Do you drink, and if so how much?

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mZuzek said:

Yeah, some 5 or so glasses of water on an average day.

Wait, alcohol? No way, it tastes (and smells) horrible. Don't really know what drove people to start drinking it god knows how many centuries ago, but they weren't on their right minds. Then again, I do occasionally drink soda, which I suppose isn't much better, but at least with that there's the excuse that it's legal for kids to drink it. If I was drinking alcohol since before I can remember, I'd probably like it too.

Edit: I suppose I am quite finicky when it comes to liquids in general. I like water and soda, maybe some juice, that's about it. Chocolate, I guess. Dislike coffee, alcohol, despise tea... just about everything else, really.

A long time ago, before sanitation and water treatment, beer was much safer to drink than water.  The brewing process kills a lot of microbes that can potentially make people sick.  For travelers not used to the local water supply, that is actually still true to this day for some areas of the world.