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I sometimes wonder if there is still a mindset passed on from the 20's and 30's prohibition era that alcohol is illegal and therefore cool/badass. Before that w
by j2bax 11y ago
I sometimes wonder if there is still a mindset passed on from the 20's and 30's prohibition era that alcohol is illegal and therefore cool/badass. Before that was it just a way of life or was it always like this? I constantly hear family members and other grown adults talk about it like its the greatest thing ever. All of their social events revolve around it and it's just so cool to talk about drinking and getting drunk. It really drives me mad. These aren't raging alcoholics either (at least most of them). Isn't there a lot more to life than alcohol? Why does everyone want me to drink with them so badly? I might honestly enjoy trying various craft beers and such if everyone's obsession with the stuff didn't annoy me so much. /rant
- ElComradio 11y agoBecause it's fun. It's usually that simple. Sometimes people like doing it because it lowers inhibitions and allows them to be more of their real selves. In that case they are bandaiding their own repression. But mostly, it's because it's fun.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoAgreed. Its the least interesting way to have 'fun' I can imagine.
- maxerickson 11y agoIt's at least more complicated than that. Per capita consumption was very high in the early 1800s. Anti drink was a social movement in the US for quite some time before it was law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement