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You’re not just paying for the alcohol. You’re paying for service, a place to hang out, and not having to kick drunk people out of your home.

It's one of the few third places left, and one of the only third places open late when people are out of normal 9 to 5 work

Look how they massacred most coffee shops. 99% of them are for grabbing coffee togo, not for sitting down in.

The bar fits many many more people, some of whom you don't already know!

That’s a wild take. Most people I know don’t go to bars for an efficient alcoholic experience. They go so they can dance and talk with people. Sure its like $7 a beer or $13 a drink, but that pays for clean up you don’t have to do, a place to hang out, and giving people willing to work late money to live. I don’t have any alcohol at home since it’s honestly too cheap and has already caused me problems.

For watered down shet :<

Look at moneybags over here

Not a bad idea to splurge a bit on something fun every now and then to help with your mental health. Just not too often that it becomes a problem.

This is how it should be lol.

I dont get why its not more common to just buy a pack of beers and a bottle and sit in the parc with the lads.

like who wants to spend half a days worth of salary for some meh beer in an overcrowded bar with shitty music.

(I guess the problem is the US has puritan laws against drinking alcohol outside, thankfully we don’t tend to have the in europe).

5 dollars for a bad beer?? I pay 3 euros for a great beer!

Genesee, Rolling Rock, Pilsner Urquell, Dos Equis, Harp, or Heineken?

0.5l is over 5 euros these days, you can't even get 20 beers for a hundred.

Yup very common in here... designer drinks can be $25-$50 easily

...yes? Is this not common?

Australia no joke a pint is about $14 and a cocktail is about $20.

Some of us might be drinking more than 6 pints (6 UK pints is about 7.2 US pints). That's one way.

Another way is paying more than $15 per drink, yes, after including tax and tip in the US. That's somewhat common in some places, especially if cocktails are involved. Or higher end wine or spirits. Or even certain craft beers.

You drink something else than beer.

Well this isn't a hack is just female privilege