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Why do many people go to parties?

• For fun?

  ” If you say getting drunk, then, I guess your stupid.”

  Well, I never really argued otherwise…so, yes. Getting drunk is a major reason I enjoy going to parties. Or at leas the type of parties you seem to be describing.

  It’s not merely the act of getting drunk though. I can do that on my own. That’s boring and somewhat dangerous. It’s the getting togehter with friends, meeting new people, crazy hijinks, flirting, waking up in strange and exotic gutters, etc.

  There is, of course, nothing wrong with NOT drinking at these parties. I’ve done it on occasion and still had fun, and I know people that just plain don’t drink and still attend parties and have fun. No one gets together and taunts the person for not drinking. They might let them know how bizzare it is that they’re not going to drink, or try to persuade them to give it a shot, but nothing major.

  The only ones that get any form of ostracism that I’ve seen, is when after they’re offered a drink they flip out and rant about how they don’t need to drink to have a good time. As if the offer of a drink was a personal assualt to their character. Acting like that is condescending and annoying. If you don’t want to be judged and labelled for not drinking (which doesn’t happen after about 8th grade as far as I’ve seen), have the decency not to judge others FOR drinking here and there.

  16%  Voted for by Annabel Lee, Scrap, Sssid, -TheLoneWolf-.

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  • Keegan A Combes
    March 2, 2005
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    I guess that was a good opinion. But I say, people who get drunk are stupid, because there only wasting there life, not remembering the good times they had, maybe die the last time a alcoholic drinks and gets drunk, not only could they die in an accident, I mean that they can't control themselves, and they probably don't care about all the rules of the laws, they can kill themselves by mistakes, because they don't know what they are doing, and they can't walk properly, and can't control there hunger, and stuff like that. But I guess that was a good opinion.
  • • Scrap
      March 3, 2005
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      "because there only wasting there life," I don't think so. "not remembering the good times they had," I remember the good times I've had. "maybe die the last time a alcoholic drinks and gets drunk," Maybe you could get hit by a car. Should you avoid the streets or look both ways? There's a difference between getting drunk, or even WRECKED, and downing 12 bottles of vodka. "not only could they die in an accident, I mean that they can’t control themselves, and they probably don’t care about all the rules of the laws," I've never done anything that bad. Public urination, maybe. Nothing worse than that. "and they can’t walk properly, and can’t control there hunger, and stuff like that" Is walking properly and eating properly a major theme of your life? I don't mean to drive you to go and drink or anything. Just trying to show you that those who drink aren't neccessarily morons.
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 2, 2005
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    Here is another reason, getting drunk is really stupid, and it should not be done, anywhere. Here is one reason for camping and getting drunk. This is a true story. My sister went to her friends house, and her friend and her family, got drunk, and they were drunk, and my sister saw how drunk her friend was, and the campfire was fully lit, and the friend got up, and she couldn't walk properly, and she almost fell, my sister was really scared for her safety, because she almost fell into the fire. Here is another true story, my friend, not really anymore, he went to a party by going to my house, but he wasn't aloud to because he's only 14 years old, so he never really wants to go to my house, but he only went to my house because he wanted to go to a party next door. The next morning, he said to his mom on the phone, that he doesn't know why his knee hurt, and what I can figure out what his mom said that she asked him if he got drunk at a party, and he said no. The acting of that was terrible, because it didn't sound right, his voice was shaky, meaning he was scared, he got off the phone, and told me that all of his money was gone. Getting drunk, is not the way of life, some people say it's fun, and some people say it's just to pass the time for their awful life, but there is always consequences when your trying to have a good time. Accidents happen, or is it just an accident. When people get drunk, their truth is spoken out, and they say stuff they wouldn't say, secrets might be very secret, and such, some probably hide there true feelings while sober, but when you are drunk, there feelings are let out, so in a way, that is a consequence, and or that was supposed to happen. Somebody might be your friend, but you never know, when they are drunk, they probably aren't or they probably aren't straight, or something like that. I'm not saying you can't be friends with that person, but it might be creepy.
  • • Scrap
      March 3, 2005
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      "This is a true story...." Wow! One time I got drunk and fell down a flight a stairs. One time my friend lost his favorite jacket, and another friend lost a phone. And on many occasions I've woken up with scrapes and bumps and bruises and not entirely sure where I got them. It happens I guess. ...One time I fell down a flight of stairs sober. One time my friend left her coat in the park, sober. One time my friend lost his phone...sober. Many times I'll find a curious mark or even fresh blood on me and I don't recall exactly where I would have gotten it...without drinking at all recently. It happens. "When people get drunk, their truth is spoken out..." Not always. I'm pretty good at keeping a secret when drunk. Some people aren't at all, but they're usually not to great at holding tight on secrets in the first place "Somebody might be your friend, but you never know, when they are drunk, they probably aren’t or they probably aren’t straight, or something like that. I’m not saying you can’t be friends with that person, but it might be creepy." ...I'm not sure of what you're getting at.
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 3, 2005
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    You must of started something when you were drunk. Something terrible. Your probably slow in the brain or something.
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 3, 2005
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    Death is upon you, someday, it will happen unexpectedly. The curses the drunkeness in your ability to think, the brain cells, no wonder why you fell down those stairs, you have been drinking too much, and you are not as smart as you used to be. There is nothing here what you had said, that is all the truth. Memories are shattered. You don't know what you are saying anymore, you see the past as it was in your mind, not how it was.
  • • Keegan A Combes
      March 4, 2005
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      I didn't mean that, as a threat.
  • mbbg0
    March 4, 2005
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    Keegan, how old are you? It appears to me that you are much to young to be of drinking age (but I could be wrong). Also, drinking 1 beer doesn't necessairly change you much at all, depending on the person.
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 5, 2005
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    I don't drink. But I am 19 years old. I don't drink because of my dad has a drinking problem, and if I do drink, there could be a possibility that I would create the same problem, and my mom used to drink, but she quit because of arthiritis.
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 5, 2005
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    And I never said, just drinking just one can of beer was wrong, but getting drunk, and thinking its fun is just stupid. I have nothing against alcoholics who control their alcohol, so they won't lose their mind.
  • Scrap
    March 6, 2005
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    "You must of started something when you were drunk. Something terrible. Your probably slow in the brain or something." Um...yeah....Sure. "Death is upon you, someday, it will happen unexpectedly." And this is because I drink? "The curses the drunkeness in your ability to think, the brain cells, no wonder why you fell down those stairs, you have been drinking too much, and you are not as smart as you used to be." I believe I am smarter than I used to be, but that's just my take. Besides, I've fallen down stairs sober and BEFORE I ever touched a drink. This occurence of stumbling is a fairly common occurance among humanity. "There is nothing here what you had said, that is all the truth" Are you SURE you haven't been drinking? "I don’t drink because of my dad has a drinking problem, and if I do drink, there could be a possibility that I would create the same problem" I thought you said you didn't drink because you can't walk properly or eat right? " I have nothing against alcoholics who control their alcohol," What alcoholics can control their alcohol?
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 9, 2005
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    Many. And I don't drink, and I never touched the stuff.
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 9, 2005
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    And, where did I say stumbling down the stairs? I had more than that there, but I never put stumbling down the stairs. I have stumbled down the stairs, so why did you say stumbling down the stairs, and I was very young.
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 9, 2005
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    "I thought you said you didn't drink because you can't walk properly or eat right?" What the hell, I never said that about myself, you dim wit.
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 9, 2005
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    Oh! here is another true story I have heard of from this place. Someone died, because he was drunk, it wasn't from drunk driving. No. He was actually showing off to his friends, and he fell on his head, cracking his skull, and he died. I don't know if he died instantly, but a teacher told me, that he fell off a branch up high. Here is another one. Someone said, you can't feel anything well you are drunk. And a story, I looked up on www.imdb.com an actress died of a heart attack, when she was drunk.
  • Scrap
    March 11, 2005
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    Keegan...PLEASE reply in ONE post. Edit it if you think of more stuff to say... "Many. And I don’t drink, and I never touched the stuff." ??? I'm assuming this is in response to my "what alcoholics can control their alcohol" question. If so...No. NO alcoholics can control their alcohol. If they could, not only wouldn't they be alcoholics, but your entire argument would be plain silly--If it's all under control, what's the difference? "And, where did I say stumbling down the stairs? " ...Right where I quoted from. Here, if you would like to see it again: "The curses the drunkeness in your ability to think, the brain cells, no wonder why you fell down those stairs, you have been drinking too much, and you are not as smart as you used to be." You could just scroll up and read your posts if you like, but I guess that makes it easier... "'I thought you said you didn’t drink because you can’t walk properly or eat right?' What the hell, I never said that about myself, you dim wit." I guess I just confused this: "and they can’t walk properly, and can’t control there hunger, and stuff like that." to mean walking properly and controlling your eating habits. Silly me. "Someone died, because he was drunk, it wasn’t from drunk driving. No. He was actually showing off to his friends, and he fell on his head, cracking his skull, and he died. I don’t know if he died instantly, but a teacher told me, that he fell off a branch up high." I'm sure things like that have happened to a lot of people...drunk AND sober. Peopl do stupid tricks for fun and to impress people, and sometimes they get hurt or die. "Here is another one. Someone said, you can’t feel anything well you are drunk" Someone said you can fly if you shove a pencil up your butt. Neither are true, of course. "And a story, I looked up on www.imdb.com an actress died of a heart attack, when she was drunk." And I once heard of a guy who was shot and killed by a robber when he was drunk. Obviously, alcohol was the cause of his death! ...Or maybe the guy with the gun was. And maybe the woman's HEART CONDITION was the cause of her death. If you want to relate some sort of purely alcohol-related health problem you should talk about liver damage and alcohol poisoning. Neither happen without rather excessive and irresponsible drinking. Which, ONCE AGAIN, is different than just drinking.
  • mbbg0
    March 12, 2005
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    wtf

    Keegan you make so little sense it seems as if you were drunk when you're typing all of these non-sense posts. The grammar is so weak that it interferes with the message you're trying to get across.
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 20, 2005
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    As you stroll up to the first time stairs was mentioned, you'll see your second reply to me. It said, "One time I fell down a flight of stairs sober"
  • Keegan A Combes
    March 20, 2005
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    Please mbbf0, don't put that abbreviation there, don't even say that. I don't really care how I put my grammar, as long as it has the sense. I'm okay. And this isn't about the grammar either, why don't you put a valid question, and then I will reply properly, and you could see what fun an argument is. I will bash your beliefs, I'll be a moron, and say stuff for no apparent reason. You could say that I am the weirdest person you ever met. I dream of insanity, but there just ain't enough people around to get along.
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    keyman7
    April 23, 2005
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    oook

    Hey Authorize, or Keegan, or whoever you are, lighten up man. Alcohol in proper doses is perfectly healthy. In point of fact, without it, we would all die. It is being manufactured in our own bodies, though at smaller quantities. Maybe you've had some bad experiences with alcohol, but that doesn't mean you need to try to ruin it for the rest of us. I mean, I make the choice not to get drunk, but I do love a fine lager or ale. Evena dose or two of vodka is quite good from time to time. It doesn't have any major ill effects if done in proper quantities and such. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll tell you one thing from the perspective of a seasoned logician. Every comment on this page made by some of the people you've bashed made logical sense. Yours are personal opinions, not arguments. In several cases you used formal fallacies to try to make your point. I've read at least one ad hominem and one ignoratio elenchi. Shape up your logic. I'm 19, a Christian, and a conservative drinker, and I don't have much of a problem with alcohol at all. If you do, state your argument and we'll chat. Not opinion, mind you. Argument. Have a wonderful day.
  • • Keegan A Combes
      April 27, 2005
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      You seem like a nice person. If I did say that a few drinks a day was wrong, then that is not what I meant then, because I only believe that getting drunk is wrong because of lots could cause alcohol poisoning. I don't drink any alcohol. And that is all I am going to say for now. Until next time.
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        keyman7
        April 27, 2005
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        Hehe, your argument does have one very sound principle to it though. Alcohol is THE most abused drug on the planet. Though many people can deal with it or drink without it ruining them, there are many who can't. But anyways, it was a good point to bring up. In the very least, it makes people a little more alcohol aware.
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    petethemeat
    April 21, 2006
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