Why do college students like alcohol?

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just because you dont drink doesnt make you a moral superior to everyone else. so many people are opposed to drinking initially because they dont want to tarnish their perfect little body or conscious and they're above that, but then when they finally wake up (by reading camus or just thinking logically or observing the world or however it happens, as it inevitably will, hopefully now rather than in a midlife crisis) they try a drink and realize that theres no problem with it. Just because someone likes to get drunk doesn't make them stupid or immoral or a worse person than you because, in the end, people should live their lives however they want to, not how "god" wants them to. life is pointless and everyone is going to end up in the ground sooner or later, so why not have fun?

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Some of you are delusional. I hope you make it to adulthood.

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<p>Two-for-two tsdad! Nicely said...again.</p>

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in the end, people should live their lives however they want to, not how "god" wants them to. life is pointless and everyone is going to end up in the ground sooner or later, so why not have fun?

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<p>People like you give drinkers a bad name. That's just terrible.</p>

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<p>seriously, people on this forum need to CHILL. Yes there's drinking in college, big effin' deal, it was there before, it will be there forever, it's what happens when you make something "forbidden" get over it. People drink, they can screw their lives over, or they do control themselves and have a good time.</p>

<p>some of you need to lay off the bible and start smokin' some pot or something. Live and let live.</p>

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<p>Vail do you go to Bob Jones?</p>

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<p>totally good question.</p>

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<p>are bob-jonesians even allowed on this site? doesnt the campus have a filter of sorts?</p>

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<p>I think people who drink alcohol every weekend and get wasted just for the hell of it are IDIOTS.</p>

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<p>^ go on living in your sheltered bubble while the rest of us have fun and get laid... no one really cares what you think...</p>

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<p>How does getting drunk make you social? Generally it just makes you obnoxious and stupid.</p>

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<p>only to those who aren't drinking too... that's why I don't drink when I'm around straight edges because they are constantly judging you</p>

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<p>Lol...but it's absolutely totally ok for you to harass people who decide not to drink, call them idiots and losers and religious freaks, ostracize them, and then go and complain to all your friends about how much they suck and how totally awful and judgmental they are, right?</p>

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<p>"How does getting drunk make you social? Generally it just makes you obnoxious and stupid."</p>

<p>It loosens people up. Believe me, I have a few friends, who are good guys, yet shy. When they had some booze at this party, they were social. Being obnoxious and stupid is what you make of it. Since were talking about college kids, and you're a parent, of course you're going to be looking down at us.</p>

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<p>How do you claim that drinking doesn't make you social? For christ's sake, I started talking to a bum and gave the guy $40 while waiting for a cab ride home on 6th street last night. Well, I guess that isn't the best example...</p>

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Lol...but it's absolutely totally ok for you to harass people who decide not to drink, call them idiots and losers and religious freaks, ostracize them, and then go and complain to all your friends about how much they suck and how totally awful and judgmental they are, right?

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YESSSSSS!!!!!</p>

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^ go on living in your sheltered bubble while the rest of us have fun and get laid... no one really cares what you think...

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<p>you're such a douche. I don't need alcohol to get laid. I can get laid whenever I want. Sissy's like you need alcohol to get laid.</p>

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<p>I'm certainly not surprised that there are the mean-spirited comments on both sides of the spectrum here among the HS/college crowd, but I am a bit that the likes of tsdad are so extremely against alcohol. I would have hoped for a more enlightened view on the subject from the older crowd, rather than the whole "alcohol is the bitter enemy of young women everywhere" bit. </p>

<p>I didn't drink until I was 21 - there was no "forbidden fruit" bs for me; when I started drinking, I bought my own alcohol legally. I drink with friends because I want to, and I don't need any more reason than that. I drink responsibly - not to excess, with friends who I trust and who will take care of me if i do happen to go a bit overboard, just like I would (and have) for them, never drive impaired, etc. Its a legal activity, and no one is ever harmed by my drinking. While people can certainly think what they want, there is no rational reason for anyone to judge me negatively because I drink. Alcohol doesn't kill brain cells (look at the pharmacology, people), make you stupid, or make you go out and run over a group of school children over with your car, just like having a gun doesn't make you a murderer. People make decisions, not alcohol (or guns), and are held responsible for their actions.</p>

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<p>Mighty Nick thanks but I am able to do it in sober settings as well, it's just a ten times more fun and random with the hot chick you meet at a party... maybe that's just me though</p>

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<p>I have yet to sample beer that doesn't taste like bitter acid, so I am perplexed about the obsession with beer.</p>

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<p>I don't get why drinking has to be a religious issue. I'm agnostic, leaning more towards the atheist side of the spectrum, and I'm against getting drunk on a regular basis. I strongly support sex though.</p>

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<p>Ray, it's an acquired taste.</p>