Parties...?

[Mutie]

Looking at parties as an "anthropological experiment" is a good way to experience them without worrying about feeling too out of place. Don't worry about not drinking, I never have. If you wander around with soft drink or juice in a glass people will often assume you've put vodka in it anyway so you won't look too weird.

Municipal Waste were cool guys. And gosh, they sure liked Australian beer...

Different types of people throw different parties. Most of the parties I go to are hosted by people in the music industry, and while I despise most of the bigwigs in the music industry, if there's one thing that these parties have in common it's high-quality free food, so I usually go if I'm invited and I'm not being asked to do anything stupid like pay for a table. People in the art scene also throw some awesome parties, the one I described before was an "art scene" party and they're always good because the type of person who goes there is usually a bit more intelligent and thoughtful than the average college dropout, and there's always cool weird shit to look at and talk about.

I am currently standing at the threshold of the art scene... the art cinema scene no less, so I shall look forward to more intellectually orientated parties. I'm assuming it's true what they say, the only demonic overlords left in our world work at record labels, haha... Ah well, I can help but imagine the music they play is better than most!

Remarkable. You wouldn't happen to be me, would you? Have you ever been involved in a weird cloning experiment?

I have often wondered why I don't have a belly button...

 

[Rock 'n' Soul]

I know that you aren't really looking for it, but you're going to find your niche. One of these days you'll meet a group of people that don't terrify you or pressure you into drinking and are overall, tolerable. So, I think that parties are best spent with company that you enjoy and so far, you just haven't met your match. It will come, one way or another.

 

[SulfuricDonut]

Yesterday was the designated "Skip-Out" party for kids in my high-school. I don't know if all schools have this, but it's pretty much the biggest party of the year (everyone is supposed to skip school to go drinking). I was invited and encouraged to go but I simply didn't, since most of my friends are not the partying type, and I wouldn't really have anyone to hang out with especially considering I refuse to drink and everyone else at the party would be drunk out of their minds.
The last real party I went to was a sort of after-party for all of the students in my school's Drama Production. I only went to that one because:
A) It was exclusive -- I was pretty good friends with, or at least knew, everyone at the party.
B) There were a handful of people there who didn't drink, so I had people to hang out with (and make fun of the drunk people with)

I usually don't go to parties because being around people I don't know makes me pretty uncomfortable, and also because being the only person not drinking makes me feel kind of left out.

but hey, we nerds host the best parties... LAN PARTIES!!!

 

[Kurokami]

I am, my fellow escapists, a geek. I have always been a geek. My exam results are relatively low, my common sense is lacking, my knowledge of geek trivia and lore is pitiful... but I am still geek and thus it has always been. As such, my life at Secondary School was horrific; little more than a complex ordeal of social inadequacy and physical strife; I scraped my way through GCSE and A Level with the minimum grades, excitement and friends. I also never went to parties. I was never invited to parties and I never really wanted to go to them anyway. I find large groups of people highly disconcerting, sexual activity somewhat repulsive and alcohol all out abhorrent... so it's rather odd that I lamented my lack of invitation. I, despite my perpetual loneliness, always felt that little bit more left out.

So it is odd you might say that, in this, my first two weeks of University, I have been invited to more parties than I have in all the years of my life... and not attended a single one. The mandatory course party notwithstanding of course... But the fact is, I have grown so used to not going to parties, so conditioned to the sequential life of domestic existence, that I just... don't want to go. "Fresher's week will be exiting" they say "There'll be lots of parties" they conclude... but to what end? I do not drink and panic when surrounded by strangers. Am I really expected to endure simply for the sake of social norm? This quandary is compounded somewhat by the fact that I am obsessed with the party life-style; in a very comic-book, mid-eighties kind of way albeit. Municipal Waste and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle preach their party life-style! Bill and Ted salute the excellence of the party but, all this considered, I sit alone once more...

Dearest Escapist; do you party? Do you like parties? What was the last party you went to and what crazy shit happened there?

EDIT: I'm not attacking parties. Nor am I attacking people who attend and enjoy parties, I'm just starting a discussion about them. Don't just talk about or insult my personal stance on the subject; discuss the topic, dudes.

I love parties, provided their at friends houses with friends, the whole "go to a random's house and meet randoms" thing never appealed to me though, I only socialize with strangers when drunk or surrounded by alot of friends so that kind of party isn't my cup-o-tea. Last party I went to was quite a while ago, compared to you my party invites have gone down on account of friends forced to part ways since university started, at that party I believe I got stupidly drunk and spent the majority of the party vomitting and then sleeping (I didn't use stupidly as an adjective for no reason) though the begining was quite nice with everyone catching up.

Second Thought: Scratch that, last party I went to was a poker party, ended up somewhat drunk with my brother and smoked my first Cigar. (Perhaps due to being asthematic, but its not the most enjoyable experience in my opinion) Had a great time though.

 

[Skeleton Jelly]

My lord, your vocabulary, like cake with ten times more sugar then needed, is so rich it's disgusting . I feel like I put on a couple of mental pounds just from reading that.

But yeah, I get what you are saying. I'm not too much of a party guy myself. I like the excitement a group of people can bring, I like being weird and energetic, but overall it's the more personal relationship with people that admire, a lot of relationships people have seem so superficial and distant, and it seems like some parties are built around that. Get drunk and loud with people you sort of care about. I haven't really been to one of those stereotypical "beer, sex and loud, shitty music" parties filled with a bunch of people. I've been around those things separately, but not all three at the same time. I would probably enjoy it for a little while though, seeing people act retarded and listen to shitty music is funny. It is especially nice when I experience that kind of stuff with other friends that find it all so stupid to the point where it's hilarious. The closest I get full on parties is concerts, which I go to somewhat frequently.

But I suggest going to one. Why not try something new? Even if it sucks, laugh at how absurd it is. Be adventurous. There's enjoyment to found in every facet of life if you let go of your limited set of expectations of things to make you happy, and open up. Go out and experience things, it doesn't really matter what they are. Just try it, it's something different at least. If you sit inside everyday, skeptically pondering whether or not some activity might be enjoyable to you, you will often be able to find some reasons to object to doing quite a bit of new things, because you still haven't experienced it, you are still biased and uninformed. And if you don't like it, you can always leave.

Eeeh.

Grade 12er here.
I went to one because one of my old friends that I'm still friends with is popular and wanted me to come.

I went there, and everyone was drunk. The girls were barely wearing anything, and grinding other guys hard enough to god damn give themselves a friction burn.

Upstairs was full of moaning and groaning.
Assholes came up to me saying, "We reallllly need to hang out more."
I saw girls making out with guys and my friend told me they had boyfriends.

I was disgusted, took some soda drinks and weed, then left.

Oh god, i wanted to vommit.

Well hey, you got to see a bunch of idiots in action, giving you plenty to laugh at. And you got some soda and weed out of it. Seems like a good deal.

I was too disgusted to even laugh man lol.

But you're right. I did gain more out of it. But I will never be able to look at my student body the same way ever again.

Well not the preps/jocks/alcohol based life forms anyways.

 

[the Dept of Science]

I just came back from a party where initially I didn't know anyone there. I enjoy meeting people because I discovered it wasn't that difficult to say hello to people and get talking. Surprisingly, most people in the universe are nice and willing to talk for a few minutes, and even longer provided you aren't totally uninteresting.

 

[Jewrean]

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I only really party with friends. I've been wasted many times (which helps confidence). Haven't you ever had an all-night gaming session with some mates? Add some Alcohol, some music, some people talking random shit, and more than 6-8 people and you could call it a party.

Go to parties anyway. Don't think of them as something to be feared. Just go there, say hello to a few people. See what everyone is doing or is up to. Order a Pizza and get it delivered. Share the Pizza with your new mates. Play some Guitar Hero or some other party game. Just have fun in general. What do you do for fun? Talk about it to others or better yet do it with others at the party (providing it isn't Stamp collecting or something).

 

[Simmo8591]

I got back from a party about 10 minutes ago. It was a friends 21st and we had a pretty standard student house party, it was good, we drank, played Beer pong, danced to some Dj sets and ended up chilling in a friends bedroom and ordering pizza, then I walked home

 

[eggy32]

Can't remember the last party I was at. I hear about parties some times and it makes me want to punch people. Recently one of my friends attended a party. He's gay, he got drunk, he kissed one of his female friends several times and licked another girls face, he vomited on the sofa, he doesn't remember anything yet claims he had a good time and wants to go to more parties.

To me that sounds like a horrible, shocking experience yet he continues to go to them, I'm beginning to think he isn't enjoying parties and is only going to keep his social life active because he's a shallow idiot.

 

[Hollock]

I went to one with my brothers friends. It was pretty good. I drank one beer the whole night (if you tell rednecks you've never had a drink before they'll hand you tons of drinks), There was a lot of "how's it going?" being said and they were nice. It wasn't amazing and I wouldn't do it every weekend, and if it were people more my level (they were nice it's just that we didn't have much in common), but it was okay.
It was a couple weeks ago.

 

[ClaptonKnophlerHendrix]

I love parties, especially good now that my band is getting asked to play at some. Nothing makes you look cooler then playing lead guitar and singing at a party.

 

[RanD00M]

The Cantina on Tatooine would be a different matter. Sure, they serve drinks, but everyone's armed, and you have to be careful with who you mess with. I've always wanted to be a lone Sith, watching Luke and Ben catch a ride with Han and Chewie aboard the Millenium Falcon.

Spoiler: This is just too relevant here!

OT: I've never been to a party. I don't want to go to a party. And I don't want to hold a party.

A shindig on the other hand, those I like.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

The best kind of parties and Mountain Dwah and LAN parties. Fuck alcohol, that sexy green liquid is where it's at!

 

[Dogstile]

Never really been to one myself....though I'm not much of a party person.

I'd just be referred to as "the creepy girl who sits in the corner."

You've been on my friends list on here for like a year and i've only realised you're a girl.

Obligatory man question: Are you hot. Feel free to slap me in the face.

OP: With that kind of forwardness i'm assuming you can tell I like to party. Alot.

I was at one tonight in fact. It was crap, but I went.

 

[Woodsey]

I like parties, I go to parties, but the last time I went to one must have been a month ago or something? Sadly I missed one recently because I had some family dinner.

Jesus Christ, you guys aren't exactly social animals are you? I can get along with most strangers just fine. This wasn't always the case, but I've been forced to develop this skill and it's pretty awesome now. Talking to strangers can be tremendous fun.

I'm convinced it's because most people on here seem to be taking a hard-line on getting pissed - at times I've started to wonder if I was posting on an abstinence forum.

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

I love parties, I go to them whenever I'm invited. They're fun. You get to hang out with yo peeps.

Granted, I've never been to an alcoholic themed party, cuz, ya know, I'm a minor.

 

[kannibus]

Depends to the party. If a it's a party with a bunch of teenagers with nothing better to do than get smashed/high it's like a root canal without the anesthetic. Then vinegar in place of water as a cleansing agent.

However, a good party with people that can string together a coherent sentence can be most fun. Especially if it's with your co-workers. Ever seen your boss doing the tango in his formal getup with a poodle? It's fucking amazing.

 

[DustyDrB]

I like parties, I go to parties, but the last time I went to one must have been a month ago or something? Sadly I missed one recently because I had some family dinner.

Jesus Christ, you guys aren't exactly social animals are you? I can get along with most strangers just fine. This wasn't always the case, but I've been forced to develop this skill and it's pretty awesome now. Talking to strangers can be tremendous fun.

I'm convinced it's because most people on here seem to be taking a hard-line on getting pissed - at times I've started to wonder if I was posting on an abstinence forum.

And most people are anti-religion too. But they're taking the boring conservative interpretations ("interpretations", because they're not necessarily true) of religions. Meanwhile, I'm a Christian and don't have a problem with drinking or sex. This is a bassackwards forum.

 

[ISawAFish]

Goddamit do i love parties!! When all the people my age started partying it was at my 15th, I was so proud because it was all my yeargroup was talking about for 2 weeks. Everyone got smashed (apart from me cause i saved that for the afterparty with my close mates) but it got called off 2 hours earlier when my dad found some weed upstairs. When i found out who was the douche that brang the weed i gave him a good punch im the face.
But the benefits of having the first major party of my area: It got me well known, i had people ive never seen before come up and ask me "are you ranga?" (my nickname to everyone i know is ranga so people kept talking about "rangas party") and i've been invited to most major parties since then.