To the people who "don't understand the point of it": it makes people like you seem more interesting.
no joke. it's not for our benefit, it's for everyone else's. to us you're funnier, more attractive, better company and less boring. if we didn't drink you'd come out of it much worse.
on a serious note, it seems a more american (or at least, less european) trait to see drink as important. i think that's the reason for what someone referred to as the tribalism or the binary viewpoint. it seems uncommon for the americans to just go out and have a few or sit at home with a bottle of wine. it's all or nothing.
the european view on things is more relaxed, where drinking is just a part of life and if you choose not to enjoy it, fine, but you won't demonise it.
I enjoy my drink, but I don't need it. I got so shitfaced that I fell flat on my face and broke two teeth. Did I piss and whinge about alcohol being the cause of all the evils in the world? No. I realised that I had done it wrong, it was my fault and I just went about the process differently.
We do it because it's fun. And if you drink enough your hangover won't kick in until the afternoon by which point you can load up on painkillers and lucozade sport. In fact, hangover days are some of my favourites because everyone's still a little tipsy and it's always fun reliving the night before.
If you're not enjoying yourself when you drink, in low or high quantities, it's because you're not doing it right. Don't start blaming the alcohol or anyone else, take some responsibility and learn how to do it properly.
Or don't do it at all but don't start having a go at others because you can't get it right like this guy:
BakaSmurf said:
Fuck no, shit tastes like crap, and the following hangover sucks something fierce.
I've never understood how people could like that stuff, really causes me to lose a lot of respect for people when I find out that they do drink it.
