\n\nDifferent casks add to the flavour in different ways: those previously used for sherry make it sweeter, some are aged in old bourbon casks, and so on.",
"It can, but it really depends. One of my favorites is Glenlevit Nadurra. It's 17 years old, but as yellow as the first year in this picture. Often times Scotch is aged in used barrels, so there isn't as much oak getting into the whisky to change the color.",
"Persistent marketing ",
"After a nip, you wouldn’t be able to taste it anyway",
"All alcohol is, it's then colored. If I remember correctly this chart is actually not true at all, just a thing that's perpetuated as truth. The color in whiskey is artificial - source, many distillery tours in Ireland. ",
"Most places will stop at 12 unless they're going for a premium bottle.",
"Because you literally asked the same question with different wording and completely ignored the already written answer to it...",
"It's basically vodka made from beer.",
"That's a believable guess",
"Wine can be aged in any variety of casks made using oak from different parts of the world - the two most common being French and American. These can also be new, or what we call ‘seasoned’ barrels - meaning that they have been well used and no longer impart much in the way of flavour or tannin. \n\nDue to the fact that wine has a much lower ABV (or proof depending on which side of the Atlantic you’re from) it doesn’t interact with the oak in the same way that a spirit would, so you don’t really get any noticeable colour extraction from the barrel.",
"https://www.proof66.com/whiskey/jim-beam-devils-cut-bourbon.html\n\nIt says extracted. Devil's cut is the stuff that soaked into the barrel. How they extract it I am not sure, but I assume that rinsing it so enough that you go what you wanted out would dilute it significantly.",
"In Scotland the minimum it needs to be aged is 3 years, so when they sell unaged whisky it can't be called 'whisky' so it's either 'New Make' or 'Malt Drink'. You can see some [here](https://www.masterofmalt.com/country-style/scotch/malt-and-new-make-spirit/).\n\nI think I've seen American ones called 'White Dog'.",
"I've seen a frame like this holding sample flasks that have gone through various production stages, but this is far more awesome.\n\nAlso, just how much gets absorbed by the cork or escapes? The bottles hold gradually less.",
"Oh my God. You're wrong. Move on. \n\nPeople keep giving you answers you just keep rejecting them.\n\nMove. On.",
"Spend more than $40/bottle and you won't have those.",
"As of the last few years, yes. it's a marketing push from Jim Beam, IIRC. ",
"Not sure if other distillers do this, but Yamazaki's distillery has their first barrel stored in a display (with a few others), untouched. So the distillery opened in 1923...that's a 95 year old barrel? By the way, when you are in there, you can just feel the alcohol in the air. ",
"well now I'm just confused... Wikipedia disagreeing with Wikipedia... The one that says 95.63% is from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the one that says 97% is a book about whiskey, so I lean toward trusting the 95 number, but I'm definitely not confident about which is right... ",
"Thanks Mom!",
"It needs to breath.",
"So the most bottom-right bottle is from probably 1987 or 1988?",
"Maybe those were the bad flavor compounds...",
"Whisky is required by law to be 40% alcohol. Over time the percentage of alcohol lowers, so after 50-60 years it'll reach 39 percent and become practically worthless.",
"Current Val Kilmer or like...Willow era Val Kilmer? \n\nThat is a vast difference.",
"Depends on the whiskey, some are naturally smooth others at more exciting. Smoothness isn’t determined by age. Not saying a bottle from the same barrel 21 years apart won’t taste different, the older the more flavour and notes are experienced.",
"Or you’re lying",
"https://i.imgur.com/DWT77RF.jpg\n\nyou could be right. I would assume that sherry casks would give it that color, thought I am not sure what it is sold as.",
"You kinda have to try it to know. The young whisky will be more medicinal, like cough syrup. At 4-7 years you'll have less burn and get more of an oak taste. After that you'll start getting stronger wood flavors, but also random other flavors that come with the complex chemicals that form over time.",
"Lmao, making fun of my reading comprehension when you cant literally think past the explicit context and apply the obvious answer to your dumb question. Then you bitch and moan about the downvotes. Jesus what a guy.",
"Are the different staves mixed for each frame layer? I can see different colors.",
"18 yearS old or 18 1 year old?",
"Lol so a family tradition that has spanned millennia is histerdom, and not just tradition...not everything operates in the world through the purple lenses of the \"everyone does stuff because they want to feel different\" shades that you, most likely an urban youth or self-loathing hipster yuppie, use to look at the way that people far, far away have been doing things far, far longer than whatever it is you find annoying about your culture today. I can just imagine you telling some 101 year old Scot that he's only doing it the way his grandpappy did it and his before him because he wants to be unique. ",
"Correct.",
"I love how the sample sizes got bigger and bigger the longer it was aged",
"If I was a much younger version of myself, I would have thought it progressively tasted more like apple juice. Boy was I disappointed the first time I tasted hard liquor when I was old enough.",
"That's Mr Coach Ball Sweat Sick Man.",
"You passed along incorrect information.",
"So they filled the bottles to specific amounts to illustrate the evaporation rate?",
"The barrel absorbs it, which releases the notes from previous wines or spirits. Called the devils cut.",
"It turns into new Irishmen.",
"Could you not just line the barrel interior with something to prevent that, or is that whiskey industry blasphemy that would get me shot?",
"Probably not at this distillery. That's usually for cheaper whisky trying to look more expensive. Basically, don't trust any whisky under 4 years.",
"It was the 1st I liked enough to warrant buying a full bottle. Normally I don't buy bottles because I like to try so many different types.",
"You'd think a lawyer guy would actually look something up instead of looking so stupid. ",
"Because then you'd be making gin. Which is way less expensive than whisky. It's the barrel and climatic change which turns raw spirit into whisky. ",
"0, probably. It gets color from the barrel almost immediately.",
"Cheap bastards... can't they afford paying the devils cut? Instead they use old 2nd hand casks",
"That's exactly what happened. The bourbon casks don't have that red color, the sherry casks do.",
"£20, maybe. Their 30-year sells for £600. ",
"Yeah not ideal the same source is saying two different things. The joys of Wikipedia! Perhaps the 95% azeotrope refers to a pure ethanol/water mix? In practice there's a heap of other chemicals in there. \n\nHere's a distiller talking about Vodka production and it mentions the 96% EU requirement\n\nhttps://www.lonewolfspirits.com/blog/vodka-the-sweetest-science",
">The barrels were previously used to age a different spirit, so the whiskey takes on some of the flavors of barrel's history.\n\nWhy do you guys just keep talking out of your ass? Many whiskeys exclusively use virgin barrels for aging. ",
"Depends on the barrel and the blend",
"England too. It’s tradition when you’re 15 to get so fucked off cheap cider in a park that you cant see.",
"Ok thank you for the insight ",
"talk shit on our bru again and you’re getting curbstomped bud",
"Mmmmm...\n\n***Licks eyebrows***",
"The absorption into the barrel is what helps with the flavour and notes",
"I wouldn't say it's unnecessary. I'm sure you could produce a good whiskey using more efficient methods, but it wouldn't taste exactly the same as whiskey that has been aged in a non sealed barrel the way it's been done for decades. A company that has been around for that long and has built a brand out of their whiskey wouldn't want to change the process in a way that alters the taste in any way. ",
"> You'd think a lawyer guy would actually look something up instead of looking so stupid.\n\nYou clearly don't know enough lawyers!",
"There is also the point that the evaporation is part of the aging process, and concentrates the oils that actually provide the flavour. So a 'more efficient' process may not actually be desired.\n\nAged single malt whisky is not about the maximum amount of alcohol for the price, it's about the flavour. ",
"I was truly hoping that guy is just being sarcastic but holy hell, what a guy.",
">metal guard \n\nParty stopper. ",
"All it takes is some practice. Start with a good whisky and take very small sips. There's no shame in adding some water or ice until it's more bearable. It's worth it.",
"Those bottles could be stacked much tidier ",
"Swamp creeks boy! The ones that smell like someone put dead leaves, grass, and stale water in a blender then spritzed it into the air like it was some fairy febreeze shit",
"The sealer is on the outside so it would still soak into the wood, wouldn't it?",
"You’re a butthead. ",
"Wait moonshine is just unagrd whiskey?? That's amazing",
"Annnnnd....now we're in a Subway commercial.\n\n/r/hailcorporate",
"Their drinking age is 18. It probably has a label since it's a year they release one of their lines.",
"cubes of wood with the whiskey sealed would not oxidatie the same.\n\nwhy go through so much trouble re inventing the wheel when what works is what people pay good money for.\n\n\nIt's a art. the process is part of the art. it's not hipster when it's works well already. ",
"Ooh that's awesome, sherry gives the barrel color, and the same barrel gives the whiskey color. Quite the time investment",
"Most everyone has a place like that. Mine is Youngstown, Ohio. \n\nA place that frequently forces you onto diabolically crafted detours. You're cruising at a nice 74 MPH and all of sudden you see those fucking orange cones and lights and if you've been through Youngstown before you're already contemplating ending your life. \n\nSoon after you find yourself in a cold sweat driving down pothole ridden alternative roadways that follow along side the most miserable line of industrial warehouses you've ever seen in your life. There are no fast food joints, no gas stations, no anything, just warehouses and factories, some newspaper blowing around and if you happen to see another soul in this purgatory it's a sweaty Australian walking stolen dogs. The roadway meanders slightly now and then, just enough that you still have to steer but those warehouses continue fucking relentlessly right beside you no matter what, offering nothing but a cold sense of despair. You glance at them now and then when you're well beyond the point of wondering if you'll ever see the freeway again, if you'll ever see your family again and they look right back at you with a resounding 'no, no you will not'. Your entire world has been reduced to shades of gray and brown and occasionally orange - that sign that lets you know there's still hope, that you are actually on something that was meant to lead back to a life that seems so far away now. You remember that weird factoid that the human intestines fit nicely below your stomach but stretched out they measure 6.5 meters long! And that makes you worry given your current surroundings are much uglier and the detour extends exponentially further than your imagination. You start to recognize patterns in the warehouses. You can predict what shapes come next. The fabric of reality is just these buildings. You can do mathematical equations with their angles.\n\nAfter several days you find the highway again. You've aged at least 10 years. You can't watch Lord of the Rings anymore because Frodo's journey to Mordor is basically nothing. You recognize other people that have traveled Youngstown. It's in the eyes or something but as you nod... there's an unspoken understanding there, a bond like marines that toured together. Youngstown's detours are a sepia-toned Mr. Bones Wild Ride on LSD. Never again.",
"***GREAT, NOW I'M THIRSTY; AND I BLAME YOU, OP!!!***",
"To add, this is also the reason that age statement isn't everything on a whisky. In the last five or so years there have been more \"no age statement\" whiskies coming to the market - it doesn't necessarily mean they're cheap or poor-quality. Macallan have a range which are generally excellent - there's no age statement because the distiller believes a little five- or seven-year old spirit alongside older barrels enhances the flavour.\n\nThat said, I find a lot of the newer no-age-statement whisky on the market (especially within the last year) IS poorer and there are a few disappointing efforts from distilleries I like a lot, so you have to know what you're buying. ",
"Neat! My reference was Hellyers Road distillery in Tasmania, which uses only pre-used Jack Daniels barrels for their primary whiskeys. They also use pinot noir and sherry barrels for special blends",
"Ron Swanson would be proud.",
"So what would be a good point to drink it? ",
"You're failing to grasp the *actual difference* in the two methods. No one denies the use of oak chips.\n\nYou still haven't moved on.",
"Is this from The Partisan in Washington, D.C.?",
"Some distilleries get away with younger whisky. Stranahan's isn't bad at 4 years. Leopold Bros. is vile at 2 years.",
"Each repost is the same post matured in the Reddit for one more month than the last.",
"Do you really want to compare usernames and how stupid they look............?",
"The wood pattern is along the surface of wood so there is no capillary pull from outside to the wine through the wood (xylem).",
"The top left clear bottle is vodka or empty?",
"Well that's just conceited. Although if there actually isn't any high quality scotch whiskey that uses caps I'm sorry. I meant what would happen if use a cap instead though.",
"In general it's the oxidized stuff that's worse tasting\n\nethanol>acetaldehyde>acetic acid\n\nbutanols and pentanols(fusel alcohols)>their aldehydes> their acids (which smell variously like cheese, horses, strong body odor, and goats)",
"The extra color (beyond what the oak itself gives the whiskey) comes from the wine that was in before it (that is what sherry its). I actually have never had sherry and am quite curious what it tastes like. Also I did a little looking into it, and it appears that European oak is just darker (it is a different species) than american oak which is why their whiskeys are darker too.",
"In Scotland it would vary but generally if you are referring to single malt in a pub you'd ask for a malt, a half or a 'dram' though I've found the latter mostly used by tourists who just like the expression. ",
"But the liquid is going INTO the barrel, surely you're drinking the stuff that hasn't interacted with it?\n\n(Sorry in advance about my supreme ignorance in regards to alcohol)",
"As a whisky fan, it can taste pretty good! I love trying new make!\n\nGot to meet the CEO and co-founder of Bruichladdich a little while ago. Bruichladdich believes that the source of the barley (like even by farm, not just region) has a huge impact on flavour before the spirit reaches the barrel. Heaps of people in the industry think that the barrel does it all. \n\nCEO brought two different samples of new make spirit, each from a different farm, one from Islay and one from the mainland. Huge difference in flavour to the point where we were picking out specific notes. So cool.",
"It's the push pull-push pressure of humidity. Whiskey going into the wood and out again. Do you even whiskey bro?",
"Too bad the NN repeal is a thing. ",
"You seem like a really shitty person. Who hurt you?",
"Interesting.",
"Yeah, thanks for ruining aged whiskey for me :(",
"OMG this is hilarious. You belong on r/shittyscience",
"Each repost is the same post matured in the cask for one more year than the last",
"Have you tried Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, William Larue Weller, Four Roses Single Barrel, Blanton's, or Booker's? A generalization like that makes me think you've heard that from somewhere without actually trying anything more than Jack.",
"So do they swap them each year ?",
"k",
"For relaxing times... make it suntory time",
"Home distillers? No, no one does that, that's *[illegal](https://www.reddit.com/r/firewater/)!*\n\nIn all seriousness, yes, technically you are required to get a license and jump through a lot of hoops. Some people still do it. And no, I don't, but I have thought it would be fun to try someday. ",
"r/whisky or r/whiskey depending on your preference ",
"Nah, they don’t do that on the internet",
"That's right! I remember now from the last time this picture was posted. Funny how the trivia stuck in my mind but the brand didn't. That's marketing for yah",
"There are two deaths\n\nOne when you die\n\nAnd two, when your last meme is shared !",
"Wouldn't they get weaker as presumably the alcohol evaporates more than the water? ",
"Things like Sherry usually go into new casks. So what it does is adds a little bit of it's own flavour to the wood, while leaching out some of the stronger chemicals out of the wood. Whisky distillers will then buy these barrels, clean them and use them for their own whisky. ",
"to be fair, there's a pretty good reason it's regulated. ",
"Kroger",
"I asked Fred Noe himself. He said they rinse the barrel out. Anything else is marketing mumbo jumbo.",
"I hope this is just a display. I would never store my liquor in direct light like that.",
"> you find will be 12 years or less since going past that point doesnt give you much better flavor \n\nI vehemently disagree with that statement. You should try a tasting of a wider range some day and you'll notice the general steady increase in quality from 10 to 12 to 15 up to around 25.\n\nThe only reason you find more at 12 years or less is because it's more abundant due to nature of evaporation and better turnaround in terms of profit. Most whisky is actually younger still and goes into making cheap blends to give distilleries cash flow.",
"Tourists?",
"Booker's is one of my favorites, but I'll probably never buy it again after the price hike.",
"Rip candy",
"Its whiskey, it takes its color (and flavour) from the wood of the cask its in, so the longer its in it the darker it is",
"Could be, which would make the amount that is actually \"devils cut\" VERY small compared to what they mix it with.",
"There's a distillary in Milwaukee that grows there own wormwood and makes red and green absinthe legally.. there's plenty of mixed drinks that call for absinthe not diluted. Check out the sazarac.",
"You've resigned your point with 'goofball' and 'dork.'\n\nI honestly can't see you being over 30 years old with some of the language in your comments. Could be wrong.",
"If you start changing things you start changing flavour. Wine is very similiar in that regard. I know wines are very particular about each step in the process. I am sure they dobt want to alter the flavor at all since most have already built up a customer base. ",
"Elijah Craig is a good place to start. It has a quintessential bourbon taste, ~12 years old, and usually under $40.",
"Bought a bottle of regular Jack Daniels in Spain a few weeks ago.. had a flame-arrester top. That shit ain't gonna light up.",
"Data **is** beautiful",
"k",
"Just about the same rate as the dollar evaporates due to inflation! ",
"Is this from the Glengoyne distillery?",
"Not only that, a lot of the whiskey you see in stores is actually artificially colored. The cheap, barely aged whiskey you see in stores would naturally be a clear yellowish color, not a deep brown. That comes from a dye. ",
"Potatoes gonna potate.",
"Yes, so the government can collect taxes. That is absolutely the only reason. \n\nIt is true that there are some safety issues with distilling, but they are pretty easy to address. There are many, many things that are far more dangerous that are legal, so the argument that it is banned for safety reasons really does not pass the smell test. ",
"I haven't tried a distillery that does both a 15 year and a 17 year, so I'm surprised he found one to compare like that.",
"Alright boys, let’s start at the bottom and work our way up! ",
"/S^^/s",
"It's illegal in Scotland (where this picture was taken) to do anything to the casks. ",
"Your question was dumb as shit, I'm sorry if you can't see that. And then you bitched about the downvotes, and now you're acting all pissy. Kinda pathetic dude.",
"Did you read what I wrote, or just assume that I said everything older than 12 years old is crap?",
"Correct. Only if it's Irish can it be called whiskey.",
"What about to the sheep?",
"The particles in the barrel get swapped with the alcohol. With every action there is a reaction.\nOnce the barrel has absorbed the alcohol, it then evaporated\n\n(This is me trying to sound scientific. It makes sense in my head)",
"Glaswegian here quietly biting my lip ",
"I assume this is because volume grows much quicker than surface area for a cylinder (of which casks are a fairly comparable shape), meaning that the ratio of liquid in a cask as compared to the wood around it that it can age into increases as volume increases. In other words, the larger the cask, the less wood per unit of volume available to age the whiskey, leading to longer age times?",
"FILTERED THROUGH THE HEATHER",
"If you really went for it you could do it, but at that point you have to know every compound that makes up the flavour profile (hundreds or thousands of compounds) and their concentration. By the time you are done mixing and measuring it is cheaper to just leave some barrels in an old warehouse. \n\nArtificial banana or strawberry flavour is just lazy ass \"this mix of one or two chemicals will do\" ",
"No it is not.\n",
"Depends on what year is on the label. ",
"Yet some jackass puts /r/thathappened on every mundane coincidence. ",
"repost ",
"I was gonna just say...yeah",
"Really? How odd.",
"He's talking nonsense. Macallan's controversy was over several extremely old, rare bottles turning out to be fakes (not faked by the distillery) , not mass-bottling younger spirits for the general market. They're an extremely highly-regarded distillery with almost two hundred years of history, and their whiskies - including the no-age-statement bottlings released recently - are very well reviewed.\n\nHaving no age statement allows some younger spirit to be included in the bottle - say the master distiller believes the character of a twenty-year-plus bottling would be improved with some twelve year-old spirit. With an age statement, the bottle has to be called a twelve year-old by law. With no age statement, it doesn't. \n\nSeveral distilleries have put out no age statement whiskies that ARE disappointingly poor recently, but they're usually priced accordingly. \n\nMacallan Gold (no age statement) is relatively inexpensive (around the price point of a good 12yo) and very nice indeed. Ruby is far more expensive but is absolutely excellent too. The 12-year-old is indeed a tasty whisky and there's no reason to be ashamed of liking it. ",
"The actual answer isn’t just that it takes on the flavour of the wood. The wood introduces tannins and other chemicals, that with time and oxygen react and form new flavour chemicals. It is thought that the movement of whiskey in and out of the oak is beneficial; warm and cool cycles of barrels in non-climate controlled storage is thought to promote this movement. \n\nTo really answer the question of why they aren’t air tight is multiheaded: \n\nFor one evaporation is important because there are volatile compounds that are harsh or “hot” to the taste that evaporate off faster than the surrounding ethanol/water. For a more mellow drink it is important to let them evaporate off. The way some distilleries make their cuts their product would be nearly undrinkable without letting them evaporate at least a little bit.\n\nEvaporation also concentrates the non-volatile compounds in the whiskey, and I’m surprised nobody mentioned it above. The reason a whiskey barrel would be naught but sludge after 200 years is because you’ve removed all of the solvent and are left with the non-volatile compounds in the whiskey. Obviously you don’t want to go that far, but that concentration is key for stronger flavours. \n\nFinally the fact that there is some slow exchange of air between the inside and outside of the barrel means that oxygen is able to reach and react with the whiskey in a slow and controlled manner. Like everything else oxidization can be over-done so the fact that it is a slow exchange is probably pretty important. \n\nThere is something to be said about tradition, and that if you do it without a barrel it wouldn’t really be whiskey. Most countries that produce it by law require it to be aged in oak barrels for a certain period of time to be branded as a whiskey. If you could emulate the flavour without the aging process in oak barrels it wouldn’t be whiskey by definition. That being said; if you could make a product that is as good if not better without aging or without oak barrels, trust me, the major distilleries would be all over it. Oak barrels are very expensive, and what kind of business wants to pay for storing it’s product for 12 years before being able to sell it?! Being able to make whiskey that is as good as a 12 year whiskey in a few months without oak barrels is pretty much the holy grail of the industry.\n",
"Apart from the other answers given, you want some stuff to evaporate away such as ether and other harmful alcohols, otherwise you'll go blind!\nThe good stuff also evaporates, though. ",
"[to dismiss the safety concerns of bootleg distilling is disingenuous, at best](http://www.who.int/environmental_health_emergencies/poisoning/methanol_information.pdf)",
"I like how the level of whiskey goes down near the bottom",
"Hahah, yeah. No guard = drink away.",
"Oh! Oh! Something to add: Scotch whisky is not legally considered whisky until it has been aged in the barrel for 3 years. Until then, it is considered new make spirit and cannot be sold as \"whisky\". There are lots of weird laws like this which ensure the integrity of Scottish whisky as it is a huge export for the country.\n\nSource: boyfriend knows too much about whisky, coerced me into going to Scotland, and has a small business devoted to it. Also, he hooked me into it by giving me an Octomore.",
"It's always late night somewhere in the world.",
"I thought those cunts went tits up a few years ago.-",
"Or reddit has literally millions of users, mostly in the US and mostly in the age brackets that may be involved in something like this",
"I am going to go against the circle jerk and seriously say that I have seen this post no less than 3 time over the course of last year, this is the first time seeing some one post that they worked there and the proof, (but then again I can't recalled if I actually read the comments, so I could be wrong). ",
"Exactly ! ",
"Oh boy",
"It's called the angels share, when this happens.",
"I took [this picture](https://i.imgur.com/tRqZf2z.jpg) there last July",
"They are pretty much fair game ",
"Actually you can drink from any age in private or in a beer garden with parental consent. Can also drink cider and a couple other things with a meal at 16 in a pub/restaurant. Always need to be 18 to purchase though.",
"> Depends on the distiller. Stranahan's is 100% temperature and humidity controlled.\n\nReal whisky (i.e. Scottish) don't use temperature nor humidity controlled environments :)\n",
"the evaporation is commonly called \"The Angels' Share\"\n\nWhen Whisky is aged in a wooden barrel the liquid absorbed into the wood is called \"The Devil's cut\"\n\nAngels' share also causes something known as 'Angels' fungus' which is pretty much a black fungus found in aging rooms. \n",
"I should have said something more like evaporation at that scale happens in the barrel.",
"Where did I \"dismiss\" them? I acknowledged the dangers and said they were easy to address.\n\nSecond, your article is comparing apples to oranges. I am talking about \"home distillers\". That article is addressing people selling bootleg liquor for cash. The difference is critical, the latter group has much less interest in making a safe product since they aren't consuming it themselves.\n\nIt is ABSOLUTELY true that the only reason home alcohol distilling was made illegal in the US is for taxes. If you don't believe it, buy a fucking history book. \n\n\nFinally, don't downvote just because you did not like my response. I would not have downvoted you if you had not downvoted me first. ",
"if they were to bottle it with a stelvin closure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_cap_(wine) it wouldn't lose anything and also wouldn't really change all that much over time as only whatever air is already inside would get in. \n\nwith a cap like that it would be probably about 60% reduced after 100 years. it would indeed be noticeably thicker.\n\n",
"Oh certainly there are tourists from the US but it just seems odd that it's the only one to be called out when they'll also be tourists from elsewhere and a lot of people from the UK visiting.",
"Funny thing about the wood In the barrels, Makers 46 puts oak staves in the barrel, which adds some fantastic flavor aged the same amount as regular Makers Mark.\n\nAging spirits is tricky. We still use cork in wine specifically because allowing air into the bottle is what allows for an aging process to happen.\n\nWithout allowing air into the barrel, you just won't get the same maturation process. The product that comes out of the barrel is still an extremely high proof, around 140 or so a lot of the time, and they usually cut it with water to get the proof down to around 90 - 100. (100 proof is 50 percent alcohol by volume... Don't ask)",
"I think contextual OP means sealed on the outside. Like, why not pour hot wax over the barrel to seal it on the outside? It would still soak into the wood on the inside. I could see how having a reduction of the original mash makes it a stronger flavor, but as far as aging goes, it does seem that there might be ways to seal the barrel from evaporation without messing with the inside of the barrel.",
"I just think you are seriously devaluing further aged whisky with that particular statement.",
"Not sure if....",
"update the picture OP, its been a year since the last repost",
"I was told on a distillery on the Isle of Arran that all whisky is clear, and that colour is added because it is considered more appealing than a clear liquor... This post however seems to be saying otherwise, better get my research on!",
"Not always an exact 3%. Weather dictates much of the loss of spirit. ",
"Fat help remove the alcoholic edge, same reason why people pair drinks with chocolates, cheeses, sometimes fatty meats etc. Which type of fat depends on the flavour profile of the drink and personal taste, but anything decently high in fat is a safe bet.",
"*I don't want wood in my drink*\n\n(I'm sure it's fine.)",
"> Ridiculous as most Russian and Polish vodka is grain based.\n\nVodka is typcally not made with a pot still though, as most Scotch whisky is (grain whisky excluded), and probably not from malted barley either. A pot still produces a much more characterful spirit, which retains other elements from the wort other than alcohol, whereas a column still produces more neutral alcohol.",
"I'm curious, I assume they use vacuum extraction or something?",
"I fucking knew I recognised it. Been there 6 times and have a 25 yr glengoyne in the cabinet",
"yes",
"Oh those angels...taking more than their share. ",
"I was told on a tour of Arran Whisky that all the colour was added artificially to make the liquor more visually appealing to buyers, it seems this isn't true however! Does it depend on the type of cask it's kept in? ",
"You said that going past 12 years doesn't give much better flavor.\n\nHe disagreed and explained why. I also disagree - many distilleries offer single-cask tastings across several age points and the changes in character are very clear from 12 years onwards. ",
"Leave it 200 years, eat the barrel.",
"Uh... fuck whiskey i stick to my beer. ",
"Is that meant to be represented in the bottles too? Evaporation wouldn't make a difference if they were to fill the bottle up to the brim and seal it.\n\nIs it symbolic? I totally get that alcohol evaporates through oak barrels. But are you also saying that somehow the alcohol evaporates though solid glass bottles.",
"Ah Scotland, so... *kinsmen* then?",
"I dont mean capillary pull in the plant sense of moving up a stem. More in the sense that wood is somewhat permeable, and those pores would pull and exchange fluid.",
"Preferably whiskey casks ;)",
"I quite like around the Jura 10 or Caol Ila 12 ",
"It's how we get whisky to taste the way it does. Believe me, if there were a way to make convincingly tasty whiskey in even just a year, it would be tremendously cheaper to produce.\n\nBourbon has the advantage of aging twice as quickly as scotch does, due to the unique climate of Kentucky. (And parts of Tennessee, Jack is basically bourbon, they just choose not to brand it that way). The extremes of temperature in this part of the country accelerate the aging process.\n\nUsed bourbon barrels then get shipped to Scotland to age scotch.",
"So there are some people who are experimenting with sealing barrels (Do Good Distillery in Modesto, Ca comes to mind). And using small cubes of wood is prevalent in the home distilling and bar scene. Real answer is that we don’t fully understand what is going on in barrels, just that it works. We are working on it though, see Buffalo Trace “Experimental” and “Single Oak” Projects for example. Distilling is science, aging is art.",
"downvoted for complaining about downvotes. That's like a waiter complaining that you didn't tip them 30%",
"No need, it only ages in a barrel. A bottle of 12 year is still 12 year in 5 years time.",
"Do you happen to know what white whiskey taste like or is it an unheard of thing. If it is drank in your region what liquor is It most comparable to or is it a very distinct flavor. ",
"> Scottish whiskey\n\nThere's no such thing as Scottish whiskey!\n\nThe drink here is whisky. :)",
"/r/dataisbeautiful",
"Yes okay, I clearly meant material :P like type of wood. I’ve done some further research anyways and it turns out whilst they do get the colour from the cask, whiskies earlier in the process (in particular American made whiskies and scotch) do have artificial colouring added to improve colouring!",
"Whiskey was drunk like vodka it was a medicinal beverage sold in pharmacies and apothecaries by monks hence the term water of life hence the clear liquid in bottle one.\n\nIt was only matured in barrels by complete accident. In the 17th century the British taxed Scottish whisky in the highlands. Some illegal distillers hid the spirit in barrels for a few years. They came back and noticed the spirit was dark and better tasting.",
"V E R Y N I C E",
"Flavour isn’t just from the wood. Much of the flavour comes from whatever the whiskey mash was made of; either corn or grain or whatever. Obviously these flavours are at least somewhat volatile, but they’ll evaporate at a significantly slower rates.",
"> Note that these are first-fill casks. For second-fill your colour will be much less intense and most of the time colouring will be added. \n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qfz4x/each_bottle_is_the_same_whiskey_matured_in_the/dspfa1w/",
"Do you have to fill the whiskey bottle and displace all the air? Or just put in a layer of argon?",
"Ironically they look like how my pee progresses during a night of binge drinking",
"Yes. Its probably not very accurate, but I can definitely imagine it.\n\nEdit to say: mmmmmmmm.......... In my imagination, it's delicious.",
"Usernames have nothing to do with it. You talked to that guy like he was an idiot when in fact you were wrong. That's pretty fucking stupid. ",
"turn that frown upside down...",
"My local Kroger offers it. Does this mean we need to trade usernames?",
"my brain is having a hard time accepting this is not in 1 line.. ",
"Very interesting. As someone who likes whiskey but doesn’t understand the science behind it nearly as well as I do beer brewing, this is very helpful information. I’m starting to experiment with different whiskeys (mostly bourbon and rye), but I don’t fully understand the distilling/fermenting process so I can’t appreciate why certain whiskeys taste sweeter and fruitier while others taste smokier and more like tobacco/leather. I can taste the differences, but I don’t totally understand where those differences come from and what techniques/ingredients alter the flavor. ",
"I'll have a shot of the one on the top left please.",
"Whisky evaporates from the barrel at around 3% per year - the angels' share.\n\nThis display would likely have been bottled at the same time, taking the spirit from casks of various ages. They've bottled less from older barrels to illustrate the concept of the angels' share. If you take the tour, they explain it - it's more difficult to understand just from a picture without context.\n\nWhisky doesn't age in the bottle, nor should it evaporate. This is just a visual illustration of how much whisky is lost as it ages. ",
"or reddit is one of the most popular sites on the Internet",
"I downvoted you because what you said is demonstrably wrong, and dangerous. you know, the reason you're supposed to downvote. you downvoted out of petulance. \n\n>Where did I \"dismiss\" them? I acknowledged the dangers and said they were easy to address.\n\nwhere? right here\n\n>Yes, so the government can collect taxes. That is absolutely the only reason.",
"I had this discussion with a former distiller and he said that there is honestly little point aging whisky beyond the 16-18~ year mark. Simply because at that point, depending of the details of the distillation process of course, it just becomes wood flavour. So that if you had whisky and say cognac aged in the same type of barrel, after 20 years or so they would pretty much taste the same. \n\nHis favourite ages were around 14-16, since then you'll get the rich flavour from the cask but also retain some of the unique characteristic of the base itself.",
"I collect lawyers on reddit. u/RacistJudicata, lawyer this bitch!",
"I was pretty sure I recognised it.. visit there a few years ago, a very picturesque place!",
"I was once banned (and assume I still am) from movie site Pajiba for explaining in a comment to a review that whisky = Scottish and whiskey = Irish. ",
"ooh is it \"share your least favourite place in the world\" time?\n\nbecause mine's London, England. the people are rude, the shops are expensive, the tube is always crowded, the streets are always crowded, everything else is always crowded, it's loud and also i think someone nicked 20 quid off me there once.",
"That's disappointing :/ I've been buying a lot of Japanese whiskeys recently and they are really good! I figured they got the colour exclusively from the tannin in the cask but I suppose going really dark from an oak cask isn't really possible since they re-use casks and it is kinda like re-using a teabag?\n",
"I get not everyone browses all the time or whatever, but this was literally [posted on \nr/mildlyinteresting 3 months ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/738l8k/each_bottle_is_the_same_whiskey_matured_in_the/?utm_source=reddit-android). Op didn't even change the title, or give credit...",
"We collected the staves from the distillery where they'd already been bagged up for us, took them back to our workshop, flattened the outer rounds to make mounting possible, then fixed them together on a subframe. The staves came from different barrels, but were kept together in their respective types.\n\nSide note, the workshop reeked of whisky for weeks afterwards.",
"Man wat? ",
"Are you Ron Swanson? ",
"\n\n\nI simply might have expected extra loss in the beginning due to barrel absorption. I wager angels opt for elderly whiskey.",
"r/oddlysatisfying",
"I also said that 17 year old whiskys can be a lot better. Almost all the flavor is imparted in the first few years. After that each year has a much smaller impact, so they have to ask themselves if aging longer is worth putting out 1/4th the whisky. I'd argue the later-aged whiskys are better because of the care of the distiller and not by the age alone.",
"CAN I GET AN R?",
"I guess that helps explain the price increase, apart from the improved flavor profile nearly half of it evaporates.\n\n",
"Part of the reason for aging is to mellow out the whiskey, so losing a bit of the alcohol content isn’t entirely undesirable (they still usually water it down significantly before bottling though). \nSince wood expands and contracts with changes in temperature and humidity and is porous, a barrel is naturally going to allow some evaporation of the liquid inside no matter how well made it is. And, you want a barrel to experience temperature changes since in warmer weather wood will soak up alcohol into the pores of the wood, and then release it in colder weather which imparts flavor/color in the process. Some of that absorbed liquid is inevitably going to end up evaporating from the outer layers of the barrel. \n\nI’ve heard that some distilleries have experimented with plastic coated barrels to prevent evaporation, but I also heard that ended up producing a noticeably poorer product (I’m not finding any articles on this, it’s just something I heard from a distillery rep). ",
"As long as it tastes good that's the main thing though right!? I reckon you're right there, but couldn't confirm it myself! We need an expert on the case!",
"Well it's not a matter of opinion, and since you're not an expert maybe you should keep your opinion to yourself then.",
"Hooray, math!",
"It's also called the 'Angel's share'. ",
"It's called new make spirit, and you can buy it online [here](http://www.kingsbarnsdistillery.com/shop/product/kingsbarns--new-make-spirit-20cl). I have a bottle of that at home, it's lovely. You can taste the grains and all sorts of wonderful flavours, but it's entirely different from the finished product.",
"Nice!",
"Angel tax is a bitch.",
"Why does it appear to vanish over time?",
"Also who the fuck doesn't like it? ",
"Mine? I'm a joiner. At the time I worked for a shopfitting company, the job at Glengoyne was one of our last before the company went into liquidation.",
"The longer it’s been aged, the more valuable it is, the less they could afford to waste on a display. These are harsh times.",
"Look sick!",
"Yeah",
"https://qz.com/907619/the-many-scientific-ways-to-age-whiskey-many-years-in-just-a-few-days/",
"Because then the angels wouldn't get their Whiskey.\n\nhttp://www.distillerytrail.com/blog/what-is-the-angels-share/",
"Pretty sure I've urinated every shade of the top row ",
"/r/bourbon hates it. I can hear them REEEEEing from here ",
"Why does the level go down in the bottles?",
"It might interest you to know that whisky is aged in barrels that were previously used to store other alcohols. The wood of the barrel soaks up some of the compounds in the alcohol, so the whisky takes on subtly different characters depending on what alcohol used to be in the cask.\n\nPort is a popular choice for whisky barrels, as is sherry - both provide a rich colour and subtle fruit flavors. A bourbon-cask whisky tends to be bolder and more smoky. Uncommon choices produce unusual whisky - I've tried one matured in calvados (apple brandy) casks which was delicious and definitely had apple notes.\n\nDistilling and barrel-aging have been practiced for centuries and are extremely complex, they're fascinating as an art and a science. ",
"And many whiskies are aged in previously used barrels. \n\nNone of my favourite whiskies would taste anywhere near as nice if they weren’t matured in sherry casks.",
"Glengoyne is a great drop ",
"Yep, why would i try more if the bog standard one tasted bad?",
"So it's whisky then, not whiskey.",
"Oh ok thanks ",
"> I downvoted you because what you said is demonstrably wrong, and dangerous. \n\nLol, so me distilling liquor for my own personal consumption is absolutely unsafe and cannot be done at home in a safe manner? THAT is what you are saying is \"demonstrably wrong, and dangerous\"?\n\nUm... No. It isn't. You clearly have not done any research on home distilling at all, or you would not make such a flagrantly incorrect statement.\n\nNOTHING that I have said has advocated for \"bootlegging\", ie *selling* home distilled liquor. That is an entirely different debate. \n\n> you know, the reason you're supposed to downvote. you downvoted out of petulance.\n\nThis argument would have a hell of a lot more credibility if I hadn't just refuted your entire argument in my last post. It clearly isn't simple petulance when I pointed out that you were wrong on several levels. \n\nIf you believed I was wrong, you should have posted the link and made an effort to convince me, which is exactly what I did when I replied to you. Downvoting and accusing me of being \"disingenuous\" is not the way to have a productive discussion. ",
"its... the bottom shelf of bottom shelf vodkas, at least around here. Well vodka at shittier bars. ",
"*whisky",
">capillary pull from pressure between the outside world and the inside of the barrel\n\nCapillarity has nothing to do with pressure difference, it's caused by the intermolecular attraction between the liquid and the material and by the surface tension of the liquid. When you have a liquid climbing upward it is actually fighting against the pressure caused by gravity. The only effect that sealing the outside would have regarding capillarity is that as the liquid enters the pores, it would compress the air that is now trapped, increasing the air pressure of the remaining pores and making the entrance to these pores harder. \n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary_action",
"If it's in Dublin, it's whiskey, not whisky.",
"Its meant to be permeable so the whiskey oxidizes in the barrel to help the chemical reaction. It helps break down tannins, etc. I imagine the higher alcohol content as the years pass also helps this process. ",
"Bourbon uses new charred barrels, but scotch (like the picture) uses barrels that have already held something else. I think other whiskies like Canadian or Irish do too. ",
"Why can't we design a machine with wood rods submerged in the liquid.",
"Actually multiple of countries spell whisk(e)y without the 'e'. I'm pretty sure the rule of thumb is if it's made in a country with the letter 'e' in it's (english) name then you spell it 'whiskey', otherwise you spell it 'whisky'.",
"First bottle looks empty...",
"Just outside Strathblane, north of Glasgow.",
"> just refuted your entire argument in my last post. \n\nwith [a fallacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecdotal_evidence) which lacked any semblance of validity or sound reasoning\n\n>If you believed I was wrong, you should have posted the link and made an effort to convince me, which is exactly what I did when I replied to you.\n\nWhat link? A link to a subreddit? Does that mean heroin is safe because /r/heroin exists? And...you're just ignoring the link I *did* post, from the god damn *world health organization*, on the dangers of home-distilling? like.....wut?",
"I thought I recognized it.\n\nAlso as this is the 2nd top comment can we please correct the post. It’s Whisky not Whiskey...",
"what type of cask?",
"So..just like regular whiskey then?",
"I find it mind-blowing how things like Whiskey spend years in production, but the distilleries still have plenty of product to ship out.\n\nThat must me a fuckload of carefully managed backlog.",
"Please cite the specific anecdote. I don't think you know what that means.",
"Whisky not Whiskey",
"Have you tried the Jura 16 year (Durach's Own)? It's exactly as advertised: \"rich and full-bodied\". Lots of flavor.\n\nI was a fan!",
"Were they at least right angles?",
"I was literally there last week, the extent to which this messes with me is ridiculous ",
"On a scale of 1-10 how much are you ragin that people don't know the difference between whisky and whiskey?",
"How do you make sure you're not distilling methanol or some other poison? ",
"You started late...",
"> What link? A link to a subreddit? Does that mean heroin is safe because /r/heroin exists? And...you're just ignoring the link I did post, from the god damn world health organization, on the dangers of home-distilling? like.....wut?\n\nYOUR LINK. Jesus fucking christ. ",
"If it was they'd have spelt whisky correctly.",
"your main corroboration for your assertion that home distilling is safe is because you do it safely.\n\nare you sure *you* know what an anecdote is? lol",
"this explains why 10 years is a sweet spot.",
"your dum",
"https://youtu.be/IdTzcp1YLY8?t=47s",
"Most companies also have this funny thing of knowing how to spell their own brand name.\n\nI can assure you no Scotsman would spell it whiskey instead of whisky.",
"Actually they sell 10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 30 year old bottles. I've got a bottle of 18 right here! They get a lot stronger the further up you go, obviously, but the flavour changes quite a bit depending on which cask they've used and how long it's been in there. ",
"Https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styles/american-whiskey/rapid-aging-whiskey-technology-game-changer-gimmick/ In short, yes it is done but the product isn't comparable.",
"So Japanese whisky is whisky?",
"Depends. Are you Scottish or Irish?",
"It can't be the ugly sheep, they aren't perverts after all.",
"> If you believed I was wrong, you should have posted the link and made an effort to convince me, ***which is exactly what I did when I replied to you.***\n \nsorry, your shit sentence structure ambiguously implied you had posted a link. \n",
"Except this isn’t “whiskey” it’s “whisky” because it’s distilled in Scotland 🏴.",
"I'm no whisky expert, but I believe the first bottle is the raw spirit before it goes into the cask. I'd assume cheaper whiskies might add colour to make it look like it's been aged longer, but I doubt any of the main distilleries do that.",
"I used to work in the industry actually as an engineer. The most important answer is that oxygen is essential to the reactions that produce the complex flavor chemicals in whiskey. Vanillin, ethyl acetate, coniferaldehyde, syringaldehyde, eugenol, lots of other compounds contribute to the flavor profile of an aged whiskey and they are all a result of oxidation reactions. If you dipped a barrel in tar and completely sealed it from the air, maturation would almost completely stop and the whiskey would taste as young as the day it was barreled. \n\nTemperature fluctuations are also important as it drives the barrel to expand and contract, taking the whiskey in and out of the pores of the wood as it goes.\n\nLastly no barrel will ever be perfectly sealed. Barrels are still handmade by craftsmen with few automated steps and it will likely stay that way. When wooden staves come from the lumber Mill, they are not always regularly sized and shaped. Coopers hand pick the staves and assemble the barrels to get a good fit that will seal properly. It's never perfect though, and because of natural flaws in the barrels a small percentage of them will be completely empty by the time maturation is finished. ",
"\nHaving done a whole lot of whiskey tastings over the years, I’ve found that many distilleries products seem to peak at certain age statements. Often a less aged whiskey can taste better than a more aged one. \n\nThere is a certain point where aging can actually make a whisky taste worse. It varies from cask to cask though. For instance, I once had a 27 year old whisky that was clearly overly aged and whose primary flavor notes were “wine cork and wood ash” according to my tasting group. (Though I’ve also had older scotches that tasted wonderful, including a 37 year old Port Ellen that was amazing). \nIn fact, many distilleries see to have difficulty with more aged bottlings, let’s say over 18 years +. That might come down to simply not having enough older casks, or enough variety of older casks, to assemble a good single malt from, or it could be a matter of just getting a bit worse with age. ",
"\"The angels' share\"",
"Trump said \"make america great again.\"\n\nIf you can't figure out how to distill alcohol, maybe you shouldn't be in that business. ",
"> your main corroboration for your assertion that home distilling is safe is because you do it safely.\n> \n> are you sure you know what an anecdote is? lol\n\n Ok, so yes, you really don't know what an anecdote is. \n\nAn assertion is not necessarily an anecdote. Nor is it necessarily a fallacy. It is just an assertion. \n\nAn anecdote would be \"I distill all the time, and I'm not dead, therefore it's safe\". I never said that, and in fact I and I do not distill. \n\nIf you asked me to cite a source showing that distilling is safe, that would be reasonable. You have not done that. You simply posted a link to something only loosely related and claimed it proved something that it does not prove. ",
"the problem you will have is bad flavours from the sealant leaching into the whiskey.",
"Anyone here have any recommendations for a good whiskey? I'm looking for a nice beginner whiskey with more flavor and less bite.",
"Well considering this picture is from Scotland, I'd say it's called whisky.",
"Everyone is wrong and just guessing. The reactions that produce the predominant flavor chemicals in whiskey only occur in the presence of oxygen. It won't mature properly if sealed. That's the reason ",
"So how many steps away is whiskey from being turned to moonshine after it’s boiled the ethanol out? ",
"just add some paint thinner to dilute it...",
"11",
"I have very fond memories of the tour I took a few years back. Glengoyne is the best distillery to visit around Glasgow for sure. \n\nGreat work you guys do over there! ",
"I think it's just a demonstration, and is representative only. I.E. a cask loses x% to the angels share per *t*, so they put in x% less in the corresponding bottle when making this display.",
"European Oak is more porous than American Oak so the spirit moves in and out of the wood more. Occasionally you see some Japanese single malts that have been aged in Japanese Oak which is even more porous again and tends to leak.",
"I too used to evade conceding a point in an argument by going off on a pointless tangent. Then I graduated high school.",
"> \"wood flavored liqueur\"\n\nwhy use three words when we already have one...whiskey.",
"So does pH increase over time? ",
"If you're in Dublin and want to see a working distillery, I'd recommend going to [Teeling Distillery](https://teelingdistillery.com/). I've been to three distilleries in Ireland and that one has been my best experience so far. There's a littlwe bit of the history then straight into touring the facilities and seeing how it all works.",
"I would inject it right to the blood stream. Mmmm.",
"Jameson is screw cap. One of the finest widely produced single grain whiskeys in existence.\n\n*Edit: clarified single grain",
"Soooo.. Trump doesnt... make america great again?????\n\n\n\n\nMaybe you should hire immagrants... they can help you..\n\n\n\n(I'm 34... accountant...... you sound like a tool. FYI)",
"Yes many are but he said the difference between barrels and other wood is that barrels have been used to agree other spirits first. That is definitely not the difference. ",
"25 years looks just about perfect",
"Smokiness gets introduced mostly through grain malting techniques. \n\nFWIW, whisky kinda starts with *beer* (Beer without hops or carbonation). This gets distilled and then it gets left in a barrel for a while. ",
"Yes, as Japan doesn't have the letter 'e' in it's name. Also a quick google of some brands such as Nikka and Yamazaki will verify that. People (including myself) probably shouldn't get so hung up over the spelling of whisk(e)y, however someone on the internet will always point out if they think you spelt it wrong.",
"What's your point? I never said no whiskey is aged in used barrels. He claimed the reason barrels are different is that they were previously used for other spirits which is not why it is different. ",
"You will always produce a small amount of methanol. The trick is to know WHEN you are distilling methanol and when your are distilling ethanol. [If you follow the proper procedures](http://homedistiller.org/intro/methanol), it is easy enough to capture the methanol and dispose of it. \n\nI am NOT saying that home distilling is absolutely safe, just that there are plenty of things that are equally or more dangerous that are legal, so the argument that home distilling should be illegal for safety reasons does not make sense. \n\nWe know for a fact that the original motivation for banning it was just for tax reasons, so there is no real reason to accept the safety arguments without critically examining them.\n\n",
"Ah, not really tried much Japanese whisky (living in Speyside, I have plenty local variety to focus on!) so TIL.\n\nYeah, I hate people referring to whisky as whiskey too.",
"It's called angels' share : def, The amount of alcohol which evaporates from the casks during maturation. This can be around 2% per year but much higher in hotter countries.\n\nI don't know why it's absolutely necessary in the process but that's a cool name.",
"That's my point exactly. ",
"Not exactly what you were asking but here's an example of a 70 year aged whisky that was for sale (although it was over $20,000 a bottle and only 100 were available). \n\n https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/glenlivet-70-year-old-1940-whisky/",
"No, these are glass bottles and there’s going to be none or virtually none lost now that they are in the glass for display. The loss and colouring occurs in the barrel before it is bottled.",
"Color and taste also varies depending on where the cask was placed: lower or higher rows in the maturing warehouse.\n\nHigher rows means more heat and more exchange with the cask walls (more color and sweetness/aftertaste), lower rows means less exchange, etc.",
"So why does the liquid amount in each bottle get progressively smaller?",
"The methanol thing is a myth.\n\nThe government used to *add* methanol to ethanol during prohibition giving rise to the popular moth of moonshine making you blind.\n\nEdit: \n\nhttp://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2010/02/the_chemists_war.html\n\n\nhttp://time.com/3665643/deadly-drinking/\n",
"Hey I’m American, I can’t help it. Just be glad I didn’t call it “scotch”, that always seems to ruffle some feathers. \n",
"No, the whiskey gets stronger in alcoholic content so it must be imbalanced. “Cask strength” whiskey is bottled at the higher strength straight from the barrel, as opposed to diluting it back down to ~42%",
"Vast difference. Still attractive!",
"Gilded for a repost.",
"No 21 seems to be at position 22.",
"I was told at a distillery that oxygen that leaks into the barrel does wonders for the taste as well. ",
"That’s a myth.\n\nMethanol was added to ethanol during prohibition by government agencies to make consumers sick.\n\nIt gave rise to moonshine will make you blind myth.\n\nMoonshine is no worse than everclear.\n\nE: lol, downvotes don’t change truth.",
"Each post is the same content matured in Reddit for one more year than the last.",
"There is some in the wood, but mostly it’s evaporation loss over the years ",
"Holy shit! I didn't know Kurt gave up wrestling and was taxing whiskey makers.",
"European Oak Sherry casks\n\nhttps://i.imgur.com/tRqZf2z.jpg\n\nCourtesy of /u/jmace2",
"There are a handful of other subtle differences like the grains you choose, the way you ferment, and the way you distill, but for the most part the big difference is putting it in a barrel for a few years, or putting it directly into a glass bottle.",
"> American Oak Sherry casks\n\nThank you!",
"What happens if it does drop below in regards to selling it, does it have to be thrown out or can it be sold as something else? ",
"You cannot “home” distill, though, legally.\n\nIt must be in an approved zoning area. Which doesn’t include residential.\n\nIt’s also generally safe to distill on your stovetop, despite being illegal.",
"):",
"Ive edited it. Looks like European due to it getting so dark.",
"r/interestingasfuck kinda",
"Lol I have to ask",
"Why couldn’t the bottle just be labeled ‘single cask #1-4’ or whatever and have the numbers on the cask at the distillery?\n\nAlso.... if it’s not a single malt... what is it? Does the whiskey travel on a semi like gas to multiple distilleries all over to be bottled with whiskey of the same wood barrel from another distillery..? ",
"If that trend of 3% evaporation continues, and oaken barrel's colour keeps migrating, what will be the colour of the Whiskey 50 years old?? For instance I saw a \"The Balvenie\" 50 year old Whiskey in Dubai dutyfree priced at $44,445 which has the same golden color of a 10- year bottle shown in picture.",
"Easy. Just pour some cheap vodka into it to up the alcohol content back to 40%.",
"It's amazing how much they change by region. I couldn't quite get into the more smokey/peaty ones, but loved the Speysides. Awesome country. :)",
"That's like saying steakhouses are bad because Applebee's steak is bad.",
"Thank you! TIL.",
"Interesting. I would’ve thought smokiness stems from specific woods or using charred barrels. ",
"It doesn't evaporate, the angels take their share.",
"Looks like my first and last day of having Rhabdomyolysis. ",
"You're thinking about Wales.",
"Sugar water yeast, 3 weeks, distill, vodka! ",
"I'd have thought more of you if you said you were a 15 year old, honestly. At least you'd have an excuse.\n\nMake America great again? Trump? ... Really? Cringe. If you can't support your opinion on the original topic, that's fine, just concede that charging more for alcohol of a higher quality with a longer and more complex production process is actually reasonable.\n\nI always greatly respect anybody who knows when to concede a point, I'm not sitting here waiting to say \"hah, told you so idiot\" or some bullshit, that is also in the realm of childish behaviour.",
"I'm sensitive to alcohol, and I say that for anything over 40 proof. ",
"Nice! It even takes into consideration the devils cut!",
"You can’t home distill in America. It has to be licensed and in an appropriately zoned, commercial area.\n\nThat’s not to say home distilling isn’t safe, it is, despite the many myths surrounding it. But home brewing beer was also illegal until the 80’s, iirc.",
"The full name is Sunset Very Strong Rum, it's made in St. Vincent. To this day I'm not sure how the Vincentians get that stuff down.",
"The starting point is pure alcohol and water. Then the alcohol is stored in old port-wine oak barrels. All the flavors come from port wine and oak.",
"Must be nice, I'm sensitive to alcohol and anything over 40 proof tastes like shit to me. ",
"You didn’t actually refute their claim of being able to safely distill at home.\n\nYou just deflected that entire comment.",
"That evaporation is called \"The Angels Share\"",
"I hope you are a troll. If not you are an idiot, and what you are saying is really fucking dangerous. If you believe it is true, it would be easy enough to prove. Go distill a few batches and drink them yourself. What could go wrong?",
"Was this a Glengoyne distillery? I was there in April and think I remember seeing this display. The difference between the flavour and smoothness of the 15y compared to the 12y was incredible.\n\n*edit* just read another post below confirming it - its a really interesting display!",
"Bulleit it pretty damn good and especially so for the price. I like bourbon, but I’m more of a craft beer guy, I don’t get too into the really high priced rare stuff like Pappy, but I do love Knob Creek Single Barrel and Angels Envy, both of which run around $50, at least around the Philly area. ",
"Pretty sure a single flaming shot of everclear (so basically shooting warm ethanol) took off a full layer or two of cells down my entire esophagus. Shit *hurt* and not in a \"that tasted bad\" kind of way.",
"Obvs if it's Scottish Whisky, there's no 'e' in whisky.",
"I hold nothing against a nice cold beer except my lips ;)",
"Oxidation is central to the aging process. Without gas exchange to the outside world, there's no continous supply of oxygen and the end result won't be the same.",
"Well, for one thing that's illegal (i.e. you could make it, but couldn't call it whiskey any longer).\n\nBesides that, 95% of the flavor of whiskeys comes from the barrel. Basically, the longer a whiskey remains in its barrel (either bourbon or sherry barrels), the more heavy elements evaporate and the more it'll adapt the flavor of the wood it's in. Comes at a price though, the alcohol percentage drops each year; 2-5% depending on the climate (Indian whiskeys for instance have an angels share of 5%, meaning they mature quite fast but also can't adapt much of the flavour of the barrel.\n\nThe barrels really are the most important part of the actual whiskey, and some still make there own barrels (like Balvenie). The \"ground\" product of whisky (the distillate) is unique for every distillery based on its stills, but still incredibly bland. ",
"I'm sure they'll sell it anyway, because whose testing every bottle? At at 39% alcohol your average alcoholic that drinks this swill is going to get his fix.",
"They had Mila Kunis doing commercials for them. Only time I've ever wanted to buy a major label alcohol before. Don't ever let anyone tell you advertising doesn't work. ",
"I've got a bottle of [Kingbarns Distillery's new make spirit](http://www.kingsbarnsdistillery.com/shop/product/kingsbarns--new-make-spirit-20cl) which is 127 proof and tastes wonderful. I had a couple of whiskys in that range at the weekend. Amazing.",
"What it would it taste like after only 1 year compared to say, 10 years?",
"It's the angels share. And if they don't get it, your fucked. Whole distillery will burn down. ",
"If it was distilled to the level of vodka or gin, it wouldn't matter to the flavor.",
"Hey thanks for the info. I didn't know that.",
"Actually in the UK & Ireland it can only be sold as whisk(e)y once it's been in the barrel for 3 years and a day.",
"It's sold as a blend. You get various cheap whisky that doesn't have age on it. What they do is take a good whisky like this that can't be sold and mix it with cheap high alcohol ingredients then sell it as a Blend. Also as it's been mixed with whisky or alcohol from a different distillery it is no longer a 'single' malt.\n\nJohnnie Walker or Jamiesons are examples of blended whisky. While Johnnie Walker is seen as a premium brand in a lot of other countries its not very popular in Scotland. Most people who drink blends do it for the cheapness (alcoholics etc) and don't care about the taste and there are a lot cheaper blends out there. ",
"Huh, really?\n\nI mean, the trade body is the [Scotch Whisky Association](http://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/)!",
"You sank my destroyer!",
"Several companies have tried it, such as wrapping it in plastic - but it resulted in a weird tasting whisky.\n\nThey haven't published the findings (the last time I looked). Personally, from a chemical perspective I think the strange taste is due to the lack of oxidation. You need the oxidation of various compounds and proteins to give it a \"smoother\" taste. Having it semi exposed to air helps with this process.\n\nFor example, another thing people have tried is to age barrels on boat just off shore. They thought that constant waving motion would accelerate the aging process plus the more humid air/water splashing onto the barrels might reduce the loss of water. Apparently, the results were \"interesting\" and drinkable, but they did not scale up. ",
">Lol, so ***me distilling liquor for my own personal consumption*** is absolutely unsafe and cannot be done at home in a safe manner? THAT is what you are saying is \"demonstrably wrong, and dangerous\"?\n\n\nagain, shitty word choice if you weren't trying to say *you* distill",
"It's just to illustrate how the whisky ages inside the casks, as the years progress the whisky darkens as it absorbs flavours from the wood but also evaporates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel#Angels'_share",
"The actual distillate doesn't taste *that* bad before it's aged though. ",
"I never said it was impossible to safely distill at home. I said there's a good reason you need to get a permit to do so. I provided an article from *the most respected god damn public health organization* to back up my claim. ",
"\"If you can't support your opinion on the original topic\"\n\nwhat? are you retarded?\n\n\n\n\"I always greatly respect anybody who knows when to concede a point,\"\n\n\nWhat point? are you stupid or something?\n",
"Drambuie",
"Only because $20 bucks is a lot to dump on the floor... \n\nPerhaps instead of trying to pour out just a few drops from a wide mouth whiskey glass.. why not take a (newly washed) finger from one hand, lightly dip it into the drink, and rub it onto the opposite hand that’s holding your cup? Or bring a sippy cup (one that you’ve tested the flow rate of by putting water in and turning sideways...the flow rate from one brands nipple to another is nightmare inducing for a parent when trying to buy new cups ahahah)",
"It's new make spirit. Moonshine is illegally sold non-matured spirit. You can [buy new make spirit](http://www.kingsbarnsdistillery.com/shop/product/kingsbarns--new-make-spirit-20cl). I have that bottle at home. It's 63.5% ABV (127 proof).",
"Some people a thrill from whiskey investments.",
"Different angle https://imgur.com/jtqJMcF contains all 4 shelfs",
"Science and art are two sides of the same coin",
"Each post is the same post matured in the cask for a later repost.",
">\tIf you believe it is true, it would be easy enough to prove. Go distill a few batches and drink them yourself. \n\nEven if I did you’d just scream “anecdote”.\n\nPeople used to say brewing your own beer was dangerous, too.",
"And the stuff in the wood is the devil's cut? ",
"> again, shitty word choice if you weren't trying to say you distill\n\n\nGo read my very first reply to you. There is absolutely no ambiguity in whether I distill or not. Stop blaming me for your utter lack of reading comprehension. \n\nThis was what is known as a rhetorical question, but obviously that is not something that you can grasp. \n\n",
"Like a human child...",
"The do sell it but not as the original intended aged whisky. The industry is heavily regulated and these things are tested regularly. If a whisky is no longer fit for original purpose then it is mixed with a high content alcohol and sold as a blend. It's no longer a single malt but they can still make a lot of money from it by mixing it with a large quantity of cheaper alcohol and selling the blend. Johnnie Walker and Jamiesons are well known blended whisky. ",
"You’re going to get a (presumably you mean alcohol) bite from essentially all whiskeys as they’re a high proof liquor. I’d recommend starting with a few cocktails at a bar. *Old fashioned’s* are classic and the main flavor is the bourbon, so you can play around ordering different liquors and compare. A *boulevardier* is also fantastic, but the other ingredients are very flavorful, so you might not get to compare brands.\n\nIf you’re just looking to buy in; I’d recommend *woodford reserve* for bourbon, *templeton* for rye, and an aged *Jameson* for Irish for starters. I’m not much of a scotch drinker so you’re on your own there. These all clock in around 40-50 usd, so not terrible, but also not Old Grandad (although...probably don’t start there). You’re bound to get a ton of recommendations, and possibly arguments here, but this can get you started. ",
"I don't know why you're getting downvoted. If these truly were bottled from the same cask, years apart, the first bottle will be the oldest.",
"*London* Gin has to be distilled at 195 proof. \"Gin\" has a much lower legal requirement.\n\nhttp://www.ginvodka.org/londongin/\n\n",
"I have no clue but that sounds about right, so I'll upvote this one.",
"I think Japanese whisky is heavily influenced by Scottish whisky but that should be fact checked. I remember reading or hearing something about how Japanese whisky came about, it's worth looking up if you're interested in that kind of thing.\n\nI can understand why you'd dislike people spelling it with an 'e' if you're from Scotland seeing as everyone must spell it whisky there.",
"Excuse me, you mean R3C2? ^^^^^^R1C1masterrace",
"[link](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408398.2017.1330250) is a neat study\n\n",
">I've gotten to try most of the Glenfiddich lineup, and I actually think I prefer the 15 year to the 18, 21, and 26. \n\nI'm a big fan of the XX and the solera myself.\n\nYou should try the Balvenie Doubewood if you haven't already, great value for its price.",
"> why go through so much trouble re inventing the wheel when what works is what people pay good money for.\n\nWell, breweries do pay chemists a lot of money to improve and come up with new and better ways to make it. But clearly none of us here is qualified or has the means to even be helpful in that endeavour.",
"Truly, 34 and university educated?\n\nYikes.",
"That's basically what they do. They mix it with large quantities of very cheap strong alcohol then sell it as a blended whisky. It's no longer a single malt but there is still a market for blends. Johnnie Walker and Jamiesons are well known brands that sell blended whisky. ",
"What is up with people of Reddit reposting things?",
"So this is how Jesus turned water into wine",
"So you'll never run out of whiskey entirely.",
"Pretty sure I saw this post weeks ago",
"Haha!\n\nReeeeeeeeeeepost",
"> It must be in an approved zoning area. Which doesn’t include residential.\n\nI'm not saying you're wrong (yet) because I can't find anything about it on the TTB website. So where in the requirements to get a Federal Distilled Spirits Permit does it state the still cannot be located in a residential zone? I see a registered still can't be *in an occupied dwelling*, but that's not the same as it can't be *in a residential zone*. Furthermore, that's for a *Distilled Spirits Plant* permit (the commercial license), not the *Federal Distilled Spirits* permit (the \"hobbyist\" license)",
"bs.. in economics... with accounting... getting my cpa... what do you have son?\n\n\n",
"But they didnt pour a full barrel into each bottle so why would any bottles have different amounts in? The angels share wouldn't have any bearing on this - it's not like an 18 year old bottle and a 15 year old bottle bought from the supermarket automatically have different volumes.",
"Couldn't we pump oxygen into the bottom of bottom of the barrel and pump the other gases out though?",
"You'll have to forgive me, but I'm not entirely sure what you're getting at.\n\nYour comment picked out a line about pre-used barrels being used to impart flavour on whisky and said that the poster was \"talking out of [their] ass\". I'm not entirely sure why, because (s)he's right (as you've admitted).\n\nI read the comment as saying that if you accept that hypothetically you could use a sealed barrel to reduce evaporation and throw in wood cubes for flavour, you could do the same thing with pre-used barrels as the wood \"cubes\" to still impart the flavour of the barrels.\n\nIs there something in there that you specifically disagree with?",
"> The fundamental element here is that when making scotch, they do not use new barrels.\n\nSometimes they do. These bottlings are ofter referred as virgin oak or new oak.",
"The charring done to the inside of the barrels opens up the wood most to impart flavour, but sometimes peat is smoked through the barley at the beginning of the process to make a super smoky taste. Perhaps different woodchips could be smoked as well?",
"I see, I was in Edinburgh this summer and they had this setup in a whiskey store near the castle as well\n\n",
"> I provided an article from the most respected god damn public health organization to back up my claim.\n\nNo, you posted a link to the WHO backing up the argument that BOOTLEGGING is bad. I have repeatedly stated now that I agree, but that that is not relevant to the point I made. \n\nYou incorrectly accused me of a fallacious argument earlier. Perhaps I should introduce you to the [False Equivalence fallacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence). \n\nJust because non-professional distilling can be dangerous in some contexts is not a reason to make it illegal in every context. Legalizing home distilling WOULD NOT legalize bootlegging. Your entire argument is just ridiculously flawed. ",
"Actually, it's very true:\n\nhttp://www.whiskyforeveryone.com/whisky_basics/whisky_or_whiskey.html\n\nhttp://grammarist.com/usage/whiskey-whisky/\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky\n\nSome people (Americans, mainly) insist on bucking the trend but overall, that's the way it has been for many years.",
"(1,2) if you're into math.",
"I don't think this is true that Whiskey gets darker the older it gets. There is a documentary on Netflix about alcohol, and darker just means it contains something in it more than the others.\nBut perhaps it depends on the type of Whiskey?\n",
"Has anyone om'd you a rape video honesty curious ",
"Yes. Condensed whiskey is like drinking watered down honey. I'm not trying to offend anyone but it's true. ",
">Your entire argument is just ridiculously flawed.\n\nsays the person whose entire argument rests on anecdotal evidence, and refutes the god damn WHO\n\nlol, ok guy. enjoy your eyesight while you still have it",
"Which makes this a fascinating display of a nonlinear relationship. If you were to line all of the bottles up from 1 to 30, you'd see a dramatic decrease in each of the first 5 years, then a slower tapering off as time goes on.",
"Ayyy repost",
"I think you might be surprised by the flavors of un-aged whiskey. There’s obviously going to be a strong raw alcohol note front and center, but it’s not quite as overwhelming as everclear. And after you burn your taste buds into insensibility (after about the third sip in my experience), you can actually taste some of the underlying notes of the grains used. \nI wouldn’t call it good, but it can be educational if you ever get the chance to try some. Supposedly, about 2/3 of the taste of whiskey comes from the aging process and the remaining 1/3 comes from the distillate itself. And while that ratio is completely made up as far as I can tell (despite being bandied about tasting circles regularly), there’s still some truth in it. The wood isn’t solely responsible for the final flavour profile. And if you want an excellent example of that simply try some rye whiskey sometime, especially if you try a brand that has both rye and non-rye expressions. The difference is dramatic. ",
"> Even if I did you’d just scream “anecdote”.\n\nI suspect you think I am the other guy. I am the one arguing that home distilling is safe. But it is absolutely false that no methanol is produced when you distill. [A small amount is produced at the beginning of the distill, and if you fail to dispose of it, it can absolutely kill you.](http://homedistiller.org/intro/methanol) ",
"Dunno, I'm not a whisky drinker but my mates that are refer to it as a dram 90% of the time. All Scottish, maybe a regional thing? \n\nAlso unrelated, your username, what's that a reference to? ",
"You would be pumping out the evaporation.",
"r/dataisbeautiful",
"> My local martini bar, which is now a hole in the ground awaiting the installation of condos\n\nTini Bigs? RIP But yeah, Woodinville do a good job and a little aging is great. Their DIY cask comes with a few additional recipes I'd like to try for other drinks. I let mine dry out at least a year or two ago, but I think I should be able to swell it again for future use, which is another nice thing about the kit.",
"Besides Rugby, that's New Zaeland's national sport. ",
"I. Think this is right, almost like curing weed. It would probabaly make it more bitter and sharp versus smooth and mellow",
"Maybe. It sounds a bit forced to me much of the time. Depends on context too I suppose. \n\nWhere I am it's invariably \"a half\".",
"What's so special about bottle number 22?",
"All the colors of the rainbow",
"The 21-year-old is the only one of them that's only aged in sherry casks, the others are a blend of sherry cask and bourbon cask. That's why it's the only bottle in this display with a plaque.",
"Cool, we visited Glengoyne last Sept and thought the display was great.\n",
"Had my dads buddy make beer with some actual bud I sold him. Still have a pint sitting in the fridge",
"The boiling point of alcohol is lower than that of water, so doesn't it get weaker as it ages? Why would only the water be evaporating away?",
"Angels' Share",
"I’m talking about the making you blind myth. Yes, methanol will make you blind and yes\n\n>\t[Methanol is a byproduct of alcohol distillation, but only forms in ***tiny, non-toxic amounts*** during regular distillation, and anyhow it is easy to separate and discard from the first few ounces of alcohol that drip from the condenser.](https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-05/fyi-can-drinking-moonshine-really-make-me-go-blind)\n\nBut what I’m saying is the government used to add, or denature, alcohol to dangerous levels.\n\nThe most dangerous part of moonshine is the materials used in the stills.",
"The devils cut only really comes out in the first year or so as it is the whisky lost to the wood. The 'Angel's Share' is that which is lost to the air constantly through evaporation.",
"> says the person whose entire argument rests on anecdotal evidence, and refutes the god damn WHO\n\nThere is no fucking anecdote you fucking idiot. An assertion is not an anecdote!\n\nAll you have to do is ask me to cite a source and I would be happy to do so. Even after I already said I would be happy to do so, you have conspicuously refused to do so. \n\nChrist, why the fuck are you so desperate to refuse to acknowledge that home distilling can be done safely? \n\nDid you know that home distilling is legal in New Zealand and they are not all dead or blind? \n\nDid you know that it is the TREASURY department that regulates distilling in the US, NOT the FDA? Shouldn't that tell you at least a little bit about the motivations? \n\nDid you know that people distilled alcohol at home for millennia, *and most didn't go blind or die!*\n\nSeriously, you just have not put even the slightest thought into your arguments.",
"[Canadian Club](http://www.winedeals.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/300x480/0dc2d03fe217f8c83829496872af24a0/c/a/canadian_club_nv_175.png) - Canadian\n\n[Suntory Whisky](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81D3ibXv%2BeL._SL1500_.jpg) - Japanese\n\n[Williamson 18](http://purplefalcon.com/images/blog/whiskey/williamson-18-whisky-from-mexico.png) - Mexican\n\n[Breizh](https://img.thewhiskyexchange.com/900/french_arm2.jpg) - French\n\n[Amrut](https://img.thewhiskyexchange.com/900/india_amr6.jpg) - Indian\n\nNone of these are from the USA, all of them don't include the 'e' and none are Scottish.",
"> Its important to note that once it hits glass, it is dead. It does not get better and it does not \"age\", but you can hold that moment in time.\n\nThere's something called \"Old Bottle Effect\" though, but that works much slower (decades instead of years) and in a different way than cask maturation.",
"Did anybody else read this in Mila Kunis’ voice?",
"What's in the BUTT barrel?",
"That doesn't sound right but I don't know enough about stars to dispute it ",
"You sound like you know what you are talking about. This adding wood to whiskey sounds interesting... What do you think would happen if I added wood chips to a relatively cheap whiskey? ",
"No, his share goes in the bottles.",
"> That's basically what they do\n\nNot with 50yo whisky they don't.",
"And Aberdoom, to be fair. ",
"Now I understand why one of my favorite bourbons is called Angel’s Envy. It truly is enviable how good it is. ",
"Now you've done it.",
"The casks themselves are too expensive to damage/destroy to get the absorbed liquor. Even after they'd lose value since it wouldn't be as useful to the whiskey distillery.",
"A good rule of thumb is if the country has an e in its name, it calls it whiskey (Ireland, America, etc.) . If not, its whisky (Scotland, Japan, Canada etc.)",
"I agree that age statements aren't everything, but in the case of the Macallan a large part of the reason they changed their core range from age statements to colours is because they were caught putting eight and nine-year-old in their 10-year-old. Fuck Macallan. Their whisky might be decent, but they're a shite business.",
"Because they are spelling it incorrectly. Simple as that. The naming trend was around before any of those makers.",
"I had some un-aged (un-barreled) whisky at a whisky festival a year or two ago, was clear and tasted like rice pudding.",
"Lame, so this is just an approximation.. The colour might be accurate but the angel share isn't true evaporation from that bottle",
"Looks like the stages of stagnant piss inside a water bottle ",
"So then...it's not true? As I originally said.",
"No, Scotch whisky generally isn't \"single barrel\". They would probably have a few other casks of similar age sitting around. They will then get vatted together in a batch so the net result is above 40%, and then bottled.",
"People soaked gunpowder in alcohol, tried to light it, and if it burned, it was considered 100 proof. You can search \"gunpowder proof test\" for the numbers behind it, but 100 proof alcohol in the US today doesn't mean the same thing as it did then. We defined proof as the percentage of alcohol in a liquid, rather than whether gunpowder burns when soaked in that liquid, but kept the word proof because it's what everyone was used to.",
"Yip. Great marketing ",
"I have no idea if the government added methanol or not, but I don't see how it is relevant. It is still really dangerous to deny the fact that SOME methanol is produced as a normal part of distilling, and that it can be a safety issue. \n\nIf you want to make this argument, you should be absolutely clear that SOME methanol is produced naturally, so precautions should still be taken, especially considering just how easy those precautions are to take. It is silly to take the risk given how easy it is to avoid.\n\n> The most dangerous part of moonshine is the materials used in the stills.\n\nThis I do believe, though. \n\nEdit: Maybe \"I don't see how it is relevant\" is too strong, but I do think it should be made clear that there is still danger.",
"That's a very odd assumption to make when you replied to a comment that asked if it was a 32-year-old in response to a comment saying it was a 21-year-old whisky.",
"> An assertion is not an anecdote!\n\nas assertion *where you extrapolate the experiences of the few to represent the experiences of the many* is, however, an anecdote.\n\n>Christ, why the fuck are you so desperate to refuse to acknowledge that home distilling can be done safely?\n\nshow me where I said it can't be done safely. i said there's a good reason it's regulated. \n\n>Did you know that home distilling is legal in New Zealand and they are not all dead or blind?\n\nHome distilling in the US is legal too....if you get the required permit\n\n>Did you know that people distilled alcohol at home for millennia, and most didn't go blind or die!\n\nhmm, who should i believe, the WHO or /u/somerandommax. truly, I am conflicted",
"There is evaporation after bottling. That's exactly what the angel's share is. At least I've been told that in two different Scottish distilleries.",
"The devil's cunt.",
"Ill have a shot of each. Cheers boi.",
"> 100 proof is 50 percent alcohol by volume... Don't ask\n\nIIRC, sailors used to be paid in rum. To make sure that they were actually getting paid in pure rum, they would light it on fire to make sure that it had not been cut with water. Rum that is at least 50% alcohol will burn, so therefore it was 100% proof of being real. ",
"Utterly off topic, but connected - the same kind of procedure is what makes a McDonalds taste the same in Tokyo as it does in Toledo.\n\nWhen a miller for example buys his grain, he will look at a whole load of different specs, like protein content, moisture, gluten, down to tiny details such as dough viscosity. He'll then blend different wheats together to get exactly the same stuff, every time.\n\nYour hamburger bun might be 30% Russian, 25% Canadian and the rest Argentinian.\n\nIt's interesting, I find.",
"I've tried. It tastes like cheap whiskey with a little bit of flavoring added. I also tried buying one of those britia filters and filtering it a few more times before I put the wood chips in. It didn't work either, still tasted like cheap whiskey with slight oaky notes.",
"Does the fill level of the bottle also represent the volume remaining in the cask at that time?",
"I've had a look but that doesn't seem to hold true either. [This is German](https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/40507/aureum-1865-grave-digger-6-year-old) and then there are always those that [buck the trend anyway](https://img.thewhiskyexchange.com/540/brbon_mak17.jpg).",
"I took [this picture](https://imgur.com/ZCSK7B8.jpeg) there last November.",
"It's perfectly true - only to have been bastardised by people who don't (or won't) know better. The fact that the idea even exists would suggest it is obviously true. There are two spellings for a reason.",
"Digging a bit more, it’s apparently more interpretive than I previously thought, and can depend on the individual approving your application and how *they* interpret the law.\n\nSome pretty good discussion http://adiforums.com/topic/3495-restrictions-on-location/\n\nThe relevant section:\n\n>§ 19.52 Restrictions on location of plants.\n\n>A person who intends to establish a distilled spirits plant may not locate it in any of the following places:\n\n>a) In any residence, shed, yard, or enclosure connected to a residence;\n\n",
"Pfft! Whatever. Once you mix it with coke it all tastes the same.",
"It is known as the angels share in Scotland\n\n\n\n\nSource; am Scottish whiskey person.",
"Most distilleries won’t sell casks to individuals. Some do have programs where you buy a cask and they’ll bottle it up for you. That being said, I think Glengoyne may be an exception. I know that Arran has a cask program where you buy a cask and have them age it on site for you. \nOf course, if you aren’t looking to age hundreds of liters of whiskey, then you can always get a mini-cask and do a few liters at a time. ",
"The angels share is in the wood too, and sealing the outside simply reduces the rate of evaporation. ",
"We're in a thread talking about a distillery in Scotland. A place where its perfectly legal to home distill.",
"He is lying. This is installed in my house and was a gift from Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis after I banged them with my monster dong( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)",
"I've been there as well, very cool",
"Am Scottish, the \"Angels share\" is great for tax purposes",
"*Now* you're redditing!",
"It's special because it has a sticker, obviously!",
"I was there over the summer. Very cool. ",
"Good work sir! I've always thought those displays are gorgeous! ",
"Have a condenser on the outtake and add the evaporated liquid back into the barrel.\n\nI think we are over engineering this. ",
"You just spelled immigrants as \"immagrants\". You are nowhere near as intelligent as you want everyone to think you are. ",
"Cool to see the angels take their share",
"Judging from the bottles you drink less and less Whiskey each year though",
"That article is also terribly written. Tiny amounts of methanol are made when you're producing **how much** ethanol? If you're producing 300 ml of ethanol but you get a \"few ounces\" of (1 fluid ounce = 30 ml) methanol, as the article says that is absolutely toxic if you fuck up the distilling. \n\nAnd doing fractional distillation in organic chemistry, it's very possible to fuck up the separation is a variety of ways.",
" any residence, shed, yard, or enclosure connected to a residence =/= residential zone\n\n",
"80 proof rum burns as well though...",
"Yeah im with this guy. ",
"Luckily I'm not in America :)\nIt is not strictly legal here in australia either but as long as its for personal use they have better things to jump on.\nIt is legal in NZ.\n/r/firewater has plenty of americans.\n",
"we're on a website dominated by users from the US. A place where home distilling is regulated by the federal government. ",
"I thought the purists call it Scottish Whisky. I was on the receiving end of a pretty intense explainer once in a bar with my brothers Glasweigian in-laws.",
"A.k.a. The Angel's Share. ",
"I think of it like compressing an MP3 file - chopping down the 'highs' and turning up the 'lows'. Aging mellows out some of the sharper flavors while allowing some of the lighter, more nuances ones to shine through. ",
"there was the same thing at McDonald's with the oil...",
"Wouldn’t someone like osha have a better say if home distilling is dafe to do at home?\n\nAll that did was talk about methanol. Which is produced in *insignificant*, non toxic amounts during regular distilling and removed when the first few ounces are thrown out, anyway.\n\nThe government *added* methanol during prohibitions to dangerous levels to denature the alcohol. They were actively and hoping to kill drinkers. \n\n>\tThe government made no attempt to pretend that increasing the denaturing formula wouldn’t lead to deaths. Later that year, Seymour M. Lowman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of Prohibition, even told citizens that the fringes of society that drink were “dying off fast from poison ‘hooch’” and that if the result was a sober America, “a good job will have been done.”\n\n>And, when large-scale fatalities occurred as a result of the policy, the agents of Prohibition shrugged it off.",
"> as assertion where you extrapolate the experiences of the few to represent the experiences of the many is, however, an anecdote.\n\nI did not do that, so it is not an anecdote. \n\n> show me where I said it can't be done safely. i said there's a good reason it's regulated.\n\n[You said](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qfz4x/each_bottle_is_the_same_whiskey_matured_in_the/dspgtxo/) \"what you said is demonstrably wrong, and dangerous.\" \n\n[What I actually said was](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qfz4x/each_bottle_is_the_same_whiskey_matured_in_the/dspgcwy/) \"It is true that there are some safety issues with distilling, but they are pretty easy to address. There are many, many things that are far more dangerous that are legal, so the argument that it is banned for safety reasons really does not pass the smell test.\"\n\nThat is neither demonstrably wrong, nor is it dangerous. If you follow the proper procedures (which are not hard to follow), home distilling is reasonably safe.\n\n> Home distilling in the US is legal too....if you get the required permit\n\nNot really relevant to the discussion, but you are correct. \n\n> hmm, who should i believe, the WHO or /u/somerandommax\n. truly, I am conflicted\n\nYET ANOTHER FALSE EQUIVALENCY! Repeating a fallacious argument does not make it less fallacious. That WHO article is NOT about the type of home distilling I am talking about. I have said this four or five times now. Earlier you accused me of being \"disingenuous.\" The only one being disingenuous in this discussion is you. ",
"You and the people voting you up aren't very bright if you all think that is a debate point. ",
"I stopped drinking going on 8 years ago because it began to have an unpredictable effect on me.",
"Yep, there’s an insistence that “scotch” is an adjective and not a noun. No idea if that’s actually correct or not, but it is a thing some people like to complain about. \n",
"It was the spelling he was referring too. Whiskey vs. whisky. ",
"That’s just increasing the surface area that the spirit can contact the wood. Not sure that would technically “age” it any quicker but will definitely change the taste and color:",
"> Wouldn’t someone like osha have a better say if home distilling is dafe to do at home?\n\nwhy would the occupational safety and health administration have anything to say about hobby distilling?\n",
"It annoys me that bottle 22 of 30 has a label, when none of the others do.",
"I visited that distillery twice, about 3 years ago. I loved every bit of it and we had a great tour and host (Arthur).\n\nWe bought a 17 year old Glengoyne for about 70 pounds and we realised we couldnt bring it on the plane with us. We decided to drink it on the train to Glasgow. Straight from the bottle.\nI feel I should apologize for that.",
"You're misunderstanding the question.",
"Well, chemistry was a relatively new science back then. :) As far as a sailor knew, flaming rum was 100 % proof of payment. \n\nUpdate - since it is early and I'm on my first cup of coffee.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_proof\n\nThe term proof dates back to 16th century England, when spirits were taxed at different rates depending on their alcohol content. Spirits were tested by soaking a pellet of gunpowder in them. If the gunpowder could still burn, the spirits were rated above proof and taxed at a higher rate.[1] As gunpowder would not burn if soaked in rum that contained less than 57.15% ABV, rum that contained this percentage of alcohol was defined as having 100 degrees proof.[2] The gunpowder test was officially replaced by a specific-gravity test in 1816.[1]",
"So the guy you replied to is right then. ",
"It’s just alcohol or more correctly it’s a spirit at that stage. Once out into the charred oak barrel it gets its color and flavors. Makes you really appreciate whiskey and realize you should never take shots but savor it. ",
"There's also the fact that the first bourbon maturation actively extracts a lot from the wood. By the time that cask gets re-used to mature Scotch whisky, it has been tempered quite a bit. That's a good thing by the way: malt whisky is a more delicate spirit than corn based whisky, so virgin oak is generally deemed too harsh for maturing Scotch, the oak would overwhelm the spirit.\n\nSherry doesn't spend nearly as much time in a cask, in fact most \"sherry\" casks are specifically made for the whisky industry and were never used to fully mature sherry. They just put cheap sherry in the casks to season them for a few months and then sell them, so the whole process doesn't really extract all that much from the wood.\n\n> Sherry is a dark(ish) liquid\n\nTrue for Oloroso or Pedro Ximenez sherry, the most common types used for Scotch, but there's also Fino sherry and a few other types.",
"A 3ltr bottle of Frosty Jacks only costs £3.50 back in 2006. those were the worst best days of my life.",
"Well i never said i was sick of them, just saying OP isnt a random joe",
"I was not wrong. Nothing I said was refuted in any way and he resigned his point. Why are you so profane?",
"And this is why I think whisky is kinda bullshit. Almost all of the color and flavor comes from the barrel. With wine and beer, you're preparing something with a life cycle - it's delicate and you have to manage it by giving it the right thing at the right time.\n\nAt the other end of the spectrum, Jack Daniel's goes through charcoal filtering before it hits the barrel to remove any tastes that may have arisen from fermenting. From there all you do is put it in the barrel so it can leach out some nice color and flavors.\n\nI know that this is sacrilege and on an express train to Downvote City, but it's been bugging me for a while.",
"Devil’s Cut is only done by Jim Beam. It’s labeled as such because it’s actually what’s left in the wood of the barrel after processing. So, if they process a barrel during the summer when the rick is hot and there is more bourbon pushed into the wood, they can turn around and harvest up to ten gallons of bourbon from that wood. The bourbon trapped in the wood will have a much more oak forward taste. That much oak usually turns bourbon lovers away but some people like it and Jim Beam is good at marketing so it’s still a thing.",
"> hat WHO article is NOT about the type of home distilling I am talking about.\n\nyou get the move the goalposts, but I don't? If you can find a reputable source that refutes the WHO's assertion that illegal distilling is dangerous, I'd love to see it. You've just been repeating anecdotes, which is not very compelling.\n\n >I did not do that, so it is not an anecdote.\n\nhe said, unironically, after\n\n\n\n>Did you know that home distilling is legal in New Zealand and they are not all dead or blind? ***[ANECDOTE]***\n\n>Did you know that it is the TREASURY department that regulates distilling in the US, NOT the FDA? Shouldn't that tell you at least a little bit about the motivations?\n\n>Did you know that people distilled alcohol at home for millennia, and most didn't go blind or die! ***[ANECDOTE]***\n",
"How come the bourbon casks don't get as dark?\n\n",
"And then you have the Tide pod challenge. Amazing for completely different reasons.",
"But again while it may have once been true it no longer is and hasn't been for some time(given Canadian club seems to have been around since the 1920's and I'm guessing there's probably older stuff)\n\n>The fact that the idea even exists would suggest it is obviously true.\n\nLots of \"ideas\" exist it doesn't make them true just because they've not gone away.",
"If by dominated you mean about half",
"They didn’t choose to not market it that way. They can’t. Bourbons can only come from Kentucky, Jack is made in Tennessee.",
"In the local vernacular, that claim is pure pish. :)\n\nNote for example the three stories on the SWA's home page right now:\n\n\n* [What does this year hold for Scotch?](http://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/news-publications/blog/what-does-this-year-hold-for-scotch/)\n\n* [We welcome Scotch duty freeze](http://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/news-publications/news/scotch-whisky-industry-welcomes-excise-duty-freeze,-but-says-more-support-needed/)\n\n* [Scotch visits more popular than ever](http://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/news-publications/news/scotch-whisky-tourism-more-popular-than-ever/)",
"TIL..",
"The \"angels share\". I too memorize everything Mila Kunis says to me. ",
"Exactly. Would be ridiculously cost-prohibitive, even if they had some sort of method for extracting whiskey out of the barrels. The bottles would be crazy pricey, and honestly if the bourbon had already had been absorbed into the wood, it probably wouldn’t taste that great I would imagine... It would be really astringent probably. ",
"There is a sense of hypnotic perfection in this, can't stop watching",
"Incredible!",
"I agree with your safety minded approach. Just like deep frying turkey, there is *some* risk. Maybe even less than exploding turkeys.\n\nUsually though, the amounts of methanol produced are non-toxic. Unless, I suppose, one is drinking a shit ton which they’ll probably have general alcohol poisoning before methanol problems. \n\nThe first few ounces are thrown out of the batch as a precaution.\n\nThe government was denaturing alcohol with methanol.\n\n>\t[So, as TIME reported in the Jan. 10, 1927, issue, a solution emerged from the anti-drinking forces in the government: that year, a new formula for denaturing industrial-grade alcohol was introduced, doubling how poisonous the product became. The new formula included “4 parts methanol (wood alcohol), 2.25 parts pyridine bases, 0.5 parts benzene to 100 parts ethyl alcohol” and, as TIME noted, “Three ordinary drinks of this may cause blindness.” (In case you didn’t guess, “blind drink” isn’t just a figure of speech.)](http://time.com/3665643/deadly-drinking/)\n\nAnd [here’s](http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2010/02/the_chemists_war.html) another good read.",
"I worked in the industry. I was a process engineer at Brown-Forman, the parent company of Jack Daniels and Woodford Reserve. ",
"so...the majority? yes, that would qualify as \"dominate.\" take a second, google it",
"Did you also fit the one in Macallan? They had a very similar display to this one and the other photo you posted.. (And also use a mix of sherry and bourbon casks from European and American oak - if I remember correctly from the tour. But that's probably common for a lot of distilleries)",
"It remains true, in principle. And the Scots have been making this shit for a long, long time. People call lots of things \"champagne\" - doesn't mean it's actually the real deal, does it?",
"Which one would you recommend?",
"Bourbon is corn grain (at least 51%) so are you talking about what else is added to the mash?\nI think most people who drink rye drink rye, rather than a bourbon with x% rye grain ",
"*sweating*",
"Did not expect to learn this much when I clicked this link...",
"A lot tends to drip out over the years, and if it's stored in Scotland they call it 'Scotland's share', because it soaks into the earth. ",
"> you get the move the goalposts, but I don't?\n\nHoly fuck, you have the reading comprehension of a rock. \n\nThis is the key bit of [my VERY FIRST REPLY](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qfz4x/each_bottle_is_the_same_whiskey_matured_in_the/dspgkik/?context=1) after you posted that WHO link:\n\n> Where did I \"dismiss\" [the dangers]? I acknowledged the dangers and said they were easy to address.\n\n> Second, your article is comparing apples to oranges. I am talking about \"home distillers\". That article is addressing people selling bootleg liquor for cash. The difference is critical, the latter group has much less interest in making a safe product since they aren't consuming it themselves.\n\nPrior to clarifying that, *every reference in this thread* was to \"home distilling\", *not* bootlegging. Clarifying is not moving the goalposts, and the only reason I even needed to clarify is because you were being obtuse. \n\n> If you can find a reputable source that refutes the WHO's assertion that illegal distilling is dangerous\n\nWhy in the fuck would I try to refute something I agree with? How many false equivalencies are you going to make?",
"This was the wrong thing to look at before I head out for work... Now I want a glass of Bourbon...",
"As others have said cask strength whiskey/bourbon easily exceed this and can be delicious. I will say that part of it is age. When I was younger I really didn't like most 40% alcohol drinks. Now in my mid thirties I almost only drink whiskey or bourbon and it's almost always in the upper proofs (not that I drink a ton or am getting smashed off of it or anything). One of the few benefits of getting older is your tastes for these drinks change, and, at least in my opinion, for the better.",
"That stuff went from always being in stock to kept in the back, by request only, and limited to one per customer in less than two years. Anyone who enjoys bourbon should try it.",
"If your piss looks anything like the ninth bottle onwards you should probably see a doctor.",
"> Why in the fuck would I try to refute something I agree with?\n\nno sources then, got it.\n\nyep, think I'll take the WHO's word on this one over you, buddy. hope you're not offended, but to be fair, your fallacious reasoning was not very compelling",
"My understanding was that the whisky gets stronger from distilling to un-casking. While alcohol may have a lower boiling point it can't get through the charcoal and wood where as the smaller water molecules can and do, leaving behind a higher ratio of alcohol/water. Though I'm now starting to question that, maybe I'll have to visit this distillery myself and sample the selection to find out ;)",
"Barrel houses house tens of thousands of barrels for years at a time. Most Bourbons are matured for 4 years or more while scotch will likely spend 8, 10, 12+ years in the barrel. The apparatus needed to supply oxygen to that many barrels would be so expensive and complicated, the trade-off would almost certainly not be worth it. ",
"Those are inside the barrel not on the exterior so they wouldn’t affect the angel’s share. Bourbon must be allowed to “breath” while in the barrel and part of that is allowing it to be pushed in and out of the wood for flavoring. Bourbon also legally must be aged in a “new charred oak container” per US law so anything else fully surrounding that barrel may violate that law.",
"Methanol poisoning from regular distilled moonshine is almost impossible, there is more danger in drinking a quantity of out of date orange juice.\n\nThe regulators want to keep the old wives tale active and keep people scared.\nHome distillers regularly turn out a better, cleaner product than most commercial products.\n\nNote, the wiki page here only mentions 'adulterated' alcohol, methanol has been added after the fact. Try and find a case otherwise..\n\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_methanol_poisoning_incidents",
"I'm laying in bed at 6:30 In The morning and I now want a whisky. Thanks Reddit for makeng me want to day drink!",
"I don't know what to think, so I'm going with you, if you don't mind.",
"Yes",
"Thanks for the answer, although it was funny watching reddit struggle to answer something that isn't part of the memorized super basic questions and responses routine ",
"If enough of us believe it, it'll be true anyway.",
"Generally, whiskey gets darker the longer it stays in the barrel",
"Sometimes as early as 3, but we don't really like to call that out.",
"> Methanol poisoning from regular distilled moonshine is almost impossible, there is more danger in drinking a quantity of out of date orange juice.\n\n*[citation needed]*\n\n>The regulators want to keep the old wives tale active and keep people scared.\n\nand, you know, anyone who ever took an organic chemistry class\n\n>Try and find a case otherwise..\n\nyou mean like hundreds of cases?\nhttps://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/pgxwk9/moonshine-poisoning-is-still-a-massive-deadly-problem-worldwide",
"> Usually though, the amounts of methanol produced are non-toxic. Unless, I suppose, one is drinking a shit ton which they’ll probably have general alcohol poisoning before methanol problems.\n\nAs I understand it-- and again, I have never actually distilled, so do not claim to be an expert-- it really depends on WHAT you are distilling. For example I seem to recall certain (but not all) types of apples could produce a potentially dangerous level. \n\nSo the rule of thumb is just to avoid even a slight chance. If you really know what you are doing, you can safely ignore the rule, but for the average home distiller, better safe than sorry. ",
"You probably could have asked that better lol.\n\nSeems that most people enjoy 12-18 as the sweet spot for taste vs. money spent.",
">It remains true, in principle.\n\nExcept in those 5 cases I found and the tens if not hundreds more I could probably go dig up.\n\n>And the Scots have been making this shit for a long, long time.\n\nBit unfair to call it shit and you also forget that Scottish people have been emigrating for a long long time and taking their words with them and using them in their new locations.\n\n>People call lots of things \"champagne\" - doesn't mean it's actually the real deal, does it?\n\nThat would depend if it's licenced by CIVC or not. Since Champagne is a protected lable with all sorts of licencing where as whisky/whiskey doesn't have the same level of protection...wait for it....because it's not a legitimate concept that can be protected. Only \"Irish Whiskey\" and \"Scotch Whisky\" are protected, NOT whiskey/whisky by itself.",
"It also may be of interest that before bourbon distilleries sold all their used barrels to beer, scotch, or other whiskey distillers after processing, they would throw them out by the road. Residents would come by and pick up the barrel and take it home to add a bit of water to it. Then they would wait till winter when the bourbon squeezes out of the wood and roll it around in the yard. This gave them free “devil’s cut.” ",
"I agree with you, (am a distiller) but just letting you know that a lot of info on that old wiki is out of date or just plain wrong, methanol does not come out first at all. It comes throughout the process and is basically impossible to seperate without lab techniques.\nThe thing is, it is simply not present in dangerous amounts especially if regular sugars are used.\n",
"technically B1, but let's keep this between you and me :p",
"Ah, good to know the pendants are just objectively wrong. Also, I’m making a note of the word “pish” for use in the future. ",
"No we aren't. We can obviously come up with a better method than what has been used for 500 years. Let's keep going.",
"Satan here. Chase is correct. So please people, STOP drinking all my pleasure juice it’s god damn annoying ",
">no sources then, got it.\n\nJesus. \"Disingenuous\" is quite generous in your case. Dishonest asshole would probably be more appropriate. \n\n>yep, think I'll take the WHO's word on this one over you, buddy. \n\nYou aren't taking their word over mine, since we are talking about different topics. \n\nAnd of course I have offered to provide source three times now, all you have to do is ask. You refuse to do so, presumably because if I can provide a source you will look like an idiot (hint: You already look like an idiot).\n\n> hope you're not offended, but to be fair, your fallacious reasoning was not very compelling\n\nNot offended at all, but please cite the fallacy. If I made one, I want to know. That is the only way I can hope to avoid them in the future, but I suspect it is just as fallacious as my \"anecdote\" that wasn't an anecdote.",
"Is that something like homemade. If so I would be very thankful if you share the technology. How do you prepare the batch, what kind of yest you use, what fractions you collect. Or if you have somewhere online resource with these: Thank you",
"*still* no source? got it. ",
"Plus the added Carmel color...",
"The rate that it lowers is about 3 per cent per bottle, I'm guessing to show the rate at which the alcohol evaporates in casks.",
"Also depends on the style of whiskey. 80 bucks gets you a pretty decent (not exceptional, just better than decent) top shelf american rye or bourbon, but it won't be aged for any longer than 5 to 7 years tops. 80 bucks on a bottle of scotch might not get you an 18 year single malt, depending on the brand. Usually you're going to pay around 100 usd to get into that age. And 22 to 25 year aged scotch is EXPONENTIALLY more than that.",
"Dude in the picture looks exactly like I would expect a guy who works in a Scotch distillery to look.",
"The article reads fine.\n\nWork with some reasonable assumptions, like nobody is distilling half a pint.\n\n But I get where you’re coming from with the amount of volume so I found this\n\n>\tStudies have determined that wine can contain as much as 329 mg/L and beer may contain somewhere on the order of 16 mg/L. This makes distilled wine (grappa, brandy, etc.) potentially more dangerous than all grain shine - such as corn whiskey.\n\nI think you may be overthinking this with the OChem. Methanol boils first, distilled first, at a lower temp. Methanol boils at 148°, ethenol at 174°.\n\nThe amount you toss out isn’t 100% methanol, it’s just precautionary and overkill.",
"Huh? ha I meant I edited my comment. I initially said American oak but then found the picture from the distillery I had seen earlier which has it labeled as European. As for home made stuff unfortunately, at least in the UK, home distillation of spirits is illegal without licence.",
"White dog is somewhat similar to vodka--but because it's distilled to a lower proof than vodka, it retains more of the flavors of grains than a vodka produced with a similar mash bill. \n\nIt can be used to do, essentially, the same things as vodka (mixed into sour drinks, for example), but I don't think it does then quite as well. The purpose of vodka is to be \"flavorless\", and that flavorlessness makes it good for drinks with more delicate flavors in the other ingredients--white dog can kind of wash those flavors out with its corn-rye-wheat-barley mix.",
"This display is an illustration of the aging process of whisky. It's not continuing to age in the bottle, they aren't going to take out bottles. It's just for show. And to properly illustrate the aging process, they fill in slightly less each year to demonstrate the \"Angel's share\".",
"I know that as whiskey matures, it's volume goes down but i like to think someone is actually taking a sip everytime someone isnt looking but the darker ones are the only ones worth drinking.",
"I concur. And I would add that personally some of the smoothest tasting whiskeys I have had were between 90 and 110 proof, which is stronger than the conventional stuff in the US.",
"So I have done this to whiskeys to simulate certain barrel finishes. I start by soaking oak cubes in the desired finish (sherry, port, coffee etc.) then adding them into a whiskey. Sometimes good, more often than not it’s not worth the effort. \n\nBarrel aging things is super neat because there is a synergistic interaction between spirit, wood, and atmospheric conditions. Fire, earth, and air if you will.\n\nCheap whiskey will always be cheap whiskey. You may be able to make it more palatable, but the quality of a whiskey has allot to do with the distillation practices as well. Bad head/tail cuts leave in congeners that no amount of ageing can fix, not to mention additives, shit malting or a million other things people do to fuck up booze. If you really want to see the effects of simulated barrel aging grab some unaged whiskey (not vodka), a mason jar, and a handful of oak cubes (toast or char if you wish). Take pictures and get back to me.",
"How can I tell if you're actually being sarcastic? /s",
"We have a few states that look the other way under certain volumes, but its federally illegal :(\n\nThanks for the new sub. I’ve been thinking about home brewing and distilling recently and doing a bunch of research. ",
"> I agree with you, (am a distiller) but just letting you know that a lot of info on that old wiki is out of date or just plain wrong, methanol does not come out first at all. It comes throughout the process and is basically impossible to seperate without lab techniques. The thing is, it is simply not present in dangerous amounts especially if regular sugars are used.\n\nCan you cite a source? I am not asking that in an assholish manner, I believe you, but would like to have a better source in the future. \n\nWhat I seem to recall reading (though I could be wrong) is that it very much depends on WHAT you are distilling. Certain fruits or grains may have methanol in higher quantities at the beginning, so the rule of thumb is just a simple safety measure for non-experts to follow. Like with most things in life, if you know what you are doing you can safely ignore the \"rules of thumb\".\n\nI admit that may be completely wrong, though. I acknowledge again, I have never actually distilled. \n\nEdit: FWIW, this is just a link on the internet, so not exactly the most credible source, but [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qfz4x/each_bottle_is_the_same_whiskey_matured_in_the/dspjl6t/) does provide an argument for why you throw out the first bit of the batch. I won't swear it is true, but it does back up what I have read in the past. ",
"do you need to \"update\" the display each year or does the whisky doesn't age when inside a bottle?",
"Anything lower is probably going to be Genever or Holland Style Gin which has a different flavor profile and almost a different category.\n\nEven compounded cheap gin is going to start with a NGS that was ran through a column still up to vodka levels. ",
"It just doesn't infuse as much colour. Generally though the type of wood gives the colour than the previous usage. European Oak is a darker wood than American Oak so it imparts a darker colour to the whisky. Also the majority of time they add colouring to whisky which again changes its appearance.",
"I've done fractional distillation of ethanol in laboratory glassware, it's easier to fuck up than you think.",
"dude, thats the official party-line koolaid. go find a single example of someone being poisoned by known, home distilled alcohol.\nyou will find plenty of storys from asia, poland, russia etc.. its not home distilled, its either deliberately laced for flavour (methanol tastes sweeter than ethanol) or accidental, use of industrial methanol, or here in australia the last reported 'moonshine' deaths they drank fuel for an RC car laced with methanol and nitro-methane.\ni have distilled many batches, so have many others, still here, Hangovers are from the impuritys in commercial stuff that no half decent home distiller would allow.\ngood home distilled is cleaner than any top shelf booze apart from the very best vodkas.\ngo have a read of /r/firewater\n",
"In general, a residence will be zoned residential. \n\nThere is also debate on where a yard starts and ends. Like how much space there needs to be between the residence and the area used for distilling.\n\nAgain, I admit it’s not as cut and dry as I previously thought.",
"Wouldn't the process work faster if the barrel had more random wood inside so as to increase the contact area?",
"This comment is why we have trump",
"Why would the WHO? \n\nOSHA would because they already have regulations for distilleries as workplaces. As in for the safety of the activity, not the product.\n\nI’m not saying osha would have jurisdiction over a hobby activity.",
"*still* no reading comprehension? got it. ",
"Jim Beam marketing term. ",
"Thanks! I got you wrong. ",
"St Vincent? ",
"Yes the do. I've had a blend myself that had a 50y/o in it. Have a search on Master of Malt for 50 year old blends. You will find a few results. ",
"Was going to reply to the above comment with this. I bought some Yamazaki 12 recently. I was a bit surprised to see a plastic screw cap when I removed the foil, but damn, is it a good whiskey. \n\nMaybe this is the exact reason they choose to use a cap as opposed to a cork?",
"I have never drunk absinthe diluted ",
"I like my scotch old enough that it can order its own scotch. ",
"> dude, thats the official party-line koolaid. go find a single example of someone being poisoned by known, home distilled alcohol.\n\nLol, this is why I asked you to provide a source. Saying \"dude, that's the party line\" is not going to convince me to not throw away the first 50mL.\n\n> go have a read of /r/firewater \n\nI was the one who first linked to it, but if you think anyone should be stupid enough to blindly follow safety advice they find on Reddit, you must be new here. \n\nI have no doubt that the information I posted above could be wrong, but simply asserting it is wrong is not productive. I really would like to know if I am wrong, but it will take more than \"dude, that's the party line\" to convince me.\n",
"I'm going to do this, sounds like a neat experiment and a valid excuse to consume whiskey.\n\n1. A good single but without year statement as a starting point\n\n2. I don't have Mason jars, but normal glass ones with the sealing lid (the one with a gummy ring) are okay?\n\n3. Any idea about sourcing wood? Can I just buy untreated from home depot? What should I pay attention to? (no paints glues etc, anything else?)\n\n3. What's the best time frame?\n\nI'll take photos! ",
">[How is Methanol Produced?\nMethanol is found naturally in certain fruits and vegetables. It may also be produced as an unintended byproduct during the fermentation process. Spirits distilled from fruits, such as apples, oranges, and grapes, are more likely to contain methanol. Both beer and wine generally contain methanol. Studies have determined that wine can contain as much as 329 mg/L and beer may contain somewhere on the order of 16 mg/L. This makes distilled wine (grappa, brandy, etc.) potentially more dangerous than all grain shine - such as corn whiskey.](https://www.clawhammersupply.com/blogs/moonshine-still-blog/7207958-methanol-will-moonshine-make-you-blind)\n\nYep, you’re right! \n\nThat’s why the first bit gets tossed.\n\nI’m far from an expert either, just relaying what research I’ve found. I’ve been looking into making whisky for a while. I’ve just started getting into beer brewing and acquiring supplies. Maybe soon I’ll set up a still. ",
"Not where I’ve had it. Spoon of sugar dipped in absinthe is set alight until the sugar melts, then stirred into the absinthe and drunk. ",
"Angels share ",
"Different places drink it differently. There are recipes where the absinthe is drunk neat. ",
"You're thinking of Wales mate.",
"You mind sharing some of the difficulties? \n\nI’d love to know more.",
"Yup to the marketing, I always thought Devils Cut was a badass name for a liquor. ",
"Some sneaky person has been drinking a bit each year!",
"> Yep, you’re right!\n\nThanks for confirming!",
"Because they're the foremost public health agency in the world? ",
"There is no wrong way, freedom, after all, is the very essence of the Green Fairy, so be free to enjoy her company as you wish.",
"Do you have any source? I've never heard anything like that and can't find anything on Google. The only Macallan controversy I ever heard about was the fake bottles, and that wasn't the distillery. \n\nMacallan have almost two hundred years of heritage and their whisky is better than just 'decent'. \n\nAs I understand it, behind the marketing about educating consumers on colour rather than age, the underlying business reason for moving away from age statements is because they've become so popular, they're projected to run low on stocks of older barrels. ",
"That’s what seeps into the ground from drips",
"Someone's been drinking a bit of their whiskey each year. ",
"Wow, we’re gilding repost now.",
"Had a bourbon barrel beer the other day and I’m thinkin we should start keeping the barrels. That was a damn fine beer",
"Are they the foremost distilling agency?\n\nIt’s an appeal to authority. \n\nCool, they tell you the dangers of methanol. They say nothing of the dangers of methanol from fermentation and distillation except this from *your* link:\n\n>How does methanol come to be in alcoholic drinks?\nTrace amounts of methanol are found naturally in fruit juices - this is non-toxic. Methanol is also a product of fermentation and is found in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic fermented 5 drinks. ***Concentrations of 6-27 mg/L have been measured in beer and 10-220 mg/L in spirits . In these concentrations methanol is not harmful***. Problems arise when higher\nconcentrations are formed during incorrectly managed distillation processes, but more particularly when methanol is deliberately added to fortify informally-produced spirits and illicit alcoholic drinks.\n",
"Is that where the name Angel’s Envy came from?",
"Oh I'm sure there are some, I have a 35yo blend stashed away myself, but you made it sound as if they regularly dump sub 40%, 50yo malt whisky in Johnnie Walker and Jameson. They don't. 50yo whisky is much too precious for that.\n\nAlso, to carry that 50yo age statement, the grain whisky component, or the \"cheap strong alcohol\" as you call it, has to be aged for 50 years as well.",
"Yeah, they've manually filled these bottles just to demonstrate that whiskey is lost during it's time in the barrel. Maybe they measured the approximate percentage lost per year in the barrel and then filled the glass bottles with the same decreasing volume percentage? Either way, it's still a decent representation of the effect to be fair.",
"[I would expect the front not to fall off](https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM)",
"They show the \"angel's share\" too, which is nice.",
"I wonder why the only one with a label is 21. Maybe because they get people who want a whiskey that can order it’s own whiskey.",
"There's a very old Dutch song called \"in heaven there is no beer\". Now i'm wondering if this is some kind of common idiom?",
"Yes. Some places have started to extract this and bottle it.",
"I’ve never heard this before but it really is beautiful",
"As long as you’re not wasting good whiskey on them.",
"Arthur was my tour guide there. He is a great man. Speaks so very many languages so very well. \n\nAlso glengoyne is amazing scotch. ",
"Tortola headed to Jost Van Dyke. ",
"> Do you have any source? I've never heard anything like that and can't find anything on Google. The only Macallan controversy I ever heard about was the fake bottles, and that wasn't the distillery.\n\nI'm not finding anything through a cursory Google search because the counterfeit bottles make up all the top links, but I work in the hospitality industry in Scotland and I remember it happening.\n\n>Macallan have almost two hundred years of heritage and their whisky is better than just 'decent'.\n\nThe 'heritage' of a distillery doesn't really matter - they weren't putting out the same products 200 years ago - and whether or not it's better than decent is entirely subjective so we'll have to agree to disagree on that.\n\n>the underlying business reason for moving away from age statements is because they've become so popular, they're projected to run low on stocks of older barrels.\n\nThat's why they were bulking out their whisky with younger stock to begin with.",
"That’s why I consider anything less than 16 years old swill ",
"My main question is, does old whiskey taste like wood and why would anyone want that?",
"Thanks for that. Can’t suffocate those little saccharomyces.",
"I live in Kentucky, and yes, that bourbon barrel beer is damn good. ",
"Casamigos Tequila is also aged in Jack Daniels barrels. ",
"To be clear, and this is from the other dude's WHO link:\n\n\"Concentrations of 6-27 mg/L have been measured in beer and 10-220 mg/L in spirits . ***In these concentrations methanol is not harmful.*** Problems arise when higher\nconcentrations are formed during incorrectly managed distillation processes, but more particularly when methanol is deliberately added to fortify informally-produced spirits and illicit alcoholic drinks.\"",
"I bet the bottles all started out full.",
"It would be nice if my iPhone battery evaporated at 3% per year\n",
"Yes and because it tastes nice",
">If you can find a reputable source that refutes the WHO's assertion that illegal distilling is dangerous, I'd love to see it.\n\nHere ya go!\n\nConcentrations of 6-27 mg/L have been measured in beer and 10-220 mg/L in spirits . ***In these concentrations methanol is not harmful***. Problems arise when higher\nconcentrations are formed during incorrectly managed distillation processes, but more particularly ***when methanol is deliberately added to fortify informally-produced spirits and illicit alcoholic drinks.***\n\nhttp://www.who.int/environmental_health_emergencies/poisoning/methanol_information.pdf",
"Well pump it back in again then.",
"> [citation needed]\n\nHow does methanol come to be in alcoholic drinks?\nTrace amounts of methanol are found naturally in fruit juices - this is non-toxic. Methanol is also a product of fermentation and is found in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic fermented 5 drinks. Concentrations of 6-27 mg/L have been measured in beer and 10-220 mg/L in spirits . In these concentrations methanol is not harmful. Problems arise when higher\nconcentrations are formed during incorrectly managed distillation processes, but more particularly when methanol is deliberately added to fortify informally-produced spirits and illicit alcoholic drinks.\n\nhttp://www.who.int/environmental_health_emergencies/poisoning/methanol_information.pdf",
"No, it's not that either. There's no yeast left after distillation. The yeast takes the mash from 0% ABV to somewhere in the range of 5-10%. The ABV plateaus as the yeast starts to die off. Then it's distilled before going into the barrel. The distillate is usually somewhere around 60% ABV. Far too alcoholic for anything to live in there. ",
"You make it come out first.\n\nMethanol boils at a lower temp than ethanol.",
"I only got into scotch at all after I had some Lagavulin at my uncles place. Maybe it was the setting, or the specific year that bottle was produced or maybe it was just one of the super expensive (~$500) 18yr old ones that I would never consider buying (my uncle is loaded so he might have), but none of the Lagavulins I have bought since have quite compared. \n\nI've never had the Uigeadail. I suppose I should try it. I currently have [these three bottles](https://i.redd.it/589z87ex08a01.jpg) in my bar, so I can tell you how they compare: The proofs here are 43%, 40% and 46% and you can tell when you drink it! The Lagavulin 16 is sweeter and a bit smoother than the others, the Laphroaig 10 is the smokiest by far and the Ardbeg 10 is kind of salty and slighly smokier than the Lagavulin. After taste of Laphroig is oakier and Ardbeg is frutier, the Lagavulin is somewhere in between. I think they are all good scotch, but for me the Lagavulin will just sit there unless there is a guest or I do a taste test like this again and last longest. I'd say I'd have to buy at least one bottle of Laphroaig and two bottles of Ardbeg before the Lagavulin is empty. So that means I like Ardbeg best and Lagavulin least among those three, but that's just me.\n\nAs for whether reddit is a good place to advertise expensive whiskeys? Depends on who you are going after. Hard to say. The only metric I have to go on is that /r/Scotch/ has 60k subscribers (this is the most popular whisky related subreddits, I assume there is also alot of overlap). I am not one of those subscribers so it's pretty safe to say that there are well over 60k people interested in scotch on reddit, but maybe not interested enough to subscribe to a relevant subreddit. My guestimate that I am pulling out of my ass would be that about 200k people are on reddit who already occasionally buy some expensive scotch. Considering that this sort of viral advertisement is free, I would say that's enough to make it worth it, especially when you consider that a person doesn't necessarily have to have had a prior interest in scotch for you to sell them some scotch. So I generally agree with /u/swuboo 's writeup on this.",
"I think the level in the bottles is to indicate the percentage that is lost each year.",
"The Angels share - love that term. 👍🏼😀",
"Dog = snitch in Australia ",
"I stand corrected. I’ll stick to final gravity ~1.010 and ABV <=6% and leave the distilling to the pros.",
"Easiest way to screw up when I did it, you heat it too fast, so it blows by that 148 degree mark. That way you don't get the clean separation of the \"foreshot\" and what you dispose of is only some of the contaminates. Same can happen if your thermometer is out of position as well and your temperature readings are inaccurate.",
"+- ten years ago some dudes got arrested in Norway for selling bootlegged ethanol with methanol in it. People turning blind and dying. It was a little scary because at that time me and some friends bought five litre cans of home destilled ethanol on a pretty regular basis.\nI agree with you on the taste and hangover, but I think people should be carefull with bootlegged spirits.. ",
"That's Glengoyne, if I'm not mistaken?",
"\"What color was it?\" \"Oh man, it was crystal clear. I remember, because I've been blind ever since.\"",
"It's a distillery not a leisure centre.",
"Yes and drinks like whiskey and wine actually have a life span. Aged is nice but too aged is disgusting. ",
"So the first bottle on the top left is 1 year old ? Technically it's not whiskey as it has to be 4 year old to qualify as \"whiskey\" ",
"So if the colour is anything to go ny, the first 8 to 10 years make the biggest difference, anything above is more subtle?",
"So good thermometer and patience would be recommended?\n\nI wonder how much it actually matters, though. The user who posted the WHO link, the paper states:\n\n>How does methanol come to be in alcoholic drinks?\nTrace amounts of methanol are found naturally in fruit juices - this is non-toxic. Methanol is also a product of fermentation and is found in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic fermented 5 drinks. Concentrations of 6-27 mg/L have been measured in beer and 10-220 mg/L in spirits . In these concentrations methanol is not harmful. Problems arise when higher\nconcentrations are formed during incorrectly managed distillation processes, but more particularly when methanol is deliberately added to fortify informally-produced spirits and illicit alcoholic drinks.\n\nDo you think this assumes boiling at the 148, or is it jus the total amount of methanol in spirits in general?",
"Its crazy right?!",
"3% per year with diminishing returns never goes away completely.",
"Dumb question. The barrels I believe are flame torched to produce a charcoal surface? We now know BBQ meat that is char flamed - with the char on it - is cancerous. Other things being equal if whisky is kept in a charred barrel does it become cancerous?",
"idk bout whiskey but thats how they make balsamic vinegar. Just leave port wine in a barrel for 10 years.",
"Aye, the myth of IPA being smooth.",
"You're just pretending the words \"during incorrectly managed distillation processes\" just, like, aren't there or something? I never said illegal distilling is more dangerous than poisoned liquor lol. \n\nDid you think that the WHO considers poisoned liquor more dangerous than accidentally tainted liquor some kind of bombshell revelation? Lol somehow you thought a study on commercially available products made by people with licenses to distill spirits which found that safe levels of methanol are present corroborated your point?",
"Ed..ward?",
"First one on the middle shelf looks right..",
"Alcohol is already carcinogenic. It's all about the risk you're willing to take to enjoy some amount of certain forms of a legal drug. I am definitely willing to eat meat. We used to all get stomach cancer because we had to smoke food, but then refrigeration and cigarettes happened, and now we get lung cancer.\n\nEdit to add a new Healthcare Triage video that is perfectly relevant to this earlier comment! \nhttps://youtu.be/lhRqZbvbiq0",
"Do you see when it stops coming out and when to start collecting? Does it smell different? ",
"Pewdiepie (a Youtuber) recently did a video of him and a friend drinking some aged Irish whiskey. One of them was close to a 100 years old: https://youtu.be/qF0zM5MlmCw\n\nRelevant part starts at 8:35.",
"Sorry. This is a common misconception. Bourbon can come from anywhere in the U.S. you can plainly read the rules of bourbon in the U.S. code of federal regulations.\n\nThe first bourbon ever made (legally) outside of Kentucky was made in Texas about a decade ago.\n\nNow bourbon is popping up all over the U.S., but the craft bourbon revival is white hot in Texas. The bourbon aisle at my local Specs is almost 1/3 Texas now (by distance bottles).\n\nEdit:\nActually there is a step in the JD process that involves sugar maple charcoal, which is not compliant with the U.S. CFR that regulates the bourbon process.",
"So not only does that clearly indicate that methanol poisoning from improper distilling is a very real concern, but it also makes no mention of orange juice. So... About that citation?\n\nNo response to the hundreds of poisonings either I see.\n\nAnd somehow the fact that commercially available products made by you know people with licenses had safe levels of methanol refutes my point?\n\nReady to concede yet? ",
"Texas bourbon ages even faster. Temperature extremes are much bigger here. Granted our angles share is more extreme and the barrel staves have to be much thicker at the same barrel size.",
"No, the only other distillery we worked on was the GlenDronach Distillery up near Huntly.",
"It's like a tea compared to a lemonade, but less pronounced. Of course it's just an expression, but so is everything. How can something taste \"sweet\"? Can it taste \"angry\", or other emotions?",
"Man, I love me some quality reposts. ",
"Those angels are a thirsty bunch...",
"Jim Beam has actually found a way to market their \"Devil's Cut\" which is basically this. They scrape and squeeze the last drops out of the wood",
"I never really considered how weather affected the bourbon brewing process - now I'm wondering what weather and climate conditions would be more desirable, and if that would make certain regens preferable for the process. \n\nWhat are your thoughts, and does anyone have sound knowledge on this topic?\n",
"Bro, did you actually take me seriously?",
"I was there last year. Here they are after they were filled.\n\n[European Oak - Sherry](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DDPIr5OuXFV-HcGm2Ppnzb0240AcjcZQNa3C_Gv5NCWmaBbh6wHckpCJwowqXavBVK1PZx_yMqs-Y7MqaYi3tTweCre0Qrit5ak2My_83ZfAyrPvY9DeY0iwJ81kQkmC0xYm1VL_BoqXYn6m-UyF6gA8mWnryPx2ie4neSqXmaRzyyIgVSo_kRfDa0fmErAIhbAB1gUsqou064KkTvuE8xvqkjOBPhiC6wtDsf_-VBmffmQK6KyzGz2ZaBvoAJclXMy3wmGmhCBoAno5HlJmcKdvTMjA7n0-jhKnB6svty-Kpvj29moFQkN90RWNhVhdibRgTAOLa9ZKNdPJ_LRi0bWxdALrlG3yM4dbxS-UmBZQM8p2QprgieWFtaa851-tO4kToFtuJs088CZOLlFJEqc4bjJkPrwv-s3hpTLxCghTxTNyN_-ATfEyfixMP_nFURoSZa4EsKhszra9uzwC_zN1Lv2IebaDv-yhSyDjLMYOv6O4dTxkvtBSMQWVibO6TDvJ9IThvEuCprrSF4ACL9EykN2gVDD7hn2Wd7HNuP_voG4DauOuCmVthuYt1uAoI7yv5GKUU33zUN6xEWMF8dNTpLtAFPuT7p23Pac=w484-h645-no)\n\n[American Oak - Sherry](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/k1mrPAsnt2uetzMbThK0nxp9Q0bsleG4yAgcvrfxE3x6l9i7UtR6cGEYVnO95J3duF1mDwbtjQyniug16jsA8Pxa5Pdrk6vSEPYtCdGuVFHBaXGIfjQq0xLkrNC1JjDsn0uMzf-pGO5pU0tgOhW4g_uFH-2bVfJvDhvAMI7yZ_8goUdIQLSgzfkB61D47WJi5qmxaJ1Qqx0TCSm1M750xO1KqQS8ReqtAkXaAgpmN_LSTcN4ddK-3j26jJ0H-UF--Of_VrX81a2w-fzQA5ai7e0BPbUzCY9vFH0b8pYP2vFmHt1IxhRegmI9KRb0xqw9kVH2REZAq3qA5hagP101yvaLYVN_xAeXm_rK0i-meG7y-EvvYcGlAzA9b3HqDDrohsLpnxR1MqX-7UXVnL3XALBO0RZRVxmDv_0TAeQ62705VpPEENDH753wnRAA9pVEw3GzfdV0Ap6y8mcrUpW8lXmHdeyHTKaa6f1GegFTKiXn1UJWGpIkD3ghiWnfejpnOHD-sACt9p0vLLdt5lDcdDptrFocHThlS0JtXC3WHKGt-64q_4rlLSkIqBCnwcZkWwwOdYeZDERRDu6HNNXCfb6jvdtoDx2iYIOSiDI=w484-h645-no)\n\n[American Oak - Bourbon](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sIX_oZvKEC1SezHrSyTxaAk34A9XxtJTT49xZMy64HQ8MmvydfBXEUCPwgPD_sgkjMQIRHKl4Z9tWGG58-CF9c-UhIT3LUq9rRRYNGc8ZAj6v4ASdbfytKrn_Fs_jhidqoBeJB0jMojxYDg7MJHbTGY6Vpj0TljNlUksW-YhzRgPm6TOC4DpVmTveNn00Rb1juYJa5TMYtaoDzzo3WOeqjbxQ5Bwaq-egPT7f9zP3mYfGFkmLq14JGFv21DE8td1sFDaiAstUCnMkTdTbCUtzl-2UqTDD80ISXONjMiekXA86cgLE6goXgjkhduLfywsplAYde3p5qW8KcL01ZKUZGBvxLD84DTHDCH6P7n430fDy8lAJxAz-3EXlyTPDfhhL1m-gOPXhAYD9UkKP2cQVrQh43-k4tmiezFfm68JOi0pDK8vxOeajbN1rUo_LV-coiVRLi8yPbhAwvahSK6E3_5eB8kDEXa4ef3Jm_Py5NIrkTou9DdIKi9G4x_2wV_mYQz5WwIQCMUxaS5jDEiRg_yPZ39gMaZiBS-n6y4BAr5uVHvfP4bKvrATHXkI64KnIiquCOIKKvOyUtk-De-GN3LKr6vW7ORcZ3JWKJM=w484-h645-no)\n\n[Refil Casks](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VbX6WKuioCusFP_PzSUHg2FZrnys2yURMQnr5uHexSp6wV-5bZ6xwMSFIk_2z7PFv1E1Jn3IqCoO0-CiZP25DwyL66j5Wif63ilQEocQiSQeT7l-TfRbMqY9KfQ4WaWIikPj2WeXhjINdPrKjfbPccFF-0uMKypXFvJVaD_bm2h_JM2JFPLNehiQMbRrBluDmARzlFkJDajiCmKg7Zcdh_0w3wNo3_TCkfd_H1LQ7fIaReYJfojTgSpQtDhnn8Vlzi_0iXbyjz1e1ffrekZ7y-13Xp56MMjnXEwGLwqvRVh_ok0_3Q_Q86koSEPmI8_lfUmSH9HUSEVGWqnoMhfR7QrJMH2Vb5ujCcFfPYJfQ9aIbifeJRJmdAzV7u79UGHluGo0il3Do5Ryd3CnH5mqRm48t5SXyL5YysyaRMzCEZTHKmUzxIRpqME9Yh_uFkbECET1HMiV8xeDVw0f447eyL47zcpJ-cKbFMA05137QSHV9enmtqgMU2t6h0R8CeZ_5LyvyWVNL-wEu1EQKc79IofdDYAMCxibfzEbU4_71T2Ac18qNiHCPlQ5Z-ejSQHn63tr5Wzbm_C9i-cakQm4VveXF65NgTqQvaFuSYY=w484-h645-no)",
"No, the stuff in the wood goes into your favorite whiskey barrel aged beer.",
"A what what",
"Thanks for the info! My whole life has been a lie!!",
"Devil’s Cut is only sold by Jim Beam, but term “devil’s cut” used to describe whisky lost to the barrel pre-dates Jim Beam.",
">In these concentrations methanol is not harmful. \n\nThis assumes proper distillation processes. \n\n>Problems arise when higher concentrations are formed during incorrectly managed distillation processes\n\nThis is the point. You fuck up, the concentration of methanol can go up.\n\nTo read that, methanol is found in low concentrations in beer and spirits in non-harmful concentrations...assuming proper brewing and distillation procedures. It states right in that paragraph that higher concentrations show up in incorrect distillation processes, not just when adulterants are added.\n\nSo key to safety would be good quality equipment, knowledge, and experience. The whole point to this thread was someone made reference to how it is potentially dangerous and someone replied that you basically can't make methanol in dangerous quantities (wrong) and that moonshine was only dangerous because adulterants added (wrong).\n\nAs with almost any hobby working with chemicals: if you're dumb, impatient, or lack knowledge the risk of harm goes up.",
"Its ok. People get confused with the whole “Bourbon” county, Kentucky and “champagne” thing. Funny thing about that is that most bourbon in Kentucky isn’t actually made in Bourbon county either.",
"You're missing the point here. A 50 year aged whiskey that has lost alcohol content at year 49 is *ruined,* is the point. It can't be sold as what it was meant to be anymore. That's why you have to put it into a blend - they're not adding things to return it to 50 year aged whiskey status, that's gone. They're just making sure they're not wasting the fifty years investment they've made on that cask. It's still perfectly good whiskey, it's just not single malt 40% 50 Year Old whiskey anymore.",
"What kinda moonshine are you trying to make?",
">all a result of oxidation reactions\n\nSo what you're saying is that I should toss some woodchips and a few grams of potassium nitrate into my moonshine to get Instant Whiskey®?",
"> So if you take a small cask, and age your own alcohol, you can get 20 yrs old quality in 6 months to a year.\n\nExcept you just get an oaky mess that way. Maturing whisky is much more than infusing it with oak juice. The whisky needs time to breathe (it oxygenates throuh the wood), time to interact with all the components it extracts from the wood. As a general rule, slow maturation is better quality maturation. There's no substitute for time.\n\nYou can already taste the effect in Quarter Cask matured whiskies (which are still a lot bigger than the small casks you speak of). They have much more of that oaky thang than a properly long term matured whisky, and the youthfulness of the spirit hasn't been tempered (which can also be a good thing btw).",
"That's mostly a marketing stunt by jim beam. Not really a thing otherwise. ",
"Evaporation, since the wooden cask “breathes”. That yearly loss is referred to as “the angel’s share”. ",
"The actual thing is there's only specific laws about it in very small areas. You can't legally sell whiskey in Scotland, IIRC, unless it's an imported not properly produced according to the law whisky.",
"No I wasn't suggesting Johnny Walker is made from regularly wasted 50 year old whisky. Was just giving it as an example of a blended whisky. As many people, (particularly in the US) may not know the difference but would recognise that brand.\n\nDistillers are experts of their craft so I don't imagine they are regularly losing 50 year old malts.\n\n",
"> You're just pretending the words \"during incorrectly managed distillation processes\" just, like, aren't there or something?\n\nHoly shit... Talk about moving the goal posts!",
"Well, 7’s not too shabby though ;)",
"You're acting like distilling is as difficult as LSD production, or something.",
"I thought the devil's cut was the first few ounces during distillation, with all the methanol/acetone. ",
"Thought it was Glengoyne. Nice job on the fittings!",
"i remember touring the famous grouse distillery near Perth, Scotland (i have family up there, hence why that particular one). i would absolutely recommend doing that, even if you're not particularly fond of whisky. there is _nothing_ like the sweet, earthy scent of a distillery.",
">A 50 year aged whiskey that has lost alcohol content at year 49 is ruined\n\nIt's not. They can vat it with one or more sister casks, and bring it back to above 40%. \n\nIn damage control mode they could even vat it with a slightly younger cask, say 45yo, and release it as a 45 year old single malt.\n\nAlso, good cask management would prevent this sort of thing from happening in the first place.\n\n> they're not adding things to return it to 50 year aged whiskey status, that's gone\n\nNo it's not. You can blend it with 50 year old grain whisky, and still call it a 50yo blend. Or you can vat it with a 50yo sister cask and it's still a 50yo single malt.\n\nBlending it with cheap young grain whisky is what would ruin the investment, because a) you can't sell it as a 50yo anymore and b) the inherent quality that you've built up for over half a century takes a very steep nosedive.",
"who would drink the oldest one",
"I’d like to introduce you to barrel-proof bourbon.",
"You should check out the Waterford Distillery (https://waterforddistillery.ie). It's ran by an old Bruichladdich's employee (can't remember what he was).\n\nThey actually brew and distill seperatly each and every malted barley from all of their farms. The first batch is still aging...But will be out in a few years. Awesome things to come!!\n\nCheers!",
"I saw acute angle the other day.",
"fuck you and the horse you rode in on you massive tosser. irn bru is amazing.",
"Yeah... evaporation... probably more like sampling. But they could never admit that. ",
"The barrels are charred on the inner surface. That charcoal absorbs some of the byproducts of the fermentation process that contribute to the harshness that would be typical for a young whiskey.\n\nFlavor is a personal preference, although...I suspect it is possible to develop a \"taste\" for a certain flavor over time. I recall the first few times I drank a beer, whine, or whiskey, I didn't like the flavor. Over time I developed a taste for each when in certain situations., and now I look forward to the beverage in question.\n\nIn the same way...the flavor of a mid-grade whiskey and a high-end whiskey is not too different, but...there are some people who are willing to pay more (sometimes a LOT more) for a specific flavor profile with subtle and specific characteristics. \n\nImagine you are rich, and cost is no object. Of course you stock your liquor cabinet with well-known names of the finest whiskeys, for those times when you have guests. A middle-class friend who works with you visits and you takes a blind tasting challenge. He readily admits that whiskey \"A\" tastes better than whiskey \"B\". However...if A costs $100 a bottle and B cost $20?...he may buy one bottle for special occasions, but he might not use it for the weekly poker game with his friends.\n\nHowever, after regular visits to your home, he begins to taste something subtle and different each time, as his palate becomes more accustomed to it. Even though he now understands better, what if he went to a tasting of a dozen expensive whiskeys, each with their own subtle flavor differences? ",
"especially after having too much whiskey...",
"Till its empty",
"You are absolutely right, sorry for that",
"> *because of natural flaws in the barrels* a small percentage of them will be completely empty by the time...\n\nYes yes. Thats the reason. The only reason.",
"You're missing more points here, argh.\n\n50 Year Old is a different category *entirely* from 50 Year Old Blend. You can't have single malt *and* also be a blend, because by definition a single malt cannot be blended. Once it's blended it's not single malt anymore. If they mixed the 'ruined' 50 year old single malt with a good 45 year old single malt, all they have is blended whiskey with no age claim able to be legally made. ",
"Thanks for the tip, will check that one next time",
"That one fucking black label...",
"Playing the long game with the ad campaign if I've browsed through the top comments and still have zero clue where this is.",
"Huh. TIL",
"Seeing this picture just made me fall off the wagon.",
"I’ve only been fortunate enough to have had the 12, but I can’t imagine how some food coloring could take away anything from the experience. ",
"I see they haven't changed colour since the last repost.",
"Thank you, I came here to point out the location too. \n\nFurthermore, the bottles are there to give an example of how much liquid evaporates out of the wood each year (hence the lower levels the further along you go) and also how much of the colour of the wood is absorbed over time.\n\nI took billions of photos here, why oh why didn't I post to reap the sweet, sweet karma.",
"LOL It rather seems you are missing the point and that you are entirely clueless about SWA regulations and terminology.\n\nSingle malt does *not* mean single cask. It just means: malt whisky from the same distillery. In fact single cask whisky is extremely rare in Scotch. All those regularly available single malts you can buy in your local liquor store are vattings of tens or even hundreds of casks. The age printed on the label is the age of the youngest component.\n\nSo if you take a 50yo Glengoyne single malt and mix it with a 45yol Glengoyne single malt, the result is a 45yo Glengoyne single malt.",
"whoooooooooooooooooosh",
"No wonder all their bottling are ridiculously sweet! Didn’t realize they were using jack daniels barrels. Explains why I’m not a fan!",
"I phrased that poorly, I was wondering if you knew if the pre-distillation amounts were within safe limits.\n\nLike, if I take a batch of home-brew beer and distill it, would that still fall in safe levels. \n\nI was referring to the common myth spread about bootleggers during prohibition and why alcohol back then was so dangerous. That myth came about because the government was denaturing alcohol. That has led to misinformation about the safety of home distilling. After rereading it, I see I should have been more clear about what myth I was talking about.",
"Yeah, even the minimum legal requirement Gin, you'll need NGS to start.\n\n\"Gin\" is very loosely regulated. For example, you don't even need natural/raw ingredients for compounding/rectifying/distilling. (Flavouring is under EU directive 88/388/EEC, June 22, 1988 Article 1(2)(b)(i) & (ii), which is extremely broad and loose.)\n\n*London* Gin, however is a different story. Genever is a different set of rules, even though they are historically the predecessor to London Gin or what most people think of us \"Gin\".",
"We found the altar boy. ",
"Well something can taste sweet because sweetness is one of the identified [tastes a human can taste](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste#Basic_tastes). That's my point. And yes, something should not taste of emotions.",
"Either OP reposted, or went back to the same location as the previous year this when this photo was taken. ",
"Fair enough. But I said feels, not tastes.",
"Where is this- at a distillery? I've seen something similar posted before",
"The first row looks like all the different possible colors of urine. ",
"Ah, another Modern Rogue enthusiast. ",
"TIL Scotland has virgin barrels. ",
"How do you get to a park you can't see?",
"Obviously.",
"You spelled women..... Well actually you spelled it right",
"I mean the actual amount of liquid. Each bottle is filled to the top less and less.",
"This was mentioned on Shameless last night.\n\nBaader-Meinhof Phenomenon at it again..",
"a box of discrete items is more akin to a matrix than the quadrant one of an xy coordinate plane. It would be A32 in matrix A.",
"I don't believe glass is as porous as wood, so not really, no.",
"Is White Dog basically Moonshine? I know the state in TN requires them to call it \"White Whiskey\", but you can buy it now in liquor stores. Some of it is better than others. ",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel#Angels'_share",
"How about the home brewers who put chunks of oak in their glass containers of liquor?",
"Because in the beginning they were like this shit is cheap fill er up! Then as the bottles got older they were like this is getting kind of expensive, stop putting so much in there! ",
"That's kinda funny, the liquor store I work in wouldn't stock mislabeled product like that. There's a reason why single malt whiskey gets to charge minimum three times as much as Jack Daniels, you know - they can prove the origin of the spirit down to a cask, when it is claimed on the packaging that the whiskey is a single malt.\n\nNot sure what kinda strange rules you're drawing from, but around here, if it's being sold with the claim that it's not blended, or not labelled clearly that it is a blended whiskey, it cannot be otherwise inside the bottle. ",
"Holy shit, whiskey is just wood juice :O",
"The ass was fat",
"The unasked question:\n\nWhat is the optimum time in a cask for quality. \n ",
"Butt",
"The humidity of the environment effects whether the evaporation is mostly water or mostly alcohol. A low humidity aging will result in a higher proof spirit as water is drawn out of the barrel. This can even happen in barrels located in different parts of a rickhouse. ",
"> some cubes of wood\n\nThey probably do. It's how you oak cheaper mass-produced wines when you don't want to use casks.",
"Uisge-beatha, ya ignoramus! /s",
"This is called the angels share ",
"I use both. Half if in the pub for a \"half and half\"",
"I mean, it can’t be legally sold as a certain name, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be sold at all. And certainly doesn’t mean it’s ruined. ",
"You should try it. The Japanese have a huge love of Scottish whisky and have went to great lengths to try to emulate it. Some of the Japanese whisky I've tasted has been spectacular.",
"No, gotta put /s I suppose. ",
"*amount of... cant fool me, nothing can occupy two spaces at once! :-P",
"I'm cynical but not that cynical. The real miracle is that it got upvoted early enough to make it to the top.",
"Does the percentage of alcohol change as it ages more? ",
"Just a spritz of argon, as long as you store the bottle upright. Argon is heavier than air, so it settles on the top of liquids like a little protective blanket. ",
"Of course you do, there is legit no way to tell otherwise.",
"Just went on a tour of Glengoyne last year. Excellent distillery. ",
"Dude, 21 is where it's at. If you take the gold tour they give you a range from 10 to 21. We ended up having three drams of those (we were the last tour and I guess they liked us!) it is silk tasting heaven. ",
"Glengoyne! Was there this summer!",
"Jesus Christ I swear this is a repost.",
"The changing of the seasons (temperature, humidity, etc) causes the wood of the barrel to \"breathe\". So as the grain expands and contracts, it draws in whiskey and squeezes it back out into the barrel. That's how it gets its caramel color and woody taste.\n\nAs part of the process, some of it is lost through evaporation. It's referred to as \"the Angel's share\" and is thought of as a sort of payment to the angels in exchange for them looking over the rick house and not letting it burn to the ground.\n\nThe smell is absolutely intoxicating walking through these Rick houses. It's amazing. ",
"I’m always amazed when one of my posts gets big enough, and inevitably there’s at least one person that says I’m lying. It’s uncanny. Like, how the fuck would you know? Were you there?",
"The first bottle is basically moonshine/rot gut whiskey. This is a good demonstration of why old whiskey is so expensive.\n\nNot only does the last bottle take 30 years to achieve, but it also has lost half of its yield. So it is insanely more expensive to produce. ",
"He advised not to drink anything out of the BARF barrel.",
"Just to clarify, not all scotch is aged on bourbon casks. Most isn't. ",
"Why did you edit out the name of the original smh.",
"No, I think its possible to be sarcastic over text and have people \"get it\", maybe not for me.",
"I have a lot of friends who speak it fluently and I live in an area where like half of the population speaks it, so I really did want to learn how to speak it well. I agree tho, working or living with people who speak it makes it much easier to learn the language",
"I never said it's not possible. I said it's not possible with the phrase you wrote. Text sarcasm is possible, but you need to indicate it in a way or another.",
"Pretty much. Some brands do this, although I'm not sire the Potassium Nitrate is needed.",
"I'm my younger years, before bourbon became such a thing, my dad and friends used to acquire some barrels on occasion, and sweat ithem out. I knew what a devil's cut was long before Beam/Suntory marketed it. Dads would he in this nice crystal decanter.",
"The term does not predate the Jim Beam marketing. Check when people started using the term (ex Wikipedia) and it's all after they came out with their product.",
"Mah man.",
"it is 3% of a smaller amount, so my guesstimate is that , no, it wont be goo.",
"About 20 years ago I was given two mason jars as a gift from a guy from N Mississippi. He said they were both about 6 months old when he gave them to me. One was clear, and the other was a light Coke brown. The clear one was just straight corn whiskey moonshine, the brown was the same, but it had half a cinnamon stick and a small handful of raisins floating in it. I was told to wait 6 more months and strain the brown one, then drink as I felt fit. I tried them both at one year. The clear was undrinkable, white lighting...like trying to drink Everclear. The brown on the other hand was fantastic, like a strong grappa. Both the same 180-190 proof, but clear was absolutely undrinkable. I sipped that brown one for a long time, warmed slightly it was liquid jelly. I added soap flakes to the clear one and used it as firestarter for my fireplace. ",
"Well with an evaporation rate of 3 percent, after a hundred years, 0.97^100=0.047553 or roughly 4.7% of the original volume, although I bet the rates change with that little fluid left. So not quite a line of goo, but probably a peculiar fluid.",
"Apparently the liquor store you work at has made up its own strange rules. That is *not* what \"single malt\" means according to *anyone* else.",
"Glengoyne distillery eh?",
"Oh sir, you have no idea how mistaken you are",
"Well stop leaving it around for us to find! It's like you WANT us to be tempted...",
"I'm not sure what rules you are referencing, but if you can provide me with a source, I'd love to read up on it! \n\nIn any case, the \"strange rules\" that I'm drawing from are the ones from the Scotch Whisky Association. They are the regulating body of the Scotch whisky industry, you know the single legal authority on the matter.\n\nI suggest you read up on this first: http://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/understanding-scotch/scotch-whisky-categories\n\nThen I suggest you read the wikipedia page single malts, specifically the section on vatting, dilution and bottling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_malt_whisky#Vatting,_dilution_and_bottling\n\nI think your confusion comes from the word \"blending\" which has a colloquial meaning of mixing two liquids, but there is also a legal definition of what constitutes a blend in the context of whisky, and the legal meaning is not the same as the colloquial meaning. Basically, unless a whisky is explicitly labeled as single barrel or single cask, you can assume that it is a mix of several casks and even several vintages. As I said, single barrel/single cask is rather rare in Scotch whisky, even the small batch independent bottlers usually combine a few casks because it balances out cask peculiarities. Single barrel is much more common in the bourbon world, so maybe that's a source of your confusion as well.\n\nLet me try to summarize the different legal definitions for you:\n\n* Single malt whisky: a mix of malt whiskies from the same distillery.\n* Blended malt: a mix of malt whiskies from different distilleries.\n* Blended whisky: a mix of malt whiskies and grain whiskies.\n* Single grain: a mix of grain whiskies from the same distillery.\n* Blended grain: a mix of grain whiskies from different distilleries.\n\nIn all cases the rule is: the ages of the whiskies that are mixed may differ, but on the label they may only mention the age of the youngest component.",
"This barrel needs to be sampled daily. And mixed with coke. And bring Doritos. ",
"You're thinking of the heads.",
"Wood chips are actually a common method of making moonshine taste more mature quicker. ",
"Yes, as an illustration of how much liquid there would be in a cask. If it helps, think of the bottles as see through casks.",
"What a small world to see this on Reddit, we toured Glengoyne last Spring during our trip to Scotland. Still my favorite scotch to this day!",
"is it evaporating or morphing into paint thinner?",
"The coyote doesn't talk Mr. Looney.",
"White whiskey is terrible. If I wanted to drink something that tasted like hairspray, I would just drink vodka. Lets just be honest with ourselves and call it unaged whiskey...",
"That's the devil's cut",
"Jim Beam's distillery also has a display just like this",
"Thank you! Enjoyed reading this. Love the image of happy drunk angels!",
"Dumb question.\n\nWouldn't having thousands of barrels of whiskey with each barrel experiencing some level of evaporation be dangerous in the warehouse? Like a huge alcohol cloud forming?\n\nLike a spark would turn the place into one huge fireball?",
"Agree with everything you said. There's no way I'm drinking EW on the rocks, just said that it's good for mixing. Like I said in another reply, I think Jim Bean is the \"Lowest\" I'd go as far as on the rocks with a splash (or two) of water. EW is just perfect for mixing with coke etc. ",
"The main difference is that white dog is unaged Bourbon, which means it's mash bill is very specific. In the case of bourbon, by law it must be at least 51% corn with things like rye, malted barley and wheat. When we're talking about moonshine there are no hard and fast rules. My granddaddy always referred to shine as \"corn likker\". The stuff we see in the stores now is all over the place, some good, some bad, some moon pie flavored. It's the wild west for selling legal shine now.",
"Commercial vodka has been made from cereal grains mash since the end of WWII. The potato version is strictly a rarity made in Slavic backwoods like American moonshine, or in prisons for immediate consumption.",
">mixed with coke\n\nSacrilege ",
"Ideally you want a place like KY with hot Summers and cold winter's. That makes the wood expand and contract to it's fullest potential. If you stored it in only hot or cold climates you wouldn't get that absorption at the same level.",
"That would explain why some of it is quite nice and smooth, and other brands (I'm lookin' at you, Popcorn Sutton) taste like jet fuel. ",
"In addition to what everyone else has said, bottled whiskey is watered down from what they actually age in the barrel, so they can always adjust the amount of water to maintain the alcohol content.",
"It has the sweetness from the corn and a hot alcohol burn. It hasn't had it's edges rounded off yet. So much character comes from the wood. It's more of a novelty product big anything certainly not something folks drink day to day. Why would we when there is so much great finished product!",
"You got it figured out friend!",
"Aged whiskeys are great but young whiskeys are HIGHLY underrated. There are some AMAZING 1-4 year old whiskeys being made by craft distillers.\n\nMy go to whiskey right now is \nhttps://www.stillwatersdistillery.com/#!/blue\n\nAnd it's much cheaper too than an aged whiskey for obvious reasons.",
"You should've seen the look I gave my sister in law when she added Seven Up to the Macallan I poured her... That was the last time she got good scotch from me.",
"oof",
"You'd think she'd have been smitten by the hand of God by now.",
"yeah, and the fact, that scotland is not that big also helps a lot ",
"Anything special about year 22? The bottle has a black circle near the neck.",
"But you don't actually want the wine maturing in the bottle. That's what the barrel is for. The reason corks are still used is mostly tradition. Tetrapack is a much better vessel for wine for example, but no wine enthusiast is willing to pay top price for a wine that doesn't come in a nice bottle. \n\nSince we keep using bottles, corks have remained in use. The reason you're supposed to store wines horizontally is so the cork keeps wet and stays swollen and keeps most of the air out.",
"Did I say that you were? I was offering a possibility.",
"Too true.",
"Progression of the Angels Share",
"Yeah, the best kind is when people just make it for fun. I haven't had the nasty stuff made for alcoholics.",
"Yep. This is why scotch tends to be aged longer than bourbon, on average. Much less seasonal temperature variation in Scotland means slower aging",
"Not quite. During the warm seasons the wood swells and draws the whisky into the wood. From within the wood about 3% of the alcohol evaporates each year and this is called the angels share.",
"I read an article one time where a guy was doing this big thing on moonshine and came to Appalachia and couldn't find a single person who made it. I just had to laugh. You know that everyone he talked to simply didn't trust him enough to point him towards the friend/acquaintance that makes it.",
"It's interesting how, with any other beverage, taking on the color and flavor of the container would be a horribly bad thing (think soft drinks or bottled water). But with whiskey it's the whole point.",
"Molasses itself is made from sugar cane.",
"Untaxed whiskey is moonshine. FTFY",
"Anywhere in Appalachia, I think.",
"I haven't seen that age matters all that much, but, yes, it's a fairly big deal here in WV.",
"Any chance I can get my soul back? I feel like you re-nigged on that deal we made a few years ago you fuck.",
"I know a guy who experiments with making homemade whiskey. Another trick is actually to microwave the whiskey and chips to cause some of those temperature fluctuations.",
"Someone said elsewhere in the comments that that's the age of that whisky that they sell in the shop (21 year old, the first bottle is year zero)",
"I like that they started sipping out of the good stuff.. Waste not want not. ",
"its also more polar than ethanol, it likes to stick to the water.\nI am telling you it does not work like that despite what you think.\nHave a read of https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/0b908be6-2673-45a5-8c2f-b3b6abc1aa37\n\na couple of valid parts .. \n>Investigating the behaviour of methanol during the distillation it appears, that methanol is a companion of ethanol and therefore, by the possibilities of pot still distillation(2.3), rather hard to separate from ethanol. The investigation shows that there is in g/hl p.a. [pure alcohol] an increase of methanol contents during the distillation and especially in the last fractions (tailings). This is caused by the fact that methanol is, in spite of the lower boiling point (64,8°C) compared to ethanol (78,3°C), carried over in the distillate later than ethanol, an observation that is also confirmed by former investigations and in the literature.\n\n>The molecule structures however, show another aspect: ethanol has got one more CH2-group which makes the molecule less polar. So, concerning polarity, methanol can be ranged between water and ethanol and has therefore in the water phase a distillation behaviour different from ethanol. This may explain the behaviour which is rather contrary to th e boiling points. This is no single appearance, because for example ethylacetate with a boiling point of 77°C, or, as an extreme case, is oamylacetate with 142°C are even carried over much earlier than methanol. Therefore methanol can not be separated using pot stills or normal column stills. Only special columns can separate methanol from the distillate(4.3).\n\n\n\n",
"It's the byproduct of making sugar from sugarcane. ",
"Have a read of https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/0b908be6-2673-45a5-8c2f-b3b6abc1aa37\n\na couple of valid parts ..\n\nInvestigating the behaviour of methanol during the distillation it appears, that methanol is a companion of ethanol and therefore, by the possibilities of pot still distillation(2.3), rather hard to separate from ethanol. The investigation shows that there is in g/hl p.a. [pure alcohol] an increase of methanol contents during the distillation and especially in the last fractions (tailings). This is caused by the fact that methanol is, in spite of the lower boiling point (64,8°C) compared to ethanol (78,3°C), carried over in the distillate later than ethanol, an observation that is also confirmed by former investigations and in the literature.\n\nThe molecule structures however, show another aspect: ethanol has got one more CH2-group which makes the molecule less polar. So, concerning polarity, methanol can be ranged between water and ethanol and has therefore in the water phase a distillation behaviour different from ethanol. This may explain the behaviour which is rather contrary to th e boiling points. This is no single appearance, because for example ethylacetate with a boiling point of 77°C, or, as an extreme case, is oamylacetate with 142°C are even carried over much earlier than methanol. Therefore methanol can not be separated using pot stills or normal column stills. Only special columns can separate methanol from the distillate(4.3).",
"/r/beetlejuicing ",
"lmao I would make it a big thing everytime yall drink together. Like bust out the nice whiskey and pour it for everybody except her, then grab some Jim beam or something and pour hers lmao",
"reneged... lmfao you even put a hypen between re and nigged",
"Better yet, make a manhattan and throw some woodchips in there for a bit. Barrel-aged manhattan, there ya go.",
"If the point was made that's all that matters. TIL reneged. I always thought it was short for re-niggered. I'm not racist at all I'm just that stupid. So you're gonna tell me it's neger-rigged to now huh?",
"Whiskey engineer is probably the coolest job description I've ever heard of",
"They market it as moonshine in Texas and there's several varieties in most of the larger liquor stores.",
"You just gave me the passion equivalent of a contact high",
"r/NothingEverHappens",
"Amen, it’s a real share. I loved the progression, as you eloquently pointed out!",
"Lmao thats why I corrected you, because I had a feeling you might have thought it had a racist history. But nah, it has nothing to do with racism, totally innocent word. As to your second point, I just use \"Afro-engineering\" (which I admit, is probably still a bit racist).",
"I am a fan of Jameson. It was the first whiskey I've bought and it treated me pretty well. I'm just looking for recommendations since I'm new to whiskey and I realize a bad quality first can permanently turn a person off.\n\nI actually bought a bottle of Woodford Reserve over the weekend. I have to admit, I didn't instantly fall in love with it like I did with Jameson. I had it neat and maybe that was a mistake considering my inexperience.",
"There's a legal requirement that to be labeled \"bourbon,\" a spirit has to be aged in new, charred oak containers.\n\nSo, after maybe 3 or 4 years, you take your bourbon out of your barrel, and now it's a used barrel, so you can't use it to make bourbon again, but it's still a perfectly fine barrel. So you sell it to someone to use for something else, like Scotch whiskey or bourbon-barrel aged beer or something.\n\n(One article I found said that the annual turnover in bourbon barrels is about ~1 million barrels.)\n\nYou're happy, because you got some money for your now-useless barrels, and the other guy is happy because he got some perfectly fine barrels for less money than new ones. \n\nThe majority of Scotch whiskeys are aged in once-used bourbon barrels.",
"I started saying Jerry rigged. When I was a kid it was all n word this and that. I never met any people of another ethnicity until I was in 4th grade. Bit of a shame but I love everybody glad I got more than one view on life. To many people living in a small world. I never bothered to look it up. I truly thought it was from a racist background. Besides I only used it because I was potentially talking to Satan that \"reneging\" fuck. Lol",
"Yes, I'm aware of the process. It seems like you're trying to correct me, but you haven't, and it's coming off rather pedantic. ",
"Went to Cognac region many years ago, they call it the drink for the gods (or similar)\n\nThe ageing warehouse smells absolutely divine.",
"Did you try waiting 15 more years?",
"Maybe you’re a troll. That’s a possibility. ",
"Lol I had to say it. ",
"\nAgain .. that has had additives added or was industrial to start with.\nI am talking about something made by yourself or a friend, somewhere the process can be seen. The state line is \"hey look, moonshine kills\" .. period.\nExcept generally it aint moonshine, its something entirely different.\nfind something not bought on a Mumbai street or some other slum, they are not making it, they are selling industrial crap or it was added to.\n\nI have been looking at data for years so I have no idea where I found everything, sometimes its anecdotal, sometimes not, but I did a quick look around and found a few things that may sway your judgement.\n\ncitation: \nhttps://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search2/r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@na+METHANOL\n\n>Methanol has been identified as a volatile component of dried legumes (concentration 1.5-7.9 ppm), baked potatoes, and roasted filbert nuts(1-3). Methanol was identified, not quantified, in the volatile flavor components of fresh grapefruit(4). Methanol was detected at levels of 7-126 ppm in fresh squeezed orange juice(5).[(1) Coleman EC et al; J Agric Food Chem 29: 42-8 (1981) (2) Kinlin TE et al; J Agric Food Chem 20: 1021-8 (1972) (3) Lovegren NV et al; J Agric Food Chem 27: 851-3 (1979) (4) Cadwallader KR, Xu Y; J Agric Food Chem 42: 782-4 (1994) (5) Moshonas NG, Shaw PE; J Agric Food Chem 42: 1525-8 (1994)] **PEER REVIEWED** \n\n\nSo working with 126ppm in FRESH orange juice, so 2 litres of juice could contain 250mg of methanol. In itself not fatal by any means ..\n\n>The minimum lethal dose of methanol in the absence of medical treatment is between 0.3 and 1 g/kg. The minimum dose causing permanent visual defects is unknown. ... Wide interindividual variability of the toxic dose is a prominent feature in acute methanol poisoning. Two important determinants of human susceptibility to methanol toxicity appear to be (1) concurrent ingestion of ethanol, which slows the entrance of methanol into the metabolic pathway, and (2) hepatic folate status, which governs the rate of formate detoxification.\n\nNote however that was fresh squeezed juice, I mentioned out of date juice. A far different beast as the sugars break down into smaller components. \nAlso note that the cure for methanol poisoning is ethanol on a drip, even if you consume large amounts of methanol with ethanol, it will be excreted .. the next day however is when the damage is done, the methanol takes 55 hours to breakdown whereas the ethanol far less, so they put people on an ethanol drip for 48 hours.\n\nThis is from a post on tripadvisor, not citing it as fact but it correlates with what I have read over the years. Pectins ferment into methanol, these increase as a breakdown product as juice expires.\nYou will find another interesting thing if you research methanol poisonings in asia, invariably it is alcohol mixed with fruit juices that cause the issues. \n\n>Pasturised Orange juice toward it's use by date also may contain high levels of Methanol, indeed higher then the figures put forward by some fact challenged journalist from the West Australian as \"proof' of poisoned Vodka on Gili Trawangan recently).\n\n>Avoid pasturised apple juice, that may produce far worse lab outcomes than either the Vodka described in that lab report presented by the journalist from the West Australian, or the consumption of Use-by dated Orange juice.\n\n>I concerned about a lab report indicating 0.02%ABV Methanol then avoid wine (mandated at 1%ABV Methanol or less in the US).\n\n>Be wary also of any fermented products, some cheeses, a lot of nuts, and any fruit salad that has been sitting about for a while.\n\n>Treat with caution, or avoid, any product with a high Pectin content, especially if it is fermented. Many jams, conserves, and fruit juices fall with a Pectin content into that category.\n\nAnother thing to avoid is large amounts of artificial sweeteners.\n\n>Aspartame (E951) consists of two amino acids: L-phenylalanine and L-aspartic acid, esterified to methyl alcohol. This compound is 200 times sweeter than sucrose and leaves no unpleasant aftertaste. However, it is unstable at high temperatures and therefore is unsuitable for use in pasteurized beverages. Aspartame is also unstable in aqueous solutions, where it is gradually converted into diketopiperazine (DKP). In the body, aspartame is broken down into phenylalanine (about 50% by weight), aspartic acid (40%), and methanol (10%). Soft drinks with aspartame must carry a label indicating that the product contains phenylalanine, which can be harmful to individuals with phenylketonuria, who must strictly limit the intake of this amino acid. Aspartame is permitted in more than 100 countries in the world. Authorities that have approved aspartame include the FDA, the Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA), and the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). In 2013, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) approved aspartame for use in food and beverages [19].\n\nSo mix unknown sourced booze with possibly out of date fermented juices and large amounts of sweetener and there is more than one route to methanol poisoning, invariably though it is simply blamed on 'moonshine'.\n",
"I grew up in the deep south, so my family (atleast on my dad's side) were pretty racist. Its kindof weird though, because my dad's side of the family is all rich yuppies, and my mom's side is all rural,poor, middle of nowhere in ALabama white trash, and my moms side of the family is super accepting, and not racist, and has a lot of mixed kids, but my dads side is racist af. Shits fucked up.",
"Thats really interesting. Thank you for sharing that! \n\nI am still just exploring combinations mindlessly but its good to know that. Whiskey and chocolate was super awesome.",
"by all means throw away the first 50ml, there is a lot more nastys in that junk. acetone is bad enough .. however methanol is further down the distill and can't be removed.\n\ni posted this above .. \n\n\n> Have a read of https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/0b908be6-2673-45a5-8c2f-b3b6abc1aa37\n> \n> a couple of valid parts ..\n> \n> Investigating the behaviour of methanol during the distillation it appears, that methanol is a companion of ethanol and therefore, by the possibilities of pot still distillation(2.3), rather hard to separate from ethanol. The investigation shows that there is in g/hl p.a. [pure alcohol] an increase of methanol contents during the distillation and especially in the last fractions (tailings). This is caused by the fact that methanol is, in spite of the lower boiling point (64,8°C) compared to ethanol (78,3°C), carried over in the distillate later than ethanol, an observation that is also confirmed by former investigations and in the literature.\n> \n> The molecule structures however, show another aspect: ethanol has got one more CH2-group which makes the molecule less polar. So, concerning polarity, methanol can be ranged between water and ethanol and has therefore in the water phase a distillation behaviour different from ethanol. This may explain the behaviour which is rather contrary to th e boiling points. This is no single appearance, because for example ethylacetate with a boiling point of 77°C, or, as an extreme case, is oamylacetate with 142°C are even carried over much earlier than methanol. Therefore methanol can not be separated using pot stills or normal column stills. Only special columns can separate methanol from the distillate(4.3).\n\n",
"This photo is posted regularly and I always wondered, which bottle tastes best?",
"Oh, I know. [I’m not new to single malts.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Whiskyporn/comments/2o7eu0/first_part_of_my_2015_stash_arrived/) But some people appreciate the robust flavor profile of the 12’s and 18’s to the smoother 21’s and 25’s. With Laphroaig, I *much* prefer the 10yr to anything else. I do regularly order a Glenlivet 21 to keep at the living room bar, but I can’t ignore that it loses a lot of the complex flavors found in the 18. \n\nWell, to each their own. ",
"Oh, agreed! Personally, I keep a sweeter one on the living room bar (right now it's a Royal Brackla 16) for me, and a Laphroaig 10 for my fiancée. She agrees with you on the 10 being better to the rest of their offer. I am more of a soft-flavour kind of guy, so you are right that to each their own! ",
"same, I find it the equivalent of arguing over which is more correct, \"Grappa is made from grapes\" or \"Grappa is made from grape pomace, which are the skins and stems that are leftover from winemaking\"\n\nAll I did was clarify because the average person doesn't realize most rum is made from molasses. ",
"> Glengoyne distillery near Strathblane\n\nThought it looked familiar. Toured there last summer. Fun and informative tour and the tasting was great!",
"$750 a bottle is still pricey, though where I live, there's a bottle of champagne worth over $10,000, and it's at a college.",
"The least aged would be bottled first, and the most aged would be bottled last. These haven't been aging in the glass. Evaporation does happen. But it isn't the reason these are at different levels.",
"That’s amazing. I’m going to have to try some older bottles one day. \n\nThank you for that. ",
"Ouch! Just had a look amd a bottle of 35 is about 2.8k \nYou can get other whisky [thats more though](https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/whisky/age/50-year-old-whisky) if you go a little older. I dont imagine they'd be all that nice though ha",
"And every year the guy pouring it into bottles gets just a little bit thirstier.",
"If you found a woman who enjoys taking a sip of liquid campfire, she’s a keeper. ;-)",
"Could you theoretically than put whisky in a oxygen rich sealed container and push it via pressure back and forth through a wood plank/s to get a similar result in far less time?",
"Haha, this is a quote from Eggsy in the movie. I don't know why this line stuck with me all this time.",
"You do realize you're drinking day, week, and month old whiskey for the start of that process right? You're going to want a chaser.",
"Man this makes me want to bust out the old bunsen burner and moisture trap to see if I can heat cycle some cheap whiskey with wood chips in it without paying the angels anything!",
"Weird question, but have you ever seen someone in the industry try to use synthetic flavoring blends by adding the flavoring chemicals you mentioned (isolated from other sources say in a lab environment) to the distilled liquid rather than barrel aging or combined with a faster barrel aging schedule? Such flavoring as vanillin is easy isolate for instance but the others might be tricky. I guess you would call this \"cheating\" in the industry?",
"(Except these bottles would have been hand filled from the cask, the decrease is illustrative only)",
"Cheers for that! It looks like that's run by the other co-founder of Bruichladdich; heard he had an Irish distillery now, but didn't know what it was called. \n\nThe website is just chock full of info! Can't wait. 😁",
"Why does the level seem to diminish each year? Seems like it evaporates over time, just weird bc I figured they were well-sealed.",
"There are known [techniques](http://theweek.com/articles/463659/how-use-chemistry-age-whiskey-days-instead-years)",
"Ahh ok, ive had the same rum in the grenadines and it scared me.. and im a rum lover",
"If you're an actual Wing Walker than this comment reflects pretty well on every one of them I've met.",
"Hey you got my name right.",
"After football practice the smell of it is thick in the air. That and ass. Locker rooms always smelled like ass. ",
"Not sure if you're stupid, or just really dumb.",
"Well yes, it's not \"naturally occurring\" in the example, but it would be in real life.",
"WHY MUST THE LEVEL DECLINE?",
"Yes, current rate seems to be more like 33%",
"But...but...what about next year?",
"Thats why there is a ventilation system and exhaust vents in such warehouses",
"Any explanation for the one marked bottle?",
"Normally the storage areas are ventilated so there's not a lot of build up. Plus there's also a certain type of black fungus that grows in distilleries that thrives from eating the alcohol in the air. It's a fairly common sight on [distilleries or storage warehouses](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Bonded_warehouses._-_geograph.org.uk_-_189049.jpg) that aren't [washed/painted often.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Heaven_Hill.jpg)",
"Don't be mistaken that Reddit is a US community. There's plenty of *the rest of the entire world* on this website",
"Huh. I was just making a joke, but this is legit fascinating. Thanks for the link!",
"Perhaps kidding :) ",
"I'd go for Lagavulin or Ardbeg. \n",
"The one bottle with the black thing on it is driving me crazy.",
"I was really hoping and almost didn’t say anything hahaha but then I remembered common sense is no longer very common anymore so you never truly know right? Hahahahaha ",
"Noticed the content is slowly diminishing with time. Is that a result of the again process?",
"Fifteen years ago I did that to 15 y.o. Macallan, never again. Don’t look at me like that, I’m not your sister! ",
"Huh, looks like you’re right. ¯\\\\\\_(ツ)_/¯",
"Yep, a tiny amount is lost to evaporation, which leads the flavor to be more concentrated. This lost bit is known as the \"Angel's Share\" in Bourbon. ",
"To be fair he said it was a dumb question...",
"Might be a local regulation ",
"Top left is my piss at the start of a night out, bottom right is the morning after.",
"Single barrel whiskey will usually tell you which barrel it came from. The odds fo getting multiples from the same barrel in a store are low, though.\n\nSingle malt also refers to how it was made - malted barley, distilled in the same distillery, minimum of 3 years aging for scotch. If it isn't a single malt, then any of that could be different. Usually that means it contains a blend of whiskys from malts other than just barley - say, corn, for example. Most scotch is a blend of various grains. And yes, sometimes the barrels come from different distilleries and are blended together to get the appropriate taste. They'd travel in barrels, though.",
"> Montana, Arizona, West Virginia, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, California\n\nColorado, Kansas, Wyoming... ",
"How come the color changes so drastically at years 7 - 8? Is there a chemical reaction that eventually occurs at that time? Just seems like that's the largest jump in color. ",
"I started with Buffalo Trace and Four Roses yellow label of which run 24 for BT and 18 for FR. Once you get the itch you start trying different ones. High West, Tempelton Rye 4 and 6 years, and Four Roses small batch. My favorite go to expensive bottles (expensive for me is 45 to 55) are Angels Evny and Eagle Rare 10 year. I recently did the Buffalo Trace tour and it was amazing, as I would imagine any of the others are as well. Cheers.",
"I'm not sure abou the prices where you're at, but Buffalo Trace and Wild Turkey are usually way more than $5-10 more for a similar sized bottle here. It's usually solidly in the $25-35 range for a fifth while EW goes for $20 for a handle and $12 for a fifth.\n\nEvan Williams isn't good enough to drink straight but if you mix it with coke or another soft drink it's perfectly fine. The mixer is going to kill the subtleties of using a more expensive bourbon anyway.",
"Sheep are cattle, not game. ",
"Devils cut or angels taste? If I remember right, the devils cut soaks into the wood while the angels taste evaporates. ",
"It's the 21-year-old, which is the age at which Glengoyne bottles and sells it. ",
"Considering you replied on a chain thats base post is 8k, gilded, and has all the breweries info, i find that unlikely",
"It's a visual representation of the angel's share, which is evaporation over time. You're right that it doesn't happen in sealed glass bottles - only in the cask. The bottles are just like that to show it visually. ",
"Maybe every year someone takes a sip of each one",
"Yes - it reduces. It's one reason whisky is generally casked at around 60% to 65% alcohol but normally sold at around 40% to 45%.",
"It's been aged for 21 years and that's when Glengoyne bottles and sells it. ",
"Source please.",
"I'm curious why they still use wooden barrels actually- can't they store them in aluminum tanks or whatever metal tank that is reusable, and just dump in logs of whatever wood they want into the mix? they could control the oxygen and airflow levels more precisely i would imagine if they fit it with the proper instrumentation.",
"I'm planning a solo trip up there. I might need to add that to my list of distilleries. ",
"No dumb questions! All alcohol is carcinogenic to a degree, regardless of whether or not it is aged. I am not aware of any studies comparing aged to unaged in regards to that, interesting question though, I’ll pass that along and see if I can’t find a more satisfactory answer for you. In the mean time, like all good things, moderation.",
"1. Yeah, the lighter color, the more dramatic your experiment will be. Mellow Corn if you can find it would be fun for this.\n\n2. Any non reactive (glass or ceramic container) will do.\n\n3. You really should be using specialty product for this. You need to know that it has been treated correctly as you are using a solvent to extract chemicals out of the wood. https://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/brewing-ingredients/flavorings/oak-products\n\n4. Open it up and taste every week. Stop when you think it is done :)\n\nCheers!",
"first time one of my posts has been nicked and reposted... does that make me famous?\n\n[original post](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/738l8k/each_bottle_is_the_same_whiskey_matured_in_the/)\n",
"He's some rich kid who paid some social network advertising company to make the post then have him comment in order to get his business exposure.",
"I think that was a reasonable correction. That's getting wildly upvoted and it's completely incorrect",
"It *represents* the angel's share. You're not losing that much volume out of the glass bottles",
"I don't think that would be legal to sell to people for personal consumption.",
"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924394/\n\nYou may enjoy this film. ",
"Whisky: Technology, Production and Marketing: Handbook of Alcoholic Beverages Academic Press 2003",
"I'm surprised I would have thought the percentage increases not decreases",
"Ah. Nice work!",
"I'm no expert but I don't think the point of fine well aged whiskey is to get hammered. Fresh moonshine would be better for that. I'm guessing that the oxygen and wood and whatever else is involved gives them the product that they desire. Also, if you wanted it to be higher alcohol content it would be easy and cheap to add some in but I'm sure I am pissing off the experts with that remark. ",
"It's not like the real thing, but yes. It kinda works.",
"I'm (and I'm pretty sure she's) certain of that! :)",
"It's the wood that makes it good.",
"It is",
"Hey, I'm in this picture! I'm actually the 17th bottle of whisky. I've seen a lot of shit go on here during my stay, if you want I could do an AMA",
"Let's make it perfectly clear that that's not normal.",
"Thank you for the great reply! ",
"Ah the angels share.",
"Did you correct the accidental misspelling or was I having a dyslexic moment? Well played, either way, I look like an idiot LMAO.",
"So much this! When at the distillery, the host (I can't remember her name, but she was awesome!) was explaining all of this and then we did the tasting with the chocolate and tried it alone and then with the water drops in it. We were really amazed at all of the different flavour profiles out of one bottle.",
"What a treat. Thank you.",
"Yeah, go for it! It's all about experimenting, since even the experts aren't really sure how some of it works. \n\nMight be better starting with neutral spirit though. Cheap whiskey might have some off flavors already in it that will overpower anything you add.",
"If you’re 18 come over on vacation. Show your passport in a bar and it’s fine.",
"Ok, you sound like the dude to ask then. So the Jim Bean Devil’s cut stuff that’s extracted from the barrels? Aren’t people drinking a ton of wood particles when they consume that? Wouldn’t that taste pretty wretched?",
"The idea with devil's cut is that they extract some liquid that is trapped in the barrel wood and add it back into the final product for an oakier flavor. It's just an additive though, most of the bourbon is just normal Jim Beam. Whiskey actually comes out of the barrel full of particles, mostly flakes of char from the inside of the barrel, but it is filtered so the final product is clear. There are a couple of whiskies that are sold unfiltered like Booker's and if you ever see a bottle you can see the flakes floating in it.\n\nI do not know how Jim Beam claims to accomplish this, they are the only ones in the industry to do it and it's proprietary. To me it is likely mostly a marketing gimmick. The amount of whiskey trapped in the barrel wood compared to the amount in the barrel must be a totally insignificant amount. Also used barrels are sold to scotch and Irish distilleries as well as different food companies so any process that destroys the barrel would be too costly. I think they may be cheating in some way like adding oak chips or loose staves to the inside of the barrel and extracting the liquid from those. That's just my guess. \n\nFor what it's worth, I do think Devil's Cut is a good bourbon. /R/bourbon hates on it a lot but I find it to be quite nice, especially since I like things on the oakier end of the spectrum.\n",
"I might just do that.",
"...",
"Eh, tough to say whether that’s the Woodford’s fault or if you don’t care for bourbon, they taste quite a bit different from Irish. I think the first bourbon I really fell in love with was Booker’s but that’s also pretty high price and high proof (so it bites). With any whiskey, a lot of times a big ice cube will help soften the flavor and if I want to dilute, a whiskey and soda works well. You might like Japanese whiskey: Suntory Toki. To my pallet it kinda tastes like someone blended a scotch with an Irish, so it’s a bit closer to a Jameson.",
"I'd think after a while, it would start tasting a little too much like wood, and not at all like a good whiskey. Then again, as someone who almost exclusively drinks vodka as of late, I wouldn't know.",
"I remember reading something about someone finding Ernest Shackletons whisky in Antarctica, which had been there for about a 100 years, and it still being drinkable.\n\nEdit: [found the article](https://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/drinking-ernest-shackletons-whisky.html?referer=android-app://com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox) ",
"Used to be, haha.",
"And that’s something already accounted for in distilling.\n\nYou’ve never drank the head or tails, if you drink. They’re either discarded, used as cleaning agents or poured into the next batch to make sure all the ethanol has been extracted.\n\n",
"If you have drunk almost any commercial booze you have drunk both, commercial distillerys discard nothing, they cut off well into tails, foreshots go into the next distillation, heads and tails go into the barrel.\n",
"Also, in most cases, it's a premium class of whiskey. There has been since controversy though as some single cask whiskeys were found to be single vattings of multiple barrels and were being called so because they were put into a single cask during final maturation. There's no specific regulation when it comes to the language so this might be pretty prevalent. ",
"You’ll get served no bother at all. ",
"Incredible, never knew what...",
"🙄"
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"Hes smiling so it's ok!",
"I've also thought it was crazy that shows like Law and Order could have detailed, graphic conversations on rape and murder but God forbid a boob is shown on TV. ",
"Children will be traumatized by seeing a woman's breast but rebar through a man's head -- no problem!\n\n",
"What *is* this?",
"Screenshot of the Fox show 9-1-1. It aired on a teaser during the Vikings/Saints playoff game. Can't handle Janet Jackson's boob but this is just fine. ",
"Jesus...",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Film_Is_Not_Yet_Rated is a great thing that explains why. Cliff notes: gore is fine, b00bs are bad.",
"Damn glad that's not a nipple, who the hell knows what chaos would ensue then. ",
"/u/jrworthy, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No screenshots. This includes pictures of screens and photos where the interest is the contents of a screen.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/jrworthy&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qg0ai/nudity_on_network_tv_bad_this_is_just_fine/?context=10\\))",
"I need to see those images side by side to make an informed decision "
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Nudity on Network TV= bad. This is just fine.
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"The airbag extracted the abscessed tooth. ",
"How the fuck does that even happen?",
"Drugs"
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the best painkiller for toothache
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"It's the only way to get 1.21 jigawatts on the prairie. ",
"Better get the duct tape",
"Confused with using man for scale.",
"I think he’s just posing honestly. ",
"Now we only need to wait for a tornado to blow the other way and stand it back up ",
"Windmill, get up. It's not even windy. ",
"The finger of god ",
"I bet it captured so much energy before it went down",
"That pole needs some viagra.",
"If only he was holding a banana. ",
"If only he was holding a banana. ",
"meh. they dont turn over a certain speed. it can cause some fucked up shit if they do... imagine what would happen if you over spun an electric motor... on a much larger scale.\n\nEdit: flu got to me. it isnt a wind turbine. it is an electrical pole",
"lets put it in perspective... imagine a swirling mass of wind 2.5 to 3 miles wide. 300+ MPH wind. you go out side and all you see is a dark cloud. you pray to what ever higher power you believe in that the bathroom that you run to will keep you safe and alive. that your grandparents in the next town over are OK. that the old lady in the mobile home around the corner is in a shelter... you forget if she even has a shelter.\n\nonce the pillar of destruction has passed you, you hope and pray that another one isnt on its way. you pull out your battery powered radio and hope the station is still transmitting. you take stock of your family and any injuries they might have. you have no cell service, towers are down. you make it outside and take in the destruction around you. the 50 year old tree is broken down the middle, your house is in rubble, your cars are missing, and the barn is dust. debris is everywhere. it feels way to calm, you pray it isnt just the eye of the storm. you have your wife and kids stay put. you grab the 2 way radios you have for emergencies, you are going to check on your neighbor... it is a mile walk to her property.\n\nonce you get to her place her mobile home is gone, you fear the worst. you call out for her. you see that she does have a shelter, but no way of knowing if she made it there. there is a large tree branch on top of it, you wont be able to pull it off by yourself... and your tractor was in the barn.\n\n\nI live in Oklahoma, have my whole life, 3rd gen Tulsan for that matter. i've never had to experience an EF5. i pray i will never. The story i wrote could be about anyone in any community in Oklahoma, Kansas, or Texas. Oklahoma had an EF5 in 1999. in the first week of may we had a confirmed 72 Tornadoes. in total 154 Tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas and even one in Canada. The F5 torado is the reason the fujita chart was changed to EF to rate the damage. Just the EF5 killed 36 people, destroyed more than 8,000 homes and caused $1.5B in damage.\n\nIt is a real threat that we live with in the spring time. a lot of people know that the place they live gets tornadoes frequently. Moore, OK is one such place. Tulsa was hit with a tornado last August (first time in 50+ years for an August Tornado.) we are still picking up the pieces from that one, thankfully no body was hurt and it wasn't a strong tornado. Every year it they are getting stronger and more prevalent in placed they normally don't strike. Tulsa being one such place. but thankfully most Tornadoes in Oklahoma usually hit what we call the I44 and I40 Corridors. Tornadoes happen and our communities do take care of each other and i know that the people that are affected are grateful for any assistance from the rest of the country",
"It can lean against a broken pole?",
"You guys don't think this is a Wind Turbine do you?",
"Well there's your problem right there",
"This man tornadoes the math.",
"for some reason i did... but no it is a electrical pole... fucking flu got to me i guess",
"I don’t mean to be that guy, and I appreciate your comment, but you’re referring to the El Reno 2013 Tornado. That was rated EF-3, despite having those winds due to the lack of damage. This tornado was in 2011, which also hit El Reno and was rated EF-5. Happened the same week as the Joplin tornado. ",
"Look up may 1999 tornado. I know what I was referring to. It is the tornado series that nearly leveled a shopping center in Stroud. Still an empty lot nearly 20 years later. Don't care when this picture was taken. It shows the destruction and power of wind",
"Finger of God...",
"Why do you live in a place where you get fucked up by tornadoes so frequently? I imagine the cost of insurance, rebuilds, putting your life back together must be ridiculous. Just curious, truly.",
"Damn it took his leg.\n",
"Yeah it was pretty late and I was just misreading your comment. I know of the ‘99 Tornado. Fastest winds ever recorded on Earth. Also the last F5 recorded before the Fujita scale was updated. Also was the time we found out the hard way why highway overpasses are awful for shelter. ",
"Best way I ever heard it described was from Hank Schyma, a big name storm chaser. Essentially, your odds of dying in a tornado are so low compared to the other ways you could die. Only about 50 people a year die in tornadoes, but compare that to the tens of thousands who die in gun violence or car accidents. I’d say you’re probably safer living in rural Oklahoma than Detroit. ",
"this... also i still question why people live in Moore, OK. they got hit with like 2 Tornadoes in a Month or some shit...",
"right"
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"Ugh. ",
"This is the real most wonderful time of the year. ",
"Multi billion tax free profits from unpaid child labor, making America great. I do love the mints. ",
"If only they didn't cost $10 a box for half as much as used to be in them. "
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The time has come.
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"Nature is always beautiful.. Nice pic ",
"Seals dancing. Beautiful. ",
"Port Huron?",
"Yes and no. Photo was taken on the other side I believe, so Sarnia. That is obviously the Blue Water Bridge. Edit:spelling. ",
"Looks more like an orgy. Still magnificent to behold",
"Wicked awesome ",
"I can see that! ",
"I'm not far from PH. Looked familiar ",
"Glad I could help you see the truth",
"Nice pic, but I fucking love that “American Pie” song.",
"r/bossfight",
"Drove my Chevy to the levy...",
"[Fountain of Time - Lorado Taft](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r4X-aQQKOCU/T90C9SWfNQI/AAAAAAAAUwY/isjD4teaXQs/s1600/276.JPG) \n\n",
"Dementors, nice!",
"Sarnia*",
"I was called a \"poor lost soul\" by a crazy Christian in high school.",
"Great fucking title op ",
"Holy sh*t, he was my art teacher last year, never though I would see him on here.",
"^ point edward\n\nThe OP for this photo showed up on my Facebook feed yesterday. \n\nThat’s the blue water bridge as viewed from one of the many parks on the Canada side. ",
"Flash frozen people huddling together after Hawaii missile. ",
"Yeah the title is as incredible as the sculpture ",
"Sarnia? I really wish I was home right now...thanks for the picture and memories",
"Reminds me a bit of those clumped up hermit guys from Dark souls 3.",
"Not a very good guardian angel, let everyone freeze to death!",
"It is! I was just gonna comment that I saw this the other day",
"I was thinking Bloodbourne",
"Am I the only one who sees a bunch of dicks twisting around each other?",
"Antarctcite taught me of these...",
"Someone should capture a 3D model of this some how and try to build a statue out of metal or glass like this. ",
"Looks like the cover artwork of The Little Mermaid to me...",
"It's really sad to me that something like this has so few upvotes while some anti-trump poorly photoshopped political bullshit is skyrocketed to the front page.",
"Paging u/ItsADnDMonsterNow",
"Irony ",
"I just see ice cream!",
"It's not a sculpture if formed completely naturally, right?",
"It's the 29 from the Edmund Fitzgerald. Still trying to get home.",
"Wrong lake but a stirring image for sure. ",
"Well yeah, but they're connected pretty much directly. I feel it's fitting."
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"Lost Souls With Guardian Angel". Naturally formed ice sculpture on Lake Huron yesterday due to wicked north winds. Photo credit D. McLean of Ontario.
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"I'll say it. Better the dog than yourself. Far as I can tell that means the dog did it's service.",
"I'm sorry for your lost, it's never easy losing a companion.",
"I’m so sorry. I hope you are okay. ",
"Keep your next dog on a leash. ",
"/r/petloss",
"How did it happen?",
"Was he a seeing eye dog?",
"Sorry for your loss.",
"He was on our property genius. He got hit after digging under our fence. ",
"I am so sorry for your loss. What a special boy he is. Sending you prayers hugs and strength. God has a beautiful new angel in heaven and so do you. You are not only lucky to have him, but he is so lucky to have you as well💜",
"Ignore the troll. Sorry for your loss.",
"Guess your fence wasn't deep enough genius. Stop blaming others for your own irresponsibility. Huskies are known Escape artists you should have known better.",
"No he was for vertigo.",
"He isn’t a husky. Again you seem to be assuming things. Do you often put up chain link fences deeper than 2ft? How old are you cause I’m going to assume you are either a child or forgot where /r incel is or you have hit a dog doing twice the legal speed limit.",
"First it was a careless driver now it's the fences fault for not being deep enough, who or what are you going to blame next? Irresponsible people like you shouldn't have pets.",
"/u/xtharsa, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must not be designed to elicit sympathy. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/xtharsa&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qg3au/rip_hachi_my_service_dog_taken_too_soon_by_a/?context=10\\))",
"\"service animal\" who dug out of the yard... "
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[
"I'd live there. ",
"“It looks like an apartment that I can’t afford.”",
"The inside of a nice guitar. They don't all look like that.",
"[beautiful! also kinda reminded me of early 90's FPS level design](https://i0.wp.com/gigjets.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/maxresdefault-1-4.jpg) ",
"I was gonna guess a home theater without seats. There is clearly a projector hanging in the middle.",
"Looks like a fancy hotel reception ",
"I spy the lone star state! Guitar has my vote. ",
"If *I Dream of Jeannie* were in Nashville",
"There is a TV in the background, someone lives there.",
"https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/7qepgi/the_inside_of_this_guitar_looks_like_a_really/\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/HOTandTRENDING/comments/7qfeje/the_inside_of_this_guitar_looks_like_a_really/",
"I wasn't paying attention to the title and was looking at the picture like, \"Ok, its a room. There's a flatscreen. Its cool i guess but so what?\" Then I saw the title and my brain did a weird recalculation thing where I suddenly noticed how small some things were. ",
" how much is rent?",
"Surely theres a room somewhere designed like this ",
"Missing the guitar pick.",
"TIL I'd pay good money to live in a guitar",
"Is it a Collings? Just guessing based on the Texas emblem.",
"Me too, but I'd still fret about the soundhole in my ceiling. ",
"tyuuuu-xas.",
"And what's that thing on the \"floor\" ? (at about one o'clock from the Texas emblem)",
"Hmmmm doesn’t seem like it to me. I have a Collings and the internal structure is so different than this one. I can’t be sure but I also don’t think they use birdseye maple for their sides, as this wood appears to be. ",
"Still bigger then most San Francisco rentals ",
"Just gonna string along all these guitar puns, huh?\n\nJust don’t be picky which ones strike a chord and which ones are out of tune. ",
"It would have perfect acoustics though wouldn't it, if someone made a large room following this design.",
"And the dust.",
"yeah I thought the birdseye would be a weird choice for a nice guitar but I haven't ever played a maple guitar, I thin Collings uses mahogany",
"Collings uses an assortment of darker woods like mahogany and rosewood.\n\nI’m not sure the guitar in OP’s photo is necessarily a high quality build because it looks like a sloppy job. There’s glue all over the bracings and a mixture of woods between the back and sides is bizarre.",
"no, because sound waves don't scale like that",
"Definitely not a Collings. This guitar has a lot of odd little things that wouldn't show up on a Collings.\n\n * The bound ebony(?) side braces.\n * The double X back bracing\n * The Texas medallion\n * Maple sides with what looks like a non-maple back\n\nProbably a custom from a maker nobody has ever heard of.",
"Fancy guitar"
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"The only reason we will not be looked back upon as idiots is because I think it’s likely to only get worse from here.",
"I've never though about it like that...",
"I hope this trend dies. Jesus ",
"Google 'Boaty McBoatface' ",
"I'm well aware of it "
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"Beautiful! What an awesome painting this would make!",
"Damn that’s awesome. Nature it’s all around you. ",
"The colors and setting are perfect together. I love this one",
"can we get a hi res link for use as background",
"This reminds me of the opening credits of The Notebook",
"I agree!",
"It gon' rain later."
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"That is beautiful",
"r/AccidentalWesAnderson",
"This is my new favorite sub, thank you",
"Careful, that's wendigo country. ",
"Shit. I live in bc too, where is this? That looks amazing. ",
"Kinda looks like it'd be around revelstoke ",
"Oh cool, I’ve never actually been in that area to my knowledge. If anything I maybe drove through it. So many places in bc alone that I’d love to see. Love our country. (Assume you’re also Canadian) ",
"I live in Norway which, let's be honest, is pretty goddamn beautiful. Still feel a need to move to BC if only for the nature, see so many stunning pictures coming out of there.",
"What movie is this for? ",
"That whole region is amazing. I hike and pick mushrooms in that area whenever I get the chance. The monashees are incredible. And yea I live in the Okanagan",
"How do you get the foreground and the absolute background into focus at the same time? What kind of lens could do this?",
"In the supernatural part, pay attention.",
"The Photoshop one",
"This is green drop lake near Chilliwack BC with a photoshopped mountain in the background",
"I swear that is 14 year old me. God I miss BC so much.",
"So the reflection wasn't tripping me out then. Just the thc gummy worms",
"That’s literally just natural. ",
"Hahaha what a fucking shit pic. Nice work OP, YA LOSER",
"Isnt this possible with a tripod far away and a zoom lense like 300mm, like how you would capture a big moon next to a building or something?",
"... I live in BC and have always wanted to move to Norway. Trade ya?",
"Adobe Pro",
"I'll get the pitchforks. ",
"Sam and Dean dont shy away from a Wendigo",
"Please don't advertise, property prices are already high enough. ",
"paging u/pitchforkemporium",
"It’s photoshopped.",
"You can’t compare the culture and traditions of the various villages and towns as you travel around Norway with the very homogeneous and bland experience moving from town to town in North America. BC is beautiful but it’s one Tim Hortons to the next, same old same old - sorry. ",
"Marry each other.\n\n",
"Looks like a Bob Ross painting ",
"So neither natural nor very super.",
"Why is the mountain not reflected in the lake? YOU BULLSHITTIN BRO?",
"As soon as the image loaded, Holocene started playing in my head. ",
"Dude why Photoshop there are plenty of beautiful places.",
"Nah ",
"Notice the missing mountain in the reflection?",
"What are the best things to do in British Columbia? I'm going in the spring but have no idea what to do.",
"https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjUzgbYJA25iRa6LNrVlOt68Cvdq-fKN3e2lia0pytso78dBm5 odd that everest is on vacation there",
"The mountain is a vampire. It doesn't have a reflection. That's why BC is supernatural. ",
"Looks like the opening of Riverdale",
"*Cue Carry on my Wayward Son*",
"you are _much_ shorter than that mountain",
"He is",
"Let's do this",
"Good catch. Its a completely different mountain in the reflection. ",
"Look at the work of Ansel Adams. He used a large format camera, and he liked to shoot at very small apertures. This allowed him to capture a great deal of detail. Modern cameras can probably get closer to replicating what Adams did. (But none of this means the photo isn’t shopped.)",
"YA FUCKING HOSER",
"superimposed? ",
"That hurts because it's true",
"The photoshopped part",
"And then fight to the death",
"Guys, guys! Chill. The mountain is a ghost mountain, that's why the reflection is missing.\n\nNotice OP said Supernatural, not Super Natural as the *actual* slogan goes. OP can't do anything right.",
"Ah. OK. So a bit super then. :-)",
"Supernatural my ass",
"Uhhh that’s definitely Skyrim ",
"As someone who enjoys photoshop I don't really understand why people try to pass off this stuff as real. Just be honest.",
"that image may be photoshopped, but this one from Oregon, is not:\n\nhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Mount_Hood_reflected_in_Mirror_Lake%2C_Oregon.jpg",
"I live in Photoshopped British Columbia!",
"Skiing, hiking, boating, etc. All the outdoorsy stuff. ",
"Any lens can do this! Just need to set the aperture to something smaller than f11. Apertures are weirdly inverted, so \"smaller\" f22. The smaller the aperture the more things will be in focus throughout.",
"It’s a huge place. Which part are you headed to? BC is about as large as Germany and France combined... there are a lot of different regions to explore, some less accessible than others. "
] | 63 |
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I live in Supernatural British Columbia
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/r/pics/comments/7qg7t7/this_is_where_i_proposed_to_my_wife_ben_lomond/
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[
"That's beautiful. ",
"That is a really nice photo.",
"Thanks! It was a pretty early morning to get up for sunrise. "
] | 3 |
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This is where I proposed to my wife. Ben Lomond Peak Utah
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/r/pics/comments/7qg7ui/campus_map_has_been_updated/
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[
"Turn left at the snow.",
"Typical white university, whitewashing everything including their maps, smh. ",
"Needs iron ingots and redstone",
"Oh, hey, Geneseo. I know that place.",
"Yep"
] | 5 |
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Campus map has been updated
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/r/pics/comments/7qg9nd/on_this_14th_day_of_january_in_the_year_2018/
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[
"On this 14th day of January, in the year 2018, a 6 year old stole a 4 year old's Christmas present.",
"Love it",
"Seeing as those were snapped off, I'm thinking that's the most likely story. ",
"There is a dad who does not own a socket set. ",
"Something happened here. You hope it was a miracle.",
"Those are some sad looking wheelies",
"Best practice is to never, ever use training wheels. Instead take off the pedals to turn it into a striker bike. When they get comfortable coasting along, then you can introduce the pedals.",
"r/unexpectedmulaney",
"I know you can believe in yourself! Just keep pwacticing!",
"HAHAHA MY TINY PERSON ALSO RECENTLY LEARNED TO TAKE THEIR FIRST STEP",
"And taxes",
"My 6 year old rode her bike so hard she busted the wheels off like Forest Gump leg braces and shit",
"Just took my son’s training wheels off today too!",
"Thought this was some fucked up skateboard and I was extremely baffled for about a minute ",
"How do you know it was a little person?\n\n\nCould have just been a child.",
"And then someone took a photo and brutally murdered the HDR slider.",
"how old is he, and how did you convince him? I've been working on my soon-to-be 4 year old and, even if inside the house he's all for it, as soon as we go outside, he pulls up the old \"I've changed the mind\" card.",
"My mom left my training wheels on until I SAS big enough that I bent them off the ground by turning",
"we are all trained on this blessed day",
"What a great moment to capture :)",
"Strider bike will take care of it",
"Was it not a child? ",
"That's a good advice. This way they can develop the needed balancing motor skills right away.",
"Yeah, but they also littered in the middle of the street.",
"Can this be done for adults? I never took the time to learn the skill of riding as a child and now I am afraid I won't be able to.",
"Buy a bicycle and play with it somewhere of no consequence.",
"But it needs *clarity*",
"You will be able to learn. Your sense of balance doesn't become rigid, but remains adaptable.",
"Absolutely this can be done for adults. It's also a very safe and quick way to learn the balance required. ",
"I learned as a teen in a couple total hours (across a few afternoons) of coasting down my slightly-sloped driveway until eventually I didn't fall down. That's really all it takes; the skill of bike-riding is really the skill of keeping a bike upright while it *wants* to stay upright. Everything else, pedalling and stopping and leaning into turns and steering without hands is stuff you can pick up trivially by feel once you've got a handle on staying upright.\n\nIt's not even hard; when you lose balance, you usually don't fall all the way over, just start to tip until you catch the ground with a foot and come to a stop non-tragically. Wear something thick so you don't hurt yourself if you *do* fall, though.",
"Balance bike, not striker bike in case someone wants to look this up.",
"I just bought the kids a better bicycle, took them to a Giant or Trek dealer and had them try them. The one they rode is the one they got. Older cheap bikes were tossed.",
"Do it, you're missing out. Bicycle=freedom and youthful fun. Learn to ride then buy an emtb, hit the trails and giggle like your 6 being tickled by your parents.",
"This should be cross posted to /r/bicycling",
"I am not sure what you're peddling.",
"Damn, straight from training wheels to the British commandos! ",
"Most of the hard part of learning to ride a bike is learning how to understand the feeling of the momentum while doing so. It doesn't make sense by looking at it, but a bike in motion *wants* to stay upright and moving forward. For the most part, you just have to learn how to be on, and stay on, the bike while that happens. Wear your helmet and practice somewhere off the road, an empty parking lot or ideally somewhere with a slight slope so you can go downhill and learn the balance thing with less effort.\n\nAnd remember as well that not every metal frame with two wheels is actually a bicycle, and there's tons of different kinds of bicycle as well. You're gonna have a bad time riding a fixie in an open city park, and the mountain trails is no place for a high geared bike with thin road tires. Try and have something appropriate for where you're going to be riding it and you'll get much more enjoyment out of it.",
"And maybe after riding the bike without training wheels... you can pick up your trash? Haha ",
"I don't know. Going by the road they might have been shaken off. \n\nYou know, due to the weight of the gang member who stole it. ",
"right ",
"Are they purple and blue? ",
"One person can not make a step towards their independence. \"Their\" is plural.",
"Absolutely. Generally your legs will be long enough to avoid the pedals if you lower the seat. ",
"Actually, it is perfectly acceptable to use a plural pronoun to refer to a single person of unspecified gender, as I did in this case. I didn’t want to assume the child was female or male based purely on the color of the training wheels. ",
"I like to think they forgot to pic them up in their jubilation. Plus, they were located in a park, not by a street. ",
"TRIGGERED",
" Run Forrest, Run!",
"Those training wheels can be so cheaply made I'm sure they just snapped off after the kid learn to lean into corners. ",
"yes...teach the balance first. My second kid never needed training wheels after a year on the striker.",
"Gratz to tiny person!",
"Is it though? A pedal-less bike is going to be way harder to balance. Not only do you lose the rotational force of pedaling that helps keep you up, but you're supporting all your weight on your taint so instead of steering your arms are forced to keep *you* balanced rather than the bike. \n\nMost kids get started on trikes and are already used to pedaling anyway. Pulling them off changes the already learned mechanics of riding. The hardest part to overcome is confidence.",
"It is acceptable, now I guess. But it would formally be \"his or her\". Thus not assuming a gender and also not mixing singular and plural. ",
"No excuse for littering.",
"Damn straight. I’ll dust them for fingerprints if they’re still there tonight when I walk the dogs. We’ll get those bastards! ",
"Wouldnt expect anything less!"
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On this 14th day of January, in the year 2018, goals were met and a tiny person made one more step towards their independence.
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/r/pics/comments/7qg9ua/my_grandparents_celebrating_74_years_of_marriage/
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[
"Good for them!",
"That a great photo! Congrats to them.",
"I’m currently at my aunts and uncles 20th wedding anniversary party in a similar looking restaurant, kinda weird ",
"What state?",
"This is not Facebook",
"Glad you know where you are at, was worried for a second there. ",
"NY",
"Both are greater than 90yrs old. Super glad to still have them in my life",
"Not in NY unfortunately. The restaurant is called Elways",
"You are lucky! And they look in great shape! Your grandmother looks like she has great posture (lots of older women in my family have bone issues. I lift weights!)",
"5 years ago, she tripped and slammed her head against a curb. She then proceeded to get up, on her own, and tell my Grandfather to take her to the hospital. He then drove her there. He only stopped driving after he turned 95",
"Oh shit! This isn't Facebook? I was about to like that post.... Guess I'll upvote it instead.... <sigh>",
"What a story! Very nice that they are with you for so long!"
] | 13 |
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My grandparents celebrating 74 years of marriage.
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/r/pics/comments/7qgbfg/said_goodbye_to_my_first_dog_and_very_best_friend/
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[
"Very sorry for your loss. It's difficult to say goodbye to our furry friends.",
"Sending hugs your way, so sorry for your loss. ",
"Very sorry for your loss. ",
"looks like a good boy",
"such big brown eyes..... what a good old soul and look at those ears... sorry for the loss of your buddy but I am sure you will meet again.",
"Sorry for your loss. My first dog was a Bassett as well ❤️",
"So sorry. 💔",
"So sorry. Basset Hounds are wonderful dogs. So loving. ",
"Sorry for your lost my friend, Just remember the good times and the really messy times ",
"/u/Jheintz21, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule IV - Title violates title guidelines.\n\nYour title must not be designed to elicit sympathy. \n\nYou can read the full information about our title guidelines at /r/pics/w/titles\n\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/Jheintz21&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qgbfg/said_goodbye_to_my_first_dog_and_very_best_friend/?context=10\\))",
"All those good memories, he or she definitely remembered them too. Always feels good to have some photographs as a memory too."
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Said goodbye to my first dog and very best friend today.
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/r/pics/comments/7qgbpi/i_got_a_moon_light/
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[
"I need this.",
"This product isn't very expensive. It's available on Amazon ",
"But does the moon shines?",
"It lights up, yes. But it does not illegally distill liquor. ",
"Of course it lights up..... That's exactly what I was asking.(too bad we could have been rich with....wait you can still read this,this isn't my mind...just forget all that yes.why don't you read someone else comment.)",
"I stopped reading after your second \"...\"",
"...",
"That's no moon.",
"I have a bad feeling about this.",
"How was I supposed to know he was an alabaster retard? ",
"/me goes on amazon\n\nI *need* that. ",
"I got one of these and the thing never holds a charge for more than an hour or so. no matter how long I leave it plugged in. \nI returned mine in the end. seemed useless if it had to be plugged in to work \n",
"Hmm, maybe it was defective. I charged mine once and it lasted several hours of being on over the stretch of about a month. ",
"that was what I was hoping for, but I didn't get it. I can't remember which company I bought it from, lots of people are selling versions of these on amazon and other places online.\n\nI returned it for a refund \nmine glowed in 2 collors, either white or red"
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I got a moon light
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/r/pics/comments/7qgd4c/drugged_driver_crashes_car_into_second_story_of/
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[
"It's dark there at 830AM?\n\n",
"Looks like a GTA glitch",
"How does that even happen? ",
"This is some strong shit. I'm so fucking high right now.",
"Wow, just saw a different angle of this same crash",
"Did they live?"
] | 6 |
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Drugged driver crashes car into second story of California building
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/r/pics/comments/7qgdls/one_day_of_snowfall_in_a_parking_lot_syracuse_ny/
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[
"Looks bigger in person. The height is over 10'.",
"We got hit hard in Rochester too. About a foot overnight.",
"The people who work at this Wegmans call it Mt. Wegmans."
] | 3 |
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One day of snowfall in a parking lot (Syracuse, NY)
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/r/pics/comments/7qgdrl/theyre_greeeaaat/
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[
"Why isn't your username General Mills? ",
"r/veryuninteresting ",
"They're after me luck flakes.\n\n\nOr\n\nTherrrrry're Fake!",
"[The Green Man is Osiris](https://i.imgur.com/vrbWCYf.jpg), and he represents [Nimrod](https://i.imgur.com/GQlHp9H.jpg). This depicts Nimrod ascending through the Rainbow Bridge, the [Portal](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/7plw6v/full_circle_rainbow_on_the_bridge/dsihiws/), or the [Einstein-Rosen Bridge](https://www.google.com/search?q=Einstein-Rosen+Bridge) to be Reborn [Through the Moon-Gage Door](https://i.imgur.com/U3DaHP9.jpg). It's an Inversion of Jesus Christ."
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They're Greeeaaat!!
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/r/pics/comments/7qgea1/every_time_i_looked_to_the_back_of_the_car_she/
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[
"That dogs plotting something ",
"What an adorable pupper! ",
"Plotting to eat her own poop, no doubt. ",
"^^heh-heh-heh....",
"Adorkable.",
"poodle plotting puddles",
"Is it weird that the dog's face reminds me of Ferris Bueller's sister?",
"What a beautiful happy pup!",
"https://i.imgur.com/VNfoKzI.jpg",
"https://i.imgur.com/b2P4D4w.jpg",
"[Dog, or fried chicken?](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCIdebqW0AAIxm6.jpg)",
"doodle?\n\nmy parents have a something-doodle, I don't give a shit what. That dog is so protective of my dad that it barks at me nonstop if he's not in the room. Fuck that dog.",
"Toy poodle. Kindest and most chilled dog I have ever owned. ",
"Oh my gosh, she is the most precious thing! What is she? Poodle? Her color is awesome. My mini Schnauzer is 14, blind and deaf. I know I won't have much more time with her and have said to myself I don't want another dog after she passes, but my goodness your precious thing makes me think otherwise! ",
"The fried chicken is making faces again ",
"I lost my miniature schnauzer when he was 14 and he was also blind and mostly deaf. I still haven’t been able to bring myself to get another dog, over 12 years later. I hope that you get all the love and snuggles from yours!",
"Fuck doodles",
"You my friend are lucky, they are not all like this!",
"Lots of people don't realize this, so I should say it: dogs can't actually smile. They can be happy. They can use their faces to express some things. But they do not smile. Smiling is a human behavior. Humans don't wag their tails when they're happy either. ",
"Yep, you’re right. It just looked like a cheeky grin, that’s all. ",
"looking good",
"Do you get payed for sounding like a prick, or is that natural for you. ",
"That's one happy chicken tender",
"I'm just happy I don't go around calling people pricks in response to them sharing pertinent information. ",
"That fur is beautiful and looks so clean and glowing!",
"Awww, it's tough I know. A few years back I lost my Cockapoo. He was my shadow, literally had to be at my side at all times. It was very tough loosing him, but I did have my Schnauzer to help lessen the pain.",
"Hahahaha, I didn't check my Reddit messages for a few days and just saw this. Made me actually lol, irl. Good game."
] | 27 |
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Every time I looked to the back of the car.. she was there grinning at me.
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/r/pics/comments/7qgesa/antique_vampire_hunting_kit/
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[
"is this 4 real?",
"Prob'ly not. There are \"antique\" kits for sale all over ebay and etsy.",
"Including photos of someone with the exact definition of being a vampire",
"If it is real and antique then here's my money ",
"Are those viles of garlic?",
"\"Alright, now, this? This is our deluxe set.\"\n\n\"It certainly looks impressive.\"\n\n\"Oh, you bet! You've got your stake, your hammer, your two-shot flintlock with the silver bullets, your silver knife, your spices, your...\"\n\n\"Sorry, what was that? 'Spices?'\"\n\n\"Right here, next to the holy water.\"\n\n\"No, right, I can see that, I just don't understand how spices are vampire-hunting equipment.\"\n\n\"It's like garlic, see? You've got to have garlic.\"\n\n\"Why didn't you just say 'garlic,' then?\"\n\n\"It's like I said, friend: This is the *deluxe* model! You've got your garlic, yes, but you've also got your rock salt, your allspice, your oil and vinegar...\"\n\n\"That's not a spice! That's salad dressing!\"\n\n\"Technically, it's for dipping bread into, but there are plenty of recipes in this little book, see?\"\n\n\"What the hell kind of vampire-hunting kit is this?! Why would I need recipes?!\"\n\n\"Look, friend, if you just hunt for sport, that's your business. Some of us like to eat what we kill.\"\n\n\"... Oh, whatever. What about those pictures of Jesus?\"\n\n\"Ah, that's where you keep your after-dinner mints.\"",
"Oh, come on! It's not like Jesus was practically immor... huh.\n\nOkay, well, even then, he never used his blood to try and turn other peo... huh.\n\nFine, maybe there were some similarities, but Jesus was never able to fly, which...\n\n... Huh.",
"Vials.\n\nVials of garlic are used to ward off vile vampires.",
"Excellent - you win!",
"Garlic for the vile.",
"They are hard to judge - frequently contain real antiques, but little/documentation about the kits.\n\nMany were traced to the Boston area 1840s on.",
"Those are actually vials of different illegal substances, which are used as insurance against erroneous slayings. If you kill a vampire, only to realize it was actually just a pale-skinned human with sharp teeth (and who hasn't made that mistake before?), then you just sprinkle some coke or black-tar heroin on their body and tell the police they were a drug user. Works every time.",
"That killed me.",
"Oh shit. Never realized this.",
"Aren't all vampires antiques?",
"By professionals.",
"groooooan...",
"On the 1860's version of Uncrate.com, this would have been touted as Abraham Lincoln's kit."
] | 18 |
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Antique Vampire Hunting Kit
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/r/pics/comments/7qgf3o/selfie_from_siberia/
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[
"wow, that didn't take long",
"Now dont blink or your eyes will freeze shut",
"hat was already white.",
"Nope.",
"As someone who is terrified of the cold fuck that. I almost died once due to hypothermia while I was homeless. Pretty much if it's cold enough I immediately start panicking. It's gotten better over the years, but this pic makes me freak out on your behalf.",
"You gotta a littlee something right there ---->\nO_O",
"This is why they got rid of the wired headphones isn't it",
"Was Elsa Pissed that day?",
"Paging r/makeupaddiction ! CCW!",
"Wow that’s a great thickening mascara ",
"That eyeliner is ice cold. Could see them being in some sort of Paris fashion show. ",
"It's a gif but op is actually frozen",
"My husband has a phobia of being cold too due to military. In summer when the AC is set to 78 he sleeps with a hoodie",
"Glad you're no longer homeless",
"Wow! The cold has made your lips swell to an astonishing size!\n\nGrab the king size chap stick...",
"Fuck. 16F feels balmy",
"Me too. ",
"Exactly what I told my sister after I shut my cummies in her face ",
"So am I it was only about 6 months, and than a friend of mine offered me a job, and a place to stay. I never thought I would escape it. I also learned that malnutrition can really screw you over if you don't watch it. Ever since than I take vitamin pills religiously.",
"Maybe It's Maybeline..",
"Ow...\n\nThe winters look very painful over there. Unless it’s that bad all the time.",
"Wow that sounds like shit I do. For a while I was convinced I had actually died, and everything I was seeing was my dying brain giving me a show. Obviously as the years wore on that became increasingly unlikely.",
"what year is this?",
"Weak troll. ",
"GO INSIDE",
"Yes, Siberia... the land of desolation. I remember my short trip there, though I wish it could've been even shorter. I spent over three weeks trudging through that icy wasteland, surviving off of nothing more than my own urine just like Bear Grylls taught me to. But let's back up a bit first. It all started about two years ago when I was sitting at home, trying to find out a new way to pay my rent for that month. I went through the usual options of blowing my neighbors but it still wasn't enough so I decided to opt for the most noble and lucrative endeavor of them all: paid clinical studies! I found one that was offering to pay a large sum of money, though I can't state exactly how much for legal reasons. \n\nAnyway, I decided to spring at the offer but there was one strange thing about it: the study took place in Siberia! I honestly knew nothing about the country, but I decided to go for it anyway because the plane ticket was paid for so yolo, amiright? The flight there was uneventful, as was the landing and subsequent loading of me into an armored bus that looked to be some sort of prison vehicle. I honestly thought nothing of it because I didn't know if this was a part of Siberian culture and I didn't want to be rude. The ride was long and boring, but after finally arriving at the bleak and drab facility I soon found myself in the most comfy and cute looking padded cell that I've ever seen in my life. \n\nThe people working there told me not to worry, that I wasn't actually imprisoned and they only used a padded cell for comfort reasons. They did lock my cell that night, but I trusted their logic and once again I wasn't sure of Siberian customs so I kept my mouth shut. The next day started off strange with a blaring siren, almost like an air raid or tornado siren sounding off not far in the distance. I heard the men outside my cell yelling and screaming at eachother. The complex suddenly lost power, and since my cell door was no longer electronically locked I decided to go see if I could help the poor fellows. I found the entire facility completely abandoned with only a few decaying corpses left behind. I had no ride home so I had to try to walk to the nearest airport, causing my confusion and need for rudimentary survival skills. I was peeved that I never got to complete the study but and was about to write a mean review of google when I saw that the money had been deposited in my account anyway. So that was my trip to Siberia. Overall I'd probably give it a 3/5.",
"Someone beat you by 6 hours and they posted the [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qe2ea/frozen_eye_lashes/dsoem8u/)",
"https://i.imgur.com/mbPYFOa.jpg",
"OP is now tagged as PHONY! Big Fat PHONY!",
"And here I am with my window open in -22C (-7F) weather getting ready for bed by chilling my room as low as I can get it.\n\nThen my fluffy comforter does all the work of making me nice and warm.\n\nTo me it's a magical feeling of getting into my bed when it's freezing outside and snuggling in the blankets with my kitty, who also loves the cold with his thick winter fur.",
"You’re back?",
"[Really, guys?](https://i.imgur.com/1UNRu7T.png) And the same subreddit, too? Come on, what is this, amateur hour?",
"Shhh we can let the baby troll dream big. They are so cute when they're like \"rwarrr reptar\"",
"Weird. The same photo says from Canada. Guess motherfuckers love reposts. ",
"https://www.reddit.com/user/AWildSketchAppeared/comments/7puldu/yes_i_am_back_and_i_might_stay_back/?st=JCFT70SY&sh=1521f8ac",
"Yeah, I don't usually care about reposts, but this shit is dumb. Wtf happened?",
"/u/mirttessen, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\nVery recent repost - see frontpage \n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/mirttessen&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qgf3o/selfie_from_siberia/?context=10\\))",
"He's been back for about a week now, from what I can tell."
] | 38 |
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Selfie from Siberia
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/r/pics/comments/7qgfao/minneapolis_sht_hole/
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[
"Love the message to the community.",
"Well I would class Minneapolis as a shithole due to police from shithole countries ability to shoot and kill civilians and not be charged.",
"Iosers",
"I'm just curious why they can't get more Ls for their board.",
"Its actually about ethics in gaming journalism.",
"You can put any curse word on your sign as long as you turn one letter upside down. ",
"That's the way people spell that come from ShitHole countries. ",
"In this case, they replaced the i with an exclamation point. But that begs the question, did the lack of L's and over use of I's lead to the subdued curse word or was that planned from the start? The world demands answers.",
"Your mileage may vary: ɟuck, fnck, fuɔk, fucʞ\n",
"Lol you just made me realize fuck with an upside down c is still fuck. ",
"In the 60's [Zimbabwe was a real Sithole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndabaningi_Sithole) country...",
"Yes, one or two examples makes your argument 100% true "
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"https://imgur.com/kxG9l3T",
"Sadly it will end in Philly as daddy in Philly is 86 and wants to see a Super Bowl too. Go Eagles!",
"That ending was absolutely ridiculous. Oh my goodness. ",
"Play will be forever known as the Hail Millie",
"Dang someone gots some good genes ",
"So does Roger just walk around with Superbowl tickets in his pocket at all times? ",
"Right in the feels! I hope she lives to 200 and the Vikings go all the way!",
"Crrrrriiiiiinnnnge",
"She also wants a train ran on her by the Vikings o line, but Rodgers said that might be a little tough to pull off",
"He’s keeping that for himself. ",
"Haha the fuck",
"I'm not a Vikings fan, but since my team isn't in the race, SKOL VIKINGS!",
"Milly Milly",
"Yeah, she's looking great for about to turn 100!",
"My grandma Millie just passed away after 98 awesome years. \nHope your grandmother Millie has a wonderful time! ",
"Guy in the top left doesn’t look too thrilled! She looks amazing!",
"Congrats Millie in Minne!",
"The first thing that Rodger Goodell did that wasn't a compete screw up",
"Why not the d line?",
"[All Aboard!](https://i.imgur.com/Ew58jB7.gif)",
"Foles has one week to learn football. ",
" I totally thought they blew it. Walked away for a few seconds, sat back down and he caught the pass at that minute. Heck of a play",
"Saw you on TV. What a game! Good luck against the Eagles!*\n\nEdited to add: If you really are a guacamole fanatic, make sure you make some using Fuerte avocados. They're creamier than the more common Haas variety.\n\n2nd edit to remove Falcons from playoffs.",
"Yeah I saw the NFL commissioner talking to her during the game. I couldn’t believe they actually won. What an amazing game. Glad grandma got her wish!",
"*Eagles. Different bird",
"[Nick Foles \"The Franchise\" 2013-14 Highlights || HD](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTPhTV_HHpw)",
"Eagles?",
"I would if I was him. ",
"Well at least it wasn't cash to pay off the refs for the Patriots games",
"Hmm, my grandfather is a few years shy of 100. Wonder if Lamborghini would like to make my...I mean HIS dream come true.",
" No joke, while watching this game, towards the end of the 4th quarter, they cut to a picture of Grandma Mille (didn't know that was her name) drinking what looked like a gin and tonic in between takes (not sure the drink). My grandma is 90 and cool as hell as well and I thought \"that's one cool old lady\" when I saw Grandma Millie.\n\nAwesome to hear she got Super Bowl tickets!",
"In the pre-game show segment on her they mentioned a screw driver with cranberry.",
"I’m looking forward to 0-5!! It’s what the Vikings deserve for the dirty hit that built their season. /sportsareimportant ",
"It took me a sec to realize that her right cheek was not, in fact, being torn off her face.",
"Never thought I'd see the day someone would jump on the Vikings bandwagon. It's kind of nice 😁",
"Real hair dyed or wig?",
"Sorry, but if nobody else does on the way, the Pats are gonna fuck you. Hope you have a 101st coming up...",
"Okay fine I’ll be a Vikings fan since my Falcons are out.",
"Stupid Vikings fan why are you putting this in /r/Pics ??? \n\n\nAlso your season wouldn't be anywhere if you didn't cheap shot Rodgers",
"Stefan Diggs dug the saints a grave. IF Minnesota wins it all, Millie should get the MVP",
"100! she doesnt look a day over 80",
"Damn onions... ",
"That's awesome ",
"Roger is the scum of the earth",
"You either get to believe deflategate is real or that the refs are paid for the pats, pick one.",
"They need all the good PR they can get with tokens like this right now.",
"Most excited I've ever been watching sports on TV. ",
"So I’m a diehard Vikings fan, and I just about died in that last minute of the game. How did she handle it? I mean, she obviously is a huge fan, and seeing her age, how did she manage the sheer amount of adrenaline running through her, not to mention the rest of the stadium?",
"That was my experience. I got home from the gym and walked into the room maybe 30 seconds before that play.",
"Not sure if I’d rather have the Vikings not make it so she can just enjoy the Super Bowl or if I don’t care about her feelings and want the Vikings to make it and lose.",
"Facts. If Anthony Barr died in a horrendous car crash I would show up to the funeral and cheer.",
"If you’re gonna support a team support the Jaguars. The Vikings are shit.",
"Damn them tickets cost $5k+ and Roger just handin them out to any 100 year old with a sign! ",
"And about her grand daughter. What is her story?",
"This picture pisses me off because I'm a saints fan. I'm glad they \"brought it home\" for your grandma's Millie's 100th birthday. But I'm still a saints fan and they lost. So I'm not saying happy birthday",
"Fluke play bud. It happens. Its football.",
"Her granddaughter looks high af",
"MILLY MILLY ",
"eww... that's savage.",
"Someone's in a pit of misery.",
"Compelling argument. Do you rest your case?",
"100 years old and not a single gray hair on her head? I'm a bit jealous, to say the least :(",
"The blonde chick looks blizted ",
"I'm a Cowboys fan so you bet your add I'm wearing purple next weekend",
"Grandma Millie, man, she's the one who couldn't figure out how to fuckin vote on the butterfly ballot, now she wants her fuckin money back for all the power you charged right up her ass for fuckin 250 dollars a megawatt-hour",
"Saw her on tv and she was sipping on a drink. What a game hope she was happy about the outcome.",
"That grand daughters off the hook beautiful. ",
"I need to find out what she was drinking and forever call that a MillieSoda ...pop (damn Midwest in me had to keep pop in the name).",
"turn that frown upside down...",
"My Case Keenum!",
"Damnit Vikings don't you dare let Grandma Millie down. ",
"I hope she has a blast at the Super Bowl and enjoys seeing the Eagles win their first.",
"Dammit, man. Stay at the gym next time.",
"Bring it home?? You're coming to philly, then you can go home.",
"This is making it a lot harder to root for the Eagles. Not impossible, just harder",
"I wouldn’t know. I tried to watch it on fubo.tv and the stream ended a few minutes before the miracle. Fuck fubo.tv. They’ve pretty much messed up 3/4 of the BCN games I’ve watched, too. Time to move on!",
"Dear NFL,\n\nI must give credit where it's due for giving grandma Millie super bowl tickets, but your image is still shit. Fuck Roger Goodell.",
"Um...",
"SKOOOOOOL GRANDMA MILLIE!!!! This one is for you, pretty lady!!!!!!",
"Yeah that was a real ass clencher",
"I thought I was going to come into the comments to read a story about jaw cancer, your comment made me realize what was actually happening.",
"At first I was most sad about them not winning it for grandma Millie, then Diggs said \"I got you grandma\"",
"I went to university of Houston so I'm all about the vikings right now. ",
"haha no idea but he’s a fuckin tool",
"No, but he's also the commissioner of the NFL. So he can get some tickets if he needs em ",
"I imagine he just scribbles on a napkin and it counts.",
"How did I get on facebook?",
"This is the best thing he's ever done as commissioner ... and did she ever bring the Vikings luck after they gifted her tickets to her first play off game !!!!!",
"As a german this rings some bells in my head.......JA WOHL WIR WERDEN DAS DEUTSCHE.....oh god im sorry. ",
"Ohh yeah. She’s going to see some SUPERB owls!",
"We become the germans? Was bedeutet das hier?",
"Husband and I have too! Well, we are Rams fans and we fell in love with Keenum on Hard Knocks. Glad to see his success.",
"Down voted for not saying happy birthday or because I'm a saints fan?",
">turn that frown upside down...\n\n...wwwwwiiiiiiiiitttthhhhhh \"Just for Men: Touch of Gray\"! Look sexy AND sophisticated with a natural hint of gray that will turn heads make you feel like your confident self again!",
"Hair dye ",
"It's pop. Anyone who says soda, or otherwise, is just wrong!",
"[caught off guard](https://imgur.com/gallery/HmBQW)",
"I'm surprised that ending didn't make the ol' ticker stop.",
"granmillie millie, granmillie millie - granmillion here, granmillion there, granmillion rare wit coke in her dairy-ere ",
"No, the Jaguars aren’t in the playoffs because of cheap shots. Karma is a bitch, can’t wait to see the Vikings and their fans hopes and dreams crushed. \n\nNow I rest my case.",
"It's called a Madras.",
"Honestly don’t know how she made it. I’m 23 and I really don’t care that much for football but I thought for sure I was about to have a heart attack",
"Fuck Roger but this makes me very happy for both of you!!!",
"I’m sorry but Grandma Millie is gonna have her dream crushed by Tom Brady. ",
"Ahhh you ya momma's salty little bitch hu?",
"Saw her in TV. She looked like she was unsure of where she was. ",
"Millie Millie!",
"Good Guy Goodell",
"What about the south where they just say coke for all types of pop?",
"We'll take all the fans cheering against the Eagles and Patriots",
"It’s like Cris Collinsworth and hundeez in the 1980s.",
"Happy Birthday Millie! Hope you'll be okay watching the Eagles play there in a few weeks....",
"I'm just hoping to see what happens when the pats explosive offense meets an actually good defense...I don't recall that happening this year.",
"Shame grandma couldnt see the game because of that huge sign in front of her face",
"And if it's cran *instead* of oj it's a cape cod.",
"The jacket in the first picture is really fucking with my perception ",
"And if it was grapefruit and vodka it would have been a Greyhound.",
"Salty dog if you add salt to the rim",
"And if you're from Minnesota it's duck, duck, grey duck instead of duck, duck, goose.",
"I have no dog in this fight, I have no local team to root for and on principle will never support a Seattle team.\n\nBut I love a good underdog. The American Dream is based on the underdog. So SKOL VIKS!",
"Hey girl, love that smile. Let me take you away from these heathens, m'lady.",
"A cape cod is a vodka cranberry with a lime wedge. ",
"\"glass of vodka with a turd floating in it\" if you leave out the juice and drop a fresh dookie into it.",
"They're taking her to see the finest Hooters in all the land! ",
"Have an upvote. \n \n*#flyeaglesfly*",
"If you're gonna talk shit, flair up.",
"I LOVE those pants",
"You are now a mod of /r/Superbowl ",
"I'm an Aussie who just took up watching NFL this season. I'm a Philly's fan now so with no ounce of shame I'm telling Millie: You're going fucking down!",
"Not gonna happen m8",
"Hey we have a shot... no one knows what happens when there's a home field advantage in the superb owl. The sky could open up and lightning strike the patriots.",
"That's super rad, is it just me or does Grandma Millie look a little like Benderband Cumbleswatch?",
"She looks just like Benedict Cumberbatch.",
"Was geht denn mit dir brudi?",
"I was telling my husband that it must’ve been very disappointed to those Viking fans that left early thinking it was the end of the game. ",
"Me too man. Walked in, toweled down my honestly *ridiculously chiseled* abs, and caught the play. And I was like-- damn, these are some washboard abs!",
"If they left, they're not fans.",
"Es bedeutet, dass er kein Deutsch kann und die Grammatikprüfung nicht bestanden hat.",
"I thought we were going with whiff-6, but this is better",
"Just curious, but why is this an either/or?\n\nIf the refs are paid for the Pats, wouldn't it make it super likely that DeflateGate is real? Because paid off refs aren't going to say anything about rule violations.\n\nNot that I believe either of these things, but it seems like they go together like chocolate and peanut butter.",
"I don't understand anything in this picture.",
"I could only hope to look that good at 100, let alone make it to that age.",
"Naja wen wunderts bei nem Bremer...",
"Student debt has aged me 100 years. Where are my Super Bowl tickets?",
"I stopped watching football for this year. I thought Case Keenum was a backup qb? Is he actually good this year? ",
"I get this",
"Now that Enron isn’t stealing all her money she can go to football games again. ",
"He’s been pretty damn good all year. ",
"She's older than the NFL in case anyone's keeping track.\n\nThe Vikings were founded when she was 43 years old.",
"What is the math on that being her granddaughter? Great granddaughter, great-great maybe? I mean, I guess is still 'grandma' but you figure her kids could be 80. Maybe overthinking it, was a great game!\n",
" And if your aunt had balls, she'd be your uncle.",
"Eagan checking in!",
"Gonna have to try this one out",
"And if it was jack daniels and Coca Cola, it’d be jack and coke ",
"She obviously hates that fucking sign.",
"I’m a Packers fan and I’ve been on the Vikings bandwagon all year. I just really want to see a team win a home Super Bowl.",
"I want to go with grandma Millie's granddaughter ",
"I hope I get to look that good when im in my 100s",
"This is it: the moment the Vikings were born for. Their reason for existing, as all Minnesotans know, is to break their fans' hearts by choking in the most infuriating way.\n\nNow they’ll kill this woman by fucking up an upset win over the Patriots. The Vikes exist to disappoint people (and get a fancy new stadium as reward for it). If Randy Moss couldn't change that, if Adrian Peterson couldn't change it, this lineup definitely won’t.\n\nMillie dies of disappointment, and people leave the funeral saying \"Next year is the year...we almost won the Super Bowl, and the team will learn their lesson. Next year...\"",
"That she still has voluminous hair is impressive alone. ",
"Is she ok?",
"\n\nI saw the wealth or idea “well I should just no longer be getting the joke” after study the quantity respecting OP Drunk gifting that or after had the identical question\n",
"I too saw the cut to her in the stands, sucking on that straw as if she were drinking an elixir that would reverse time. I hope she got a good buzz from the (surely overpriced) drink and good for her that she gets to attend the Superbowl!",
"In 2015 I was sitting in my seat during the NFC Championship. We were down 16-7 w/ 5:04 left in the game, looked terrible all game, and Russ just threw his 4th interception of the game. I had my last will and testament typed into a Facebook status update (really it was just a sad post about how proud I was of my Seahawks team after winning the Super Bowl the year before and getting this far), but I didn't press send yet.... We end up coming back to take the lead, end up going to OT, and pull off an amazing win in OT to go to the Super Bowl again. The next morning I received an email from the Seahawks that I was one of the select few season ticket holders who would get the opportunity to buy face value tickets to the Super Bowl. Due to the popularity of the game from Hawks fans, and the relative close proximity of the game in AZ, tickets ended up breaking records for resale prices going for 10x the face value. I, of course bough the tickets, went to the game, and had one of the best times of my life (the final play for the Hawks in that SB game will stick w/ me forever, I have it on tape, live, on my own personal camera) but when I reflect on the entire weekend, and how great 99% of what came w/ that experience, it was awesome. Just wanted to share, not try to compare stories. Great Job Millie.\n\nedit:stuff",
"Why not milliepop?",
"They also showed her right after the saints scored the touchdown with her granddaughter explaining to her that they might lose this game. Crazy ending, I’m rooting for grandma Millie now. ",
"#DONTCHYA KNOW?\n",
"I fancy Millie’s granddaughter. Is that wrong?",
"Made me laugh\n\n*#cryeaglescry*",
"Fuck all that, they are not beating the Eagles. My team has come too far. She got super bowl tickets to watch the Eagles play sorry not fucking sorry.\n\nEDIT: I like downvotes \n\nEDIT 2: I WAS RIGHT ",
"Old man withers behind them lookin salty af",
"Your grandma looks really good for 100 years old! ",
"That guy was hilarious and awesome. His and Diggs’ interviews were genuinely enjoyable to watch.",
"He got the start most of the season due to injuries to Bridgewater and Bradford. He played extremely well as evidenced by their upcoming NFC title game appearance. He will undoubtedly be a starter next year whether that be in the twin cities or elsewhere.\n\nEdit: for anyone wondering, all 3 are currently scheduled for free agency after this season.",
"Idk...Brady seems to have a knack for crushing dreams. ",
"So is this post",
"Le random",
"I cringe to your opinion of cringe ",
"I’ll bet the NFL sets aside a few hundred tickets for stories just like this every year. Good for fans, and good for PR.",
"Oh god... Please let her live to the super bowl. Could you imagine???",
"I realize it could be a wig, but if not damn she has strong hair genes",
"That gentleman is absolutely disgusted by your actions. I want to take this and send a cropped picture to anyone that's ever disappointed me. \n\n[30 seconds](https://i.imgur.com/fwyNN6Z.jpg)",
"Heck of a misplay by the cornerback. Lowered his shoulder and turned his head. Completely his fault.",
"Sure there’s extra seats due to boycott",
"My father called me right after the game and was like \"wow did you see that play!?\" I was all like \"Yeah its really just a good diet and a bit of cardio\" ",
">She wanted to go to the SuperBowl for her 100th Birthday\n\nI don't want to go to the SuperBowl and my 31st birthday was a few days ago. Can anyone make my wish come true?",
"Sounds like a new jersey.",
"Tom Brady sucks when he plays against good teams. Most of the AFC is a joke.",
"No you’re thinking of coke and jack",
"Wow. She looks great!",
"No, I do too!",
"Whoring out your grandmother for SuperBowl tickets. What a brilliant idea!!!",
"God I hope she’s utterly heartbroken next week. \n\nEagles fan here. ",
"Roger has one solution for everything and that's to throw money at it.",
"I'm happy 4 millie, but fuck roger goodell",
"*milly milly*",
"Because either the nfl hates the pats thus deflategate or it loves them and ignores all the bad calls",
"The girl looks young to be her granddaughter; I would guess at least great granddaughter.",
"How does this even make sense",
"It's called a \"Garden State.\"",
"Of it overreacted to Deflategate purposely....",
"And if you do cocaine it called \"doing coke\"",
"Nah thats a Lemmy now bro. \n\nOfficially renamed last year. Not even kidding.",
"She doesn't look a day over 70!",
"The one at the Mall of America?",
"Madras as an Indian curry and it's a fairly spicy hot curry. ",
"Now I'm rooting for the Vikings. I had no horse in the race except that the eagles fail. \n\nVikings my team this off season now. :)",
"Wig",
"Well, I guess you two need to fight to the death. ",
"Sorry this comment didn’t survive the ground, put 15 more minutes on the clock and take away 14 points from the team that doesn’t have Tom Brady and his witchdocotor on it.",
"she looks AMAZING for 100",
"Grand plan:\n\n\nGet old as fuck\n\nAsk for shit\n\nHopefully use shit before death\n\nProfit?\n\n\n\n",
"Superb owl, autocorrect strikes again xd",
"And if my grandmother had wheels she'd be a wagon.",
"Don't do drugs kids",
"In theory you could be right or wrong",
"Awww dude. Don’t be a dick. You’re one of those people that gives us all a bad name. ",
"Grandmadras\n\nFTFY",
"Ahh he’s okay. He’s not a great QB by any stretch of the imagination, but he’s certainly a decent back up. ",
"I mean the guy who got the touchdown literally only just made it before 00:00. I’d say it’s mainly his fault, not the cornerback’s.\n\n\nEdit: apparently /s isn’t allowed when it comes to sports.",
"Three",
"SKOL",
"Skol Millie",
"Don’t be a pecker. ",
"Gotta scoot by the Eagles and watch her team lose to New England... great gesture. Gonna see her team lose in a Super Bowl when she's 100 years old. Just what everyone wants. ",
"You must have a weird shaped grandma. If you put wheels on mine she'd just, you know, be a 80 yr old woman with wheels. She wouldn't even make a decent cart. Much less a wagon. \n\nBest of luck with your hollow, red, rectangular granny.",
"Old pics of her in Vikings gear or she's still another bandwagoner",
"I thought she was an owner or something when the camera shot to her towards the end....",
"And if that grapefruit and vodka has a salted rim it’s called a salty dog. ",
"So I am a dick because I dont want a 100 year old lady's team to beat my team and go to the superbowl after having such a great year and being the number one seed ? THEN YES I AM A FUCKING DICK ",
"In the top photo, dude in the background is tired of your shit. ",
"I just think there is something wholesome about a 100 year old granny named Millie. :)",
"I can’t say that in jest as a sports fan? I’m sorry. ",
"Something you may not know is that Eagles fans have a reputation. People hate the team, not for the team’s ability or anything it did, but because the fans are dicks. \n\nI’m an Eagles fan. I love my team. I won’t tell a 100 year old woman she’s “going down”. Let her have her moment. Let her grand daughter have this post. We don’t have to stick our noses into every thread and remind people that some people like our team. \n\nThere aren’t Saints fans in here cursing her out, you you gotta be all kinds like dat?",
"Too bad that the Vikings are coming to the pit of misery in Philly Philly, Grandma Millie Millie. Go Birds, E-A-G-L-E-S. Her team already has four trips to the big game, so she had her chance.",
"She looks like Happy Gilmore's grandma",
"Yeah man those ~~four~~ five super bowl rings don't mean shit /s",
"#YOU BETCHA!",
"Only 50 million more fans to give Superbowl tickets to before nobody hates Rodger.",
"Minnesota Miracle",
"Nah you’re a dick because you can’t just let this lady and her grand mother have a moment. You have to reinforce the Eagles fan stereotype. ",
"I like your uniforms and was also a fan of Dante Culpepper, Randy Moss, and Cris Carter back in the day. Plus having a chance to play the Super Bowl at home is too good of a reason not to jump on the bandwagon. ",
"Just hate seeing the Eagles fan stereotype reinforced all over this thread. I bleed green too, but I just hate being sneered at when I tell people who my team is. ",
"Dude, Vikings fans perpetually have their hopes and dreams crushed - it’s like our natural disposition. It was nice to have something good happen for us and be on the right side of the highlight reel for once. Jaguars need at least another 50 years to match the emotional weight of that win last night. They just don’t have the same underdog story arc of this franchise and this particular team. You could understand then why people would want to jump on that bandwagon. \n\nBut hey, I’d love for you guys to beat the Patriots next week. The last thing we need is another Patriots superbowl. Boring. ",
"I saw this encounter on TV last night. I thought they said there is the owner of the vikings and she is one step closer to seeing them play in the SB.",
"Only had to wait 100 years.",
"Funny cuz she probs had a heartattck at the end of that game ☠️",
"They can't help it. This is just Philly nature.",
"Awesome! Rooting for her!",
"Man, she’s been a Vikings fan since there were real Vikings!",
"Bro they already had their moment, its the following day. Like why do you even care what this one guy on reddit says about it ? In the grand scheme of things none of this matters, my comments doesnt effect her life or the outcome of the game, nor will your comment change my original demeanor about the situation.\n",
"Social media is cheap. ",
"\"2 tix 2 this sb, -r. GOODell\"\n\nwhere one of the two's is backwards.\n\n",
"Alrighty then!",
"I'm for Millie !\n",
"They say you’re crazy to do drugs when you’re young; you’re crazy *not* to do them when you’re old.",
"I saw that too! But like the very end of it. I caught only \"Grandma\" on the sign and wondered what it said fully and figured Id never know.",
"Dude I saw her on tv and I was like , Damn she's drinking and she looks pissed Hahah. ",
"Fuck u lady, and the Vikings. They ain’t gonna win the super bowl!",
"Case is certainly playing stellar and so is MN. But hopefully the D will step up again and make it a game",
"Brother in law is from Minnesota. Called him last night and told him that we would be wearing purple for next week and he said \"Skol Vikings!\". I had to ask. I thought jumping on the bandwagon was supposed to be easy",
"I don’t live in the city and love the Eagles. So maybe I just don’t have the Philly attitude, but I just don’t see the need to be an ass to people because they don’t like the thing I like. ",
"But did she kneel for the anthem?",
"Why the fuck any sane person want to waste their end time in a shit show like American football, you would have better enjoyment getting fucked by a donkey than going to one of these shit events.",
"That she still has the physical and mental strength to get up in the morning, put on a wig, get her eyebrows colored and plugged and dress up freaking nice at 100 is impressive all by itself. My great aunts are all lingering around the hundred right now and most of them are too demented and weak to wipe their own nose or count to twenty before needing a nap.\n\nIf you're a hundred and you look like 80 you're either a legend or have the ring of power. ",
"If you pour a little whiskey and then wring the contents of the bar rag into the glass, it’s a “Jersey Turnpike.” (Not a joke). ",
"Minnesota will likely need deep pockets to keep him, do they have the salary cap space?",
"Just hanging out the pocket a little so the ladies can see em.",
"So OP did you post this from your jerk off account or do you just use one account?",
"I was cheering for them today just because I think it would be cool for a team to have home field advantage at the Super Bowl. ",
"Because I hate being sneered at and having to hear “fuck Eagles fans” when I wear my Eagles gear to central PA. Really anywhere that isn’t in SEPA. Way to reinforce stereotypes. ",
"You godless people also refer to a casserole as “hot dish”.",
"Yeah. You're a dick bro. And when the Eagles lose, it will be your fault.",
"+1, mate. Ever since Rodgers got his collarbone busted again, I've been secretly rooting for the Vikings.",
"After reading about grandma Millie, I am wholeheartedly routing for the Vikings! ",
"But the only facts that you presented are that you don't like them",
"Well man I dont know what to tell you, I care more about my team more then this old lady seeing her team win in a super bowl before she kicks the bucket i stand by that. But regardless I respect what you are saying.",
"Using grandma for attention...",
"Maybe if they release Bridgewater or Bradford. ",
"Honestly I'm surprised anyone got the reference at all, so I'm kinda with you\n\nhttps://youtu.be/DOLNWF5QMxY",
"The Milliesota Vikings ",
"I read this with Tony Soprano's voice in my head.",
"Eagles fan here. I hope she doesn't get to see them in the Superbowl, sorry not sorry",
"That's a city ",
"The Vikings did this not Rodger Goodell.",
"Perfect summary of Vikings experience, and the Case Keenum underdog story makes them irresistible.",
"Straight cash homie",
"Meth",
"As someone who lives in Pittsburgh where it was 0 degrees for our outdoor playoff game yesterday, im really happy for your grandma and the indoor stadium/stadiums she will be watching in. I will root for you guys since we no longer have a chance! Good luck!!!",
"Definitely a wig.",
"Hail Millie!",
"They're extra wrong.",
"It's only a cape cod if you add a twist of lime",
"Snickered coffee right out my nose. Hasn't Bradford been bounced before? Maybe Bridgewater needs to bite the bullet.",
"Meanwhile... how u doin'?",
"Which, by the way, is one hell of a tasty drink. Use a little rasberry Stoli in it and you've got pure candy in a cup.",
"Is she still alive? \n\nAre you still alive?\n\nI'm a 27 year old Lions fan watching at home and I needed a paper bag after. ",
"Eagles are the underdog ",
"GOODeL」?",
"nevermind its an indoor stadium..",
"I love this story. I am not a fan or hater of the Vikings. But I am a fan of your grandma! ",
"Crystal checking in!",
"He has taken Vikings this far as their third choice QB, and has been fantastic. And this is with a weak running game since their star rookie RB got injured early on.\n\nIt's the success story of the season, and if they win, the decade. ",
"I just woke up and after watching the play over and over and over, it really looked like the safety got to Diggs too early, so he pulled down a bit and it cost the game. He was already falling when the ball hit Diggs' hands. \n\nMan....Minnesota should enjoy that MLK day today. What a game. ",
"We do. Also keep in mind that we're currently paying two other \"franchise\" QBs, both of which can be cut this year.\n\nWe'll be signing him unless he royally fucks up, and even then it'll probably take a huge offer from another team to take him away from us. ",
"Millie was 52 when the Vikings lost their first Super Bowl (SB IV).",
" To the pit of infamy! ",
"I'm torn here. I kinda want too see all three boxes checked but at the me time I'm rooting for Jacksonville ",
"sprecken ze german? zhar zhar",
"You never had the makings of a varsity athlete.",
"Starting in middle school (maybe even pop warner), you're taught to play to the whistle. No matter how impossible it may seem, you still need to make the tackle/push the receiver out of bounds.",
"tricked her into thinking this vikings game was the SuperBowl?\n\nsure she's old and will die not knowing the difference but I still think that's evil",
"Bet you he's a Packers fan.",
"I’m gonna feel real bad when my eagles send the Vikings home next weekend and she gets to come watch my boys play against TB",
"He’s such a fucking beast, it really makes me wonder how he would do if he was with a team like New England. I became a Packers fan just to piss off my friend who was a massive Favre fan and swore off the team after they told Favre to get fucked. Then after watching Rodgers I became a real fan. It’s unreal how talented he is.",
"Fuck you, uncle Jun!",
"Saw them both on TV! So awesome for a birthday gift to a lifelong fan (I assume). Happy birthday to Millie!",
"Please give me more context on your grandmother and her connection to Vikings football. I mean, the story is rich as is, but I feel like there’s a lot more to tell here and just want you to realise the full potential.",
"Stop trying to make the commish not an asshole happen. Its NOT gonna happen.",
"Lost $500 in winnings because of that final play. Thanks for tackling a ghost Marcus Williams. I hope your teammates and opponents troll you for the rest of your career\n\nEdit: I don’t actually wish the man harm. Im glad the reddit protectorate is out to preserve decency, but I’m just using hyperbole to express how much I wish the man hadn’t tried to jack up a phantom instead of just hugging Diggs to the ground after he caught the ball.",
"I don't care that you broke your elbow.",
"If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike.",
"That lat play, not in a 100 years would that have happened ",
"That’s a whole 3 weeks away...",
"It’s a 100 year old who wanted to see a playoff game. Why be so negative?\nYou must be a pretty lame fan. I’d pay to see my team play in the super bowl no matter what. It is a great season even if you come out as only the AFC or NFC champs. ",
"Probably because she died at 70",
"You wanna tag team the bitch with me? Smokin' hot grandma, right?",
"I saw this, everyone was going wild and she was just sucking down her drink!\n",
"It'd be the best year for me too if I were that close to death. ",
"She wasn’t a Vikings fan until 43?!? What a bandwagon fan.",
"And a mall is called an Of America",
"If it would make her day, why the fuck not",
"In the first picture the guy in the top left is looking right at the camera",
"I see she got a drink at the game too. What great shape for being 100.",
"If he doesn't I'm betting they've got some somewhere in the stadium where the Superbowl is being held that he can have someone grab. Alternatively they could just print some up, I'm sure they've got the means on hand.",
"Girl is hot and likes her grammy <3 ",
"Five",
"They are desperate for demographics lol. What PR company came up with this tripe? lol\n\n10% loss of audience in one year. \n\n",
"Nice story, but the Eagles won't make it easy",
"Wisconsin native turned Minnesotan... it'll always be goose to me.",
"Millie is his date, now he can hurt a little old lady, it has always been a dream of his.",
"He wants to get onto those grannie panties. ",
"\"Välkommen till Sverige!!\"\n\nWait a second, that's Swedish...",
"Traded twice, yes. I don't think he's ever outright been released though.\n\nIsn't this a Free Agency year for him though coming up?",
"Is she single?",
"Ooh crahp",
"Too bad the Jags are going to win ",
"Did Grandma Millie's heart survive that last play?",
"Not trying to be a downer, but I’m not sure the players could read that.",
"Dang, yo! Why doesn't she look like a 100 year old? She looks more like she was in her early 70's. Must've been hot when she was younger. ;) ",
"In 60 years there will be women in old folks homes named Tiffany",
"Gay water for gay frogs, please keep up.",
"\"Grandma Millie told the NFL Commissioner she wanted to go to the SuperBowl for her 100th Birthday\"\n\n\nI wonder how this thing goes.. \"hey i wanna go to the game\" \"ok...?\" ",
"Or Bikaela...",
"not important, social media can ",
"Moin moin!",
"Granny likes her drinks too! ",
"up those standards son ",
"Too bad grandmma milly gonna have to see the vikes choke in philly philly! Dilly dilly grandma milly!",
"I’ll take sarcasm for 600 Alex.",
"I don’t think the garnish changes the name of the drink. Straight vodka and cran is still Cape Codder. \n\nAlso, as indicated above it is a Cape Codder not a Cape Cod, although I have done some research and note that others on the internet have made the same mistake, so I’m only going to give you 20 internet lashings this morning instead of my customary 40. ",
"Fuck you buddy",
"Heathen! It’s grey duck! Or Grey Goose if you’re Millie",
"Are you sure she's not dead already? eh well she will be soon anyway I guess",
"No way! I have a grandma Millie too!",
"Thank you! I don't get why people forget that. I'm from Philly so sorry Vikings I hope you lose but if we do I would route for them over the other teams for sure. ",
"This is why we can't have nice things!",
"Fliegende kïnderscheisse!",
"saw that too, except they cut away pretty quick because she was showing zero excitement after that big field goal. i'm sure she's a great lady, but it's pathetic how contrived these stories are in sports. she didn't exactly look like the superfan goodell wants her to be...still, awesome for her though.",
"Goodell: Check out the nametag. You're in my world now grandma! Here's two tickets to the Super Bowl, btw.",
"Ha! I'm pretty sure the natives start gathering around me and hissing every time I mention it too.",
"I choose to accept this as proof that gin and tonics will extend my lifespan. ",
"That was soft",
"Damn straight, Millie's gonna get a face full of Long Cox at the Super Bowl.",
" I imagine this will be me waiting on a SuperBowl ",
"lol im still fat ",
"I think the original Hail Mary was thrown by Roger to Drew against you guys. Shame on you if you need to google that. ",
"Must be a browns fan",
"Sorry grandma but your season has to end this week ",
"Roger b GoOd",
"I’m sorry about grandma Millie :( ",
"seriously. I don't care about football but my boyfriend had the game on and luckily I was paying attention for the last five minutes or so of the game. I was screaming as the last play unfolded. Amazing sight to see!",
"Eden Prairie, checking in! SKOL!",
"sorry Millie but no SB wins for you. Vikings garbage for life.",
"Just how it feels as a Falcons fan",
"ding ding ding",
"Cape CodDER, which is vodka, cranberry, and lime. ",
"The granddaughter is ridiculously hot",
"What's low standard about that? ",
"This was the NFL's worst year in a long time, why did they extend him?",
"Would love to see grandma Millie's reaction to that last play Hail Mary to Diggs.",
"GMM is a class act. Give her a hug from me!",
"I’m suddenly a Vikings fan",
"Holy crap, she just jinxed it.",
"I like football.",
"Because he did the right thing",
"They did blow it, Saints dbs just blew it even harder",
"Ideology ",
"Could it be due to the fact that many of these filthy heretics descended from Germans and Scandinavians who may not have a word for *casserole*?",
"whiff 6 is still the real deal",
"Your opinion differ, pal?",
"What’s a casserole? ",
"Sorry Grandma Millie, you're going to be seeing Fletcher Cox in your nightmares. Eagles win 16-10.",
"Fuck it wear it with pride. YES I HOPE GRANNY’S TEAM GETS FUCKED NEXT WEEK BY OUR EAGLES. FLY EAGLES FLY",
"Millie's Minnesota Miracle",
"Because he’s a puppet for the owners and as long as he helps them make money they will keep him around. ",
"More than just a lady with a sign. They gave her tickets to the Vikes/Saints game as well. They’ve been talking about this story for a week. ",
"I'm not sure you know how this works. ",
"Here I was, thinking it's my hometown. ",
"I don’t get it. She wants to watch the Eagles in the SuperBowl?",
"I myself was on the phone with my father, whom I am very close with, after while toweling off my Adonis-body at the gym during lunch break at my work where they pay and treat me well and I am very much fulfilled by my work. \"What a play!\" I exclaimed to him between ignored texts from my ex, who has recently realized her new man isn't really that great once you get past the surface. \"Hold on, I'm getting a call from my wife who also loves football and doesn't see my drinking as anything more than something nice to come home to after work.\" \"No problem son, we have so many years left alive together.\" ",
"Johnny be good?",
"The political aspect really isnt something I wanna get into. Regardless of why it happened, the NFL's ratings fell as a whole a ton this year. Im personally a lot more willing to buy into the theory that that has a lot to do with how many high profile QBs got injured, but as a whole he had a lot of missteps with suspensions and what not this year. ",
"All I was for my 100th birthday is to watch my favorite players further damage their brains.",
"Don't care that its PR but i Like Roger.",
"You wouldn't want to get fucked by a donkey instead? What is wrong with you?",
"I've seen so much NFL shit hit the front page in the last 24 hours. It's beyond obvious.",
"Feel good story ends on Sunday in Philly. Sorry Millie. ",
"Roger is a genuine piece of shit, not to be super negative but hopefully everyone realizes his PR team pulled this together to get him a photo op. His image is literally trash and there doing anything and everything they can to help it. \n\nIt’s awesome the NFL did this for her though!",
"While the NFL is losing overall viewership, all of their television rivals are as well due to cord cutters. \n\nThe owners retained Goodell because the NFL still accounted for 30+ of the top 50 most watched TV programs in all of 2017. So while the league's gross numbers will continue to drop with TV viewership, they will remain the top place for advertisers to spend their money when those advertisers are launching a new TV commercial. ",
"He murders the NFLPA. its as simple as that. ",
"What a stupid comment ",
"Fuck Grandma and Fuck Roger and Fuck the state of Minnesota and their shitty accents. ",
"This pants tho ",
"Underrated comment of the thread...",
"This could be a misunderstanding on my end, but wasnt it rumored that Sunday Night Football is done as a whole now? ",
"I saw that! I had been not watching the game (every time I watch the Saints lose) and I caught that shot and asked who she was, my husband said, \"I think she's an owner, they keep showing her\"",
"Ink him then move either Bradford or Teddy B for picks. There's some QB hungry teams out there.",
"I hope they clinch it, for her, and because I hope the Eagles lose so idiots in Philly don’t destroy the city in a victory riot. ",
"My thoughts exactly. If Williams had just made a fundamental, heads-up tackle then the Vikings wouldn't have scored. Not on that play at least. Instead, he opts to launch his entire body at his knees and go for a knock out blow with his head down and *completely* whiffs.\n\nYa, he'll be cut in the off season.\n\nEdit: reddit is salty today. Much down vote lol",
"I'm a Saints fan and seriously thought we deserved the W last night and I've been down all day (it's 1pm here) but this has just softened the blow big time. Milly Milly.",
"Aww that's nice. Too bad they won't get there. ",
"This is so true. I remember the rays were down 7-0 to the Yankees in the last game of the season and so when they came back from behind, clinching the AL wild card, there were like 30 ppl left it seemed. Didn't bother me, I got unprecedented access to the celebration with the players",
"Speaking of faces, granddaughter is TOAST!",
"Shouldn’t cord cutting not overly affect the NFL since all but 2 of their games each week are broadcasted on over the air channels? Where as MLB, NBA, NHL games are almost exclusively on cable channels aside from the occasional OTA broadcast.",
"I'm an Eagles fan, but I'm rooting for Jax too. ",
"the same reason the Republican majority will never Impeach Trump. As long as you're mad at him, they get to keep doing what they want.",
"[Is pepsi okay?](http://i.imgur.com/9TynyXK.jpg)",
"Good ole fashioned shittalk. Dw I'll teach you yanks how it's done. No time for sensitivity in sports.",
"Rodger Goodell is still the scum of the earth. Hope that man loses everything he has. Straight trash. ",
"Probably a balmy 70° inside. None of the players showed signs of being the least bit cold.",
"All the comments below are from people who went to bartending school.",
"Send them a letter, worst that can happen is a reply back saying 'lol get the fuck outta here'",
"I think you may be remembering how they cancelled the last SNF of the season this year. It fell on NYE and the game was gonna have 0 playoff implication IIRC.\n\nThey would never cancel SNF, as it just finished it's 7th straight season as the most watched primetime show in America. \n\nhttp://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/despite-viewership-drop-sunday-night-football-tvs-watched-primetime-show.html",
"Probably not. This was his rookie year and he had 75 tackles and 4 interceptions. He had a great year and made on major mistake. The only reason the Saints were still in the game is because he intercepted the ball earlier. ",
"The NFL can’t do shit to stop police brutality against blacks but every white person gets a free super bowl ticket",
"Ohhhh boy.... grandma Millie is in for a surprise, Beady is going to get his 6th ring. ",
"No. They just like being weird. They pronounce words that end in -ag like they rhyme with ‘beg’. They say Rice Krispies bars instead of treats. Wanna dirty chai? It’s called “moosed”. All this they do not because it’s correct, they just wanna be different than everyone else.\n\n-from a southwestern transplant in MN",
"I think they just cancelled the one that matched up exactly with the New Years Eve broadcasting. ",
"I'm not your pal, friend",
"I hope my Eagles do the impossible and break her itty bitty 100 year old heart into pieces, w her family the only ones to pick her up as midnight green confetti and fireworks blast all around her chaoticly.",
"She looks damn good for 100",
"Well Jerry Jones at least hates him",
"Suspending Brady for 4 games was all part of their master plan to get the Patriots to the Super Bowl last year...",
"Uh...what?",
"As a Saints fan, I wanted Grandma Millie to go home sad.",
"if you read my later comments on this thread im not going for the political angle at all and I seriously dont think the politics played as much of a role in this as everyone else does. Im not playing this from a for or against angle....Im saying that Gooddell has been heavily criticized for his suspension policy which at times felt INCREDIBLY arbitrary,mishandling situations with bad calls during games and LOADS of other things totally unrelated to politics.",
"Fair enough",
"I'm New England and I'm so conflicted on this.",
"A lot of people still get their free over the air channels through their cable provider and don't pick them back up after cord cutting. \n\nI've had to explain that we all get free channels to so many of my friends that are not tech illiterate when they ask me about my antenna. \n\nAlso MNF is on cable and a huge ratings pull for the NFL.",
"The guy in the upper left looks jealous af",
"My grandma is 100 (101 in a month!). She's an ardent Argos and Blue Jays fan. She doesn't show her excitement on the outside very much, because the is just physically too frail. And also too curmudgeonly- after a great play she's more likely to predict upcoming failures than celebrate the success.\n\nWhen Pinball Clemons visited her for her hundredth, she barely got up out of her armchair but certainly gave him an earful on everything the Argos have done wrong. And now she keeps a framed picture of the two of them in her condo. \n\nMy point being that a 100 year old's ardent fandom might look quite different from a younger person's but that doesn't necessarily mean she's not a superfan.",
"I want \"Do it for Millie\" to be our battlecry this year.",
"Or part of their plan to show that really honestly they aren’t biased. \n\n",
"I had a grandma Millie too! High five to old names.",
"Eagles fans would much rather face the Jacksonville offense than the QB with the most Super Bowl appearances in history. ",
"I've been a Jags fan since I was 3! Some people...",
"As commissioner he is required to have tickets on him at all times. ",
"She’ll be 100 when the Vikings win their first Super Bowl. ",
"The Eagles are going to put Grandma Millie in the ground this weekend",
"100 years old and not a single gray hair! Way to go Millie!",
"Waiting for GOODell",
"The check box says \"win a Superbowl\". ",
"There's a bad ass old dude down here in Indy who's been a life long fan of the Colts, even followed them here from Baltimore. When I met him he was mocking people wearing the split Manning jerseys. He loves Peyton, but he was a Bronco now. He had that \"I wish you success, just not against us\" and I while heartedly agreed. I should have bought that man a beer. Man card revoked ",
"100 yo never felt so good",
"Oh hai delusional me, I thought I'd drowned you in antidepressants",
"Tom Brady didn’t win those Super Bowls, his defense did. ",
"They let y'all storm the field? ",
"I’d bet that’s another person’s hair. ",
"That’s just a standard issue Minnesota woman right there.\n\nHere’s ago I was in San Francisco at the Twins/Giants game.\n\nMy brothers and I were like... man there aren’t many good-looking women in San Francisco.\n\nEvery time we thought we saw one they would turn around and have a twins shirt on....\n\nWas at that moment I realized we have it pretty good here.",
"Thank you, that does appear to be the case and I do certainly remember that there was a run of Sunday night games towards the end of the season that sounded like terrible matchups even if the teams didnt underperform as they did, like Raiders and Eagles and Chiefs Broncos? ",
"Ratings don't include over the air viewers from what I can tell. We had a Nielsen ratings guy come to our door to see if we wanted to be a ratings household but when we told him we watch our TV OTA only he left.",
"As is tradition. ",
"So the worst possible outcome for you is basically pats eagles ",
"Where’s the Facebook like button? Is this not Facebook?\n\nAlso hope you had fun.",
"Yeah that fifth one definitely don't mean shit. \n\nLol thanks. Fixed",
"Just call it 3M, I'm sure everyone in MN will understand what you mean.",
"To be fair, Grandma Millie didn’t shoot or rob anyone. ",
"Mother FUCK Millie.... so pissed the Saints blew that comeback",
"Philly local here just to remind you that it's a shame that Millie is about to have those dreams CRU -- nah, who am I kidding, Vikings are probably going to own us. ",
"Zip.",
"I'm an Eagles fan, and even I hope the Vikings win the Superbowl for Millie.",
"No, he's just happy to see you.",
"\"Did you see that ludicrous display last night?\" ",
"No but we went from nosebleeds to first row behind the Rays dugout because everyone left. All the players hung out, celebrating, hugging and passing us champagne bottles (i was actually underaged at the time) and got to have the kind of experience that makes a person that age a fan for life. ",
"Is he a long time season ticket holder in the stadium that's hosting the Super Bowl the year of his 100th birthday?",
"i totally believe this to be the case with Millie. would not expect a 100 year old women to be jumping up and down. but i had to laugh when the camera went to her, stayed on her for an awkwardly brief moment, realized she wasn't going to toss her drink in the air, and then cut away. my criticism is not with her at all, just the fact that her style of \"inner fandom\" does not look good on camera so the broadcasters quickly lose interest in her. this is nothing new, i just always get amused at how desperate the networks are to tug at heartstrings during a big sports event. ",
"Came here to say this. Upvote for you.",
"The Hail Millie!",
"The blonde chick looks blizted\n\n",
"Yup there it is ",
"Haha I saw the same. Everyone was going nuts around her and she was stirring her drink and looking at it like \"there's not enough alcohol in this\".",
"I would tell Roger Goodell to TELL DE TROOTH",
"I think Benedict Cumberbatch nailed it this time, almost didn’t notice that it was him",
"By the time you were three, she'd probably been a Vikings fan for 35-40 years.",
"2/3 ain't bad. And yes, I'd rather face Jacksonville than the Cheatriots.",
"Happy cake day, fellow cake-dayer ",
"Many like myself are just to lazy to hook an antenna nor get everything working so it can be streamed to something like a Roku or FireTV, I hate changing inputs that extra button press is far far far too much work ;) ",
"Awww. that's awesome. I wasn't rooting for anyone but now I am. ",
"They cut to Goodell talking to Grandma Mille during one of the timeouts but never said what came of it. Good to know that she got some Super Bowl tickets.",
"I need to say something about the granddaughter's pant, but I'm not sure what.",
"Oh for cute",
"> Shouldn’t cord cutting not overly affect the NFL since all but 2 of their games each week are broadcasted on over the air channels?\n\nAlot of that has to do with out viewership numbers are reported, alot of which comes from cable or other Set top boxes/services and other methods of tracking that simply are not possible for Over the Air Broadcasts, so it is entirely possible viewership has simply changed not dropped but because of they way the data is collected it has the appearance of dropping. ",
"That blondie....mmm mmmm",
"Uh did you even watch them?",
"Yeah but if the Vikings lose next week he's going to rip them out of her hands.",
"Rigged ",
"Right but my point is, as mad as everyone seems to get at Gooddell, it's a waste of time. The people who can do something about it won't as long as everyone is focusing their rage at him. I was just pointing out the parallel to Trump.",
"[Minneapolis Miracle](https://youtu.be/SaFn8cqBThI)",
"Congrats Grandma Millie!\n\nGranddaughter (I'm assuming) blonde is gorgeous!",
"Am i the only one who thought she was missing part of her jaw at first?",
"to be fair, 85% of the current vikings fans are bandwagon fans",
"Yes and he uses them to pick up older women. ",
"But did she take a knee?",
"My man this had nothing to do with race until you made it so... I wholeheartedly agree with players kneeling. I don’t understand why this had to be a race thing.",
"That was a deviation for us saints fans. We were so excited to score a field goal on the last 30 seconds and some how I get up for a drink and come back to a loss ",
"Because he's a troll",
"Get a Harmony remote. One button switches everything that needs to be switched for a different input. Turn off this, turn on that, change the TV input, change the receiver input.",
"Came to find out more about the granddaughter. ",
"The south doesn't actually exist. It's a myth.",
"So canard a la presse and eggs Woodhouse, what are these in Minnesota terms?",
"She looks so good for 100! I'd have never known! I'm glad that she could live long enough to get in the exclusive centenarian club.",
"How does Neilson decide which houses become rating houses? We're they just going around your neighborhood?",
"I thought she was the owner when I saw him talking to her on tv ",
"Millie Millie Dilly Dilly.",
"Are this stripped overalls a northern thing? I saw a bunch when Panthers played Green Bay and Minnesota this year. ",
"I like Millie, but Millie's Granddaughter is a Norse Goddess.",
"They're not gonna cut Bridgewater. Front office loves him, and they've spent alot of money keeping him around.",
"Step 4 is \"die\".",
"I don't care about or ever watch the NFL.. but I turned on the game last night for a bit and saw the ending. I want to see the Vikings win a damn super bowl finally.\n\nI was a Vikings fan as a kid and that 98 conference championship game broke me.",
"Yes, she took a knee..",
"At least she is still getting her drink on too!",
"Whoosh \n\nEdit: I whooshed myself ",
"Super Bowl tickets are to Rogers what toilet paper is to me. ",
"Rigged. ",
"Nope! Can't stop crippling depression! Yipee!",
"They extended him because they need him in a couple years to negotiate with the Players Union. Say what you want about Goodell but there is no denying he is a good negotiator and the owners realize it's going to be tougher this time around.",
"Huh, we used to call those salty dogs. We still do, but we used to too. ",
"That’s certainly one way of looking at it. ",
"The kneeling didn't help",
"She looks good. I’d definitely sleep with her. ",
"And they wont last much longer! Anything on TV blatantly anti-American is doomed to fail, unless there are enough democrats to help fund their operation. Which will never happen because they are all illegal or on welfare. Lmao",
"Double sarcasm cancel eachother out.",
"Can confirm no. \n\nI'm mostly German by heritage and grew up in a Scandinavian farming community in Iowa (just a couple hundred miles south of MN). No one where I grew up calls \"it\" a hotdish. \"It\" was always called a casserole. \n\nMN using hotdish instead of casserole is definitely a thing, but it isn't because of German or Scandinavian lineage. ",
"It's weird, I have cable now but was previously a cord cutter when I was making less money and living in a more expensive apartment (I think I'm the rarest breed, people who dropped cable then picked it back up)\n\nAnyway, I had gone 2 years without cable before it occurred to me that I could just get an antenna. Picked up one for like $5 from Amazon and was blown away when I plugged it in and got flawless picture/sound from a lot more channels than I was expecting.",
"Crunch and buttery? Ok in reasonable portions? Burns herself if you walk out of the room for attention? Spends more time in the kitchen than *inside* me. Normally white but can easily over tan? Jumps out at you when you're not expecting it? Because she'd disappoint my mom if that's all I brought home?",
"Fly eagles fly ",
"I don’t even like football, but I am pregnant so I cried when the guy who made that touchdown cried. That was quite the goal. Everyone’s faces were just in disbelief . ",
"Conspiracy confirmed. Roger knows who will be in the Super Bowl.",
"Surprised she didn’t die after that ending",
"Damn, what drugs are you on? ",
"Lmao y'all are some goofy mfrs.",
"I'm kinda late to the game here, but this is my first time hearing about any of this, and it smells like a PR stunt on the part of the NFL.\n\nMind you I have zero evidence, I've not analyzed any photographs and cannot point you to the pixels. All I have is my unwavering cynicism.",
"She asked him before the game was over. Pretty sure the NFL is rigged now",
"How olds the grandaughter and is she wifed up? ",
"But what if it was all faked to make you think the NFL was coming down on the pats therefore they don't favor them. Just like Apollo 13 was a \"failure\" so skeptics would think that the moon landing has to be real because why would they fake a crisis in space.\n\nI mean 4 game suspension for blatently cheating, a few years after the pats were caught cheating with the microphones in the opposing teams locker rooms, is kinda like a slap on the wrist. The pats have been so good and in a crap division for a long time now so even starting the season losing 4 games wouldn't necessarily rule them out",
"All 3 are up for FA it's a weird year to be a vikings fan... 3 more or less franchise Qbs on our hands and an NFCCG to be played... Skol vikes baby",
"NFL rigged. ",
"You forgot about getting reelected President of the United States in 2020.",
"From someone who has suffered his entire life as a fan, I'll take all the support we can get.",
"Lucky lady is gonna get to see the eagles win their first. That's a great last memory!",
"Sorry, Millie, but the Eagles are not going to let that happen.",
"Annndd suddenly in on the Vikings bandwagon because of this little old lady. ",
"Probably send him some schwag, maybe an offer for a tour and a ride on their test track if he ever comes around. ",
"Draygons = Dragons\n\nBayg = Bag\n\nRayg = Rag\n\nSo on and so forth.",
"Winona checking in!",
"Growing up in Houston, Case Keenum was my idol when he was at University of Houston. I'm glad to see his success in the NFL.",
"But the Vikes would be the away team.",
"Touché Goodell",
"Well...peanut butter *is* the food of wisdom.",
"She is hot!",
"Too bad they gonna lose to the iggles",
"Yup, I have an antenna for free tv that I only use to watch football games. Was able to watch both yesterday in HD.\n\nOnly thing that sucks is that I don't live in market for my team (Green Bay) so if the local team is playing or another big game is on, I have to find a stream.",
"Last night was the first game I watched this year. I felt so good seeing the home team pull off that win at literally the last second! No wonder people watch the Vikings every Sunday if each game gives them such a warm, happy glow!",
"It truly is a superb owl",
"You are spot on, my friend!",
"Pump your brakes, son",
"Lifelong Minnesotan here. I never thought I'd see the day the Vikings had the chance to lose the Super Bowl at home! ",
"And if I had wheels, I'd be a wagon.",
"Outstanding, Millie! But Goodell is still a douchetard.",
"[This guy](https://imgur.com/gallery/3xuPL)",
"What about when he was 6?",
"She better not die and waste those",
"My wife made me rewind the game last night to watch this lady drink a beer haha",
"Petition to rename the state Milliesota. Who's in?",
"I was in the kitchen cooking dinner when I hear my wife exclaim at the TV. I ran out of the kitchen to see and my 35 lbs. Dog thinks I am playing. She runs between my legs and trips me up, I fall trying not to crush her. So there I am on the kitchen floor watching Diggs run into the end zone. That play, with help from my dog floored me. ",
"I've found a value to convert:\n\n- 35.0lb are equal to 15.88kg or 86.78 bananas",
"As an eagles fan I now feel very conflicted",
"I believe the term \"moosed\" for a dirty chai is a Caribou Coffee (local chain) thing - I've lived here for over thirty years and have only heard/used it there.\n\nYour other points are valid.",
"As a Lions fan, I know I'm supposed to be against seeing the Vikings win - but I really want to see a team play a Superbowl at home. Imagine the energy! ",
"I’m sure the NFL won’t fix the NFC game /s",
"Really? Every white person gets a Super Bowl ticket?",
"She really is going to have a great time watching the patriots beat the eagles in the Superbowl.",
"Exactly. We’ve been close too many times and had the rug yanked out from under us. I’ll take a bigger support system.",
"turn that frown upside down...",
"Grandma Millie has a hell of a wig",
"After the game I thought of her instead of the guy who missed the tackle.",
"He's not your friend, guy! ",
"He kinda did. One of the NFL’s new ideas, this season, was to randomly give out 500 Super Bowl tickets to fans in different cities. Just being a fan in the right place at the right time netted you tickets. Roger once showed up at a sports bar in NYC, hung out and took photos, then gave tickets to a Seahawks fan.",
"So that's why the saints loss /s",
"That's odd as they used to take ANYONE - I was in the Nielsen's TV survey three times and spent 19 years in their Homescan Shopper Survey (the flip-side of the TV ratings where they measure what is actually bought) and they wanted to know about everyone, even viewers without a television - which we ended up as, when we cut the cord in 2004.",
"Best PR move Goddell has pulled in years",
"Double sarcasm no way!",
"You have a TV antenna? I havent seen one of those since the 90s.",
"Grandma looks great for 100! Happy Birthday!!!",
"Hope she likes Brady.....",
"But can this Grandma get 98 likes on Facebook?",
"Yeah I remember seeing her downing that drink and turning to my wife saying \"that women is not playing around with that drink!\" ",
"Your username though...\n\n\n\"Have you looked at our caps recently?\"",
"Whoosh",
"Lol it most certainly was not their worst year ",
"I’ve had a Harmony Hub for awhile and now have one in 3 different rooms. I got several Google Home Minis over Black Friday and have it connected to the Harmony Hub in the living room. Total game changer. What a time to be alive.",
"Heavy drinking is her secret to surviving this long as a Vikings fan.",
"Turns out he got the tickets on StubHub and they were fake",
"And give her a 6 game suspension.",
"Or. Drunk",
"She's kinda bangin.",
"Double whoosh cancel each other out",
"How to be old as time it's self, be called Millie ",
"Lino Lakes checking in!",
"This is what makes sports so great",
"My local bar (in NJ) had a drink called “the Jersey Tunrpike. Bacially Just wrung the bar tag out into a shot glass. My best friend took a shot of it on his 21st birthday, and instantly puked",
"Also, you can only watch some games OTA. As someone who lives out of state relative to the team I root for (Sköl Vikings!!), I could give a shit about any other NFL games. \nThe NFL needs to figure out their live streaming thing if they want to stay relevant.",
"I still hate Roger Goodell, but good for her :)",
"Fair enough. But I’d make the case that Caribou’s term for a dirty chai is just a microcosm of the larger Minnesota vernacular. ",
"A Millie a Millie a Millie ",
"As a Patriots fan, I feel bad that she won't be able to see the Vikings win. ",
"she's like the queen at the olympics in the third panel ",
"They look different now. It's not those 2 rods you have to point at random directions to find the best clarity",
"Damn. She looks incredible for a woman about to turn 100 years old. ",
"I bet that will stick",
"Why isn't this the top comment yet COME ON PEOPLE ",
"If the pats don’t stop them",
"I feel like that conversation ended with a couple of heil hydras",
"Advertisers are also intelligent enough to realize most of their ads are still gonna be heard by the streamers, as well. ",
"Hail Millie’s Minneapolis Minnesota Nice Miracle ",
"To be fair, that's a number that rises as the team gets further into the playoffs.",
"The man was crying in the locker room. Had an outstanding rookie year that will be defined by fans on that one missed tackle. Really hope he gets a chance to redeem himself at some point in his career. ",
"I’m going to assume that she is not paying for any drinks at these games. Hell, I’d buy hers if she was near me in line.",
"no, you don't understand vikings fans. they have been let down so many times in the past, they disappear until a good year then they come back in droves.",
"If you live near a major city and don’t have tons of buildings in the way over the OTA TV is awesome. Picture seems clearer than cable was. I kept both for a few months until I finally cut the cord on cable. Toggling back and forth, OTA seemed way sharper. I’ve been without cable for nearly 3 years now. Best thing that’s come out of it is that I don’t feel obligated to have TV on for ambient noise like I did for some reason with cable. I actually watch less overall TV, which is quite nice. ",
"Good thing Disney owns Fox and Espn now",
"Too bad they aren't going to the Superbowl",
"Grandma Millie needs to be purified in the waters of Lake Minnetonka. ",
"Wait I assumed she was the owner?",
"ESPN this AM: \"100-year-old Vikings fan able to see her first Vikings playoff win.\" Makes it sound like this is the Vikings first playoff win, lol. ",
"Rename the hail Mary to the hail Millie! Skol Vikings! ",
"hey google switch input to chromecast\n\nhey google play pacman and the ghostly adventures on the living room tv\n\n(have a 3 year old)\n\n",
"As a person I hope she enjoys the Superbowl, no matter who goes. As a Philadelphian I have to hope the Eagles get there. As a Philadelphia police officer I have to hope the Eagles don't get there so I don't get called in on my day off to deal with the crazy fans... Especially if Philly wins.",
"If he makes the tackle, most likely he is out of bounds and they have a chance to score a fg. It would have been really hard to tackle him in bounds at the angle he was coming from. ",
"They are superbowl tickets, not pro bowl tickets. ",
"With the talk about cheap shots, I'd put that at about 99%. Packer fans are the only ones calling Barr's hit dirty, even back when it happened.",
"There's no way that woman's heart survived that game. ",
"> Get a Harmony remote\n\nOnly works with IR Devices, outside my actual TV none of my other Devices are controlled with IR Remotes thus are not compatible with Harmony. \n\nThings like the newer Roku Streaming Stick, and FireTV can not be controlled with the Harmony remotes",
"She looks a little like Happy Gilmore's grandma.",
"/r/unexpectedfactorial",
"Why do you care? It's not like you stand for the anthem at home.",
"That’s the same thought I had. ",
"They got ~~skulls~~ fleur de lis on them. ",
"To this day, every time I hear that accent, I immediately think of the mom from \"Bobby's World\".",
"That's not true, we just get depressed and stay that way. It's not that we aren't fans it's that the vikes have gotten screwed (by Lady luck and Greg williams, fuck that guy) so many times it's hard to sleep at night. A lot of that was vindicated when William missed that tackle though. It's not that we disappear some of us just like ourselves to much to watch us do something stupid in playoffs again. It's also the reason a lot of us aren't vocal about it. ",
"Strangely enough, the Arizona Cardinals are older than her and the state of Arizona.",
"Blacks are just as racist as whites tbh.\n\nRacists exist in all colors\n\nAnd this has nothing to do with what you're talking about",
"Bayg and Rayg....; can’t even say how you’d say it any different. Source: life long Greater Minnesota Resident.\n\nSeriously.....is it pronounced “bug” and “rub?”",
"Naw u have to be old enough to let em try a pick up line or two u may have been around b4 mankind events them. \n In All seriousness I hope see gets her wish I just hope we Pats don't cause her birthday to be her last day Go Patriots Go Brady",
"So that's why the saints lost.",
"UFF DA",
"Nice work against that vaunted Falcons defense. The Eagles don’t have a single decent offensive starter.",
"Now it's called Chennai.",
"I want to support the Vikings for Grandma Millie, but.... I'm an Eagles fan. I'll definitely support the Vikings if they make it to the Super Bowl, though, but I don't think I can in the NFC game. Honestly, I don't think any team left in the Playoffs has any real chance against the Pats, though. I think the Vikings have a better chance of beating the Pats than the Eagles do, though. Though I'd be picking the Eagles to go all the way if they still had Wentz.",
"I've gotten all the playoff games for free in 1080p. I bought my antenna for $20 three years ago.",
"CSB our season tix (Redskins) were right next to a father and son who were in their 90s and 70s respectively. The father was a WWII and Korea vet the son a Vietnam vet. The dad drank 3 straight vodkas a game when the weather turned cold. One in each of the 1-3 quarters. That dude was great. They stopped showing up about 5 years ago....:(",
"As a dedicated saints fan I was rooting for grandma Millie the whole time",
"This is how I felt as a Cubs fan last few years, all that new merch the bandwagoners buy just adds to our payroll",
"Depends.. Is he a Browns fan?",
"I have come back to this a couple times and I really still have no clue what this means",
"I saw you on TV when he was talking to you guys",
"Search for Little White Town by Minnesota Native Stuart Davis.",
"Not a drink, but a roll of one dollar bills with a twenty wrapped around the outside is sometimes called a \"Cincinnati Roll\".",
"Think it deserves it's own post?",
"Anybody but the Pats amirite?",
"I'm still rooting for the jags because I want a Superbowl to end 3-2",
"at this point, whoever loses to the Patriots in the very last game of the season should be considered the winners of the super bowl. fucking pats.",
"Calling it. NFL rigging the season for Grandma Millie.",
"The only channel that comes in clear and consistently for me is univision, and that shit is crystal clear HD. Too bad I don't speak Spanish, though with some of those shows knowing what they're saying is superfluous ",
"They cost $5k to buyers... They are only worth a couple hundred to the league, most of which is concessions and merch. They always keep promo tickets on hand for these events, ones that were never to be sold, to get this PR.",
"Yeah, I saw that and laughed - bet she was a real partyer back in the day!",
"You’re hatrid against POCs and internalized white supremacy has prevented you from being able to see it",
"As an Eagles fan I hope the Vikings lose. But I guess I won't be that mad because it'll make for a cute story. Then again there's probably a thousand little old ladies in Philadelphia waiting for an Eagles superbowl win. ",
"I wanted the Vikings to win solely for this old lady!",
"But will grandma Millie stand for the Anthem!?!",
"This is the first positive press of since regarding Roger Goodell in a very long time.",
"Millie millie",
"Say “Apple”\n\nNo seriously, say it out loud. No one can hear you.\n\nNow say it again. \n\nSay it one more time. \n\nYou hear how the “A” portion sounds? That’s how it’s supposed to sound in most words. AG does not have a Y in there.",
"With a strong signal, OTA HD, especially for football, is often mind blowingly better quality as well because it isn't compressed like cable hd. \n\nAlthough I live on the fridge of coverage, between two metropolitan areas (Orlando and Tampa) so it's either fantastic, or like I'm watching scrambled porn in the 80's.",
"I know get it. Thanks. But not changing my ways.",
"Here here",
"Did you watch the game last year?",
"Right? Her eyes are equally glazed and red. ",
"Gonna be interesting to see who ND cheers for. I would guess the vikings show their true colors in the divisional championship and piss it down their leg as usual.",
"I call bullshit - Seahawks fans aren't old enough to drink at a bar.",
"I’m surprised she didn’t have a heart attack after a finish like that. Let’s be clear, that was enough excitement to give a healthy 30 y/o a heart attack ",
"Fuck grandma Mille, LET'S GO EAGLES! ",
"Or the Eagles",
"And that's why I said \"Not on that play at least\" referring to the Vikings not scoring. I'm aware there still would have been about 6s on the clock if he had gone out of bounds ",
"Dude that game was fucking nuts. Didn't they come back from like 8 games behind in September? I jumped on the bandwagon that year and never got off. That was a magical season",
"I was outright shocked they didn't rig it for Brees to get a 2nd ring and retire.",
"You don’t stand in line in the club section. They serve you at your seat.",
"I made an antenna with parts from around the house and it works better than my moms $80 amazon purchased antenna. ",
"No i mean, i haven't seen one at all. My country stopped broadcasting TV over the air many years ago. I had no idea there were still western nations that used it.",
"fave place to be!",
"She probably rode wagons before bandwagons were a thing.",
"Pretty clever of Goodell to shift out of his lizard form for this on-camera moment.",
"Saint Louis Park checking in!",
"I do have a connection to the family and I can tell you that up until a few years ago Millie would jump rope every day, 100 jumps a day! She is quite a lady!",
"The pic where she has on those striped pants looks like that plumber service truck where the toilet painted on the door makes it lool like the driver is sitting on the toilet...",
"No, i mean, at all. They don't even broadcast TV over the air anymore in that way and haven't for years and years in my country. ",
"Because those commercials suck",
"He pushed off",
"I was watching this game at a bar, next to an awkward first date couple. With :25 left, the couple was getting up to leave saying, the woman said \"I'm glad the Saints won\". \n\nRight then I screamed \"Let's NFC North this shit right now! channel the inner Stafford/Rogers/Cutler garbage time!\" and when I saw Keenum step up INTO the pocket, I knew it was gold. \n\nMy team lost this year, but I am rooting for the Norse gods the rest of the way. Thanks for sharing this awesome moment. Also props to you looking like a gorgeous young Jane Krakowski and your Grandma Millie melting Goddell's icy cold heart. ",
"Right. Didn't catch that part. ",
"Found the Saints fan. ",
"suck - gives them way too much credit. ",
"I'm an Eagles fan. Thanks for posting this. If the Eagles lose next week I will think of this to remind me it wasn't for nothing. Happy birthday Millie!",
"It's a great town!",
"They ain't there yet.",
">You’re hatrid ",
"Shes gonna have to watch the Eagles win the chip, thats a shame ",
"I'd like to give that grand daughter a two minute drill.",
"I'm not your guy, homie",
"it was a screwdriver with a splash of cranberry\n\nhttps://twitter.com/ashleyjwall/status/952694501151256576",
"Usually people only make it to their mid 20s until the city of Philadelphia crushes all their hopes and dreams. This woman has done very well.",
"With HDMI CEC, input switches automatically! Awesome feature if your TV supports it. I got a free Chromecast with YouTube TV and put it in my bathroom. I bought it for less than $100 a few years ago on Black Friday. “Hisense” brand, so I was surprised it had CEC capability and that it actually worked well.\n\n“Hey Google, watch ESPN on Bathroom TV”. TV turns on, switches input, and ESPN is playing. \n“Hey Google, turn off bathroom TV”. And it’s off. No Harmony Hub required. It’s great.",
"And start drug testing her twice a season. ",
"Fuck. Now I’m craving tater tot hot dish.\n\nIncidentally, it is 1 degree above 0 this morning where I’m at in MN. But the windchill temp (what it feels like) is -20 degrees Fahrenheit. Not too bad. Could be worse.",
"The grandmas the way to go for it ",
"The NFL doesn't want anyone to see miracles... unless they are directly being paid.",
"You’re right, they would be the away team, but they would still have the home field advantage. \n\nI wonder if any team has ever been the away team at home. ",
"I don't think the refs are actually paid. There are too many of them, mostly already successful in their careers that the money wouldn't be worth it or by now one of them would have already spoken up. \n\nI do believe deflategate was real, however I think all teams were probably doing it. It's just that the Patriots have been caught cheating before so they were an easy target to make an example of. ",
"Ok Kylo.",
"I read this as I’m attempting to watch one of the three channels I get on my antenna... attempting because every time a car drives by (which is every few seconds during the day because I’m on be main road in my town) the signal cuts out and then takes 30 seconds - a minute to come back, only for it to freeze the picture while you continue hearing it until the words turn into stutters and the sound cuts out. \n\nI’d say I see about 6-7 actual minutes (not in a row mind you) of a 30 minute program, counting the commercials throughout the day. At night I can usually get through at least one entire show without in going in and out! 🤦🏼♀️",
"cec used to work for my receiver until some chromecast update broke it. So now i use a Broadlink RM3, an old android phone using RM Bridge and IFTTT to control things through ir\n\nI even have it so google home can control one of these http://unclemilton.com/in_my_room/moon_in_my_room/\n",
"Haha oh shit I didn't even read his comment I just thought he was defending his original post. Kudos OP u whooshed me",
"Yeah, Paul Allen called it the Minneapolis Miracle live, that's gotta be the name that sticks.",
"Thats a crazy statement",
"Problem is, Bradford's the one most likely to be shopped and he's also got the least market value. ",
"I saw that lady on the broadcast sipping her drank super stoked. ",
"Maple Grove, don't @ me.",
"who gives a shit what some old bitch wants. fuck her and fuck goodel (and fuck marcus 'minnesota legend' williams)",
"Auflauf",
"Goodells trying to smash",
"Reality lul",
"Try reading that shit out loud. Sounds looney. ",
"Now where is the logic in that ",
"Small hands, that was your problem.",
"Or suspensions...",
"Yes, yes does... and the ones HE uses are gold, and his parking pass is made out of concussion scans. Part of his enormous salary includes these amenities. The tickets he gave to Millie are like chump change for him. Plus, he gets her soul if the Vikings don't win it all. He tends to avoid fiddle battles in Georgia though. ",
"It didn't just *seem* like a better picture; it is a better picture. Over-the-air digital television is uncompressed, whereas cable providers deliver something in the neighborhood of a 1.5 mbps signal.\n\nEven when we had a cable tv subscription, if there was a game on a network channel I would switch over to my antenna.",
"Yeah and the Red Sox were playing the Orioles and essentially the Rays made the comeback within like the same hour as the Sox blowing their own lead which let the Rays go on. I've been a Devil Rays fan since I was a kid, because there was no better bang for your buck than a game at the Trop 🙂",
"Wehrmacht sowas denn?!",
"Wir alle können nicht perfekt sein wie du bist.",
"Who?",
"What ? ",
"No joke, I had a friend who visited for 3 weeks to work and came back acting like the meaning of life is to just be an asshole to everyone. There's something wrong with their culture.",
"How exactly doesn’t the NFL support the country?",
"White is a color too idiot.\n\nPeople of color is a stupid term imo. There's racist people of every color and hue: white, black, brown, yellow.\n\nBasically people are prejudiced and racist and you're clearly a troll and it's people like you who've turned reddit to shit",
"No kidding! ",
"Look. It’s completely fine to have a local dialect or pronunciation, that’s commonplace. What’s far less common, in my experience, is the doubling-down on it to the point of saying everyone else is doing or saying it wrong. Listen to arguments in favor of grey duck in place of goose — they’re baseless. Same goes w/ the “alternate” pronunciations. ",
"Grandma Millie didn’t even look like she cared when the Vikings won! She was just sipping a drink staring off into the distance. ",
"It’s all right! She was an independent woman until the day she passed. She insisted she lived alone since her husband passed 27 years ago. She didn’t suffer at all during her final weeks, she was just ready to go. She had 7 children, 15 grandchildren, and 20 great grandchildren. What a boss! ",
"Yeah but most white ppl are white",
"Watch her have to go to Patriots vs. Eagles game lmao",
"Patriots fan here, I hope we get to the Super Bowl to either kick your teams ass or her teams ass",
"She looks high af",
"Eagles fan again. Go fuck ya self ",
"Right back at you bitch",
"Did you watch the one where the 9-7 Giants beat the 16-0 Patriots? Twice.",
"Saw you last night at the game. Awesome that you get to spend treasure times like that with your Grand Ma",
"Yeah where they barely squeaked by? The defense won that one. ",
"I mean... 466 passing yards from Brady doesn’t really sound like the defence won the game. But okay, you’re going to believe what you want ",
"This comment will be severely underrated on r/pics but it might be the best one here.",
"Texans fan here -- always happy to see our former QB's, especially good guys like Keenum, having success!\n\nI'm rooting for the Vikings this postseason!",
"maybe she was a fan of the original vikings? the ones who pillaged and stuff.",
"I live in a city of over 350,000 and I think we get 1 OTA channel. before the digital switch we got 3, I think, but they've deliberately kept digital transmitters out of the area because Toronto is \"close enough\".\n\nSW Ontario sucks for that sort of thing.\n\nit gets even worse when you realize that bell media wants to shut down all their existing transmitters because they want those people to pay them money.",
"There were dozens of people offering to buy her drinks.",
"Wot",
"Im turning 30 this year; which means my life is practically over too. I want free shit.",
"No offense, but I don’t think you or your grandmother will ever see the Browns in a Super Bowl",
"Does having a fridge cool your cable help increase the quality?",
"It was bold to think your comment would be above them. ",
"This is a really heartfelt story that will tragically end after the Eagles wreck the Vikings this weekend in the NFC title game! :D",
"Yo, my grandma also named Millie and she's a Vikings fan as well. ",
"ಠ_ಠ",
"She's doing better than Kirk Douglas.",
"While someone elses grandma is experiencing the exact opposite situation rooting for the other team.",
"Who would start for another team on the Eagles offense now that Peters is hurt?",
"I'll Millie rock on diddy block",
"Start small in your 20s and move up from there. My girlfriend thinks it is crazy what the places I frequent do for me. This one restaurant doesn’t have shakes on the menu, but they have a blender and chocolate cake, so I had them go to the store and get ice cream to make a kickass chocolate cake shake. \n\nThe trick is to just be nice and tip well.",
"Go eagles",
"As a NYer who's spent his life hating both NE and Philly teams, if its a Shats v. Sheagles super bowl i'd rather spend that sunday with mom's quilting church group than watch that garbage. ",
"I also have a grandma millie but she's a packers fan.",
"Run straight home!",
"Yeah right.",
"Get that harmony hub. It bridges those WiFi/Bluetooth pieces of your setup.",
"Sometimes, but mostly the beer just makes it seem better.. (Autocorrect Fringe, but I'm leaving it...)",
"Skol Grandma Millie! ",
"I'm glad she gets to go. I don't wanna be \"that guy\", but the way the NFL is getting this publicity is a boarder-line scam. The NFL got rid of their lottery in-order to set 500 tickets aside:\n\n>This year, instead of conducting a lottery, the NFL has allocated those tickets to a new program that will directly touch fans of all 32 teams. Throughout the rest of the season, our teams are going to surprise fans with free tickets to the big game. In total, we’re going to give away 500 tickets to Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis.\n\nSo, essentially, the only way to get tickets face-value now is to pay for season tickets and participate in that lottery (very very unlikely to get anything). Otherwise, you're gonna have to do something that gives enough publicity to the NFL in order to get tickets...or pay 3+ grand per seat resale. There's actually a lawsuit going on regarding NFL's distribution of SuperBowl tickets:\n\nhttp://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/sports/appeals-court-life-man-super-bowl-tickets-lawsuit-article-1.3701994\n\n\nhttps://digitalcare.nfl.com/hc/en-us/articles/215348977-Super-Bowl-Ticket-Lottery-UPDATED-10-19-17",
"Idk if Grandma Millie is gonna make it to February ",
"Do they just keep Super Bowl tickets on hand at all times?",
"For a 3 year old you have an amazing grasp of the English language.",
"That's nice and all. But Roger Gooddell is still a piece of shit.",
"Despite being healthy and Bradford's health uncertain, we dressed Bradford instead of him yesterday. Teddy is #3 as we speak and needs a new contract we don't need to give. ",
"I was rooting for the Vikings. That doesn't make the commercials any less shitty.",
"Even if all the games are broadcast OTA you're still screwed if you're (for example) a Vikings fan living on the west coast, because your games will always be preempted for the Seahawks, Raiders, etc.",
"No team has ever played a Super Bowl in their home stadium. A couple teams have had \"home city advantage\" by playing at a different stadium in their home city, but this will be a true first.",
"Invalid argument, because you’ll get the same games OTA or with Cable. Only if you pay extra for Sunday Ticket will you get the out of town games, which you can get with or without a cable subscription.",
"He never learned to read or write so well but he could fuck up a league like a-ringin a bell",
"now all she has to do is stay alive until then",
"My dad and I were at the Wild game so we didn't see all of the Vikes (but it's recorded!). We went to our seats because it seemed like we had blown it. They start the Canadian national anthem, and halfway through there's this deafening roar from the concourse (where they had the Vikings game on every tv). We wanted to be respectful so we didn't pull out our phones to check what happened, but as soon as the anthem ended, the couple next to us showed us the score. Everyone around us was swearing like mad and the whole stadium was cheering! ",
"A gift from the devil himself. ",
"where do you live where this is \"hot\" ? ",
"I’ll tell you what, the entire city of Philadelphia couldn’t care less about old Millie seeing the Vikings in the super bowl.",
"Im a Brit. Watched the Superbowl for the first time last year, and semi arbitrarily picked falcons as my team. This year im rooting for eagles for a few reasons. In mainly making this comment to say fuck pats!",
"I saw it too. Magic juice ",
"Sgt. Osiris right when you need him.",
"Oh god canard a la presse... One of the most orgasmic foods ever created by man. There's this restaurant in Cape Town pretty near my house that does the 5 course thing with wines for about R1000 and they had canard a la presse that was absolutely to die for. I have a semi just thinking about it. Too bad I'm nowhere near South Africa right now, otherwise I'd go right now!",
"After that finish we know she has a healthy heart!",
"and if it's scotch it's a scotch",
" Now you're speaking my language. ",
"Well done to the commissioner. Grandma Millie is definitely having a wonderful birthday.",
"Earth! Where do you live where cute big boobed blondes are not hot? Gayland? ",
"ooh boy.. ",
"Damn, you got downvotes? Man, you made me laugh my ass off",
"haha rekt",
"Are you satire ? ",
"That's legendary. Man I love baseball- one of the few sports that is exciting no matter how pumped the crowd is.",
"I am satire. ",
"Has he learned football you think? ",
"I WAS RIGHT",
"He seems to have. ",
"FUCKING WHAT, EAGLES ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL ",
"Just for the [record:](https://www.forbes.com/sites/cartoonoftheday/2018/02/08/eagles-super-bowl-parade-its-the-nick-foles-show-carson-wentz/#1d115da12a8e)\n\nAgainst New England, Super Bowl winner and MVP Nick Foles was [28-of-43 passing for 373 yards, three touchdowns, a touchdown *reception*, an interception and a 106.1 passer rating.](https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2018/2/5/16972154/nick-foles-eagles-super-bowl-highlights-stats)\n\nI think \"The Franchise\" learned football.",
"I don't know what happened in the last few rounds of the playoffs, but teams seemingly decided to not play defense whatsoever. Jags, Vikings, both teams in the Super Bowl. It was very bizarre. Anyway, whoever ends up with Foles next year will be very disappointed. He should just become a Pastor now because it's all downhill from here. "
] | 879 |
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What a finish. Grandma Millie told the NFL Commissioner she wanted to go to the SuperBowl for her 100th Birthday - Vikings just got one step closer and Millie’s got two SB52 tickets.
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[
"My wife does it with her hair. It’s everywhere!",
"My experience is that they leave a single tampon in a predefined area of my bathroom where all women know to look (for a single tampon). Us men are however oblivious to the location probably because we don't clean well, or whatever.",
"My girl does this with pretty much everything. Hair ties, make up containers, lip gloss, her clothes. Literally anywhere or anything I own there is something of hers either in or around the area. ",
"That is one way.\nAnother is a thin coating of foundation or makeup. I have a coating of it on the steering wheel and driver side door near the handle and door lock.",
"3rd gen 4runner?",
"Looks like it, good eye!",
"In my experience it's been footprints on my dashboard. ",
"Classical.",
"God I know what you mean. She does that at my place too. ",
"Look deeper. There's probably lip gloss in the door panel pocket.",
"I have like six of these rattling around in the trunk of my Ultra Glide Classic."
] | 11 |
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This is how women mark their territory.
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/r/pics/comments/7qgmnt/met_this_great_couple_skiing_yesterday_yes_hes/
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[
"How do you know? Was she skiing with no pants at one point?",
"How the heck do you ski blind? ",
"If I were blind skiing I would put a blindfold on to mess with people haha",
"She is his guide. He skis in front and she tells him when to turn and which way.\nIt's really kinda like driving with your wife, but you just can't see",
"Well, typically, you strap some specially made sticks to your feet, then you sit on a cold, rickety piece of metal which brings you to the top of a snow-covered mountain. Once there, you kind of angle yourself downward and let gravity pull you down the slope.",
"With a sighted guide. The woman in this picture is guiding for the guy. Blind skiers are more common than you might think. I'm a ski-bum in Colorado and I see blind skiers on the mountain fairly regularly. ",
"Why not? I see blind skiers on the mountain fairly often. ",
"I guess you could say it's the blonde leading the blind.",
"how fast do they ski?",
"With the way it's worded, to some, it might not actually sound like a joke; so I can definitely see where the confusion stems from. \n\nIn actuality, there are multiple people who have figured out ways of overcoming obstacles that come as a result of their \"disability,\" blindness included. \n\nConsidering just how defensive you got, you're the one who actually seems to be \"overreacting.\"",
"It just wasn't a good joke. It wasn't funny and it was told too straight for anyone to take it as anything other than a serious declarative statement. ",
"I'd like a photoshopped avalanche with a tag 'blend skiers\"",
"A moonshine run!",
"I'd have to agree. ",
"Jesus and I thought flat light making it hard to see bumps was bad... I can’t even imagine doing this",
"Nan I would go with big googly eyes on the goggles ",
"Why is he wearing goggles?",
"I'll wait for the blonde joke Reddit ",
"⠠⠎⠇⠕⠺⠇⠽ ⠞⠕ ⠎⠞⠁⠗⠞ ⠺⠊⠞⠓⠂ ⠞⠓⠑⠝ ⠽⠕⠥ ⠎⠏⠑⠑⠙ ⠥⠏⠲",
"Have you ever been on a mountain in winter? Cold air hitting your face at speed is uncomfortable as shit whether you have your eyes open or not",
"> ⠠⠎⠇⠕⠺⠇⠽ ⠞⠕ ⠎⠞⠁⠗⠞ ⠺⠊⠞⠓⠂ ⠞⠓⠑⠝ ⠽⠕⠥ ⠎⠏⠑⠑⠙ ⠥⠏⠲\n\n__,slowly to start with1 then you speed up4__ [sic]\n\n\n\n\n",
"You're not getting any upvotes because everyone who could read that, can't feel it. ",
"Slowly at first, then you speed up. \n\nBraille translation in uk1...or so the website told me.",
"I see...",
"I got the mangled result 🤔",
"So the blonde really do lead the blind? \n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IVhHet9xMM",
"That sounds terrifying! ",
"I think that was the joke.",
"You should always start a joke by asking the audience about airplane food, then transition into blind skiers",
"Expected Jake from Becker.",
"*Blind Witness* starts playing \"what the fuck is going oooooooonnn\""
] | 31 |
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Met this great couple skiing yesterday. Yes, he's blind, yes, she's blonde
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/r/pics/comments/7qgn43/castle_bravo_was_a_highyield_15_megaton/
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[
"The Bravo Crater is located at 11°41′50″N 165°16′19″E, and the remains of the Castle Bravo causeway are at 11°42′6″N 165°17′7″E.",
"So are these places still radioactive or can you safely go there now?",
"I wonder if corals are growing there. "
] | 4 |
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Castle Bravo was a high-yield (15 MegaTon) thermonuclear weapon design test conducted by the U.S. at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Detonated on March 1, 1954, the device was the most powerful nuclear device detonated by the United States. This is the crater left by it.
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[
"That hand though...",
"Great game to watch and even better to listen to Joe Buck have to hold back those salty tears when the Vikings pulled it off. Why Fox hasn't fired him is beyond me. Paul Allen's call of the game was amazing though, (those not from Minnesota, he's a radio announcer here, pretty sure he had a stroke when Diggs scored.) ",
"Why would Fox fire him?",
"Because he's a terrible announcer, he basically wrote off any chance the Vikings had of winning but when the Saints were down it was all about how they had a chance to make a comeback. He's super biased in his calls, listen to him call a Packers game and he's all over Aaron Rodgers like he's Olivia Munn. ",
"Because he's trash."
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Unity
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[
" Yup, the big hotel is to your right rear. This shot is a classic.",
"Exactly :) Here's right behind me. https://imgur.com/a/jQoY5",
" Thanks for that.\n\n What is a room rate these days ?",
"Didn't stay there but I had a quick check online. Around $400 for Saturday night!! We stayed in Banff instead."
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The view while standing on Lake Louise.
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/r/pics/comments/7qgois/the_city_never_sleeps_times_square_nyc/
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[
"Love the reflection. What camera?",
"a7sii, 28 - 70 lens!",
"I haven't seen pics of times square recently; that's a fuckton of billboards.",
"/r/reflectionporn",
"This needs an adblocker",
"made me laugh haha"
] | 6 |
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The City Never Sleeps - Times Square, NYC.
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/r/pics/comments/7qgpwl/bull_sharks_have_the_strongest_bite_force_of_any/
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[
"Nom nom nom",
"Is that Chinese PVC? Any story on this picture?",
"Yes, that is PVC. It is used as a pump which pushes water over the sharks gills. We bring the shark onto the platform for research. "
] | 3 |
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Bull sharks have the strongest bite force of any shark species....They can bite harder than a great white and hammerhead - @sharkman__
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/r/pics/comments/7qgrxz/lets_remember_trump_demonstrating_his_genius_at/
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[
"It looks like this post is about US Politics. Various methods of filtering out content relating to US Politics can be found [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/wiki/v2/resources/filter/politics).\n\n*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/pics) if you have any questions or concerns.*",
"Source: http://www.tmz.com/2017/08/25/joey-badass-confirms-solar-eclipse-eye-damage-new-day-sunglasses/",
"So smrt.",
"“Which ones the sun?” - Trump, probably ",
"*\"See that? I did that...and it's the best!\"*",
"Let's repost an already overly reposted image..... "
] | 7 |
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Let’s remember Trump demonstrating his genius at work during the last eclipse
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/r/pics/comments/7qgsdn/just_wanted_to_show_off_my_beer_wall_and_what_ive/
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[
"What's your favourite one, and the story that goes with it? ",
"Best in there is either the Voodoo ranger or the Arrogant Bastard. By far the worst(excluding the Miller Lite) is the Purple Haze.",
"That's a tricky one, a lot to choose from. I have two \"go-to\" beers up there (so those would probably be my favorites). Proof Mango Whit, and Cigar City Jai Alai, I like both because of how easy they are to drink for me and if I'm unsure what to get I'll usually go with one of those two. But both dont really have a story behind it, one if from my hometown and isn't sold many places and the other is all over the state I live in.\n\nThere is a beer located on top of the fridge which I got when I took a vacation to the beach recently (Idyll hounds Captain Grillo Stout) I really enjoyed that one, but I can't get it unless I go there so I wouldn't call it my favorite. Just something I really enjoyed.\n\nThe most interesting beers I have up there are four from the southern part of Africa when I visited with family. (Tafel, St. Louis, Castle Lager, and Zambezi) I somehow managed to keep all of them without having them get destroyed on a 2 week vacation. \n\nI have a story for most of the beers up there so if you see one that catches your eye, I can tell you more about it and where I got it. I hope my rambling kind of awnsered your question."
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Just wanted to show off my beer wall and what I've collected over a few years of travel
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"Quite right. ",
"I think you mean \"Quiet right.\"",
"I was just going by the posts headline. :)"
] | 3 |
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Quite tonight.
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/r/pics/comments/7qgv3q/woke_up_this_morning_to_find_this_bobcat_chilling/
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[
"That is so cool! I'm lucky to see foxes in my backyard now and then. I'd love to see a bobcat.",
"\"That's *Robert* cat to you!\"\n\n-cat",
"Better than a peeping tomcat",
"Arizona?",
"Yep, north Phoenix ",
"Hope the neighbors housecats were inside!\n\nIt is gorgeous!",
"He sees you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake"
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Woke up this morning to find this bobcat chilling just outside our bedroom window (probably 15 feet away)
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[
"If you love them set them free. If they come back they're yours.",
"So long. And thanks for all the fish. ",
"I think gravity may have played a role in the coming-back in this case.",
"Good luck recreating this one in 30 years\n\nXD\n\n",
"That's some impressive height! Wow!!!",
"goodbye father! /r/MyPeopleNeedMe"
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Giving my daughter some air
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/r/pics/comments/7qgzb8/finished_this_orca_painting_today_54x24inch/
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[
"That looks so good. For a second I thought it was a photograph of a zoo aquarium",
"Lol Cool! Thanks",
"Agreed",
"Picture perfect. Amazing",
"Cheers Thanks!"
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Finished this Orca Painting Today. 54x24inch, Acrylic on Canvas
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[
"a true memorial to the spirit of America and its people",
"When we get knocked down, we get back up",
"1 World Trade"
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Freedom Tower NYC
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[
"Neat photo! ",
"Thank you! much appreciated :)\n\nKinda new to this whole photography thingy, but I'm really enjoying it so far.",
"I'm in the same boat; I recently got a new dslr and have been having fun learning. If you haven't already, you should check out r/photography or r/photocritique. The people on there are super knowledgeable and can give nice feedback and advice!",
"Awesome! Thanks for the advice, I’ll certainly check those threads out. What sort of camera did you get?",
"I got a Canon EOS Rebel T6i for Christmas/graduation. Not the best out there, but I think people can take awesome photos with just a disposable camera, so I'm not complaining :) \nHow about yourself? ",
"I just bought the Nikon D5600. it came with a kit lens 18x55mm, but id very much like to upgrade to something a little better.",
"Yep, I feel your pain. Too bad one has to win the darn lottery to upgrade their lens! ",
"What a *darn* shame..",
"You're not wrong. Either that or just re-mortgage the house lol",
"You're darn right!",
"What a *darn* shame.."
] | 11 |
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I've been trying to teach myself the ins and outs of my new camera, and this is a quick pic of an old British pants press
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[
"That is a shit hole",
"Sweet Jesus imagine sitting down for a pee on that first thing in the morning",
"Crystal clear.",
"Isn't this what Rey fell into",
"In this instance, I think it'd be okay to hover. ",
"I would die😨I will not allow my cheeks to be frozen to a toilet seat",
"So, you guys don't have heater indoor?\n\nIt's -30 degree here in Winnipeg and I never seen something like this here.",
"What a shithole!",
"Is there no escape??",
"In soviet Siberia toilet shits in you!",
"Snow cones anyone?",
"Better than going #2...",
"Plot twist; it's not frost, it's white mould ",
"I think it's a an out house.",
"Pretty sure you go through that to get to the Upside-Down. ",
"voice 1: *cooooome givvvvve usssssssss your poooooooooooop*\n\nvoice 2: *yesssss give ussss your pooop*\n\nvoice 3: *what hee sssssssssaaaaid*",
"Sit down and get permanently get your asshole stuck to an ice hole. ",
"/r/misleadingthumbnails thought this was showing off some shaved pubes.",
"imagine the splashback",
"If you have a penis.",
"Sitting down would be a scene from A Christmas Story: Uncut ",
"Write your name in it!",
"Shithole.",
"Peewee wise is down there!",
"You say 'going for a pee' then show us a picture of your icehole?",
"is that an outhouse?",
"That looks like it's going to chop your dick off when you go take a shit. ",
"I have a penis. It's in a jar",
"How erotic.",
"Outhouses, and wood stoves will make you appreciate toilets, and furnaces.",
"My penis retreated inside my abdomen when I saw this. ",
"Time to Hover",
"Drop it like it's hot. ",
"Commodus Dentata",
"Now that looks like a frozen shithole!",
"I can't imagine sitting on the toilet seat to go poo poo. I can say that the first half second of the cold toilet seat is the worst part of the pooping experience. For the most part. ",
"I triple dog dare you...",
"It’s been freezing in Alberta too!",
"A portal to Hoth!",
"Lol. ",
"Theres an ice wizard dont there, 100 percent. ",
"Outhouse vent is plugged, likely with snow. Probably smells pretty bad in there, no matter how cold it is. The draft is coming up out of the pit instead of going down into pit and up the vent. \n\nSource: lived in a dry cabin with an outhouse in Interior Alaska. ",
"Yellow there!",
"Sounds right to me.",
"Shitsicle ",
"[The frozen throne](https://bnetproduct-a.akamaihd.net//fb1/6a99db73478a30f744e676c81d3258e6-w3-frozen-throne-1000x500.png)",
"Billy Mays here with the Voidlet! Why pollute the waterways and oceans with your feces and other bodily excretions when you can send it to the 6th dimension voidhell?!",
"Don't be shy comrade, just stick your villy into my icehole.",
"At first I thought it was bloody piss...",
"DON'T GIVE IN TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE REY.",
"Does it also go with brown ice? ",
"Always hover in winter unless you have the time to lay out some toilet paper. ",
"You see the light between the planks? It's not a bathroom. It's an outhouse.",
"Ya, but not as bad as winnipeg. We’re basically a part of the arctic circle 6 months of the year...",
"Sweet! Greatly reduced odors I'd imagine.",
"Well, you wouldn't have to worry about having your dick touching the toilet.",
"They even give off steam for the first 10 seconds!",
"😱why?!?! Just why?!?!",
"Or those crystals that if you touch them will kill you.",
"[Ah nuts.](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/2/2a/Antarctic_2.png/revision/latest?cb=20111215111606)",
"Thank you. You saved me from having the stress of coming up with the best \"ice hole\" line. That'll do pig. That'll do.",
"/r/ANormalDayInRussia",
"Fake. Vodka doesn't freeze.\n",
"It’d be a bad imitation of that scene from *A Christmas Story*. ",
"So, does that make Siberia a *white* shithole country?",
"No way. Shrinkage from a swimming pool would have nothing on that level of cold. Your dick would become an “innie”. No chance of cutting it on the ice shards. ",
"wHAt thE fUck",
"I'm also reassigning you to Siberia. So, here's my advice to you: dress in layers. And don't even think about doing anything crazy like defecting.\n\nI would never defect! I love Mother Russia.\n\nEven when you're chopping through the ice in the toilet so you can poop? I-I'm kidding, obviously. I mean, you're gonna be, like, six hundred miles from a toilet.",
"A place dark and mystical...also full of feces",
"Some countries are really Ice Hole instead Shit Hole",
"Looks like shithole, doesn't it?\n",
"Even Siberia goes through the bowel motions.\n",
"you should talk to your doctor about that...",
"The cold draft feels great on the butthole though. Unexpected perk.",
"yeah I would not be thinking about taking a picture if I walked into my bathroom and saw this...",
"why? I mean if you have a bathroom with this problem I guess",
"One cold Peebody award",
"At least you know there are no spiders under the toilet seat. ",
"Honey? We got a clog. Grab me an ice pick.",
"Challenge accepted. ",
"Take a dump it will last longer ",
"I'm guessing that you don't want the moisture from your skin freezing you to the seat. Similar to how if it's cold enough and you press your tongue to a metal pole you're gonna have a tough time un-pressing it.",
"Don't have enough ass hair to not feel that cold ass toilet seat. ",
"Came here for this! ",
"Just be happy you don’t have to go #2",
"I got sucked through that one while visiting AhCh-To. Yours looks cleaner though.",
"Metal pole and plastic seat conduct heat very differently though. Your skin won't freeze to it.",
"Is that why you always shit in the woods?\n\nSeriously, how did you find out?",
"Challenge, melt it all in one pee.",
"Well I am not letting it go down in those dark flaky depths. ",
"I don't think anyone is sadistic enough to put a metal seat in a freezing outhouse. That's like a Saw scenario.",
"Canadian, family cabin used to have an outhouse.",
"No emojis please",
"We had a wood stove growing up. And by that I mean we were poor. \n\n",
"Pretty sure that place is a shithole ",
"The Frozen Throne ",
"I haven't seen this, but on the farm we just had a septic pit where all the waste went and it would freeze over in winter without a hole made and a heater keeping it open. I got the privilege of being the lookout for my dad - luckily, he never fell in. ",
"I thought we determined that word is somehow racist?",
"What crystals?",
"I'd imagine it wasn't freezing when they put it in. I've seen a number of metal toilet seats in out houses - luckily never in the winter have I come across one. ",
"oh that makes sense",
"something is going to come up and tickle your bum hole",
"Fixing things is sometime simple\n\nGot a zit? Just pop that pimple!\n\nGot a squeaky hinge? Then oil it!\n\nA steaming dump will thaw this toilet!",
"Nah, that word is just descriptive. The racist word is “Why”, because it implies that people from those places are undesirable. ",
"Once stayed in a cabin near colville wa that the toilet froze like this ",
"Not so bad, but...\nhttps://imgur.com/a/A601N",
"There goes your dick..",
"Lol any steamy dump aimed at this toilet will freeze mid push ",
"In the arctic, the toilets are flamers, not water based. You close the lid, step on a button and the waste is toasted!\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_-Aq8dK-sVq5uKXk_jOcCKk6L8i0Svl1\n",
"That is a shithole",
"If the toilet seat is this cold in my house, I can't imagine the endurance it would take to bare your bum on this.\n\nHopefully it wouldn't get stuck to the toilet like your tongue does when you lick a frozen pole.",
"Did it belong to Napoleon?",
"Not unless you're pooping on the clock and Reddit for 20 minutes.",
"Archer’s Dad and Barry. Love me some Archer. ",
"Springtime comes and his remains\n\nResplendent with some fecal stains\n\nAre removed by means of prying\n\nWrit last words: I'll shit or die trying\n\n",
" I do miss tending a fire, but dont miss burning my belly and freezing my back every night. I didnt even mind splitting, and packing. Great way to keep the steady bologna and fried potato diet in check.",
"Don't eat this yet, it's not ripe until it is yellow.",
"I thought we determined anything Trump said was racist ",
"Nice try, demogorgon. No way you're getting me to sit on your face. ",
"I think I would actually rather just freeze to death trying to leave that place than stay there. ",
"Imagine having to take a shit.",
"That shit will stick, literally",
"The frozen throne",
"Challenge accepted",
"So all you took away from the comments Trump made was that he didn't use a racial slur?\n\nYou, sir, are fucked.",
"ha ha",
"https://www.the-open-mind.com/the-most-beautiful-but-deadly-crystals-on-the-planet/\n\nhttp://canyouactually.com/here-are-10-of-the-most-deadliest-minerals-on-the-entire-planet/\nAren’t they pretty? ",
"just go to Chipotle and it will be fixed in minutes.",
"Where's the people that like to stick maple syrup in the snow at? This ones gonna be tricky ",
"Want to play a little game? Your ass is frozen to the toilet , it will explode in 5 minutes unless you get your grandfather in a wheel chair to piss all over the seat to free you. The choice is yours ",
"What a wonderful phrase ",
"Fake.\n\nIt must be yellow.",
"Please to repeat again, and I will translating for the el presidente.",
"I think your pipes are frozen.",
"That's cool that you get to pee in a toilet and in the snow at the same time. Lucky.",
"Why",
"I can do one better. \n\nyour ass is frozen to the toilet seat that is rigged to explode. there is a cup of hot water in a safe that will only open once you saw off your dick. live or die. the choice is yours.\n",
"Hey, it's only been 5 minutes I have 15 left!",
"I think i'll just pop a squat thanks.",
"It means toothed toilet\n\nfor the rest of your days",
"He says the tides are turning!! ",
"Colder than my ex wife’s snatch",
">it’s a an\n\nCovering all the bases, I see. ",
"No need for coffee to wake up in the morning sitting on that but I'd call that thing the original squatty potty because my ass would never touch it.",
"Wow. TIL. Thanks for sharing.",
"No wonder the Demogorgons are so pissed off.",
"Can't call someone out on it being incorrect if they use them both "
] | 147 |
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Going for a pee in Siberia...
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"And bolts",
"Lets go NUTS ",
"Looks like a nightmare. But at least it looks like they only welded the outside edges. What is it?"
] | 3 |
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Just some nuts
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[
"I'd like to see the fingering chart for 8 fingers.",
"Plot twist: it’s a recorder ",
"Waiting for OBEwan?\n"
] | 3 |
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The jar jar at the movies had his hands placed just so...(yes I know it’s left over right but still)
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/r/pics/comments/7qh2mr/chickadee_looks_like_i_shouldnt_fuck_with_him/
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[
"I think hes just looking at you. Nothing about that birb is fierce.",
"\"I am a dinosaur. Come at me bitch!\"",
"Looks like the venom symbiote taking over a bird",
"Tweet mother fucker."
] | 4 |
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Chickadee looks like I shouldn't fuck with him.
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[
"That tree's lookin a little dry there, hon... ",
"You forgot the mushroom cloud.",
"That username though....\n\nWonder if this post is gonna blow up.",
"That escalated quicker than I was anticipating",
"CAKE.",
"I get levity and all, but an entire state just dealt with the sudden belief that they, and their friends and families legitimately had 40 minutes to live. People were desperately lowering their children into storm drains in order to better guarantee their safety. One father, whose children were on opposite sides of the island at the time of the missile alert, had to decide which child to go to. It’s a stupid mistake that this happened, but empathy for those affected seems appropriate. ",
"Stay frosty over there",
"> but empathy for those affected seems appropriate\n\nOP also posted this under r/funny. I'm not stopping there, I find this insensitive and idiotic in many ways.",
"I’m not sure how to feel about this"
] | 9 |
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My daughter asked me about a theme for a cake. We had just been talking about the false alarm in Hawaii... so I threw out an idea. And the idea went quickly from concept to reality. I present- Everyone Cake Cover!
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[
"If the animals were still in there would it count as BBQ? ",
"now, now. \n\nyah know, I think I only last year found out that early humans figured out to cook animals after finding them roasted by forest fires. I wonder if that's really true. how would we possibly know that? ",
"If you lived in a savanna you would know. Brush fires are actually pretty common and animals are dumb/unable to escape. You can literally walk around after a brush fire and find dead animals fully cooked. "
] | 3 |
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Barn fire near my childhood home. Happy to report all the animals got out OK.
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[
"is this for real?",
"Yes, at the Trump National Golf Club - Jupiter, FL",
"How fucking tacky"
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Tiny burgers for tiny hands
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[
"I'll take a large ass juice pls.",
"3 ass juices with ice please. ",
"fuck, ass juice prices have skyrocketed.\n\n\n",
"2.50 for a cupcake??? ",
"Yes BUT its made with genuine ass juice so... ",
"I’d pay $2.50 for a cupcake right now. ",
"Man! Water for 2.75! Who I am Bill Gates?",
"I'll have an ass juice, hold the ass",
"Inflation.",
"A period has never been more important",
"I mean.. they can fit \"Signature Sandwich\" but can't squeeze an \"orted\" on there?",
"You had me at ass, and I was hooked on juices. ",
"It's so big that they had to put a space in the name to make the word bigger.",
"It's one banana Michael, how much could it cost? $10?",
"That's not what someone who's had a condom break would say."
] | 15 |
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The beverage options at my sisters dance performance today...
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[
"Gorgeous - are you standing on a rock/bridge/in the water?",
"I Was Just In Sedona and wasn't able to get to that hike, beautiful spot though!",
"I was upset about all of the ice there this time of year, but it's my absolute favorite spot in Sedona. Worth checking out, especially in October. Hope you make it there someday. ",
"You have to cross the creek multiple times during the hike, so yes, this was taken while standing on a rock while crossing over the creek. "
] | 4 |
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West Fork Trail "Call of the Canyon", Sedona, AZ
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[
"Congratulations!",
"Ah, congrats!",
"Thank you! Accomplished before my 31st bday. Very happy. ",
"👏🏼 ",
"\"You can doooo ittt!!!\"",
"Free at last",
"Frame that shit. ",
"Way to go! Must be a great feeling! ",
"Congrats!",
"So how soon do you retire?",
"Is it like the world’s worst ice cream headache has finally gone away?",
"They should send a fucking diploma with that since most people feel more proud of this than graduating >.>",
"I didn’t know these letter existed.",
"I've been paying those exact fuckers since 2005, will be for a good long while too ",
"Then how bout lending your old pal Zoidberg a few bucks, mister millionaire. ",
"3 years ago",
"I got one of those for my mortgage last year. Awesome feeling.",
"What sort of psychopath names their kid Borrower?",
"Still working on that....2040 is my payoff year 😖\nCongrats! ",
"Social security just kicked in.",
"Now onto the next loan!!!",
"That's how I felt about it too, one less loan. Now onto the mortgage, Vehicles & small business loans.",
"Congrats! I kept mine too!",
"Yup... never gonna get that letter. Fuck em."
] | 24 |
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Sweet, sweet relief.
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[
"Gimme",
"I know that place! I drive by it every day!",
"Your refrigerator?",
"Anchorage Alaska"
] | 4 |
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They should have this on the regular menu
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[
"Still have mine. ",
"I love those fuckin' things. Are you planning to replace the battery and storage?",
"Not yet, the battery still seems good and plenty of storage left. And Apple can’t slow my baby down ",
"“It’s not too late, it’s never too late”",
"Still have mine too. 160 gigs? Hard to beat. ",
"You do realize the slowing down is them doing people a favour, right? Keeping their phones working when they would otherwise just shut off?",
"It's that or you buy a new phone. Pick one.",
"I still use mine daily. But I'm mentally preparing for life after she passes. That is, how to take all my iTunes and still be able to access via an android pbone.",
"Quiet, you. Don’t upset her ",
"use mine nightly to learn spanish through osmosis.....7yrs later still no spanish",
"Damn iTunes! I won that battle years ago. Took almost a year of slowly converting the songs I paid for just to use on other devices!",
"New fangled junk. This is the real OG.\n\nhttps://i.imgur.com/HJSNeFm.jpg",
"Nomad represent!",
"Ya until the hard drive crashes and you lose everything. Rip my old 160gig ipod ",
"Master race.",
"I still have mine. It won't charge. I'm hoping to get it fixed. It still has all the music on it."
] | 16 |
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I have all the feels like I’m getting back together with an ex
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