Britain's Drinking Culture | David Mitchell's Soapbox
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- David Mitchell looks at Britain's drinking culture.
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David talks about the country's problem with its drinking culture; but not in the way of 'Broken Britain's Wild Teens In Booze Binge Shame Shock', rather like having a nice glass of wine at a party, or a pint in the pub.
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"My top tip this week is not to become an alcoholic."
Thanks, David. Not many are willing to take such a controversial position.
Isn't the argument really: do become an alcoholic, because you will have to suffer through all those parties anyway, atleast for an alcoholic it would give the suffering with a glas of wine in hand some purpose.
I'd love to hear his response
I actually saw this before becoming an alcoholic. I really should have followed David's advice.
Hot take. It's bad to be physically addicted to poison
@Graig Simmonette well that's bullshit.
Poor me, poor me, pour me a drink
it's never only a pint
Kalibre, I should've said it was Kalibre
We had 3 different flavours of crisps!
I'm going to call offcom, there must be guidelines!!
...and Scotch eggs!
I had this at uni, after basically drinking constantly for the first 2-3 months i gave it a bit of break and discovered I basically had nothing in common with my mates other than our fondness for getting bladdered
Otherwise known as a "Fraternity"
@MrDubcek yeah but then does anyone have that much in common with anyone?
Having similar hobbies and interests gets you to small talk stage. Sharing political views and a similar sense of humour gets you further. But long term friends simply come about from shared experiences - if that's getting bladdered, c'est la vie
@@semi-skimmedmilk4480 well said
@@semi-skimmedmilk4480 I mean getting bladdered means literally giving yourself a mental illness for a few hours at a time, whether you're somewhat enjoying it or not. And let's be honest, often times the fact that you're drunk is just an excuse to be more open or to have a lower threshold for doing silly stuff, while you could do the same while being not lucid
I love that he refers to alcohol as a drug. So many people treat it completely separately for no real reason.
It's taxable.
People say that alcohol's a drug. It's not a drug, it's a drink!
@@tommymack2185
How do people like you remember to breathe 🤡
@@tommymack2185huh?
@@tomrawlins8214 It's a quote from Chris Morris's news satire Brass Eye. V funny - check it out!
I love how the message of this video is "don't become an alcoholic, because alcohol is impossible to live without"
Yeah, not sure what it says about society that there are people that believe that most social occasions require being in at least a mild alcoholic haze to become tolerable.
That's an awful message.
that vomiting person in the background had me mesmerized...
I think that it's Olivia Coleman. She deserves an Oscar for such a convincing vomit.
3 hurls in, I started to get worried for them.
This is a good point. While it's fun to go to parties and drink, I cannot stress the importance of being able to socialise well while sober.
Exactly. As long as the people are mentally allright and know their limits, you can offer them a variety of alcohol to drink.
But I remember (Warning; Long story) that I had a birthdayparty at 22 (the rest was either 25 or above) and I first suggested for it to be non-alcoholic, but even my then-boyfriend said he'd decline if I did that. (He was alcoholic)
I payed 6 times the money for the food, to get the expensive beverages that everyone wanted.
Eventually I found one of our friends in the garage, sobbing, with a tankard that was half-filled with all the mixed expensive drinks (she drank half before we found her) that was crying; 'Ill murdah myself, nowbody likes meh' (that was an attempt to write her drunk-sounds) and we took the thing out of her hands before she drank the rest.
She then proceeded to run past us, past the garden (where two guys were violently throwing up) into the kitchen (where one person was hanging on a chair, unconcious) and took all the bottles, emptying them in the sink, while blurting out; 'Ahwight then, I'mma dish thish alcowhole....I'm gonn bettah mah life!"
So while I tried taking the bottles from her and tried to explain that she could easily avoid alcohol, without having to pour my expensive birthdaydrinks down the sink, the doorbell rang.
I walked over (someone made me trip by sticking his leg out, so much for 'friends') and in the doorway stood 4 more people with a large Bacardi-bottle.
And when I asked; 'Oh, thanks guys...why did you guys all bring Bacardi?!" they answered; 'Oh your boyfriend said you liked Bacardi Dragonberry. He said thát was what we had to bring as a gift.'
And so I returned with all the bottles to the kitchen and well...let's just say the evening didn't end well, at some point people went nuts and locked me out of the house. And shouted at me when I tried going back in. 'Fuck you with your stupid party, here are some of those fucking cupcakes of yours' while throwing them at me.
Covered in frosting and wet with rain, I went upstairs via the other door, cleaned myself up and later, caught my boyfriend sniffing my handsanitizer. Alone. "As a joke."
He went outside with his friends, I cleaned the room and discovered that guests had stolen most of my bottles (I didn't like alcohol, but still, those has been very expensive) and then my boyfriend returned with a purple-stained stomach, grinning painfully while explaining they'd played a game, Zenoclashing. Like freepunching.
And his friend had won. Hence the reason he now couldn't sit down without gasping from pain.
So then, when he vomited blood the next morning. I tried taking the rest of the bottles home, to avoid anyone (like my boyfriend) drinking them, but his parents demanded that I left them in their home, for storaging, for the next party.
I offered to get them anyway, a week later, but when I called in the late morning, they were véry drunk and áll the bottles were empty.
I was absolutely done. Anyone displaying the slightest bit of alcoholism is not welcome near me.
Widdekuu91 ... it was your birthday and you had to buy the booze? That's messed up!
Plus, of course, the idiots that ruined your night. I hope you got some better friends soon after.
:(
You're right, but also stressing the importance of anything means nothing if youre a random
@@Widdekuu91 no way is that a true story 😂😂
@@mokkaveli Would've been nice if it hadn't. :)
There were THREE flavours of crisps!!
He's right. Wanted a pint with two mates. A dozen pints of Doom bar and hours later, I'm pissed stumbling home at 3 in the morning
@Roderick storey When the drinks come cheap you don't feel bad about having another, then another, then shots, then that funny named scrumpy that leaves you legless. Before you know it the world is a happy spinny place and oh god I'm going to be sick followed by what the blood hell was I thinking last night hangovers.
The advert before this video claims that DELL make fantastic laptops. I found it incredibly hard to refrain from proposturous laughing whilst watching the rest of the video.
Best Soapbox this series so far.
The worst thing is when you're not old enough to drink at social family events but all the other family members are wasted. I still try not to go to any family events although I'm old enough anyways, because my family is the last crowd I'd want to get drunk with.
It should be pointed out that other drugs are available . This includes crack , heroin , jogging , self righteousness , power , and being me
Don't talk about crack!
@@Toothily You re absolutely right . Henceforth I will only talk about being me .
@@Toothily Are my legs on fire below the knees.
Hope he does a soapbox soon on thirtysomething men growing dodgy beards
Beard looks fine to me. Neat and groomed, not patchy. What's the problem?
Sum up of the comments "I don't like it when people get drunk because I don't get drunk." And some spicy word play and that's just about everything.
I don't like it when people get drunk because it reminds me of growing up with an alcoholic father.
oh and the fact that drink people are fixing dick heads, without exception.
Thank god that I've watched them all, I have to go to work!
He didn't have one last week. That is serious growth.
I quite liked it, though, with the rings, and the... dancing...nurses... Yeah, a little trippy
WARNING: a lot of people underestimate the severity of a hangover. Hangovers can literally give you massive seizures that can kill you.
When you drink alcohol it slows down your brain, and when that alcohol leaves your body your brain speeds up. It’s at that point when a seizure can occur.
That’s literally every single alien abductions story now debunked. I’d give you a medal or something but I’m just a dickhead on the internet.
Most the of the British population consider the NHS a national treasure...
It was a little trippy... But Danny also made the movie Train Spotting, so I guess it was to expected ;)
Quit drinking about three years ago and yes, became very unsociable because it's far less fun when you can't get pissed.
Happily, i was diagnosed with ADHD earlier this year so now if I'm going out, I can just delay my daily dose of amphetamine so I'm nicely peaking when the social obligation to speak to others arises.
MITCHELL FOR PM.
Yes, we are an odd bunch...
Take the Olympic opening... That was trippy...
Best SoapBox background animations to date
if you want to be the life of social parties make sure you have always drunk very slightly less then almost two drinks.
"I'm a bearded concubine!"
That flashing background - just don't.
@255ad I didn't really think it was possible for one to love David any more...apparently not. Riker-beard has endeared me to him tenfold. \o/
I cut down on my booze intake 6mths ago when I got some new glasses. I put them on and could barely see straight. Then I remembered when I took the eye-test I was still half-pissed from the night before. I'm now the proud owner of the most expensive beer-goggles on the planet!
I know someone called Cocoa, and a couple of Americans called Hope and Faith. Mind you my name isn't exactly ordinary either.
hm, I must come from a very different society... My friends and I can speak creatively and entertainly for hours to each other on a great variety of topics - and we do this over tea...
sockpuppety ~ sounds like we hail from the same society. I would add custard creams to the informal soirée
there needs to be a David Mitchell beard movement
That guy throwing up in the background XD
I think I like the beard look, but it's hard to get past the shock of it being there.
And I'm tempted to leave little cards outside the local AA with his last line, although that may be a little late to help
Again he is totally right! I like the new look as well.
I bet David grew a beard for the sole purpose of ranting about the reactions in the next video. Oh how I worship him!
I hope I've got the quiz questions right, if only out of mere shame if I am not (unless mitchell thinks that Roger Moore is the best bond). Good god.
Dave looks amazing with that beard!
It's like that guy with a mole in Austin Powers, but it's David Mitchell with a beard. Beardy beardy beardy!! *Picks up long stick*... *pokes*...
"Under David Mitchell's beard there is not a chin, but another brain."
Beard's a good look. I like it.
I am not sure if I remember anything he just said because BEARD.
Now I know he's not recording these from space.
Drink responsibly, meaning "never crash that wedding of your cousins".
I love the beard. He looks like a Russian poet or tolstoy character or something of a similar ilk. HOT!
I don't know. I've had some long and in depth conversations, for hours and hours without alcohol. Though, usually involving the aid of coffee, tea, or caffeinated soda. I also find people in bars and pubs to be rather dull and annoying.
His mother not drinking explains so much about him
Ohmygoddd. That vomitting thing in the back was so horrifying,
I could happily watch these videos every second of my waking life.
Nice beard. It really suits you. Oh and I agree with everything you just said. :D
Woooooo, bare love for david Mitchell!!!!
i bet most people didn't even listen to the rant, they're too distracted by the beard haha
that's a rather good point actually :) Don't be an alcoholic or you;ll die or have to put up with people without the aid of alcohol.... good advice :D
OK David, I am retired. I cant see why I cant give herself a scotch with her morning coffee
The face fuzz made me throw up in my mouth a little bit LOL
P.S The LOL was for David, i know he likes them
I can't help but feel that all these comments on 'the beard' are merely supplying David with fodder for future segments. Assuming of course he pays even the slightest attention to them. Hence I name it.... 'Ruse Beard.'
David Mitchell is the secret boss of the Inebriarti!
What is it about this man that makes me DROOL?!
Did he batter you in the head with a cricket bat? Cause' that'll do it.
@deBadWolff Joke is, the guy throwing up in the background is actually a girl. But I only noticed because I needed a break from watching the beard.
That is what she said.
I got about half way through this video before I realised that I hadn't listened to a word he had said, due to staring at his beard.
Just have almost two drinks and you'll be fine
I don’t drink. And I’m not a fan of parties. But I got to my friends and families parties to be nice. I spent my sister’s 22nd talking with my godfather for 3 hours. And whilst a little bit of it was interesting. Spending 3 hours talking to one person does make things drag. And I’m not convinced it would have been more fun if I was drunk based on the fact the only people I knew there were my sister, my parents and my god parents.
It would have been nicer for me if it was at a pub. I could’ve played cards with the only people above the age of 25 there whilst my sister and her friends sang inane karaoke songs.
@5MinuteEarth I would say that heroin and cocaine should be treated like alcohol; individuals in free society with free will can choose to put as much or as little psychotropic content into their own bodies.
i've realized i don't really listen to what he says anymore because i'm always so distracted by the background. oops.
But why did they not put a new picture of bearded Mitchell on the side of the soapbox?
Am drunk,my cousin's wedding is in 2 days and Im not looking forward to it one bit.
I preferred his goatee in Peep Show.
Looks like the English version of the Spartan from 300, THIS IS SUSSEX! Terribly sorry for spitting in your face.
@leatherworkstation I thought the same thing! All hes missing is Commander Riker's com badge
@RhianOsullivan Lol, am not familiar with "craic head", but if you mean by that I smoke weed, Yes I do, its legal here in the Netherlands. And it is almost in every way less harmful then alcohol, thats I all I said, do you disagree? :)
Hands up, whose Knurd?
look down for comments on beard
That is the sort of beard you grow in the wilderness... You are a man now David.
Nice beard David.
This is great
I long ago discovered that the best way to navigate a cocktail party is to have one gin & tonic, then whenever a waiter comes by get him to bring a just tonic but also with a slice of lemon. No one else is any the wiser but no one thinks you’re not “joining in the fun”. Works whether you’re the host or a guest.
Next soapbox will be about beards.
And can I have my Dell laptop now please?
Dramatically worse in the United States. Every one is on something , even the non drinkers are on something prescribed
It's magical.
@Ncc84 nah i'm ok without it. just don't see point of loosing control.
My thoughts exactly
Haha I've also decided to keep a beard for the first time ever and it's almost exactly the same length as David's! This must mean we are psychologically linked! David you hear that? We must meet soon!
Beard? I think he is stepping on WheezyWaiter's turf...
@SteRDLK No, of course not.
Oh, wait.... No the other thing....
Yes.
Hmm, beer..
holy beard batman!
Hey did anyone else notice David has beard!
wow, he grew a beard in a week. by my standards that fucking impressive.
I actually found it hard to watch this (for once) because of that man throwing up at the back, and I have a phobia of vomiting. Hence why I don't actually drink alcohol.
sound advice mate
I quite like the beard. Makes him look like a bitter old man. I like that.
Also, I would love to get drunk with David.
Sometimes I imagine what our society would be like if yeast produced MDMA instead of ethanol. Less puking, fighting, abortions, war. More gay, vegan, love, hugging, repetitive dance music.
CLICK ON: disccentury, MY MUSIC, NEVER SEEN
@SuperMytest Ahh I love seeing fellow beard-lovers on other videos.
ON. On his face.
love the beard.
Drumming for the Beatles?
@JoslockESP yes
Who is this 'C.F. Pubs' he's talking about?