View Full Version : Drinking in America (and elsewhere)
Nurse Braden
09/21/08, 06:47 PM
hey
just interested to see how drinking is viewed by people in other countries? Like how much do you drink on a night out and stuff?
June_Bug
09/21/08, 07:37 PM
I don't drink that often since schools's back in but during the summer I usually drank till I couldn't pick up my cup anymore. I wouldn't make it a habit (like everyday from dusk till dawn like some people I know) I know how to get my shit done so it's not a issue for me.
Nurse Braden
09/21/08, 08:14 PM
lol would you be able to quantify that at all? im researching drinking cultures in youth for university. i know the level of drinking in the States is quite different from NZ where im from. Normally when we go out we do a 40 race before we get to a club then carry on there
thanks for helping me with my homework :P
June_Bug
09/21/08, 08:45 PM
lol would you be able to quantify that at all? im researching drinking cultures in youth for university. i know the level of drinking in the States is quite different from NZ where im from. Normally when we go out we do a 40 race before we get to a club then carry on there
thanks for helping me with my homework :P
Naw, I don't think so. You're welcome though. And a 40 race? Enlighten me please.
spansen
09/21/08, 09:21 PM
i don't drink ever.. and i don't hold anything against those who do. they make things entertaining.. or embarrassing for themself.
Jessooker
09/21/08, 09:28 PM
i drink maybe 2 times a month. it's usually with my best friend. we just take a friday or saturday night, get some booze and watch movies.
DannySniper
09/21/08, 09:29 PM
We are offered beer at breakfast.
mikearduini9
09/21/08, 09:43 PM
Usually "too often." I drink about 3-5 times per week, mostly to relieve myself from a strenuous academic schedule. Not necessarily getting heavily intoxicated, but just going to a bar and having a couple drinks and chatting with friends. Otherwise, for the most part, there's simply nothing better to do -- at least in my opinion.
i drink about 5x per week. Usually its just a few beers that I like to go out and enjoy with my friends. I drink a bit more on the weekends (usually hard alcohol), but nothing too outrageous.
Neo Cassady
09/21/08, 10:09 PM
I'll have a beer or a glass of wine with dinner probably 3 times a week. As for drinking for drinking's sake, once or twice a week, depending on how often my friends (and who those friends happen to be) decide to go out. I only get totally hammered once a month or so (last night was my September).
If I'm going to drink, I'm getting drunk. Fuck that little "getting a buzz" shit. I only drink about once a month, tho.
katekate
09/22/08, 02:14 AM
I get drunk probably once a week, sometimes twice
theguy77
09/22/08, 02:30 AM
anyone who thinks theres never anything better to do than get drunk, really needs to find some friends, be more creative, and diversify themselves. alcohol is fun once in awhile but overrated.
just pitching in my two cents of bitterness coming from how lame the party scene is at my college. like im not anti-alcohol at all, i'll drink once in awhile, but it bothers me that its the ONLY thing that 90% of people here do for fun on weekends, and theres not even anything going on at parties, like not even music, its just getting drunk, playing beer pong, and getting laid. and drunk sex sucks so its not like thats even the bright side.
as for the thread writer do not base your opinion off of me, i am in the minority especially for college students my age.
Mynameishiro
09/22/08, 07:17 AM
I went to school in England, in one of the smaller towns... It being about 30 miles from London meant that it was a little more expensive than other places in the country, and with not much else to do, people turned to going out every single night.
This drives me crazy. I was raised outside of England, where the drinking culture was completely different (a night out for me was 3 hours in a bar sitting around talking with friends), and to be suddenly surrounded by people who considered it a good night to have a one night stand was a massive shock to me (and it still is).
As a few of us got more and more bored of this scene day after day, a night 'out' for us turned into sitting around for hours just playing video games, and causing general mayhem in our house.
Schmidty Says
09/22/08, 07:23 AM
a good night for me is homework done, running to the beer distributor/liquor store, getting a case/bottle and having some drinks with my roommates
Posthardcore
09/22/08, 11:26 AM
I use to drink a lot on the weekends and at concerts, but as you know that laws here are so strict. My state has a no minor drinking law as do 6 other states. The others let you drink at family functions and at home. Do to that i have gotten three P.I.'s in a half of year. It's not because im being stupid or nothing like that, its just because im a minor. We are one of the few country's who care that much. Its rediculous.
mynameisX
09/22/08, 02:00 PM
I don't drink that often, and I've never drunk so much I forget what I've done, and I'm keeping it that way. I mean, it's fun, but somethings are better without alcohol. And somethings are better. Like skinny-dipping.
i still dont drink that often. really think its overrated and i never got the point of binge drinking.
Nurse Braden
09/22/08, 02:04 PM
Naw, I don't think so. You're welcome though. And a 40 race? Enlighten me please.
haha a 40 race is when you each start with a 40oz of like JB or JD or whatever and you leave once you finish. if anyone has a mare they get their head shaved or tied to a telephone pole. if it sounds stupid to many people its because it really is.
thanks for posting everyone its good to get the view of people rather than some academic idiot that has no idea.
I drink maybe 2 times a month sometmes more sometimes less depending on what I afford. When we go out, we go out to get drunk, never take like a beer or two unless it's just dinner. We just get a coke or have a quiet night in instead. People who go to university here usually drink thurday, friday and saturday.
PezMullet
09/22/08, 05:17 PM
I usually get drunk on thursday, friday and saturdays. A good night out is pre-gaming while skateboarding then going to the bars. I drink until my wallet's empty or until I can't walk(sometimes if I can't walk I'll just go sit at a table and keep on drinking)
crack n toast
09/22/08, 05:24 PM
anyone who thinks theres never anything better to do than get drunk, really needs to find some friends, be more creative, and diversify themselves. alcohol is fun once in awhile but overrated.
just pitching in my two cents of bitterness coming from how lame the party scene is at my college. like im not anti-alcohol at all, i'll drink once in awhile, but it bothers me that its the ONLY thing that 90% of people here do for fun on weekends, and theres not even anything going on at parties, like not even music, its just getting drunk, playing beer pong, and getting laid. and drunk sex sucks so its not like thats even the bright side.
as for the thread writer do not base your opinion off of me, i am in the minority especially for college students my age.
Beer pong is awesome and drunk sex is better what are you talking about. Also ugly chick seem hotter.
dodge_3001
09/22/08, 05:35 PM
i'll drink about 4-5 times a week. heavier on the weekend though
Tyler Revolution
09/22/08, 05:38 PM
alcohol is fun once in awhile but overrated.
To who? You? Exactly.
I absolutely drink every Friday and Saturday. My week is too busy for me to do much, so when the weekend comes around I'm ready to get sloppy. If I don't have any homework or I don't have to work, and the cash flow allows it, I'll drink on weeknights.
Tyler Revolution
09/22/08, 05:39 PM
Beer pong is awesome and drunk sex is better what are you talking about. Also ugly chick seem hotter.
You're a moron.
jos_hua
09/22/08, 07:46 PM
i drink a killing in a night out when i use to drink. now i'm focused on athletics and have put that lifestyle away for the time being..or maybe forever...:-0
holyballs
09/22/08, 10:02 PM
i don't drink, beer is illegal in Canada.
HelpMeSleep
09/22/08, 10:30 PM
I rarely drink. like honestly this year I drank on new year's and then I think like three nights this summer. although I don't know... I'll probably drink more when I'm at an actual four year. when I do drink, I just like to drink with my friends, rather than a bunch of random kids.
mynameisX
09/23/08, 06:10 AM
I rarely drink. like honestly this year I drank on new year's and then I think like three nights this summer. although I don't know... I'll probably drink more when I'm at an actual four year. when I do drink, I just like to drink with my friends, rather than a bunch of random kids.
Yeah, same here. Drunk strangers aren't as much fun as drunk friends.
When I go out I drink 1 or 2 Kriek (it's often called women's beer because it tastes really sweet).
In Belgium you can (legally) drink alcohol at 16, but at festivals, in bars... you can just order an alcoholic drink if you don't look like a 12 year old.
Most of my friends drink (a lot) more than I do, though.
SoggY ThE OnE
09/23/08, 11:02 AM
anyone who thinks theres never anything better to do than get drunk, really needs to find some friends, be more creative, and diversify themselves. alcohol is fun once in awhile but overrated.
just pitching in my two cents of bitterness coming from how lame the party scene is at my college. like im not anti-alcohol at all, i'll drink once in awhile, but it bothers me that its the ONLY thing that 90% of people here do for fun on weekends, and theres not even anything going on at parties, like not even music, its just getting drunk, playing beer pong, and getting laid. and drunk sex sucks so its not like thats even the bright side.
as for the thread writer do not base your opinion off of me, i am in the minority especially for college students my age.
Wow...You are lame.
Dude, your only 18, live a little.
theguy77
09/23/08, 11:28 AM
Wow...You are lame.
Dude, your only 18, live a little.
given that i do drink on occasion, but i do a lot more other stuff than most kids at my college, i would say im living more than a little.
pilot_light_out
09/23/08, 11:33 AM
i don't drink, beer is illegal in Canada.
bullshit.
PezMullet
09/23/08, 01:00 PM
bullshit.
no, no it's true... we gotta make our own alcohol with potato skins. then we drink it in our igloos
pilot_light_out
09/24/08, 12:46 PM
no, no it's true... we gotta make our own alcohol with potato skins. then we drink it in our igloos
i know where im living when i retire...
a_money
09/24/08, 03:23 PM
Drinking is a common theme at art school. Everyone here and myself are so fucking busy all the time, all we do is sit and work for hours on end. So by the time the weekend comes around, we need a plethora of beer, or a stiff drink to temporarily forget about some huge project we're doing. it's nice to unwind. I probably drink 2-4 times a week. it really depends. lately, all I want to do is drink, school is driving me into a wall. I try to save it for the weekends, but sometimes it slips into my week nights.
amysaurus
09/24/08, 04:08 PM
I drink heavily, daily. I do go to UCSB though so it's kind of just the social norm.
BJW7191
09/27/08, 05:57 PM
last year here was my drinking sched:
mondays- nothing
tues- local bar has free pitchers of beer untill first keg runs out... average 2/3 pitchers apx 40 oz
wed- same local bar $5 all you can drink mixed drinks (excluding expensive liq.) from 9-12... average 4-6 cheap burboun & coke
thurs- nothing
friday- 12 pack with my friends to celebrate the weekend
sat- club. $2 select mixed drinks, 2 for 1 mixed drinks after 12... average 4/5 burbon cokes and 2 longnecks
only sunday i drink is for my bday
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