Examples are kind of messed up (Can't Hold His Liquor): Cant Hold His Liquor

The examples of Can't Hold His Liquor need to be cleaned up. I'm in the process of doing that now; I'm removing the ones that are clearly not this trope, which are actually examples of Drunk on Malts. There seem to be a few of these that are bad drunks but don't mention how much liquor they had; what should I do about these?

Not right away, not right away

I would just keep them. I feel like you might as well give them the benefit of the doubt and I think they fit the trope well enough if you think Tropes Are Flexible. I certainly do not think that really go with any other trope as far as I know.

"irhgT nm0w tehre might b ea lotof th1nmgs i dont udarstannd, ubt oim ujst goinjg to keepfollowing this pazth i belieove iN !!!!!1 d

Okay. Unless there's anything else to do I guess this should be locked.

Not right away, not right away

I'd be more in favor of moving the bad examples to discussion. If it isn't clear that only a small amount of alcohol is involved, either it isn't an example or more details are needed in order to list it.

I'm quite surprised we don't have Ugly Drunk.

edited 13th Sep '11 7:56:39 PM by Camacan

Yes, if it's ambiguous, the examples should be moved to the discussion page.

I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.

I went through and moved the examples that are ambiguous or belong in Drunk on Milk. A few I wasn't sure about because they involve "several" drinks, or 5 or something, but mostly I think I got them all.

Could somebody please double-check? Otherwise I think this is done.

Oppression anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere.

Excellent! I caught one that was a non-example stuck in a sub-bullet, but there are two others I'm not sure about, both apparently subversions and both from Film:

The Lord of the Rings example features two characters who consume significant quantities of alcohol after which one goes straight from boasting to passed-out. In this case, I don't think it's a subversion (or any sort of example), since both characters do have a high alcohol tolerance, it's just that one has a tolerance that drops off sharply.

The Thor example also doesn't count as a subversion, I think. Based on what Erik orders at the bar, he's quite capable of handling his alcohol—he just runs into trouble because rather than sipping his second drink (an already large beer with a shot of hard liquor in it), he chugs it in order to keep pace with Thor.

I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.

Upon further consideration, neither example is a subversion. Locking this thread as complete.

I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.