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Broke-Ass Porn: 40’s

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Nothing says “I’m broke as shit, but I still wanna party” like a 40 oz bottle of malt liquor.  Whether your particular potion is Mickey’s, St. Ides, Old English, Colt .45, or Steel Reserve, having a 40 in your hand shows the world that being “classy” just isn’t your thing.

I distinctly remember my first 40.  It was back in the days when Death Row Records ruled the charts and every sixteen year old boy’s rap video fantasy was to be at a party where the fridge was filled with nothing but malt liquor.  I was probably 15 at the time and shared a bottle of Mickey’s with three of my buddies at a bonfire at La Jolla Shores.  Back then we were never able to finish the bottle; we drank slowly enough that the last three fingers worth always got too warm.

Today, almost 15 years later, I salute the venerable 40 oz for single handedly making every house party, bonfire, and day in the park, that much better.

Do you remember your first 40?  If so leave a comment and share your story.  I promise I won’t tell your mom.

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Stuart Schuffman, aka Broke-Ass Stuart, is a travel writer, poet, TV host, activist, and general shit-stirrer. His website BrokeAssStuart.com is one of the most influential arts & culture sites in the San Francisco Bay Area and his freelance writing has been featured in Lonely Planet, Conde Nast Traveler, The Bold Italic, Geek.com and too many other outlets to remember. His weekly column, Broke-Ass City, appears every other Thursday in the San Francisco Examiner. Stuart’s writing has been translated into four languages. In 2011 Stuart created and hosted the travel show Young, Broke, and Beautiful on IFC and in 2015 he ran for Mayor of San Francisco and got nearly 20k votes.

He's been called "an Underground legend": SF Chronicle, "an SF cult hero":SF Bay Guardian, and "the chief of cheap": Time Out New York.