This Will Bring Out the Teetotaller in Me
Tomato gin. I'd rather drink dog shit gin. (BYCU Blog Post)
I just learned tomato gin is "a thing." I think I'd rather learn that scrotum-kicking contests are a thing (they probably are, at least in cutting-edge LGBTQetc bars).
I guess it's been developing since at least 2010, when the Arabs started it with the "tomatini" at LPM Restaurant & Bar in Dubai. You see what happens when you try to civilize a tribal culture? These wealthy tribesmen concocted a "salad in a glass": a mix of Campari tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, and vodka. It started a trend and it's picking up pace.
Tomato-forward drinks are even considered "mainstream," at least among the elite, which gives us just one more reason to scorn them. I'd put "drinking tomatinis" as less harmful than Pizza Gate and more harmful than Trying to Establish a One-World Order Through Crushing Use of AI Where Everyone Will Own Nothing.
I never believe in Pizza Gate, the Epstein files notwithstanding. The same with the One-World Order conspiracy, a thing so secretive that the Grand Wizard of the KKK would be impressed. I'm agnostic on both.
But now that I've learned that there are tomato-based gins? I'll believe anything atrocious.