Anonymous wrote:A new study by an LGBT-focused marketing firm finds that gay men love gin more than anyone else, lesbians love their tequila, and gays and lesbians together consume the lion’s share of our nation’s vodka supply.

https://www.grubstreet.com/2012/10/gays-lesbians-dining-out-drinking-study.html

Anonymous wrote:Gin and tonic is the perfect drink. According to Douglas Adams, virtually every planet in the galaxy has a version!

“Jynnan tonnyx is a drink invented by the Golgafrinchans, which the Captain of the "B" ark is fond of and offers to Ford and Arthur. It is noteworthy because roughly 85% of all planets have some drink with a similar sounding name, all of which were named before the planet made interstellar contact. The drinks themselves vary from plain lukewarm water to something that can kill a cow from a hundred paces. The only linking factor is the name. Other versions of the name include gee'N'N-T'N-ix, chinanto/mnigs, tzjin-anthony-ks, jinond-o-nicks and gin-and-tonics.”

Anonymous wrote:I had never heard this in my life but now twice in recent months in different social settings and in completely different regions of the U.S., among all college educated women, it’s been gossiped this is like a known thing. Gin and tonic has some effeminate and/or gaydar insinuations?

Anonymous wrote:A new study by an LGBT-focused marketing firm finds that gay men love gin more than anyone else, lesbians love their tequila, and gays and lesbians together consume the lion’s share of our nation’s vodka supply.

https://www.grubstreet.com/2012/10/gays-lesbians-dining-out-drinking-study.html

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Anonymous wrote:I order them because I long for the British Empire and want to signal to other imperialists out there. I never knew I was signaling to gay men. What about gay British imperialists? This is like a Somerset Maugham story.

There's a reason people in the British Empire drank G&Ts every evening... besides the quinine. It's refreshing and delicious. Sure, the whole enterprise was rapacious and cruel, but the lifestyle actually made a lot of sense.

I thought it was because tonic was basically the first soda and thus the only mixer available. At least that’s the lore my FIL once told me.

Tonic has quinine in it and when you live in the tropics and are a white person from Kent you need all the malaria protection you can. Gin makes it fun to take your anti-malarial. That's it.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard of this, but I’m in my mid-40s.

+1 except I'm mid 50s and I love a gin & tonic.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a man who loves good gin, high quality tonic and a fresh lime. I don’t care what women or anyone for that matter thinks about me because they’re not paying for my drinks.

And you’re a huge fan of White Lotus and you’ve seen every ep of SATC three times? lol

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Anonymous wrote:No less of a man than James Bond preferred a Vesper Martini: Three parts Gordon's gin, one part vodka, and half a part Kina Lillet.

Name-checks in books and film are literally for sale.

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Anonymous wrote:I order them because I long for the British Empire and want to signal to other imperialists out there. I never knew I was signaling to gay men. What about gay British imperialists? This is like a Somerset Maugham story.

There's a reason people in the British Empire drank G&Ts every evening... besides the quinine. It's refreshing and delicious. Sure, the whole enterprise was rapacious and cruel, but the lifestyle actually made a lot of sense.

I thought it was because tonic was basically the first soda and thus the only mixer available. At least that’s the lore my FIL once told me.

Anonymous wrote:No less of a man than James Bond preferred a Vesper Martini: Three parts Gordon's gin, one part vodka, and half a part Kina Lillet.

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Anonymous wrote:I order them because I long for the British Empire and want to signal to other imperialists out there. I never knew I was signaling to gay men. What about gay British imperialists? This is like a Somerset Maugham story.

There's a reason people in the British Empire drank G&Ts every evening... besides the quinine. It's refreshing and delicious. Sure, the whole enterprise was rapacious and cruel, but the lifestyle actually made a lot of sense.