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[videogamedude]

I don't know what it will look like. Maybe it will be obvious to the person, maybe an accidental secret. Here I am, they think, as "the" nuke slowly falls upon a dystopian future. They dig their fingernails into the last lager created by man. I am it, they think... the last man with a beer in his hand.

Is it so simple?... as life disintigrates into nothing, Will our last lucky imbiber even know? Will the final sip be an accident?... a secret?!! Will the moment pass conscious thought? The very last sip... Who will have it... who deserves it?

I hope when the moment comes, be it a can, be it a bottle... perhaps an open fermentation method that a post apocalyptic clan worships... will the last human soul that ever drinks a sip of fermented heaven even know?... will they understand the moment that is happening?

Who will drink the very last, never again swallow of ale?

god bless their eternal soul

 

[NinjaMouse]

existential crisis and internet is a bad mix. Go to bed, bro

 

[bender]

me, bender

 

[bronkonagurski]

That is an avatar quote post if I've ever seen one.

 

[LyricalShrike]

The last beer drunk by the old world will also be the first beer of the new world.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I drink... but water. I don't really like beer... it gives me cramps in my parotid glands.

 

[MaestroMike]

 

[ahtlas7]

 

[Soodanim]

By extension there will be a last everything. Last person person to get a platinum trophy in a PS game, last person to hear "Yippee Ki Yay" said in a Die Hard film, last person to shoot their load, last person to be born, to die naturally, last person to be arrested. The list goes on pretty much forever.

Although really there will be a great many things that are being done by lots of people at the same time, but I suppose a thread about being one of the 5000 people in a nuke's blast range actively doing something isn't as interesting a concept.

 

[MrCunningham]

Spoiler: still chilled.

I have had this in my possession for eight+ years now. I have always kept it below room temperature. I can still buy this brand of Beer locally and rarely do... honestly I have been sober from weed and alcohol since early 2025... I guess I am in a current detox state.

 

[Trilobit]

I don't know what it will look like. Maybe it will be obvious to the person, maybe an accidental secret. Here I am, they think, as "the" nuke slowly falls upon a dystopian future. They dig their fingernails into the last lager created by man. I am it, they think... the last man with a beer in his hand.

Is it so simple?... as life disintigrates into nothing, Will our last lucky imbiber even know? Will the final sip be an accident?... a secret?!! Will the moment pass conscious thought? The very last sip... Who will have it... who deserves it?

I hope when the moment comes, be it a can, be it a bottle... perhaps an open fermentation method that a post apocalyptic clan worships... will the last human soul that ever drinks a sip of fermented heaven even know?... will they understand the moment that is happening?

Who will drink the very last, never again swallow of ale?

god bless their eternal soul

This is why you don't drink rauchbier on an empty stomach, bro.

 

[sono]

I don't know what it will look like. Maybe it will be obvious to the person, maybe an accidental secret. Here I am, they think, as "the" nuke slowly falls upon a dystopian future. They dig their fingernails into the last lager created by man. I am it, they think... the last man with a beer in his hand.

Is it so simple?... as life disintigrates into nothing, Will our last lucky imbiber even know? Will the final sip be an accident?... a secret?!! Will the moment pass conscious thought? The very last sip... Who will have it... who deserves it?

I hope when the moment comes, be it a can, be it a bottle... perhaps an open fermentation method that a post apocalyptic clan worships... will the last human soul that ever drinks a sip of fermented heaven even know?... will they understand the moment that is happening?

Who will drink the very last, never again swallow of ale?

god bless their eternal soul

I prefer to hope we will not destroy ourselves

 

[deriks]

Chances are that the world is so bleak at this point that a beer can't do much

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Chances are that the world is so bleak at this point that a beer can't do much

One, perhaps not. But four? Things start to look up.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I prefer to hope we will not destroy ourselves

This guy gets it. Clearly drunk off his face.

 

[Major Insano]

I like to think it will be an Ice Cold In Alex moment.

Or maybe a Thanos, as he watches the sun rise on a grateful universe.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

I prefer to hope we will not destroy ourselves

It's in our meat nature.

 

[Redneckerz]

Spoiler: still chilled.

I have had this in my possession for eight+ years now. I have always kept it below room temperature. I can still buy this brand of Beer locally and rarely do... honestly I have been sober from weed and alcohol since early 2025... I guess I am in a current detox state.

Where i come from 8% is nothing. Who dares calling that extra strong.

I am basically retired from drinking the good stuff, but in my primetime, 10% would be my starter.

Chances are that the world is so bleak at this point that a beer can't do much

This just tells me you haven't tried a good beer yet.

 

[ClanOfNone]

I wouldn't touch alcohol again even if the comet was on the way, nukes are flying, and the dead are rising.
If I'm still around when any of that happens I will gladly spark up humanity's last doobie.

 

[StueyDuck]

I hear padel is a good way to get out and meet people.

 

[videogamedude]

this definitely felt like it was written better last night

By extension there will be a last everything. Last person person to get a platinum trophy in a PS game, last person to hear "Yippee Ki Yay" said in a Die Hard film, last person to shoot their load, last person to be born, to die naturally, last person to be arrested. The list goes on pretty much forever.

Although really there will be a great many things that are being done by lots of people at the same time, but I suppose a thread about being one of the 5000 people in a nuke's blast range actively doing something isn't as interesting a concept.

last one to shoot a load is epic... god i hope humanity doesn't end in the palm of a hand lol

 

[Trogdor1123]

I prefer to think of who will get to pick the last booger, so much deeper.

 

[Turbowaffles]

Won't be me, I've got two years sober in August and I aim to keep it that way until the end!

 

[Trunx81]

Beer.
Beer never changes.

 

[deriks]

One, perhaps not. But four? Things start to look up.

This just tells me you haven't tried a good beer yet.

And this tells me the interpretation of yours was wrong, mate

 

[John Marston]

Any slight towards deriks will be taken very personally by me.

He's the little brother I never had

 

[Soodanim]

Won't be me, I've got two years sober in August and I aim to keep it that way until the end!

In fairness if you're having a beer as you watch the mushroom cloud you won't have a blood stream for the alcohol to get in, might as well go out necking a bottle of fine liquor

 

[Woggleman]

The humans left will find a way to make booze again. Alchohol is almost as old as humanity iyself

 

[deriks]

Any slight towards deriks will be taken very personally by me.

He's the little brother I never had

 

[Redneckerz]

And this tells me the interpretation of yours was wrong, mate

No, it tells me you havent found the unforgettable beer yet

 

[videogamedude]

No, it tells me you havent found the unforgettable beer yet

find a good saison

 

[Dirk Benedict]

 

[kevboard]

Would we evolve, transcend and persevere?
We'll never know.
Or would we fail, burn out and disappear?
We'll never know.
Maybe one day we'd reach out for the stars...
Were we alone?
We'll never know.

-Arjen A. Lucassen, Our Final Song


to build on that thematically:
Will there be beer, delicious, golden fresh?
We'll never know.
Would it be cold, or warm and hard to drink?
We'll never know.
Somone to share, and drink in company...
Or you alone?
We'll never know.