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Here's a bit I wrote about drinking games. I enjoy drinking but I hate drinking games. I mean, talk about a way to disguise your drinking problem as laughing m

by nirmel 6y ago

Here's a bit I wrote about drinking games. I enjoy drinking but I hate drinking games. I mean, talk about a way to disguise your drinking problem as laughing matter, as a veritable vocation of which to be proud. If you enjoy drinking games, that’s fine in the same way that it’s fine to have a drinking problem. As I observe it, flip cup competitors are not so much vying for victory as they are crying for help. You have to hear the irony as they encourage their fellow addicts to, and I quote, “chug, chug, chug, yeahhhh!” All I hear is, “help, help, help uuussssss!” So let’s reach out to this community with the love and support they need. In fact, let's advertise a support line for this troubled community with posters that read: Do You Enjoy Beer Pong, Quarters, And the Like? Call Anonymously: 1-800-PONG-NOMO.

pkage 6y ago
This comes off as kind of condescending. Clearly not everybody who participates in drinking games has a drinking problem, otherwise you'd see almost everybody who went to college in the US or several other countries (as evidenced by the rest of the comments here) would be alcoholics. Drinking games provide a social middle ground—everybody knows them (or the rules are simple to explain), they provide an opportunity to break the ice with new people, and some of them are just fun. There's no need to read so far into them as to say that everyone who plays drinking games is an addict.
kace91 6y ago
That's a weird mindset. You enjoy drinking but consider having social fun while doing so a symptom of addiction? What's the appropiate situation then to drink without considering it harmful? Gazing through a window with a nostalgic look?
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
  > You enjoy drinking but consider having social fun while doing so... He's talking about drinking games. He's said nothing about being against social fun per se, just a comment on drinking games.
  - kace91 6y ago
    >disguise your drinking problem as laughing matter That's why I caught the implication of social fun while drinking != bad. If it isn't the case, then I don't see what's specific about drinking games that makes them necessarily a drinking problem.

by nirmel 6y ago

pkage 6y ago

This comes off as kind of condescending. Clearly not everybody who participates in drinking games has a drinking problem, otherwise you'd see almost everybody who went to college in the US or several other countries (as evidenced by the rest of the comments here) would be alcoholics. Drinking games provide a social middle ground—everybody knows them (or the rules are simple to explain), they provide an opportunity to break the ice with new people, and some of them are just fun. There's no need to read so far into them as to say that everyone who plays drinking games is an addict.

kace91 6y ago

That's a weird mindset. You enjoy drinking but consider having social fun while doing so a symptom of addiction? What's the appropiate situation then to drink without considering it harmful? Gazing through a window with a nostalgic look?

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
> You enjoy drinking but consider having social fun while doing so... He's talking about drinking games. He's said nothing about being against social fun per se, just a comment on drinking games.
- kace91 6y ago
  >disguise your drinking problem as laughing matter That's why I caught the implication of social fun while drinking != bad. If it isn't the case, then I don't see what's specific about drinking games that makes them necessarily a drinking problem.