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Snaps drinking in Sweden, early 20th century.
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In the Nordic countries, especially Denmark and Sweden, but not in Iceland, snaps (pronounced [ˈsnaps], Finnish: snapsi), among many nicknames, is a small shot of a strong alcoholic beverage taken during the course of a meal.
Schoolgirls at a birthday party in Iran before the Islamic Revolution.
The last picture taken of the Socrates Appreciation Society, at their hemlock tasting party
Ketchup drinking contest 1952 in Ohio
Number five is clearly the best one.
But that one ain't even ketchup.
Young adults (between the ages of 13 and 15) before the invention of the teenager.
Testing alcohol for methanol
In the Nordic countries, especially Denmark and Sweden, but not in Iceland, snaps (pronounced [ˈsnaps], Finnish: snapsi), among many nicknames, is a small shot of a strong alcoholic beverage taken during the course of a meal.
It's in like 20 languages around Germany, coming from German "schnapps", meaning eithe a sip or small glass of strong alcohol, though the exact meaning drifted in some languages.
Chapo Trap House (2016)
me and the boys, freshly pressed from the haircut factory
Fanciest Lad Invitational semifinals
Throwback Thursday at the club
Itsy bipple tipple comipple.
Round about the cauldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.
Celebrating a successful single tree interment in the new root cellar
guy farthest on the left looks a bit fruity
I think he's also probably singing.
Young men engage in amyl nitrate sniffing prior to retiring. Swedish lodge, undisclosed location.
Swedish lodge, undisclosed location.
The Swedish version of the Bohemian Grove?
I'm not cool enough to know what that is 🥺
Extremely rich, powerful, influential men - it's a men only thing - meet in the California woods in secret. What actually happens there is anybody's guess. My wild hunch is that they let their hair down and act like idiots but they also network.
The Bohemian Club is an elite invitation-only social club founded in San Francisco in 1872 by a group of male artists, writers, actors, lawyers, and journalists, all of whom were wealthy, had some measure of fame, and were interested in arts and culture. Since its founding the club has expanded to include politicians and businessmen. The club is known especially for its annual summer retreat at what is known as Bohemian Grove in the redwood forest of California’s Sonoma county, an event cloaked in secrecy and controversy.
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Richard Nixon, while president, was recorded privately describing the Bohemian Grove as "the f*ggiest god damn thing you can ever imagine."
Oh I was imagining something more romantic, like young men forced to live a double life by the pressures of society, finding this lodge and finally able to express their love and desire for each other.
Now I'm kind of sad.
Just imagine some clandestine meeting of some horny Swedish lads, it probably happened. Think or how thrilled they'd be at how far we've come.
Or them fucking, idk whatever fills your heart.
"Alright. Where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we all drink, and find out who is right... and who is dead."
the discovery of the cure for racism