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I like drinking at home. And when I drink, I like to have an appropriate glass. Sometimes what I have breaks, or I decide I need more glasses of a certain type, or I just want to replace the thrift-store glasses I bought during college. The point is that I look at glassware a lot in stores.

And you know what? It's practically impossible to find a reasonably-sized glass anywhere. When I want to drink whiskey, I want a small glass, big enough for maybe a couple ice cubes and my drink. But the smallest glasses I can usually find are "double old-fashioneds", 10-12 ounces. That's way too big. And sometimes they're labeled "whiskey glasses" despite being that size. Who needs to drink whiskey out of a 12-ounce glass? How much whiskey do they think people are drinking?

Then, today, I saw a bunch of sets of shot glasses. All of them were 2-ounce glasses. But 2 ounces isn't a shot. 1.5 ounces is a shot! That's a standard measurement! At least it used to be. But now someone decided that 1.5 ounces isn't enough, and people need to drink larger quantities. Between the 2-ounce shots of tequila and 12-ounce glasses of whiskey, I'm surprised there aren't a lot more alcoholics running (staggering?) around.

Note: I'm aware that some glasses are extra-large to let the drink breathe, especially brandy snifters and balloon-shaped wine goblets. But these are just normal straight-walled glasses that are just too big.

Second note: I'm also aware that this is a lame rant about an extremely boring subject. By posting it here, I'm trying to give everyone out there an idea of what it's like to have a conversation with me.