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⌈ Secret Post #2192 ⌋

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Comments

[cassandraoftroy]

While I certainly don't judge people who do enjoy it, I've never understood the appeal of drinking and partying. Like genuinely, I don't get why it's fun. It's not that I don't like spending time with friends or socializing, but booze and loud music isn't my idea of an interesting social event. I prefer the "cake and games" kind of party, where you can talk to people and do fun things.

[(Anonymous)]

This is my issue, too. It's not that I'm so introverted I don't see the appeal in hanging out with people, it's that I don't see the appeal in hanging out with drunk people doing fuck all. (Especially since I can't have alcohol. When you're the only sober person in the room, shit gets tedious, fast.)

[(Anonymous)]

While I would not say no to wine or a cocktail on the side, "cake and games" sounds like my kind of party. My idea of socializing is doing something that allows for conversation. I've spent enough time in the wrong kind of bars to know that loud music and drunkeness are not conducive to this.

[diet_poison]

This. I love me a good cocktail...just not twelve of them lol

[diet_poison]

I do too, and I'm an extrovert, lol.

This "parties" are fun =3

[(Anonymous)]

Weird, but at all the parties I've ever gone to that have had booze and loud music, I've usually spent my time talking to people while I was doing fun things... and usually there has been cake as well. Could it be that talking to people' and 'doing fun things' are what parties are for in general, no matter what 'type' they are?

[(Anonymous)]

da

might be a sensory overload thing? I dislike loud music because I can't concentrate on my own thoughts, let alone on a conversation

[omorka]

My immediate social circle contains a Mormon who doesn't drink, two brothers who have the same weird food allergies that drastically restrict what types of alcohol they can safely consume (one of whom also has very peculiar tastes that further restrict what he will drink even when he can), two pregnant women who are off alcohol for the duration, and three people who are very finicky about beer, wine, and liquor (I fall into the last category). Our parties tend to run on caffeine rather than booze at the best of times; with both pregnancies and it being the Mormon's turn to host, our New Year's party was alcohol-free. We brought instruments and had a jam session in one room; the other room was watching '90s cartoons and making fun of them. While I missed having sparkling wine to toast in the new year with, the party was no less fun than usual. So - yeah, I think most parties are what you make of them.

[diet_poison]

Could it be that talking to people' and 'doing fun things' are what parties are for in general, no matter what 'type' they are?

No, I can pretty much guarantee that at least my cultural sphere (young adult/college student) a fair amount of parties are about booze. And sex, and music, and food, but mostly booze.

There are lots of other ways to socialize and lots of other kinds of parties. The social aspect is definitely important for some people but the actual social interactions can be kind of shallow, at least in my opinion.

Not to say that some people don't really enjoy that. It just isn't for me. I prefer to stay sober lol. And being around drunk people is...amusing at times, neutral at times, but I've also had some really bad experiences with that, so.

[(Anonymous)]

I think dancing with a group of people is fun. I like it because I don't have to carry a convo.

[nomorenoodles.livejournal.com]

I don't mind parties that involve drinking (although unlike everyone else I can't have a conversation when loud music is playing...it's not fair, everyone else can!) but really only when there are drinking games. Those are fun and funner when you're a little tipsy after playing them. Sitting around doing nothing but drinking without any activity is just really dull.

[diet_poison]

Lots of people can't have a conversation over loud music! I sometimes have trouble with it because my ears are kinda shitty. I know plenty of other people who (like some of the people on this thread) just find that it's too much sensory stimulation and they can't really focus on talking. (It can do that to me too after a period of time, though usually not right away.)

[(Anonymous)]

I'm definitely an extrovert, but booze and loud music isn't really my scene. Why is it assumed extroverts dig booze and loud music? I don't...?

[diet_poison]

*brofist*

same boat :)

I haven't really seen people outright assume that extroverts = lots of loud drunken parties, but that would definitely be kind of irritating. No, that's not what extrovert means? lol

[dazzledfirestar]

Well, obviously if one doesn't drink, yeah. That part would suck. But going out dancing with friends is a blast to me. You don't have to "get it" if it's not what you like to do, then it's not what you like to do.

[(Anonymous)]

it's all in your attitude. if you're dragged to a club and think, ugh i hate this. this music sucks. i hate everyone - then, yeah, you're gonna have a bad time.

also, drinking is fun. i fucking love being drunk. when i'm drunk, i'm finally able to *talk* to people. i DO do fun things when out and drunk, i talk about everything with people i'm usually too shy to approach otherwise and you know what? i make friends that way sometimes. all i really need to feel comfortable with somebody is to have at least one good chat and no1curr if it's when drunk. for me, it means i have an easier time talking to them normally (i.e. sober) and so do they.

while i'm not opposed to "cake and games" parties, they're way harder for me. like you said, you have to *talk to people* and it's fucking *hard* to do. it's guaranteed to be awkward for at least the first half hour or so. i'm also easily embarrassed and trust me, saying something mind-numbingly dumb or ignorant (by accident or otherwise) gets judged way harder and remembered way better when you're sober, whereas when drunk it's kinda... expected, almost.

when y'all are drunk, tho? everyone is friendly and makes you feel welcome. and, provided they remember the night before, they continue being friendly to you because hey, you were that ~friend they made the other night.

p.s. i'm very curious/nosy so it's fun to have people tell me how they've been in orgies and stuff