ContraBardus Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Solid evidence that if you're a bad drunk you're a bad person. Also evidence that suggests that getting drunk on a date is a good way to gauge what sort of person your date is. If they're an asshole drunk, they're an actual asshole. http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technology/drunk-you-is-the-real-you-2014101591729 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2723630/Drunk-words-really-ARE-sober-thoughts-Alcohol-doesn-t-impair-ability-control-actions-just-makes-care-less.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TrueFreedom Posted October 16, 2014 Moderator Share Posted October 16, 2014 Doesn't that make me a better person for controlling my inner attention-craving, aggressive, insecure, depressed, flippant, nihilistic asshole when I'm sober? I can also be quite generous, loving, and fun when I'm drunk. I wonder if they tested with different types of beverages and in different social settings... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overcame Faith Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Well, there goes that excuse for bad behavior by drunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigile Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I tend not to show it when I'm drunk. I might wobble when I walk, but my mental faculties and personality pretty much remain unchanged. What does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbit Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I tend not to show it when I'm drunk. I might wobble when I walk, but my mental faculties and personality pretty much remain unchanged. What does that mean? You've been body-snatched. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TrueFreedom Posted October 16, 2014 Moderator Share Posted October 16, 2014 I tend not to show it when I'm drunk. I might wobble when I walk, but my mental faculties and personality pretty much remain unchanged. What does that mean? That might mean that honey badger don't give a shit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francesco Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 so the real me is a talkactive extrovert one? wohooooo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator florduh Posted October 16, 2014 Super Moderator Share Posted October 16, 2014 It seems only reasonable that when inhibitions are lowered you simply say and do as you would without filters or restraints. Probably most of us frequently, in the name of civility, bite our tongues and refrain from beating the crap out of someone who deserves it - alcohol can allow you to behave naturally. Up to a point, of course. There is such a thing as "stupid drunk." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deva Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I think everything is hilarious when I am drunk. Generally, I am just easily amused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedAtheist Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I'm pretty much the same person drunk or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbit Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Drunk me wants to talk about deep things and have sex. Oh wait, that's sober me, too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherJosh Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gall Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Solid evidence that if you're a bad drunk you're a bad person. Also evidence that suggests that getting drunk on a date is a good way to gauge what sort of person your date is. If they're an asshole drunk, they're an actual asshole. http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technology/drunk-you-is-the-real-you-2014101591729 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2723630/Drunk-words-really-ARE-sober-thoughts-Alcohol-doesn-t-impair-ability-control-actions-just-makes-care-less.html I could have told you this 20 years ago... I learned this by watching drunken relatives and then compared to their sober attitudes and activity. Those don't seem like creditable sources for anything that would be labeled "science" did you mean this as a joke? If not is there any real evidence or just "scientists say" evidence? Why is it that it takes people getting drunk to act real? I don't need to drink to act like a schmuck and I have never seen anyone drunk not act that way? does this mean all humans are schmucks in reality and we just hide it to fit in? if that is the case aren't we really good people for hiding this in normal times so that we can get along with others and allow them what we want ourselves? How bad can a person be if they hide the thing that makes them bad to fit in with others and form relationships? Sounds like these scientists if not a joke need to try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gall Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 It seems only reasonable that when inhibitions are lowered you simply say and do as you would without filters or restraints. Probably most of us frequently, in the name of civility, bite our tongues and refrain from beating the crap out of someone who deserves it - alcohol can allow you to behave naturally. Up to a point, of course. There is such a thing as "stupid drunk." there are only two kinds of drunks and I determined this with studies that I am sure were just as valid the "science" from those articles... 1. Drunks that always lie. 2. Drunks that always tell the truth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueScholar Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 The study suffers from significant flaws in its methodology. The elephant in the room being the fact that the participants were allowed to self report. Link to the study in question: http://socialcogneurolab.missouri.edu/pdfs/Bart_Henry_Lust_Saults_Wood_JAP_2012.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fweethawt Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I call bullshit here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetbutterfly Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 One of my favorite quotes: Write drunk, edit sober. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gall Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 One of my favorite quotes: Write drunk, edit sober. some might argue that it only worked for Hemingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetbutterfly Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 One of my favorite quotes: Write drunk, edit sober. some might argue that it only worked for Hemingway I think so. Worked for him, works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey101 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Great way to make shitty people feel good about themselves. "I'm not a bad drunk so I'm a good person." Pffft. That's dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violetbutterfly Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I think the bottom line is true for the most part, that while sober we consider the consequences of our actions, but when impaired we lower our inhibitions and just...don't care. I know it's true for me. So some might see that as you acting how you would if you didn't control your behavior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mymistake Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 The study suffers from significant flaws in its methodology. The elephant in the room being the fact that the participants were allowed to self report. Link to the study in question: http://socialcogneurolab.missouri.edu/pdfs/Bart_Henry_Lust_Saults_Wood_JAP_2012.pdf Oh good. I was worried that the real me tells jokes that are not funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueScholar Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 No worries. I'm not sure that I draw a conclusion that drunk = real from the study in question. Rather, based on self reporting, the experience of ethanol intoxication may be more nuiansed than some have always thought. However, one still must consider the flaws and perhaps follow up with other studies. It's intetesting, but the effects of ethanol are not understood in detail. We think it may impact glutamate receptors and other neurotransmitter systems. However, as far as I know we have not definitively identified a receptor for ethanol and do not have a complete appreciation of how it can impact other receptors. All this despite the fact that ethanol has been extensively studied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 So funny! My real self first wants to have sex with all the cuuuuuuuute guys around (oh, they are just soooooo cuuuuuuuute when I get tipsy!), then after the fun and another drinkie, I get all weepy. Very nostalgic weeping. It's so pathetic! I'm even aware it's pathetic as I weep! My real self is such a dork! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorPoet Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I got very drunk the night I met the woman that is now my wife and to be honest, she had a lot to do with that. Bad influence that one. . Apparently, the real me made a good impression. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts