What does absynth do to you?!
Answers: I know its now legal in Florida and I've heard its different than regular alcohol
Absinthe as originally produced was a horribly bitter, nasty drink brewed with wormwood, or other Thujone laden ingredients. Most of the very strong anise flavored or herbed liquers are descendants of the need to cover the taste of the Thujone in absinthe.
You cannot get anything made with Thujone, anywhere in the US. Anyone who says they did is either pulling your leg, or had someone smuggle it in from Romania or one of the other places where it is being made in the "real" fashion again.
Much of the "you see green fairys" lore associated with it has been romanticized, and was based on the observations of doctor(s) who claimed that a higher percentage of people went permanently "crazy" drinking Absinthe than other liquors.
For that reason, (and we are talking early 20th C or late 19thC studies here) it was banned.
More recent testing has shown that the hallucinogenic properties of Thujone as reported in lore are probably quite overblown, and that it's unlikely it had most of the effects that it was claimed it had.
What you are getting now that is labeled "absinthe" at state stores or liquor stores is flavored the same, but does not contain any hallucinogenic, beyond that of normal alcohol.
People say it gives you a clear headed drunkenness.
that **** fukcs you up crazy bad.
it makes you hillucinate and get sorta horney.
i did it a few times and i always end up not remembering the night before
Lets you hear more colors.
It makes you see Green Fairys, dancing with Orange Elephants. Very good ****.
it does nothing that regular alcohol doesnt do.
although, it tends to have a lighter hangover than a lot of other spirits.
People who see green fairies etc are experiencing a placebo.
Back in the late-19th/early-20th century, Absinthe used to contain high levels of Thujone; which is why it was banned in some parts of the world.
Today's distillers of Absinthe have reduced the quantity of thujone present; so anyone that tells you they get "high" is confusing drunkenness with hallucinogenic affects.
Absinthe is technically a spirit (not a liqueur), and is often nicknamed the Green Fairy. It's along the same lines as Ouzo, Pernod, and other anise-tasting spirits/liqueurs; and is usually drunk with water (which turns it to a milky-white colour). Personally, I prefer it neat, and it is one of my favourite drinks - along with Jagermeister, Strega, and Galliano.
go get some.
its more of a high than a drunk, ****** sweet.
and you can only get it in very select few states and provinces and countries.
Gets you drunk and tastes bad.
***** you over