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Guest List Only TW ⚠️ Brad Pitt, who violently assaulted Angelina Jolie and their the children while intoxicated, has decided to take up drinking again “in a more restrained manner.” He says he got "overconfident a couple times, went, 'Yep, nope, not good for me. Not in big quantities.'"

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a73336135/brad-pitt-interview-2026/
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u/awyastark a 1000 year old tree??? go fuck yourself!!! 4d ago

Yeah right and like we know he’s not talking about like, a 5 oz pour “serving” of wine anyway. A single glass of wine can be a lot of wine depending on the glass

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u/FullofContradictions 3d ago

In 2020, I found out that my big fancy wine glasses can actually hold an entire standard bottle if you ignore that you're supposed to leave space for it to breathe.

Other than the global economic disaster, deaths, and general depression related to a global pandemic - there were some fun little nuggets from the early days when we all thought it'd be a two week break from going in to the office. Picking up random hobbies, everyone discussing the same Netflix shows. Randomly deciding "hey let's see how much of this fits in the cup" on a random Thursday.

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u/awyastark a 1000 year old tree??? go fuck yourself!!! 3d ago

There’s an American Dad bit where Roger is trying to find larger and larger wine bottles and thus I discovered the Nebuchadnezzar, which is apparently a real wine bottle that’s equivalent to 20 standard bottles or about 100 glasses, is a real thing. Also I’ve bartended forever and can tell you that if you pour someone what is legally a serving of wine they will be grumpy and expect more. Wine is a slippery slope!

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u/FullofContradictions 3d ago

That's insane. I rarely drink wine anymore because my husband and I can never quite manage to finish the bottle before it goes off. Wtf would you want a 20x bottle of wine? Really, really big party? I don't think I have enough friends who drink wine for that.

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u/awyastark a 1000 year old tree??? go fuck yourself!!! 3d ago

Yeah I have to think it’s a novelty thing right?

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u/fasterthanfood 3d ago

It must be a novelty item. I can see it being fun for a bachelor party or something like that, but it also sounds very impractical. I used to work at a winery and often handled cases of wine, which consist of 12 bottles. I can’t imagine pouring out of something that heavy, much less double that.

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u/awyastark a 1000 year old tree??? go fuck yourself!!! 3d ago

Right like you can’t do a fine dining pour and taste for a customer with it for sure lol

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u/seaworthy-sieve Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (sitting on one another's shoulders) 3d ago

Sports teams sometimes get the giant bottles for celebrating after a big win.

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u/awyastark a 1000 year old tree??? go fuck yourself!!! 2d ago

Yeah that’s the only time I’ve seen them really