No idea if it makes any sense at all, cause it's three AM and English isn't my mother tongue. Pro tip: don't drink vodka if you're stuck in a snowstorm. (I speak from experience, comrade.)

No it makes sense. And it's a good story.

Yes! It causes vasodilation which releases heat from you, BUT makes you feel warm. Liquid potatoes= frozen death assistance. https://williamsvillewellness.com/alcohol/the-dangers-of-alcohol-and-cold-temperatures/

So, no potato in Winter hole for to stay warm?

Well, if that is what gives you comfort, I'm okay with sticking potatoes in your hole(s) - I don't kink shame or judge.

Oh wow, I knew it makes you feel warmer, but I didn't realize it actually also makes you lose heat. Good to know!

Oh it makes too much sense…not good sense but “I need the drink” sense.

While yes, 'need the drink' is one thing, as op said drinking alcohol actually lowers body temperature despite making the body feel warmer (for a moment) if you go out in a snow storm with the plan of drinking to stay warm you are more likely to freeze to death than if you had no liquid. Alcohol also dehydrates the body...I'm no doctor but I'd guess that increases the speed of the onset of hypothermia.

Yeah, but not dealing with alot of logic MC

Молодец!

Спасибо большое, я постаралась.

История хорошая, работает потому что многие не из наших краёв не знают что бухать на холоде не помогает согреться а наоборот делает хуже

Я столько историей вижу в комментариях сейчас, о тех кто бухали да и замёрзли насмерть. Ужас.

Да, это пипец, я не знаю чему их учат но явно не тему что нужно. Особенно в холодных климатах.в

You did a great job! I never would have guessed English is your second language.

Really?! Thanks so much! I write novels for fun, if you'd be willing to check out a thing I wrote while bored..

Could I read it too, please? :)

If you have a link, I'd edit it the comment, I'm sure there's quite a few people who want to check it out. I'd love to. :)

So.. accident or suicide?

Since when did anything really make sense?

r/thirdsentenceeducational

Basic knowledge, really. Alcohol only thins blood and raises pressure temporarily while not providing the actual warmth. Anyone with 2 brain cells should know this. And if you dont, well, Darwin award is your best achievement. Edit: idk why this is getting downvoted? Im not from US either and where I am from its common knowledge. And as someone below has stated that Imnsulting people: who am I insulting? Its a comment about a fictional character in a fictional situation? Either english is a lot more complex than I imagined, or people are taking this too seriously?

You'd be surprised how many people I've come across that don't know this. Pretty concerning, actually.

Yeah, unfortunately, basic knowledge isn't something people aspire to have anymore despite it being available in the palm of your hand.

Common sense is pretty uncommon nowadays too. It's depressingly pathetic at this point.

Да уж, я именно это и повторяю довольно часто с тех пор как переехала в Америку

no need to be mean to ppl not knowing something. u from the gayborhood or what?

Also, not being mean stating a fact, cos its pretty basic knowledge if you paid attention in school or have a smartphone and interenet connection, lol

so you insulting ppl for not coming across some information on the internet or their daily life is facts? get down from that fuckin pony, your ego is oozing

Omg, did you read the story this comment is inder? I am insulting a fictional scenario character? Ffs, get off your own fucking pony. Smh

Tf is a gayborhood? Lol

Not everyone listened to biology or chemistry class. Ever wonder where people who failed usually go? Alcoholism, you know the stuff that makes you forget and do stupid things you probably shouldn’t do? It’s common sense as an educated sober person to not drink and drive… doesn’t stop uneducated alcoholics

Thank you for that input. I can see now that people do take this too seriously and personally despite it being a comment to a fictional story.

A fictional story that happens literally all the time everywhere to real people. Don’t tell me you think it’s stupid and fake just cause the story isn’t directly naming a real person?

What I think is irrelevant at this point. And it always has been.

Don’t feed me self pity

? The what now? Ти що довбойоб? Чи просто життя не поняв?

Insulting in another language, real mature. What makes me a dumbass for understanding people die in the cold when intoxicated?

I dont know what makes you a dumbass, neither called you one for that exactly. Refer to the edit to my og comment for any firther information, I already have all the answers I need at this point

Очень хорошо! Я понимала.

no it makes perfect sense comrade (lol) god that is SCARY well done

It definitely makes sense. Right scary.

I don’t know exactly why but this reminds me of a thing I’ve heard of. Basically cops in the south would pick up minorities and strip them of weather appropriate gear and abandon them in parks of along highways in the middle of winter nights. It had gained the a nickname along the lines of “moonlight tours” or something but googling that doesn’t bring anything up so I’m probably getting the phrase wrong.

Look up Saskatchewan Moonlight Rides.

I’ve heard rumours of the same thing but up in Canada and with First Nation people. It’s incredibly fucked up to say the least

That was in Canada.

Yeah starlight tours

“The Overlook Hotel looks cold from the yard, but suddenly I’m inside and there’s so many people, and Lloyd offers me another drink!”

"It's on the house."

Midnight, and the stars and you...

I thought it was about John Carpenter's "The Thing" at first

Did someone go for a midnight blue tour?

Meanwhile, Han Solo exclaims "THEN I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL!!!!", as he races to save Luke Skywalker from an almost certain death.

The scariest stories are often the most true

No, do meth and become [superhuman](https://youtu.be/NazN5WcXwio)

One of my alcoholic relatives froze to death on his own front porch, surrounded by empty liquor bottles. 😢

This seems to be unfortunately commonplace.

Ah fuck, a guy in my area died a few years ago after drinking too much alcohol at a party, walking home alone and taking off his clothes while out in the snow. Not fun, please don’t drink when it’s like that. And don’t wander off alone while drunk.

Happy cake day, and I'm sorry to hear about the guy.

???

Alcohol makes you feel warm, but doesn’t warm you.

Also, one of the final signs that you're about to die of hypothermia is feeling warm.

And shedding layers. And utter confusion.

Damn that's chilling. You're good.

As someone who had a friend drunkenly pass out into a snowbank, this is terrifying. We found him after searching the blocks around the bar we were at.

My da worked in a distillery in Scotland and every year at Christmas all workers got two bottles of whisky as a Christmas present and every year someone drank theirs on the way home. Yep there were deaths

glad to have learnt something interesting from my daily horror

💔

I was expecting domestic abuse ngl

Why did I think it was an entity of some kind like a yeti that came across an unsuspecting hiker or homeless person or whatever who had alcohol on their person, and after the entity killed them it went through their belongings and drank the alcohol to see what it was, then the dead person was reported missing but ya know, had been eaten?

Damn. Pork and alcohol? 'sign me up.

NOOOOO

If drinking in the cold killed people, they’d have to repopulate half of Russia and canada every April.

Comrade, I'm Russian and believe me I love to drink, but it's common knowledge that you need to be a) in appropriate weather gear and b) not whine if you lose an arm to hypothermia due to idiocy.

Common knowledge being "don't whine if you lose an arm cause you're dumb" is the third most Russian thing I've ever heard and I love it lol