Drinking

[LeguBrit]

[quote name='BehindTheMask' timestamp='1356648018' post='6103720']
How is not killing people less important than not using alcohol?
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Where did you get that from? Since I didn't say I thought that.

As I said, I only don't smoke, drink or do drugs.

[.Rai]

Well, Britain is the poster boy for binge drinking. It's not a nice sight. Don't really plan to drink myself. The smell of some types of alcohol is pretty strong and a little intoxicating. There is the entire French tradition of drinking during teens. It's strange, because it does curb binge drinking, it encourages alcoholism.

[This Account is Unplayable]

Personally despise the taste of just about anything alcoholic, bar maybe a couple of lagers.

I'll probably buy one drink when I turn 18 for the hell of it, but other than that I don't intend to go near the stuff, just isn't my cup of tea.

[Agro]

I don't drink and I don't intend to drink.

Being at a university (one of the top party schools, no less), I understand that underage drinking is happening all the time. Sometimes I'll joke about the fact that they're breaking the law, but usually I just try to ignore it...

Though if someone offers me a drink, they're going to be on the ground for a while.

Also, drunk people, while many people find their stupid antics funny, I just find it annoying. One time a drunk guy was walking with a friend in me on the street yelling out racial slurs and cusses at anyone passing by and walking terribly. I wanted to just push the guy into the street and keep walking. :\

[Just Crouton]

I don't drink. Some of my family members seem to take issue with this.

[Bull3tM0nk3y]

[quote name='Kingdom Star' timestamp='1356495398' post='6102189']
[b][color=#daa520][font=georgia, serif]I'm also worried that I'll become addicted to it if I have just one drink.[/font][/color][/b]
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Me too.

[Northern Sage]

[quote name='Machismo H. Crouton!!!!!' timestamp='1356715452' post='6104221']
I don't drink. Some of my family members seem to take issue with this.
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This is idiotic. Drinking should be your own decision within reasonable limits.
I don't drink what is commonly defined as "alcoholic drinks" with a minimum of around 2,8 percent. I do drink light versions of mulled wine and cider (max. 2,2).

[Susie]

I don't plan on even taking a sip of alcohol for many reasons
1.Because I don't wanna become an alcoholic
2.Because it tastes gross
3.Because there is no point in alcohol other than drinking it for social occasions and to get drunk
4.I like to have control over myself

[Fusion X. Denver]

For the record, one drink won't make anyone become addicted to alcohol. Pretty much everyone has to get used to them by trying several drinks over time. College kids do it to get drunk and may eventually like the tastes, and for me it took a while until I liked the taste of red wine.

[BehindTheMask]

[quote name='AlphaMan X' timestamp='1356707297' post='6104159']
Where did you get that from? Since I didn't say I thought that.

As I said, I only don't smoke, drink or do drugs.
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[quote name='AlphaMan X' timestamp='1356616453' post='6103386']
[b] I literally only actually follow the most important rules though[/b]: refraining from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs.
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It seemed to be that you listed 3 rules - refrain from using alcohol, refraining from using tobacco, and refraining from using other recreational drugs.

The colon indicates that these are the most important(since you named them). Since you only follow the most important rules, it seems like you only follow those rules.

More importantly, Why are the rules important? Not just you're rules, but rules in general? If rules are important, then we must follow all rules, including those that we do not agree with, because the rules are the rules. But then how do we decide what is a rule? If we decide that rules are not infalliable, then why limit yourself to live within the rules...Think more carefully.

[.Rai]

[quote name='BehindTheMask' timestamp='1356728661' post='6104385']
It seemed to be that you listed 3 rules - refrain from using alcohol, refraining from using tobacco, and refraining from using other recreational drugs.
The colon indicates that these are the most important(since you named them). Since you only follow the most important rules, it seems like you only follow those rules.
More importantly, Why are the rules important? Not just you're rules, but rules in general? If rules are important, then we must follow all rules, including those that we do not agree with, because the rules are the rules. But then how do we decide what is a rule? If we decide that rules are not infalliable, then why limit yourself to live within the rules...Think more carefully.
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Well, we should hopefully all have common sense when it comes to other stuff. Just because someone doesn't list not killing people in their lifestyle rules, it doesn't mean they go around killing people.

[LeguBrit]

[quote name='BehindTheMask' timestamp='1356728661' post='6104385']
It seemed to be that you listed 3 rules - refrain from using alcohol, refraining from using tobacco, and refraining from using other recreational drugs.

The colon indicates that these are the most important(since you named them). Since you only follow the most important rules, it seems like you only follow those rules.

More importantly, Why are the rules important? Not just you're rules, but rules in general? If rules are important, then we must follow all rules, including those that we do not agree with, because the rules are the rules. But then how do we decide what is a rule? If we decide that rules are not infalliable, then why limit yourself to live within the rules...Think more carefully.
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After reading that, I really don't care that you are needlessly picking my comments apart, I just want to know why. Those 2 comments were just me talking about my point of view over drinking, they were not some sort of passage from a book to analyze for a English Lit test.

But to stoop down to that scrutiny, those rules I listed are the rules that the Straight Edge belief was built on. I don't believe in communism, I hate most metal music, I certainly don't think that if rules are important that we all need to live by them? And going back a further step, I most definitely don't think that abstinence from drinking is more important than abstinence from murder.

So what was that all about?

[DARKPLANT RISING]

[quote name='AlphaMan X' timestamp='1356730592' post='6104427']
After reading that, I really don't care that you are needlessly picking my comments apart, I just want to know why. Those 2 comments were just me talking about my point of view over drinking, they were not some sort of passage from a book to analyze for a English Lit test.
But to stoop down to that scrutiny, those rules I listed are the rules that the Straight Edge belief was built on. I don't believe in communism, I hate most metal music, I certainly don't think that if rules are important that we all need to live by them? And going back a further step, I most definitely don't think that abstinence from drinking is more important than abstinence from murder.
So what was that all about?
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People in the internet think that needlessly picking someone's comments apart makes him look overly smart.

It's true.

[BehindTheMask]

[quote name='.Rai' timestamp='1356729886' post='6104414']
Well, we should hopefully all have common sense when it comes to other stuff. Just because someone doesn't list not killing people in their lifestyle rules, it doesn't mean they go around killing people.
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Common sense isn't at all that common.

[quote name='AlphaMan X' timestamp='1356730592' post='6104427']
After reading that, I really don't care that you are needlessly picking my comments apart, I just want to know why. Those 2 comments were just me talking about my point of view over drinking, they were not some sort of passage from a book to analyze for a English Lit test.

But to stoop down to that scrutiny, those rules I listed are the rules that the Straight Edge belief was built on. I don't believe in communism, I hate most metal music, I certainly don't think that if rules are important that we all need to live by them? And going back a further step, I most definitely don't think that abstinence from drinking is more important than abstinence from murder.

So what was that all about?
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I dislike straight edge people. Also, I was bored, and I thought you could at least defend your post, which would have made an boring topic fun.

[quote name='DARKPLANT RISING' timestamp='1356736734' post='6104557']
People in the internet think that needlessly picking someone's comments apart makes him look overly smart.

It's true.
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Nope, I think my smartness makes me smart. Duh. But in all seriousness I do think I'm really smart but that is neither here nor there. I like arguing on the internet. Its more fun than sitting in my house bored as hell. D:

[Bull3tM0nk3y]

[quote name='BehindTheMask' timestamp='1356738245' post='6104586']
Common sense isn't at all that common.
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Sadly true.

[Reinforce]

I can't really condone underage drinking since I've done it several times already and will continue to a few times until I'm 18 (18 being the drinking age where I am). I do it more because I enjoy the taste of some forms of alcohol rather than to get drunk and I have quite a lot of self-control. When I do drink I tend to drink Red Wine, Rum or Midori, simply because I enjoy the taste of them, and when I do I usually only have one or two glasses of them. I'm more of a soft drink person in general, and I enjoy sweet drinks, so I doubt I will ever really enjoy beer.

[Susie]

[quote name='Simdoggy' timestamp='1356741858' post='6104647']
I can't really condone underage drinking since I've done it several times already and will continue to a few times until I'm 18 (18 being the drinking age where I am). I do it more because I enjoy the taste of some forms of alcohol rather than to get drunk and I have quite a lot of self-control. When I do drink I tend to drink Red Wine, Rum or Midori, simply because I enjoy the taste of them, and when I do I usually only have one or two glasses of them. I'm more of a soft drink person in general, and I enjoy sweet drinks, so I doubt I will ever really enjoy beer.
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Same here, except I remember my dad and sister letting me try a sip of alcohol I never liked it at all
I guess I'm too much of a sweet tooth person to enjoy the harsh taste of liquor

[Reinforce]

Well, I put the rum wih either coke or ginger beer, and the Midori with lemonade, which makes them both much sweeter.

[Bahamut - Envoy of the End]

[color=#ff0000]WARNING=Self-righteous rant approaching[/color]

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Annoyingly this was the best captioned pic I could find in a quick search.

But yeah, had a glass of red with my xmas dinner, will do so again at new year, then will be going 358 days without anything.

Because I used to drink a bit a few years ago, and it was horrible, and I don't want to go back to that place. However even then at least I didn't ever get myself to the point where I was in the same state as people do every friday night for 'fun'. Now I have nothing against people who enjoy one or two on a night out or whatever they can handle, but when I see people getting so off their face that they can barely speak or stand up properly, and knocking the drink back until they throw up and feel the need to swing at the taxi driver, I find that just revolting and I don't want to be that guy. Why would they want to be that guy (or girl)? What on earth compels people to do that to themselves?

Also on another personal level, most alcohol tastes f***ing disgusting anyway.

[Marisa Kirisame-ze]

I used to be really against underaged drinking, and then I became a teenager. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not into it because "everyone else is". I have a very trustworthy, studious group of friends and we know how to have fun without it. We don't drink at parties, nor do we do it outside our own houses. But sometimes, when it's just a group of us and parents are out for the weekend, we give in to drinking and it's always a great time. We do it with people we trust, people who won't take advantage of us, and in a safe environment. Getting drunk is pretty hysterical. We don't mind being reckless teens doing stupid things, because when you're young, you might as well.