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by Gigachad 565 days ago
It’s referring to a comment a drunk person would make before doing something extremely risky. They need someone to hold the beer so it isn’t spilled during what’s coming next.
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Right, but in those situations they succeed, kind of like "the cameraman never dies".
{\off I think they used "hold my beer" correctly. It can be used for any weird idea, that a drunk person would actually try (usually with a stretch), regardless if they succeed or not. I don't think that "the SOAB actually pulled it off" is part of the usage.}