<p><em>High-fives piccolojunior</em></p>
<p>You’re full of lulz, and it’s quite awesome that it is so.</p>
<p>Lolz I bought some moral fiber at the organic market! <a href=“http://farm1.static.■■■■■■■■■■/65/166086716_4102608908.jpg?v=0[/url]”>http://farm1.static.■■■■■■■■■■/65/166086716_4102608908.jpg?v=0</a></p>
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<p>My family loves bran muffins.</p>
<p>I have never met one person who drinks to “rebel,” I don’t see how one would go about doing that anyway. Nobody really cares about underage drinkers, as long as they’re not making a disturbance, drunk driving, or hurting themselves. What is there to rebel against besides a law that is usually only enforced on a technicality and not firm beliefs?</p>
<p>Maybe you don’t have to try alcohol to know it has bad effects (which don’t happen to you if you know how to use it right), but asking “why do people drink!?” in an accusatory fashion really is ignorant if you haven’t been buzzed before. Many high-and-mighty non-drinkers on here have been able to list off the “lack of inhibitions,” “everything becoming funnier” and other clich</p>
<p>Thanks Posuer. That fiber was needed.</p>
<p>Chris07, you’re right that we don’t know much about being drunk without experience. However, the OP posted this to find out from those with experience just what the appeal of it is! </p>
<p>And regarding your first point:</p>
<p>I don’t know anyone who drinks to “rebel,” but I certainly know tons of people who drink because they think it makes them seem cool to others. Maybe that’s not their PRIMARY motivation, but it is clearly evidenced by the fact that they go out of their way to show off how drunk they get by posting pictures on facebook (I know some girls who took a series of pictures posed next to a trash can full of empty beer cans and bottles) and constantly, online and in real life, making frequent obnoxious comments about how “wasted” or “trashed” they got the weekend before. :rolleyes:</p>
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it is a lot different than you think it is; it’s a lot better :)</p>
<p>Hmmm the people who drink to be cool are indirectly saying they drink to rebel, if you think about it. Anyway, I have a great phrase to win this thread but…I can’t. I’m gonna market it through a different medium :)</p>
<p>I’ve never known anyone who drank to just be a rebel either (unless they’re hiding something). </p>
<p>I suppose people want to know what the big deal is about being drunk simply because they don’t know, and aren’t willing to get drunk themselves. It’s kind of like anything, really, that someone asks you about the appeal of. Like if someone says, “What is the appeal of sky diving?” I just want to know if it’s worth the risk.</p>
<p>^ Actually, I’d respond to that question with, “Because I’d rather be in air or in water than on land.”</p>
<p>Land is boring =|</p>
<p>Well if you’re not willing to risk skydiving for yourself, you can’t expect anybody to convince you that it’s worth it. What can they tell you besides what you already know? It’s the same with drinking. </p>
<p>If you’ve never experienced it, you really have no basis to judge whether or not people are wasting their time by drinking. From a lot of people’s comments it seems like they’re assuming people that drink are drunk all the time. I still have fun with friends sober, it’s not like drinking once in a while makes me incapable of that. It’s just that I like to have a few beers every now and then at parties, it’s something different and fun.</p>
<p>For those who believe drinking is immoral just because it’s against the law, I’m sure you don’t think jaywalking makes you a bad person. Some laws are just there so things don’t go out of control. The drinking age is a way of making sure irresponsible people don’t binge: of course, I believe that a lot of college students, even a good amount of high school students, are responsible enough to keep themselves safe when drinking. When those people disregard the law nobody finds out because nobody’s in danger or disturbing anybody. It’s like crossing at a red light when no cars are coming.</p>
<p>^ Sure, I agree with you on the purpose of the laws. But they are there to keep order. If people break them, there’s a problem because the order starts to crumble and become disorganized.</p>
<p>If it really makes sense to drink underage, then you should be fighting to change the law.</p>
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<p>OMG WORST REASON EVER. The law is corrupt, anyone who abstains because of this is a *****made lawyer in the works. The real reason to not drink has nothing to do with morals…</p>
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<p>Considering there are lots of sober activities that equate to wasting time…this argument fails. It also fails because of the slippery slope.</p>
<p>I find it hard to believe you are as much of a law-abiding citizen as you would have us think from the way you’re talking. </p>
<p>Again, with the jaywalking example, sometimes it’s safe to do. Sometimes you know that no cars are coming, and you’d just feel foolish going out of your way to cross a street at the legally designated area. That doesn’t mean I should fight to make jaywalking legal, does it?</p>
<p>I don’t see a reason to change the law: mostly because it would never happen no matter how hard we tried, and also because it really doesn’t matter. People are going to drink when they want to drink. If things get out of hand, the law will get involved. Otherwise the order is not disrupted.</p>
<p>^I hope you’re not talking to me. I just said I’m not a lawyer fanboy. :(</p>
<p>chris07 is one of those people who approaches an issue from liberal/conservative perspectives. Me, I just approach em from a common sense perspective. Sucks for your perfect worlds I know.</p>
<p>I wasn’t. Actually I just read your post and had no idea what you were talking about. Just because you’re confident in your responses doesn’t mean they’re good.</p>
<p>If by the last one you meant that you can tell drinking is a waste of time because you know other things that are wastes of time, that doesn’t make sense. You still have no basis to judge whether it’s worth it or not if you haven’t done it.</p>
<p>At my university, I think alcoholedu gives much allure to drinking… actually.</p>
<p>“I find it hard to believe you are as much of a law-abiding citizen as you would have us think from the way you’re talking.” </p>
<p>Laws I have broken: 1. I accidentally sped when I was practicing my driving. My family does not really break laws. Ever. At all. Under any circumstance. I had a shot of gin straight-up once. That was at home, because I asked my mother. That was about it. Other than that, no law-breaking for me!</p>
<p>“Again, with the jaywalking example, sometimes it’s safe to do. Sometimes you know that no cars are coming, and you’d just feel foolish going out of your way to cross a street at the legally designated area. That doesn’t mean I should fight to make jaywalking legal, does it?”</p>
<p>If it’s safe to do sometimes, why doesn’t the law itself address these situations? It’s much easier just to prohibit everyone at all times from doing something, and then you have guaranteed safety. If you start breaking it in cases where it may seem absolutely safe, you would be surprised at how far you will go.</p>
<p>^lol you sound like Tom from the boondocks.</p>
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<p>Slippery slope says hello. lol @ confidence btw, if I say “2 + 2 = 4” then I guess I’m being a smug ■■■■?</p>
<p>^lol@ Boondocks comparison.</p>
<p>Look, minors who drink can do it whenever they want. Seriously. I really don’t care. What I do care about is people driving drunk. And being loud while tipsy. And vandalizing stuff while intoxicated. Solve all those problems, and I have none.</p>
<p>The law conveniently solves all of them. Hmmm…Coincidence perhaps? </p>
<p>Seriously, I don’t care how much you drink as long as you don’t get sent to the hospital and you don’t cause harm to others. Putting yourself at risk in this manner is bad.</p>
<p>Those are the only conditions for me. However, in my experience, I have not seen many responsible underage drinkers. This has understandably affected my outlook.</p>
<p>I think it’s wrong to break laws that don’t clearly harm you if followed. That’s my opinion. Do I think underage drinking is a bad decision? Almost always, yes. I judge the actions of people who make bad decisions, and hope that the problem gets solved.</p>
<p>The end.</p>
<p>drinking isn’t bad as long as you control yourself lol
my dad drinks every night (business stuff for real. after work you have to follow along the little alcoholics-in-suits-club or else you’ll probably get fired in the next month or so) and albeit he’s been a major pain in the ass when it comes to sleeping on his own bed, shutting up, etc, but he’s never like beat my mom or me or anything like that. if anything he returns much happier which isn’t bad at all. of course there will be health problems sooner or later but it’s been almost 30 years and his condition is as strong as a rock.</p>
<p>ahahaha jaywalking. we do it here all the time. when i stayed a while in america i forgot it was illegal so i never made it discreet or anything XD</p>