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I despise the people who stereotype all drinkers in HS as dropkicks and football players. Its wierd but a lot of naturally clever people drink compared to hard workers. Maybe because the hard workers aren't blessed with the intelligence and need to work harder and thus give up a dimension of high school (yes trying and experimenting alchohol is a phase in HS) and resent the naturally intelligent people who feel this wierd urge to prove they are 'normal'.
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<p>Because we all know its such a good idea to try to conform yourself to everyone else's standards of normalcy.</p>
<p>I never understood the allure of alcohol anyways.</p>
<p>Not going to college next year, but I feel like wasting bandwidth.</p>
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<p>My parents are super-strict and it's near impossible for me to drink when I'm home. Barely any of my friends drink, either, so alcohol just isn't a part of our parties.
I do like drinking, though. When I went to France, I drank almost every day (if not every day... I don't really remember). I drink socially, though... I think that beer pong and all that is kind of boring/stupid. But talking with a bunch of friends and drinking is a lot different. Next year, I'll drink more often.
Basically, I think drinking can improve parties, but I can have just as much fun without it.</p>
<p>Long C90 - What I was trying to convey was that not all drinkers are idiots. In fact for some reason, lots of highly intelligent people feel the urge to prove they are 'normal' through drinking.</p>
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Long C90 - What I was trying to convey was that not all drinkers are idiots. In fact for some reason, lots of highly intelligent people feel the urge to prove they are 'normal' through drinking.
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<p>Why does it have to be that we're trying to prove anything? Are you really such an elitist that you believe people like yourself are unable to derive fun from the same sources as the less intelligent?</p>
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Because we all know its such a good idea to try to conform yourself to everyone else's standards of normalcy.</p>
<p>I never understood the allure of alcohol anyways.
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<p>No. Because it's fun, which is why a large number of high schoolers do it. Stop acting like you're better than everyone just because you think you're a noncomformist.</p>
<p>I don't have any urge to drink, do drugs, etc.</p>
<p>Sure it's "fun" to some to see people trip and fall,
but it's not as great once you see drugs slowly destroy a person's whole life from the age of 14 and spend time around alcoholics. Even better is when 12-year-old kids develop a habit that leads them to sneak alcohol to school. What starts out as a "social pasttime" and "fitting in" might lead to addiction.</p>
<p>It's not all about the dynamics of conformity and normalcy...</p>
<p>on average, every few weekends, both socially (ie in a peer, party setting) and at dinner with family. my parents have given me wine and champagne at family dinners, restaurants, vacations, etc. since i was very little and have yet to be extremely drunk, probably because alcohol, while not treated lightly, hasn't been completely frowned upon and shut out. </p>
<p>i live in new york city, have a 4.0 GPA at one of the best schools and enough extra currics for about seven people and i'm one of the lighter drinkers in my grade. at least where i am, drinking and success via where you go to college are not really related.</p>
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No. Because it's fun, which is why a large number of high schoolers do it. Stop acting like you're better than everyone just because you think you're a noncomformist.
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<p>And some people think basketball isn't fun, but why am I not allowed to tell them off like this?</p>
<p>I don't think basketball is fun, but do I look down on people who think it is or try to "tell them off"? No. Why do you just because I like to drink?</p>
<p>People drink because they have found a person who has beaten them in something they were good at. I.E. school, sports, etc. </p>
<p>Nobody on this earth wants to be stupid or feel stupid... thus they drown themselves in this filth of fermented sugar to live in their own buzzed world where they can F-up their lives and claim they are better than everyone...</p>
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I don't think basketball is fun, but do I look down on people who think it is or try to "tell them off"? No. Why do you just because I like to drink?
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<p>Because of the snowball effect. Once you get in a car and start ****ing with other people's lives it's OD.</p>
<p>khrushchevtm, i dont need wine and champagne.... straight cheese and expensive chocolate will do fine... it costs more anyways... most expensive chocolate and cheese cost more than a bottle of 1849 French Cognac</p>