When everyone is out partying, I would rather be doing something productive

Wiscongene
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:34:21 +0000

Drinking is a great way of making new friends, if your current list of friends includes “Delusion” and “Idiocy.”

Look, maybe fellow hardened partiers can bond with one-another outside the hookah bar once in while, but I don’t see why like-minded people can’t find each other without it.

And I don’t dislike social interaction. I don’t even dislike drinking, per se, but I hate, hate and hate and a million times HATE the “partying” mentality. So much so that on my deathbed I will whisper into my firstborn’s ear my hatred for this mentality in hopes that he or she will keep up the good fight in his/her lifetime.

You could not find a human behavior that is more juvenile and self-destructive. Striving for a life of exclusivity and superficiality is hardly conducive towards success or making friends. It’s just the same as people at the top universities acting holier-than-thou about it, and all of us on this site know how annoying that can be.

^And I truly believe this theme of exclusivity and superficiality is deeply ingrained in the college-party culture–irreversibly so. It’s not about having fun, it’s about playing the game and winning–being “cooler” than anyone else, no matter which way you slice it.

No thanks, if I want superficial competition, I’ll head over to Camp Randall or the Kohl Center (and I do plan on it). At least the competition for which these temples are built requires some amount of skill and physical prowess…