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Saudi Arabia loosening alcohol rules for non-Muslim foreign residents...if you make enough
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:21 pm
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Pretty clear that bin Salman is slowly trying to make changes over there to make the place more modern and open to foreign visitors and investors.
But very funny that if you make a certain amount you can drink. Very religious
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:31 pm to Fun Bunch
I travel to quite a few ME countries and Saudi is just about the only one that didn't have a bunch of sheikhs getting hammered at the bar
No doubt many were clerics too.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:38 pm to Fun Bunch
i get it, they dont want the slaves getting lit and puking in the streets.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:40 pm to idlewatcher
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I travel to quite a few ME countries and Saudi is just about the only one that didn't have a bunch of sheikhs getting hammered at the bar No doubt many were clerics too.
Worst kept secret when I lived in Kuwait was that you could easily buy alcohol on the black market, even though it was officially illegal. Who owned the black market? The Kuwaiti Emir.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:41 pm to idlewatcher
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Saudi is just about the only one that didn't have a bunch of sheikhs getting hammered at the bar
Thats bc all the Saudis go to Bahrain to get drunk
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:44 pm to idlewatcher
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Saudi is just about the only one that didn't have a bunch of sheikhs getting hammered at the bar
Because they would drive to Bahrain and get hammered in the Gulf Hotel bar.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:53 pm to Fun Bunch
Well he probably sees the money being spent in Dubai and thinks “why not us?”
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:54 pm to Fun Bunch
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make over certain amount...can drink...$13,300
It's probably so their domestic workers and ppl in shite jobs can't drink. Basically, no Indians drinking.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 2:58 pm to Privateer 2007
More Bangladeshi than Indians.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:00 pm to Fun Bunch
Once they loosen up the marijuana penalties I’ll be on the first plane over there
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:20 pm to justaniceguy
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I’ll be on the first plane over there
But why?
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:36 pm to Crusty
The western world has committed suicide against itself. America is the last hope for Australians, Europeans, etc. What they don’t realize is we are already pretty cooked, as well.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:40 pm to Crusty
Scariest bar I ever went to was The Runway Bar in Dubai in 1996. Took the emergency squad to Dubai for fire training and at the end of the day, separated from the group and walked to bar from the Hotel. Opened the door walked in and at the long bar was a dozen full dressed Saudi's knocking back Johnny Walker Black. I kinda turned to leave and the dude at the far end sez, come over here boy and I'll buy you a drink. I knew immediately what a black guy walking into a red neck bar in Beaumont felt like in the 1960's. I stayed for about 30 minutes and told I could go.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 3:41 pm to Centinel
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Worst kept secret when I lived in Kuwait was that you could easily buy alcohol on the black market, even though it was officially illegal. Who owned the black market? The Kuwaiti Emir.
We had guys do this when we were stationed over there during OIF.
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