Poll: Is alcohol needed to have a 'Social' time with friends?

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sabotstarr

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Amnestic said:
Akai Shizuku said:
Alcohol is a cancer which causes cancer and is a plague upon humanity.
Everything causes cancer these days. The sun causes cancer. Not being in the sun causes cancer. Drinking water gives you cancer. Drinking things that aren't water gives you cancer.

It'd be faster to list off what doesn't give you cancer.
no such thing, except pure happiness, and even that...
Glad to see I'm not the only person who does this.[/quote]
 

CrafterMan

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Erana said:
I'd probably need alcohol to be more like a typical partygoer, but I actually like being a wallflower.

People watching at its best.
Haha oh yes, I do this all the time. It's awesome. Nice to know I'm not the only person who does this hahaha.

I do it in full tuxedo, with cigars to go.. so I don't look to different ;)

-Joe
 

crudus

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Well, most guys feel weird not doing anything while talking to a group of guys. Drinking is an easy solution. Me and my friends just go to White Castle.
 

APPCRASH

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In my family if you don't have whiskey is your gut you sit at the kiddie table. Though with friends it's not necessary to have alcohol, but it doesn't hurt.
 

RobertLee09

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Alcohol is not needed to have a fun time but it can be a better time especially if you have some boring people whom are not boring when their drunk. on the other hand though alcohol is risky to have to though because if you over shoot it and drink too much people can become stupid and violent
 

teisjm

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No, but i often do, cause theres a lot of people i hardly see except at parties.
 

Scarecrow38

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I don't think so. I think its fine that some people think it relaxs them and makes it easier to socialise. It's also fine that some people tend to keep a tight hand on how they drink or if they do at all. One thing that irritates me for some reason is people who just go all out and make a big deal out of how much they can drink. I don't mind a few drinks socially but I draw a solid line at using alcohol as a party game or an activity.
 

Midniqht

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I dont think it's "needed" to have a social time, but damn is it good and helpful
 

Cheery Lunatic

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Most of the reason why teens drink is because their parents and the media made this huge damn deal about it when they couldn't drink. You don't need it to be social.
 

ZeroMachine

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Not at all. I've only had a single sip of alchohol in my life, and you know what? I have more fun with my friends than I hear a lot of people that do drink have.

Plus, I'll remember ever night ;D
 

Fallingwater

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As far as I'm concerned, the one thing I need alcohol for is when they drag me in a disco (or club; the place with obnoxiously loud music where people go to jump around wildly and rub against each other while pretending they're dancing). Fortunately it happens very rarely, but when it does drinking until I no longer find the whole thing utterly idiotic is the only way in which I can have any fun.
It doesn't help that I apparently have very good resistance, so I have to spend a ridiculous amount of money before I can get enough alcohol in my bloodstream.

Other than that, I have no problem socializing while sober, and fortunately have friends smart enough to recognize fun must not necessarily go hand in hand with drinking yourself into a stupor.
 

Proteus214

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Why would you want to live somewhere where you have to drive an hour to drink? I'm so glad I live in western NY. Every city in the area is populated entirely by drunken sports nuts.
 

PhiMed

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No, it doesn't, but it can help sometimes. Oftentimes inhibitions that can serve to isolate people from one another can be overcome with just a little bit of alcohol. There are pharmaceuticals that are produced with the same goal. The challenge lies in exploiting this "beneficial" aspect of alcohol while tempering your use so that your inhibitions are not overridden to the point that you engage in actions you will later regret.
 

Snuggle

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Unfortunately the stance in this country is that if you don't drink alchohol, you're anti-social. Fortunately most of the heavy-drinkers are dicks, so I don't hang out with them. (That applies to, sadly, most of the population)
 

Caliostro

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Foxbat Flyer said:
what does everyone think?
That you need new friends.

No, you don't need booze to be social. Boring and uninteresting people need alcohol, not to be social, but to be interesting, because they end up doing/saying stupid shit everyone else can then mock.

In other words, if someone needs alcohol to be social, they're not interesting enough to socialize with in the first place.
 

'Stache

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Alcohol is a social lubricant.
It eases tense or awkward situations.
If you're with friends, that shouldn't be a problem.