This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stuff

I am 25 and have never been drunk.
Things I don't like, but everyone else does:
Alcohol
Soft drinks

I hate going to bars (oh god, one time a friend of mine dragged me out to one, and there, well, were annoying drunk people playing with six foot inflatable penises. Ugh), and I hate the taste of alcohol. I feel like I'm missing out, sometimes, when I visit old friends, and they are sitting around drinking, but can't stand beer for tasting like liquid hot dog buns, or anything else for burning my throat.

I suck at being young.

Lots of bars are Super Lame™ and it sounds like that is one of those sorts. You're a lot more likely to run into inflatable dongs and shitfaced morons at the kind of bar that caters to youngins, too, so...

Anyway, lots of people start off not liking alcohol, and that's fine; it's not like anyone's really going to look down on you for having a tumblr of something virgin while everyone's shooting the shit. If you do feel like you're missing out, though, start off with mixed drinks and wine coolers! They are tasty times and kind of ease you into the bite. Contrary to Supes's post a bit down, I certainly drink largely for the flavor and know a lot of people who do, and there is a lot out there that's really interesting once you learn to enjoy the bite, and wouldn't be the same without it!

Or just don't drink, wevs.

Alcohol just plain doesn't taste good, it's an acquired taste like coffee and several other consumable substances that taste horrible at first try and then get better over time.

Ch, maybe if you are a GIRL who is a LADY and also LAME and probably SMELLS BAD

Real men start on tequila from shot one and never go back

(that is me I am the real man but also am super unfond of things like beer and whiskey. Good tequila is just good!)

I got wasted once, and I honestly don't see the appeal. I spent twelve hours crying and vomiting. It didn't even taste good. (Seriously, who thought cake flavored vodka was a good idea?)

Coffee, on the other hand, I will occasionally overdose on. I only started drinking it when I started high school to seem grown up. Now I can't function without at least a cup a day.

To expand on Akumu's sagacity, it really sounds like you... Did not do it right. Something a lot of new drinkers (and a depressing amount of experienced ones!) forget is that it's still important to drink water while you're bending the elbow a bit or you'll end up dehydrated (which is a lot of what makes hangovers shitty). If you're drinking socially or for flavor, you don't really want to consume so much you end up sloshed and vomiting; if you're drinking to get drunk, you need to ratchet the shots back once you start getting good and inebriated and just kind of maintain the buzz without going over the edge.

Drinking can be fun! But it can also be really shitty if you don't know what you're doing, like a lot of fun things and most things that involve poison. I wouldn't let one bad experience sour you forever, but I also wouldn't bother dipping your toes in again if it just plain doesn't appeal. There've gotta be squares

(that is a joke there is nothing wrong with teetotalling)