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[misanthrope]

...old rheumy drunks repulse me. Working in bars did enough to sour me on drunks, but the old, "broke down" kind are the worst.

We have one on the other side of our duplex right now. All he does is sit in front of his television, blankets over the windows, chain smoking cheap cigarettes, guzzling his cheap whiskey and cooking the greasiest foods (that he often burns when he loses track of things). We're amazed he's been able to hold down his latest job for two years.

I've seen others like him. They alienate everyone around them as people get tired of dealing with their unrepentant alcoholism. Before long, all that's left is an over-rationalized, bitter shell of a person that would have it no other way and drag as many down with them as possible.