> And I know its so they feel "accepted," and because it "loosens them up."
Say what? My mother once said to me, "faboo, why do you wear jeans all the time? Don't the other kids at school wear slacks and cackies too?" I'll never understand why everyone things a faboo has todo things because other people do. Now listen: alcohol (if you've ever noticed) has a sweet aroma, as well as a sweet flavor in small concentrations. In large concentrations, alcohol is painful to the mouth and carries a flavor more distinct to the watsit that it was fermented from, but still carries a certain "sweetness". There is a really pleasant level of intoxication called (interestingly) a "buzz" during which your entire body tingles. This is often quite pleasant (and probably why lots of people enjoy drinking with their friends) and can make some activities, like programming, quite amusing. However, as we all know, alcohol impairs your everything. So once you've gotten to your "buzz" level, it is often quite possible to think that you need to drink just a bit more once in a bit to retain your buzz. This accidently leads to unamusing things such as passing out. Fortunately these sorts of mistakes can be easily avoided by keeping only so much alcohol as is necessary to become buzzed on hand.
As for people who drink alcohol to loosen up, well, they probably need more self esteem, or a greater belief in their personal mortality. Probably both.
All of that now said, you shouldn't do anything, particularly mind altering drugs, because there's a large population of people who do. That's just dumb and lemming like.
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Date: 2002-04-06 05:41 am (UTC)Say what? My mother once said to me, "faboo, why do you wear jeans all the time? Don't the other kids at school wear slacks and cackies too?"
I'll never understand why everyone things a faboo has todo things because other people do.
Now listen: alcohol (if you've ever noticed) has a sweet aroma, as well as a sweet flavor in small concentrations. In large concentrations, alcohol is painful to the mouth and carries a flavor more distinct to the watsit that it was fermented from, but still carries a certain "sweetness".
There is a really pleasant level of intoxication called (interestingly) a "buzz" during which your entire body tingles. This is often quite pleasant (and probably why lots of people enjoy drinking with their friends) and can make some activities, like programming, quite amusing.
However, as we all know, alcohol impairs your everything. So once you've gotten to your "buzz" level, it is often quite possible to think that you need to drink just a bit more once in a bit to retain your buzz. This accidently leads to unamusing things such as passing out. Fortunately these sorts of mistakes can be easily avoided by keeping only so much alcohol as is necessary to become buzzed on hand.
As for people who drink alcohol to loosen up, well, they probably need more self esteem, or a greater belief in their personal mortality. Probably both.
All of that now said, you shouldn't do anything, particularly mind altering drugs, because there's a large population of people who do. That's just dumb and lemming like.