Raise your hand if you were doing this LONG before there was a 'name' for it:

[Blue_Tires]

Link to tweet

Embracing päntsdrunk, the Finnish way of drinking alone in your underwear
https://www.nbcnews.com/better/pop-culture/embracing-p-ntsdrunk-finnish-way-drinking-alone-your-underwear-ncna896516

[dameatball]

1. Unless dogs count, I am doing exactly that at this moment.

But not in skivvies.

[underpants]

2. Very high suicide rates too

If I'm not mistaken.

[cyclonefence]

3. Yep

The Finns shouldn't be giving anybody advice about drinking, much less solitary drinking. Finland ranks #16 in alcohol consumption per capita; for comparison, the US is # 48. I think it's those long winter nights and depressing movies.

[Kaleva]

5. Suicide and achohol consumption rate in norther rural America is similiar to Finland

Alaska has a much higher suicide rate then Finland.

Finland's' overall rate is just 2% higher then the US as a whole. 14.2 to 12.6.

[Kaleva]

6. About the same as ours.

[flotsam]

4. I used to self care for me every day

Now I try to hold it down to the 5 times a week when Rachel tells me what the administration is up to. Oh yeah-and I'll have a few drinks on the weekend to relax.

[sl8]

7. Is that different than kalsarikännit?

kalsarikännit, a "feeling when you are going to get drunk home alone in your underwear – with no intention of going out."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/wine/ct-hygge-is-so-2016-seven-wines-to-try-story.html


The Finland Promotion board released a set of emojis to explain some hard-to-describe Finnish emotions, Finnish words and customs, like kalsarikännit, a "feeling when you are going to get drunk home alone in your underwear – with no intention of going out." (Finland Promotion Board)

Hygge is so 2016. Meet kalsarikännit, the word for drinking at home without pants on
By Joseph Hernandez
Contact Reporter
Chicago Tribune
February 26, 2017

In case no one’s told you yet, hygge is having a moment.

Well, was having a moment. Because once you learn the word the Finns have in store for you, you'll be grabbing a wine bottle and leaving hygge behind.

...

In case you skipped 2016, hygge (pronounced hoo-gah) is a Danish word for the concept of finding coziness in everyday living, suddenly celebrated everywhere from the pages of The New Yorker to cookbooks, gift guides and social media.

...

Now, though, Finland has upped the ante. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs just introduced us to a word aptly describing life in 2017: Kalsarikannit (pronounced cal-sar-y-cuhn-eet), defined as “the feeling when you are going to get drunk home alone in your underwear with no intention of going out.”

...

More at link.

[FirstLight]

8. Love this!

I need it on a T-shirt!

[lastlib]

10. Hey, it's the 'No-Pants' Lounge!

MFM was *light-years* ahead of his time.............

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. I had no idea MFM could speak Nordic.

R.i.P. MFM.....

[lastlib]

14. I'm sure he's fluent in it now.....

[NightWatcher]

9. I do that daily but replace alcohol with cannabis.

Right now I'm enjoying a Critical Kush

[smirkymonkey]

11. So there's a name for it!

Who knew?

[Aristus]

12. Me!

I always drink alone. That way, I can't embarrass myself or anyone else.

On the rare occasions when Mrs. Aristus is out of town, I order a pizza, crack a bottle of something strong, watch some good movies, and get plotzed off my ass. It's really cathartic...