I was expecting a punchline about ICE

I used to work in a whiskey bar and the amount of times women would come in and get all upset because “whisky makes me depressed” and “gin makes me sleepy”, “why do you only have one vodka?”.

Bitch. It’s fucking ethanol. The only difference is the flavour. Drink the one vodka we have or go to a different bar. It’s a whisky bar.

Yes, I understand the joke in the op, I’m just easily triggered and have hospitality related PTSD.

thanks, grandma

So it was ice all along that was rotting my liver and making my wife cry!

Dihydrogen monoxide, a naturally-occurring mineral that becomes a molten magma at room temperature whose chemical reaction with sodium is volatile enough to cause explosions and is made from a combination of hydrochloric acid and lye

Why are we surprised?

The joke is alcoholism.