You damn right. I read that isht, and I was like, NINJA PLEASE.

Not sure about your comment as this is the very first time I ever thought about it let alone heard of it.

However, both my parents told me a long time ago something along the lines of: "You an't got no class if you don't drink out of a glass."

So what you all are saying is that it looks great to drink Jim Beam or Jack Daniels straight from the bottle? It's that it's beer that makes it a problem?

I'm kidding; drinking straight from the bottle or can looks silly if especially if you are dressed up. I'm not sure that it's what's in the can or bottle that determines the "class" though. Glasses are probably the way to go. Solo cups don't scream class to me anymore than a beer can.

Many of us here would offer glasses or cups if we were the host or hostess,

Here's a question for you, though:

If you are a guest, would you ask for one if cups or glasses weren't already provided?

See, to me, having good manners is more than just "I know the rule." It's about acting in a manner most likely to put people at ease, which generally following the rules does.

When you do stuff that calls other people out on not knowing or following the rule, is that really good manners?

I"m guessing that you're older than your 30s. If not, maybe you're friends with Brooke from Real World Denver.

I enjoy it when my friends drink out of their 40s in paper bags while sitting on the porch. That was the best summer ever.

I think you should just follow the environment you are in.... there are some places you would be out of place by drinking out of the bottle, by all mean pour it in a glass. And there are some places you are better off drinking out of a bottle. I know I have been in a few bars that I would drink whatever is in a bottle just to prevent me from having to put my mouth on the glassware!

Very true. If you're at a shot and beer bar or a casual backyard BBQ, drink it out of the bottle. If you're at an upscale restaurant or martini bar or something, it would be classier to drink it out of a glass.

There used to be (and may still be) people who think women should only smoke when sitting down and all sort of other ridiculous stuff.

There's a lot more important things in life to worry about. And there are lot of other flagrant issues of rudeness that should be dealt with, lol.

Jesus H. Christ. I'd so blow my cigarette smoke in your face.

Holy shit. No really. Holy shit. I think that calling people tacky for drinking something they enjoy is tacky, but hey, have at it.

I drink beer however the hell I feel like drinking it -- sometimes out of the bottle and sometimes out of a glass and sometimes out of the can (although the only canned beer I really drink is Gordon, which belongs in a glass because it is magnificent). And I don't give a shit what anybody thinks of it.

If drinking it out of the bottle is tacky, wonder what's thought of beer bonging? Which i'm guessing many people in this thread have participated in during their college career....

A lot of upscale restaurants don't even give you the option, they bring you the bottle & a glass when you order a beer.

Why anyone would want to drink a beer at an upscale restaurant is beyond me.

Hey now, some of us like beer! And its not like I'd order a bud, give me some credit! ;)

I'm an absolute beer snob, if you think drinking beer isn't classy then its because you think beer ends at miller lite & keg stands.

Alas, it is in the eye of the Beholder and theirs only!;)

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Okay, I didn't mean that drinking beer is tacky, per se. All I can think of when I think of girls drinking beer though is those women who go to the liquor store without a bra and with 10 screaming kids going "Give me a case of beer...can I buy that with food stamps?" I've drank beer before; I don't particularly like it, but my comment about drinking it being tacky may have been out of line. I still think, and was raised in the environment to think, that drinking ANY drink out of the bottle is tacky and just not ladylike at all. That's not saying I don't like the people who do it or wouldn't talk to them or look down on them...but I just personally wouldn't do it.

On a greek note, we're not allowed to drink out of bottles on my campus. At all. We HAVE to put it in a cup.