What is the appeal (if any) of parties to you?

[titaniumChampion]

I don't like them. Too loud, people always leave a mess, and I don't find any appeal in getting drunk or using drugs.

Quoted for truth. A party I was roped into attending by a friend had me sitting on the couch with a soda watching television, and waiting to leave. Alcohol and drugs just aren't staple requirements for fun in my opinion. Once I reached college, I realized that that's all a vast majority ever thinks of doing.

 

[-Samurai-]

I used to see them as stupid excuses to get drunk.

Now, I see them as a stupid excuse to get drunk around other people.

I only attend a party once every 6-7 months, but when I'm not at a party, I wish I was. It's a way for me to get out of this house and be with people that I don't know and don't care about. I get tired of being by myself all the time. I have about 3 friends and I need more social interaction every once and awhile. It's nice to be around strangers and have something in common with most of them; we're drunk. Everyone is my friend when I'm drunk.

Normally I'm a very reserved person. I don't go out of my way to make friends. At a party, I don't make friends, but talk to people I've never talked to before.

Also; Drugs aren't at every party. I think some people get the idea that every party is drunk people having sex and snorting cocaine to loud music. That's not even close to what a party is. I've never been to and will never go to a party where there are drugs present. They all don't have to involve alcohol, either. Hell, I've only been drunk at like 5 parties.

 

[Joshimodo]

Pay to go to a place wherein there are people I don't know and probably don't wish to know, as well as obnoxiously loud music which rarely contains anything worth listening to, and the likelihood of drunks/attention seekers/arseholes being at an all-time high?

I'd prefer to chill out at a pool hall or at home with my mates, thanks.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Absolutely nothing. On the front of social interaction, asking me to get social with people I don't know (and even people I do know) is like asking a double amputee to run; whatever little bit of the required equipment I have isn't nearly enough to accomplish the task at hand.

Dancing holds no appeal to me, seeing as I can't fucking dance, and humiliating myself in front of a large group of people gets me nowhere I want to be.

Drinking only appeals to me if the beverage is some sort of frozen mixed drink or straight up bourbon. Even then, I hate getting drunk. The feeling of not being in control of my body is sickening.

Parties don't work for me. They represent every single one of my inadequecies and are propelled by them.

 

[child of lileth]

You're lucky. My relatives show up at my door to ***** about it.
I don't exactly have it in me to tell my grandmother to fuck off.

Mine never go that far. But if they did, I would honestly still consider saying that to them, no matter who it is.

 

[Formica Archonis]

I'm not that fond of parties or any sort of gathering like that. I've caught flack repeatedly for bailing early from various functions, predominantly during my school career. Awards ceremonies followed by buffets were my favorites. Show for the awards (and even that as a matter of form) and then bail before the buffet. Shocked people sometimes. Didn't stick around post-high-school-graduation for the parties/goodbyes either. THAT made a lot of people mad.

Much prefer my gatherings to be smaller and more intimate affairs. I can manage a small (less than 10 guests) party for a few hours, but it drains me. And if there's booze.... I don't drink anything stronger than beer, can't stand the taste. So anything alcohol-centric rapidly goes downhill.

Birthdays? Not my style. I haven't even wanted a birthday party for myself since I was about... I don't even know. Ten? Younger? One of the lovely things about aging is that people start dreading their birthday and stop having parties. It just means I've started enjoying mine.

 

[Chairman Meow]

It's not cool to be anti-social.

Well if a person is anti-social I doubt they'd care what was cool and what wasn't.

OT: Parties in my experience always involve music which is too loud, being surrounded by people I have nothing in common with and everyone seems to think that drinking alcohol makes you incredibly mature and awesome.
I dislike modern alcohol/drug/sex driven culture far too much to bother going to these events anymore and have yet to go to a party I have actually enjoyed. Well, since I was around 12 anyway...

Smaller gatherings are far better.

 

[child of lileth]

Didn't stick around post-high-school-graduation for the parties/goodbyes either. THAT made a lot of people mad.

I did the same thing. Got out as fast as I could, and never had to see any of them ever again. But people were pissed at me about doing that too.

 

[StriderShinryu]

.. I first read the thread as "What is the appeal (if any) of panties to you?"

Anyway, I don't find parties overly appealing at all. I don't mind them if they are for a reason (bday, promotion, etc.), and I certainly don't mind hanging out with friends, but there just seems something artificial about essentially scheduling and planning an event just to hang out together.

 

[Sacman]

I hate going to parties. it's just another chance to sit in the corner and be awkward...

 

[WolfThomas]

House parties are awesome, way better than clubing. The alcohol is cheaper, you usually know most people somehow, sometimes there's a pool and plenty of places to have sex or burst on people having sex with a running chainsaw (with the chain removed for safety's sake of course), yeah that was a good night.

Edit: Also sometimes there's free food, booze and if you're lucky a bonfire. Hell I've been to an awesome summer party where you swam in the river, ate hot snags and dried off by a bonfire and sleep on the warm soft sand of the riverbank.

 

[The Hero Killer]

I've never been to a party in my life. I'm way to anti social for that. I get uncomfortable around crowds way to easily not to mention just standing around talking and drinking isnt my idea of fun.

 

[AugustFall]

The social aspect, I like meeting people.

 

[child of lileth]

.. I first read the thread as "What is the appeal (if any) of panties to you?"

That might be a great idea for a spin-off thread. Not quite sure though.

 

[superbatranger]

I'd rather spend some time with a small group of friends than a big crowd of people I don't give a crap about.

 

[Krythe]

ITT: The Online variant of "the fox and the grapes".

Homage to Aesop.

They're fun because we're genetically programmed to enjoy social contact with fellow members of our species. Evolutionarily speaking, if you honestly don't, you've already failed as a member of the human race and should kill yourself to conserve resources for the rest of the functional members.

Additional tidbit for people who think "misanthropist" is a compliment rather than an insult. Your activity level is governed by your degree of emotional control - so the next time you call yourself "lazy", trying to sound all cool like a slacker - you're calling yourself "emotionally retarded".

Grind your psychology sk1llz0rz to 460 and you understand all kinds of neat shit.