Why do people come to the Lounge and brag about being drunk?

just wondering. :eyes:

And didn't get enough attention at home.

It's worse than fucking high school sometimes.

:hi: Maggie!

:hi:

... they are drunk, and drunk people say and do stupid things. Sober people have times when they MAY be stupid, but also have times they can be smart. Drunk people are never smart. Just drunk.

stupidity. It's behavior that most people get over by the time they're 17 or 18 years old.

Why it happens here so much is beyond me. :shrug:

People should go flaunt their drunkeness elsewhere, :D

:eyes:

:evilgrin:

:hi: and good morning!

but do they have to dedicate a whole topic to it?

That college party sure was wild last night!

It's not like being drunk is that earth shattering.

I remember high school---plenty of kids were so judgemental there--hey, you aren't being judgemental now, are you?

it's about you dedicating a whole THREAD to your drunkeness.

sorry but why the hostility?

was his thread taking up space for a more important "I Saw The Passion last night" thread?

its not against the rules. why does it piss you off so much?

Sorry that slinker's thread reminded me of the ditzy girls in my HS who come in hungover from a party like "ooooh my god! I am sooooo drunk! wooow!" because they want the attention.

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I don't need to be preached to, matcom. I've seen a lot of things, more than a lot of highschoolers I know and most people don't even know how old I am until I tell them. So whatever, fine, you alerted me. I don't really care. I was giving her criticism, sorry if it was too much for her to handle.

geez---sounds like high school is hell for you.

I'm just seeing the similarities grow between you and that type of people.

By the way. High school's not bad. I went out with my friends yesterday for about 6 hours and we had a great time. Nice of you to make assumptions about me though. Maybe you should go back to high school. It seems like it's your perfect environment.

I rather wouldn't go through high school again. Besides, it's stupid to draw similiarities between me who you don't even know, and a bunch of high school girls at your school.

Based on observations of you here on DU in GD04 and the Lounge, I don't really think I'm too far off.

I don't know you in real life, but you convey a certain personality across on here. If that's not how you are in real life, then why are you acting that way?

If you thought my lounge thread was egotistical (which I don't), then every thread in this lounge would match your criteria, because they all seek responses based on a DUer's experience. Say, someone posts pics of their kittens or puppies--is that egotistical of the person to do so?

Nor do I think posting about one's grandmother dying equates to the same as you posting a drunken thread. What an asinine comparison.

Sure.

the ones you should be griping about if looking for attention is your beef, which it clearly isn't.

Go out and have fun if people having fun on your messageboard are irritating you.

But whatever.

I can't believe how upset you're getting about one thread on being drunk. Let me guess---you didn't go to any parties last night?

Since I criticized her precious drunken thread.

high school kid like yourself.

You seem to be judgemental enough for someone who is out of high school.

exposed to college life.

Give me a break. Being drunk and posting about it on a message board makes you less judgemental and more mature than I am? Please.

why get all worked up over it?

So why would anyone care if you were drunk? You wanted the attention, plain and simple.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=856928&mesg_id=857006&page=

besides, anyone could say that you wanted the attention by judgementally posting about the "evils" of a drunk thread here in the Lounge.

I don't have a problem with drunkeness. I have a problem with the purpose of a thread specifically inflating your ego.

she posts her picture at every opportunity. Forget about it and let her get the attention she craves.

She can have the attention she desperately needs, it's no snot off my nose.

why are you being so catty like LeftPeopleFinishFirst?

it as such.

Just because you are more mature and advanced than 99% of your fellow high-schoolers, suddenly you aren't cool because you don't brag about being drunk and you haven't even been to *gasp* college!! :spank: How dare you Maggie. ;-)

Back when I was in high school we all knew the only people who bragged about it were the ones who couldn't handle it. Some of them never grew up. :shrug:

"Some of them never grew up. :shrug: "


PAY ATTENTION TO ME, I'M DRUNK.

..you wanna pieca meeeee? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

:shrug:

I'm fine if someone's drunk but do we need a gazillion threads about it?

doesn't bother me. its the lounge. its SUPPOSED to be immature

threads are worse...

Those are really much worse, but I haven't seen one of those in a bit!

ANY thread that uses the horrible "Ask me anything!" phrase is the worst on DU by default, lol.

I once posted a thread saying that the "ask me anything" threads were getting kinda tiresome, and ended up getting called nasty names and people put me on ignore. This was back when there were about 10 of them for every thirty threads in the lounge.....Funny how you won't receive the same treatment for saying the exact same thing nowadays.

And as far as posting threads about drunkenness, I think we all need to lighten up a bit. I don't drink, and I find drunkenness disgusting. Alcohol sucks and tastes horrible.....But I wouldn't take another DUer to task for posting a thread about it. If you don't like the tone of a thread from it's title, don't read it. Especially in the lounge, you're gonna get thousands of threads that are nonsensical time wasters. It's up to you to be discriminating about it. If you want to insult people, go to GD 2004. There'll be lots of DUer's who'll be happy to have insults hurled at them and will give back as good as they receive.

And nobody posts on DU with the expectation that they will be ignored. We post to find a sense of community, to get pats on the back, to find succour. These are strange times, and we are all in need of commisseration with other like minded people. That's why we're here. ALL posts are "look at me!!!!" posts when you really get down to it. Posting a thread deriding someone's attempt to get attention is just another way of posting a thread...to get attention!

It's the lounge, people. Relax.

Some you can hardly tell they are drunk till they fall over.
Wait till you hit the clubs in a few years. A thread here and there isn't so bad compared to the way some *adults* act in the clubs/bars. Men and women both!

But I mean... people who want attention all the time piss me off, sorry!

just ignore threads you don't like.
it's really none of your business what someone puts up as thread as long as it doesn't break the rules.
trust me -- someday you'll live in a glass house too.

it's as simple as that.

Sorry you couldn't take a little bit of criticism. I'll go easier next time.

I'm glad somebody had a good time:)

but why the heck do people need the ego boost so bad they have to post about it?

one of my great failings when I have been drunk(it's been a while)is a tendancy to call everybody I know and chat with them...even people I haven't talked to in ages. Connecting with people on a message board is cheaper,that's for sure:)No big deal really,is it?

:shrug:

isn't it?
and it's far more trashy than posting about being drunk at this point.

Ask my friends. I am a very humble person. But I also speak up when I see something I don't agree with.

are we all supposed to behave according to your "worldview?"

No, she just has a low tolerance for stupidity, a trait I am rather fond of myself. She wanted to vent, and I think did a fine job.

Sure stirred up more hornets (and defensiveness) than I imagined, lol.

Quite true. My friends and I can act crazy most of the time, but we're not "stupid". You can have fun without being an idiot.

But you can also have fun while being an idiot. It just depend on what kind of idiot you're talking about. }(

I don't mind drunks, I just can't abide braggarts. Therein lies my problem with these threads. ;-) You keep doing what you're doing, keep that "low tolerance for stupidity" and you'll do just fine.

Thanks Susang :)

Last night, I'd danced with my friends, and then went upstairs to hang out with them. I think a couple of girls did body shots on each other. I was ranting about politics with my friend, Claudia, who worked on the Dean campaign. I'd written her in for ward of the district when I had cast my vote for Dean. Then we went back downstairs to rejoin the party. Someone threw a rock in the door window, that caused a lot of commotion. I think the campus police came by and arrested the guy that did that.

Last night's house party was a hell a lot better than the last time we had a house party, which ended up being canceled twice due to someone pulling the fire alarm.

Ahhh, can't wait for spring break.

nobody is forcing you to read those threads. It's not like its inflammatory or anything. If someone wants to post about being drunk, whatever! No biggie.


Maybe we should all just chill out.

I'm a bit surprised why Slinkerwink's drunken thread is bothering you as much as it seems to be. Slinkerwink's thread certainly had nothing to do with vanity or ego. It was merely a silly thread about being drunk. I think you're misinterpreting Slinkerwink's motivations for starting the thread...

Besides, almost every thread started in the lounge can be considered a vanity thread and "egotistical" by your standards. Do you feel the same way about other personal threads, like "here's pics of my new kitty," or "my grandmother just died?" Many, many threads in the lounge are personal in nature - of those that speak of the "self," are they equally egotistical?

I wouldn't get myself upset about it (and alienating other DUers in the process). It's really not worth it...

On a lighter note... have you been outside this morning? It's bee-utiful! :hi:

Though we disagree on the motivation of slink's thread, I'm past it.

I went for a walk this morning, it really is nice outside! Spring's coming :)

Chuckiemutt spent the entire morning outdoors & I sat on my front porch and drank coffee. Not exactly spring yet, but I'll take what I can get! :hi:

Though I really would like another snowstorm :evilgrin:

Snow=bad, evil! :spank:

:D but it's pretty!

I'm done, this wasn't meant to be a fight.

too funny

Two of my favourite DUers in a slugfest this early in the morning?!

I hate to see that.

Cheers, everybody...have some Grape Nuts and relax already.

Sorry to disappoint you :hug:

I think we're done now.

and nothing like two cups of coffee to get you goin'! ;-)

...who's complaining?! :bounce: