30th March 2006, 6:56 PM
That's a lot of assumptions about us lazy. What reason do you have to think we are such terrible people with such motivations as that? It's rather insulting, and where's your evidence?
I don't drink alchohol because I know what sort of mental state I prefer to have and what the results of poisoning myself are. I do not state that those who do drink are "evil" for it. However, they are not acting logically. I simply wouldn't enjoy that, and I don't want to risk addiction. Further, you mention "stress" in a general term refering to effort exerted. Yes, my body grows tired, but I sleep to resolve that. My mind is something I manage without chemicals. I'm lucky in that I don't need medication as of yet (though it is likely in the future I may need to). Further, I have yet to have a single doctor or scientist recommend drinking two shots and calling them in the morning.
What sort of scientific studies verify that A: everyone has hidden stress they need to relieve, B: alchohol is the only way to relieve it and C: people who don't drink are simply cowards because drinking is an important part of living.
It's nice that you think you "used to think like us" and you label us as immature for not drinking, thinking we are some sort of "look at us, we don't drink and we are great people for it" (which I don't recall saying even once), but actually, it's not nice. It's just insulting. Unless you can back up what you have to say with evidence, sorry, I'm moving along.
By the way, I have a rich full life and don't feel the need to justify myself via a relationship. Further, how am I somehow a worse person just because I have yet to experience destitution? I've learned how to avoid such pitfalls in life. Why would I purposefully seek out a self destructive situation like being deep in debt? Being in debt has proven to be bad psychologically. Taking basic steps to avoid stresses like that, living "the easy life" (and yes, it is easier) makes for a happier person. I just find it annoying when people walk up to me and tell me I'm so depressed, based entirely on the fact that they know the only way to be happy is their way, and I'm not living like them, therefor I must be unhappy.
Do you actually think GR and myself are unhappy people? Do you look down on us for never having been in debt (because we actually know how to avoid it and would rather not have that experience)? Do you think we are missing out on what life is really about because we don't get intoxicated? I can reason my way past any tough situations. If I actually see a situation where I can logically expect getting drunk to accomplish a goal, I'll go for it.
Anyway, were you talking about that crazed German kid when you spoke of yelling at people for no reason over idiotic things? Do you honestly believe that if that person would just get drunk, he would "work up the courage" to confront the situation that's causing all that anger? What if it's not about a hidden anger (though it might be, I'm not sure, he might have been fired, or, from the looks of that house, just been expelled from skoo), but rather it's just about an immature person who hasn't learned to deal with certain situations? I'm fairly certain if you get Croyt drunk, all it will do is result in him not holding back when he hits his TV. At least SOME rational thought was still in that head, don't take it all away. Lowering inhibitions is not inherantly good either.
I don't drink alchohol because I know what sort of mental state I prefer to have and what the results of poisoning myself are. I do not state that those who do drink are "evil" for it. However, they are not acting logically. I simply wouldn't enjoy that, and I don't want to risk addiction. Further, you mention "stress" in a general term refering to effort exerted. Yes, my body grows tired, but I sleep to resolve that. My mind is something I manage without chemicals. I'm lucky in that I don't need medication as of yet (though it is likely in the future I may need to). Further, I have yet to have a single doctor or scientist recommend drinking two shots and calling them in the morning.
What sort of scientific studies verify that A: everyone has hidden stress they need to relieve, B: alchohol is the only way to relieve it and C: people who don't drink are simply cowards because drinking is an important part of living.
It's nice that you think you "used to think like us" and you label us as immature for not drinking, thinking we are some sort of "look at us, we don't drink and we are great people for it" (which I don't recall saying even once), but actually, it's not nice. It's just insulting. Unless you can back up what you have to say with evidence, sorry, I'm moving along.
By the way, I have a rich full life and don't feel the need to justify myself via a relationship. Further, how am I somehow a worse person just because I have yet to experience destitution? I've learned how to avoid such pitfalls in life. Why would I purposefully seek out a self destructive situation like being deep in debt? Being in debt has proven to be bad psychologically. Taking basic steps to avoid stresses like that, living "the easy life" (and yes, it is easier) makes for a happier person. I just find it annoying when people walk up to me and tell me I'm so depressed, based entirely on the fact that they know the only way to be happy is their way, and I'm not living like them, therefor I must be unhappy.
Do you actually think GR and myself are unhappy people? Do you look down on us for never having been in debt (because we actually know how to avoid it and would rather not have that experience)? Do you think we are missing out on what life is really about because we don't get intoxicated? I can reason my way past any tough situations. If I actually see a situation where I can logically expect getting drunk to accomplish a goal, I'll go for it.
Anyway, were you talking about that crazed German kid when you spoke of yelling at people for no reason over idiotic things? Do you honestly believe that if that person would just get drunk, he would "work up the courage" to confront the situation that's causing all that anger? What if it's not about a hidden anger (though it might be, I'm not sure, he might have been fired, or, from the looks of that house, just been expelled from skoo), but rather it's just about an immature person who hasn't learned to deal with certain situations? I'm fairly certain if you get Croyt drunk, all it will do is result in him not holding back when he hits his TV. At least SOME rational thought was still in that head, don't take it all away. Lowering inhibitions is not inherantly good either.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)