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

[NoNameMcgee]

Meeting new people, hanging out with existing friends, having some drinks and dancing and having a laugh... Really not that hard to understand.

 

[WolfThomas]

Sounds more like you watched 'Tormented' to be fair.

But yea. House parties are a lot of fun.

Never seen it. My friend had a chainsaw in his car (from his holiday work), he took the chain off with his toolkit, it was my houseparty so I approved of all of this. A couple of friends were in on the plan, they tried to stop him and pretended to get badly injured (it was at night so dark enough to not be able to tell). The funny thing is that while some people ran, the majority clumped together in a big group screaming at him. Some people were so drunk they just stood there like deer in headlights.

He then burst in on some people screwing in a spare room, who hadn't seen the initial prank. Some people were angry but most thought it was pretty funny (except the ones having sex).

But yeah houseparties are awesome.

 

[Capt. Crankypants]

So...does this mean no-one wants to come to my pool party, with palm trees, jamaican steelpan music, bbq, colourful drinks and cute girls in bikinis? Shame. =(

 

[KdS_22]

Friends, music, girls, games, alcohol(sometimes), free food(all the time)... What is there not to like? But I'm an extrovert so it's kinda a given that I like parties of all kinds. I like hanging out with just a few friends and a couple of drinks, and I also like going to large band parties and things of the sort. As long as there are pretty girls there I'm good to go XD

 

[Yureina]

I don't like parties. I don't go to them and I try to stay in my own little area if I am coerced into going to one. I just don't really find them very interesting or worth my time to go to.

 

[StBishop]

[Edit] I'm too upset from seeing half of the escapists thinking parties are bad to read second page.

I never get too upset to read all the replies.

I ended up reading them anyway, a lot of you still aren't into parties (I somehow expected that someone who didn't like parties would change their mind after reading the first page).
[/edit]

This is very upsetting.

Parties are awesome, it's like guild chat, but face to face. Try it.


I had a lot of great times at parties in my time. I think that if I hadn't started partying I wouldn't be the man I am today, and I'm awesome.

If you go to parties you can be awesome too.

Seriously though, you don't have to have loud music and lots of/any alcohol. You can just get like 4 mates over and play D&D for a while, then order Pizza, then Play Xbox, then go down to the 24 hours servo for food at 3 am and steal a trolly from the local shopping centre.

It's not the most outrageous party but it's still a party. Some people aren't outrageous, so I assume this would suit them better than the following:
-Loud music.
-Warm Beer.
-Half naked, sweaty frat boys.
-Half naked, sweaty sorority girls.
-Vomit all over the floor.
-Fights.
-People stealing your shit.
-No lock on the bathroom door so a couple come in and start rutting in the bath while you're trying to take a dump.

I get the feeling people are thinking of ^^ that when they hear party not the better, xbox and pizza filled one.

 

[Formica Archonis]

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.

Most of the ones I liked, I said my own goodbyes to. I was told later that a few people were looking for me. It was funny in a way; it didn't even occur to me to say goodbye to any of them. I didn't like most of 'em, why go out of my way to say goodbye to someone when I wished I'd never had to say hello?

I almost didn't go to my graduation at all because someone I cared about was sick and I'd much rather spend the time tending to her. It was only at her insistence that I went at all. Thing is, I wouldn't have stayed any longer even if she'd been fine. I just did NOT want to be there.

 

[Betancore]

I like small parties, where you know most people, but still get to make some new friends. I guess people just enjoy getting together, and socialising. Plus, people tend to do some really stupid shit at parties, and it's hilarious to watch.

 

[StriderShinryu]

.. 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.

Well, we did have the thread the other day that asked if Halo Reach would help with family boning. >.>

Great avatar by the way, what's it from?

 

[Wing Dairu]

The only reason I would go to a party is if there was a high potential for schadenfreude. I love watching people get shit-faced and do things I KNOW they're going to regret when they're sober, and imagining their reaction makes it all the sweeter.

 

[lacktheknack]

I'm alcohol intolerant, can't smoke, and scare girls.

So if I attend a party, I sit back with a Dr Pepper in hand and laugh at the drunks.

 

[Lust]

I haven't really enjoyed most parties that I've been to.

Maybe it was because everyone was usually 10 to 20 years older than me.

:l

 

[child of lileth]

Most of the ones I liked, I said my own goodbyes to. I was told later that a few people were looking for me. It was funny in a way; it didn't even occur to me to say goodbye to any of them. I didn't like most of 'em, why go out of my way to say goodbye to someone when I wished I'd never had to say hello?

Same again. I said by to everyone before, because my few friends were all leaving the area. And we had a few things we did together before and after the actual graduation to just have one last time we'd all be together to say bye before they had to actually leave.

But I felt the same way about all the other people. For some reason, a bunch of people I haven't seen in literally years, and people that hated me when I was there the first 2 years (I went to a trade school the last 2, but graduated with the first one) suddenly pretended that we were best friends all that time or something. I hated it, and I couldn't get away from them fast enough.

I almost didn't go to my graduation at all because someone I cared about was sick and I'd much rather spend the time tending to her. It was only at her insistence that I went at all. Thing is, I wouldn't have stayed any longer even if she'd been fine. I just did NOT want to be there.

I'm sorry to hear about that. :<

 

[BakaSmurf]

I'm a hardcore introvert, who can not only literally go several weeks without meaningful contact with another human being, but sometimes likes the isolation. Not to mention that I dislike the music most people my age listen to, dispise any and all forms of liquoir and/or mind altering drugs, and generally hate most of the people where I live, parties have less than zero appeal to me, and I wouldn't go to one even if I where payed $100 to.

Also, finally realizing that the one person that I actually cared for was only using me as an emotional crutch because her real friends had all stopped talking to her outside of greeting her at school kind of gave me a complex of sorts regarding other human beings, namely that they're all untrustworthy, selfish fucks whose only feign interest in you long enough to use you and then throw you away like a broken tool as soon as having you around becomes more trouble than it's worth.

So obviously that might have something to do with my dislike of gatherings where the entire point is to interact with other people.

 

[child of lileth]

Well, we did have the thread the other day that asked if Halo Reach would help with family boning. >.>

Great avatar by the way, what's it from?

It's of Alice from a combat book game called Queen's Blade. But Alice is from the extra set of characters from special books you can use to play called Queen's Gate.

 

[OldAccount]

I'm not a party guy at all. I would much rather spend an evening with several friends and some drinks then deal with a bunch of people (most of whom I don't know or don't care about) and some shitty music. Unfortunately whenever my friends decide to do the later I end up going simply because it beets staying home and playing Xbox on a Friday night (Most of the time).

 

[ElectroJosh]

love a good party. Especially if its a good mix of people I know well (so I have the safety of interacting with friends) and people I don't (so when we've drunk a bit I can meet others).

My last birthday ended up being a pub crawl starting at 8pm and ending at 4am (when the last bar we were in closed). It started off big with people coming and going from a fixed location (I booked a room in a pub) for the first few hours and then an impromptu move from place to place.

Highlights - Beer (some very good quality), shots (terrible ones on purpose), funny jokes, lots of friends, drawn out discussions on religion and even a few close moments where there was almost a fight.

But yeah, I find parties can be good as long as people are willing to meet others and have fun. I have certain friends who I don't like to accompany to parties because they are useless at introducing strangers so its a bit awkward but apart from that I am always keen (I have two this weekend - one Friday and one Saturday - both birthdays and both will be quite different from each other).

 

[thethain]

Parties are of great use because they allow the common person to join a group, that is able to effect change in the government, while one voice is weak, joining your voice with others allows you to be part of an influencing element of your own governing. The real problem is that with only a two party system the choices are highly limited and you are forced into a side on each argument in which you might not agree with.

Wait.. you meant the other type of party, didn't you..

 

[SovietSecrets]

Just a great way to chill out for a bit with some friends and maybe make some new ones. Its always a fun atmosphere and an easy way to drink if needed.