South Carolinians voted overwhelmingly yesterday to do away with the minibottle.

For those of you unfamiliar with our weird liquor laws here, for the last decade South Carolina has constitutionally prohibited the sale of alcohol in bars & restraunts in bottles larger than 2 ounces. I’m unfamiliar with the history of this, so I really have no idea what the point supposedly was to begin with, but the result has been really strong, really expensive drinks in the state. This also no doubt contributes to our astronomical rate of alcohol-related deaths.

So with the passing of this ballot initiative, South Carolinians will get cheaper car insurance, cheaper drinks, and what has long been a rite of passage elewhere, flirting and/or schmoozing their way to get stronger drinks. Of course, we also get the experience of getting stiffed by a cheap bartender, but everything’s a trade-off.