Ran across this at thedailymeal.com. It’s a great way to compartmentalize people and make sweeping generalizations that may (and probably are) or may not be true.

 

See what signal you’re sending.

 

Martini: If you’re a guy, you’re trying to impress (and it’s probably working). If you’re a girl drinking a dirty martini, you’re a hot mess: the dirtier, the messier, the hotter.

 

Vodka on the Rocks: Too self-conscious to actually order a martini.

 

White Russian: Obsessed with The Big Lebowski, and probably The Daily Show. Or, you just like to drink dessert.

 

Bud Light: You’re easy going, laid back, and at home at a sports bar. If you’re a girl, you know how to hang with the guys.

 

Stella Artois: You have no particular knowledge or affinity toward beer so you just order “Stella” cause it’s familiar.

 

Lillet/Campari/Aperol: You’re twee, and possibly like to throw around words like “mixology.”

 

Vodka Cranberry: When in doubt, you stick to what you drank in college.

 

White wine: You’re definitely a woman. You’re possibly a little uptight.

 

Prosecco: You’re often a little uptight, but tonight you’re looking to party.

 

Whiskey, neat: You’re hot, regardless of gender.

 

Jäger: Secretly wishing you were hanging out with your buddies.

 

Vodka Gimlet: You’re a huge dork, but you hope sort of in a cool way?

 

 

Appletini: You’ve left the kids with a sitter and you’re ready to have fun!

 

Pimm’s Cup: You’re an Anglophile.

 

Old-Fashioned: Mad Men is your favorite show — you either want to be, or sleep with, Don Draper.

 

Margarita, on the rocks: You’ve decided to have a good time tonight.

 

Margarita, frozen: You’re in Cabo.

 

PBR: You’re drinking quickly on your way to a non-profit fundraiser, followed by a poetry reading in a former industrial warehouse.

 

Tequila Shots: You’re either getting laid, or just getting through it.

 

Long Island Iced Tea: You have a drinking problem.

 

A beer, while at a cocktail bar: Overprotective of your manhood or unadventurous.

 

A cocktail, while at a dive bar: Insufferable.

 

 

Very funny, author Chiara Atik. We owe you one.

 

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