Off-Topic General Discussion - Page 1652

On April 13 2014 03:37 Requizen wrote:
How does Second Son hold up to the first two Infamous games?

On April 13 2014 03:47 red_ wrote:
I'm actually going to sort of take the unpopular side of the argument here and say that every night that I've gotten RIDICULOUSLY drunk I absolutely think would have been better had I moderated a bit better and just been 'drunk.'

I'm not totally on Req's side, I enjoy recreational drinking and have learned how to ride the line of 'just drunk enough' through the above noted experiences, but even having experienced it I don't find it greatly appealing. I'm ok with some of those really over the top stories involving incredible drunkenness being about other people that I was with, without me being the actual subject.

On April 13 2014 03:26 Requizen wrote:

In this case, no I don't think it's that necessary. I'll try anything about once to see what it's like, and have on multiple occasions.

I've tried different types of alcohol, and while there are certain beers that are nice and I tend to like wine, I generally don't drink more than one glass (or bottle for beer, whatever). Probably because I don't drink a lot of stuff that isn't water, I don't even drink more than a can of pop a week anymore, if at all. So on that front, I probably wouldn't enjoy drinking things that I don't like (like hard alcohol) or overdrinking things that I do like just for some sort of payoff at the end.

As for actually being drunk, I've been around drunk people plenty of times. And while I talk about my bad experiences, I've also had perfectly normal ones too, like the time everyone got drunk and we had a Guitar Hero and Halo tournament. I had plenty of fun being sober, and I don't think anyone really had substantially more fun because of drunkenness. I've been to family parties where my family members get drunk and we all throw a football around or just sit around watching TV and talking. I never felt like my experience needed to be enhanced by being drunk.

So, the path to getting drunk doesn't appeal to me, and I don't feel like I need to be drunk to have as much fun as I do. Combine that with bad experiences and repressed anger/depression issues, and I don't really see how getting blackout drunk would improve my life in any way. If other people have more fun when drunk, cool! Good for you. I just don't need to, and I don't think it's necessary for me to try it to prove/disprove that hypothesis.

and I don't think anyone really had substantially more fun because of drunkenness.

On April 13 2014 03:55 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
The understanding in many Asian cultures is that alcohol = friendship. If you don't drink a lot with someone, you are basically saying you don't consider them a friend/equal/etc.

You'd think resident weeaboo Req would know this.

On April 13 2014 03:56 Ketara wrote:


I was in South Korea for one day and the friend I was visiting had me drinking in four different places before dinner.

Don't fuck with South Koreans and their booze. They scary.

On April 13 2014 01:50 WaveofShadow wrote:

Because if you're not a moron about it you don't get sick/hurt/ruin anything. Like many recreational drugs (because let's be honest, it is) it alters your perception of things and makes you feel good, so from purely a physical standpoint that's why some people do it. The 'having fun' thing is another positive. For me over the past few years I only get to drink maybe a few time a year, so I use it as a time I can let loose and relax.

On April 13 2014 03:47 red_ wrote:
I'm actually going to sort of take the unpopular side of the argument here and say that every night that I've gotten RIDICULOUSLY drunk I absolutely think would have been better had I moderated a bit better and just been 'drunk.'

I'm not totally on Req's side, I enjoy recreational drinking and have learned how to ride the line of 'just drunk enough' through the above noted experiences, but even having experienced it I don't find it greatly appealing. I'm ok with some of those really over the top stories involving incredible drunkenness being about other people that I was with, without me being the actual subject.

On April 13 2014 04:03 wei2coolman wrote:
people suck.