2009-12-20, 03:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 2009-12-20, 03:10 AM by madanthony.)
Moderated drinking makes sense to me; when the alcohol is not the centerpiece of the good time. I guess I should mention I go to Michigan State, home of Cedar Fest, I've never really had a proper drink, but I have no qualms about trying a few when I'm actually 21. It feels like no one I know is capable of moderated drinking.
Is there as much reasonable drinking going on as unreasonable drinking and I'm just oblivious to it?
I suppose I'm out of the social-standard loop because I have different coping mechanisms. At the same time though, I've been conditioned my whole life to desire social involvement. However, given the nature of introversion, I really feel down right empty after leaving a large gathering. Which creates a funny little paradox, since I'd feel the same way if I got together with an equally sized group of like-minded introverts.
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There are 38,000 undergrads at MSU, certainly enough for me to find thousands of people I could connect with, there's just the issue of getting us (me) out of our zones enough to find these other people. Which then makes me wonder if the drinking culture I'm perplexed by is just a vocal minority. Also, your list sounds like a great time on paper, but when you stack it up against the kind of insanity that you hear about from stuff like texts from last night... kinda boring
Khoi Wrote:I find it fun because I get to socialize with my friends and not have to worry about work, school, parents, etc. It's one of the fewer times that I really get to have fun.This is pretty much the conundrum to me. Does socializing not lead to de-stressing in its own right? I assume alcohol is the exception, not the rule when you socialize and as you describe I wouldn't consider it the focal point of your occasion, but I wonder if the generalized case is that many students are stressed to the point where essentially a drug is necessary to let loose now and then. Or is it some massive conglomeration of peer pressure, social lubrication, and new-found freedom where things go haywire?
Is there as much reasonable drinking going on as unreasonable drinking and I'm just oblivious to it?
I suppose I'm out of the social-standard loop because I have different coping mechanisms. At the same time though, I've been conditioned my whole life to desire social involvement. However, given the nature of introversion, I really feel down right empty after leaving a large gathering. Which creates a funny little paradox, since I'd feel the same way if I got together with an equally sized group of like-minded introverts.
[SIZE="1"]Also uncertain where I should have put this thread...[/SIZE]
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@Throws
There are 38,000 undergrads at MSU, certainly enough for me to find thousands of people I could connect with, there's just the issue of getting us (me) out of our zones enough to find these other people. Which then makes me wonder if the drinking culture I'm perplexed by is just a vocal minority. Also, your list sounds like a great time on paper, but when you stack it up against the kind of insanity that you hear about from stuff like texts from last night... kinda boring