I am young and enjoy the cold taste of a beautifully poured Guinness, or the smokiness of a good whiskey. I enjoy camaraderie. I enjoy bars as places of comfort and meeting grounds. I enjoy going out to meet friends, potential partners or just simply going out by myself to have a pint after a hard day.
I think we all have our own ways of going out, and while respectable I don't have to like all of them. There are many things I avoid while out drinking. I hardly ever go to clubs, I try to avoid certain types of bars and I try to limit the shot intake to a minimum, among others.
However, there are two things people do while on a night excursion that absolutely blow the lid off my brain. I absolutely dislike these two things and just wanted to share them with you:
Never "Pregame": I absolutely abhor this practice. I should be banned. Whoever engages in this behavior should be taken out back and shot in the head, cause they simply are a waste of space. I hate the word and everything else behind this practice.
I just don't get the fucking point. Someone please explain to me, why am I to go to someone's house, start drinking, get fairly tipsy and then decide that it is a good-enough idea to go out?
I mean, if I want to go out and have fun, why in Beelzebub's good name would I want to show up at a bar/club fairly touched already? I mean, are these people so utterly uninteresting and unbelievably timid that they need liquid courage even before they arrive at a bar?
I just don't get the point. May be I was cut with different scissors, but if I am going out, the thought of leaving my house, going to a friend's and then going out from there seems idiotic. Why can't I just leave from my own place and meet my friends at the last destination? It's double the travel for the same amount of fun. Furthermore, why is it so appealing to cram into your body as many vodka tonics as you can within a one hour period?
Another issue I have with this is, once these neanderthals finish "pregaming", they take to the streets in vociferous hordes of assholes. They are already tipsy so it is okay for them to scream down the street? What kind of fucking behavior is that? Why can't you fucking be an educated drunk, a human being, and not bother people? Why do you have to be an asshole, behave like a monkey, and then turn belligerently towards someone that doesn't agree and is not willing to put up with your crass, unacceptable and uncalled for imbecility?
For all of you who "pregame", I'm sorry. I just don't get the fucking point and would never partake in such a ridiculous event.
Don't play idiotic drinking games: (i.e. Fuck beer pong and other similar games)Drinking shouldn't be punishment. What's the fun on having to inhale extreme quantities of shitty beer in a very limited window of time? Am I supposed to be encouraged to have fun by playing this game? What good can come from you drinking ten of cups of piss-water beer within half an hour?
I have played drinking games with friends but I must admit I have only played beer pong twice.
I really hate this game,
me dispiace, lo odio etc. This game is just absolutely ridiculous.
Let's try to find out the point of this game. So I have to get the other player to drink ten cups of beer before he gets me to do it? The "loser" of the game, not only is out but they are also drunker. They are punished by drinking?
Call me old-fashioned, but for me a good drinking session is an enjoyable time, not something I need to take as punishment. If I am drinking I do it out of pleasure. I want to drink something that tastes good at my own pace. I want to have a good conversation or at least be able to think. To me, drinking is not a competition to see who can get "fucked up" faster while drinking the worse garbage they can ingest (I mean,
Natty Ice and such beers are what
beer-pongers live on).
I have been to bars with beer-pong tables in them and have seen more fights there, than at old-school dive bars. It is unreal how this game turns seemingly normal individuals into complete animals.
Finally, I don't know If I can accept whether there are any real winners in this game. I rather believe that society and humanity both lose a little whenever this game is played. This are mere opinions of things I hate about drinking. Try not to take offense if you are an avid "pregamer" or beer-pong aficionado.
Is there anything that you can't stand about going out drinking?
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Comments (39)
Haha I agree with you on the beer pong. It's so lame.
Pregaming doesn't make much sense to me also... I don't drink because I'm under 21 and don't have much of a desire to (I am excited to try a mudslide one day though!) but I hate drunkenness. My dad made me hate it.
Eh.
I only enjoy drinking games because I don't participate, I watch. And watching is so hilarious.
people tell me they pregame because taking 4 shots of vodkha at home is less pricier than 4 shots paid at a bar......
basically they are trying to be cheap....while still able to have drunken blissful fun
meh i dont bother .....pregaming is stupid kinda to me, but its a personal choice to others....esp during this recession...
beer pong that ive seen played among friends at house parties...arent bad...its fun...no ones ever broken into a fight there...that i have seen...
putting that kind of a game in a public scenario of course would bring more fights....
dude, sorry. you sound like no fun at all.
i pregame because i can only afford to get one drink or so at a bar. so we take shots at a friend's house, and the DD takes us to the bar. i also enjoy drinking games because it's far more fun than just sitting around drinking like i'm some alcoholic. drinking for me is not an activity, it's something to do while doing other activities (watching sports, playing drinking games, etc.).
no offense, but you're a bit of a jackass and rude. i don't care whether you enjoy either practice, but lose the ego. being around stuck up people like you when i'm trying to have fun are what i hate about drinking, personally.
Pregaming really is all about not spending as much money. Drinking at a bar can get really expensive. I kind am over the whole let's just get drunk mentality. It fucked up my grades in college and left me with some health problems. When I do drink we tone down the drinking games so as to not waste the experience and fun by winding up shit-faced in 30 minutes. As for beer-pong there are so many things to not like about this game. First up the crappy "beer" they use literally won't stay in my stomach (while I can drink liquor or other beer just fine) I drink this puke and go about my business. Second of all, the germs that are all over the ball, especially when played outside, grass and other things in my beer just do not sound like fun to me.
Personally I prefer to go out for drinks and an app. with some friends and just enjoy the company. Maybe thats the wisdom that comes after years of just getting drunk.
Wow, it's one thing to dislike and avoid doing something. It's quite another thing to be such a snob and let it make you that angry that not everyone is as classy as you are. Yeah, drunks can be obnoxious but you know what? If they don't pregrame chances are they'll probably be obnoxious later on anyway. Another thing, if you don't like drinking games soo much then don't play them! I'm going to go ahead and guess that you don't hang out with a lot of people who do either of these things that you despise so much so why do you even care about drinking games? I guess my argument just boils down to this: Get over yourself.
the only thing i hate when i go out drinking is that one obnoxious guy that thinks he's the shit and starts fights. i went to a party last night and of course there were drunken guys full of testosterone and 4 fights broke out... it's soooo annoying.
i don't drink, and my thought process is pretty much the same as yours. nice use of Italian, by the way. :]
I pregame because;
a) I'm underage.
b) Skint.
Simple.
@Darla@lovelyish - I agree with you, once you have been drinking for a long time, you tend to enjoy the little things about drinking and place more importance on hanging out with your friends and talking than to the inevitability of getting drunk. It all can boil to a question of age. An educated drinker is enjoyable...
@too_pretty_to_die@xanga - I fully understand the economics of drinking, and I overlooked its mention in the article. I guess I am spoil cause i live in New York and there are too many pocket-friendly options. When you can go into a bar and order a beer and shot of Jameson for 6 bucks or 5 Shots of anything for ten bucks your perspectives change.
However, places that have those deals tend to be annoying because they are places where people go to get fucked up.
If this was a question of ego or me being a snob like someone mentioned I wouldn't publicize it here.
These are just things that don't go along with my particular way of drinking, maybe I'm older and prefer to do other things while out drinking, it is that simple.
@Cristina - I do know people that engage in this behavior and have been close friends of mine for many years, and that is why I have certain knowledge of these situations. I hang out with anyone that I can tolerate, but if my friends are doing either of this I have more friends I can hang out with and choose to do so, unless it's one of their bdays and I have to put up with it.
I don't expect everyone to behave the same way I do, cause that's an impossibility, but I would very much appreciate a certain level of humanity from people. Just have the deference to keep their bullshit away from where I am having my own kind of fun.
I was the kind of person that would go out 4 days a week for
years, raved for 24 hours, slept for 6 and then was out again, but
that's not me anymore. I still do a rave here and there, but I much prefer to sit down with interesting people and actually get to
know them and not have to scream over a bunch of drunks just to ask a
question.
Again, this is just me and my opinions, so take them with a grain of salt. I am not here to tell you how to live your lives. I am simply here to provide an opinion, whether you like it or not, its up to you and will be determined by your experiences, likes and dislikes.
Thanks for reading, and have a drink on me folks.
i do both of those things.
i like to get reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally druunk
@itwaswritteninblood@xanga - to each their own. Watch out for the shadows at night...
Yes I do agree with you on wanting to have a nostalgic environment to enjoy a nice brew. I have to say my new favorite is Fat Tire. Wow nothing goes down better than Fat Tire on draft! Though I have to say I've only played beer pong once...it was not as fun as it's cracked up to be. I would way rather try to do things like challenge myself to skateboard while being intoxicated. I <3 skateboarding and it's always fun to show up to the park and feel like you can conquer the world of skating. Though this sounds a tid bit dangerous it can be a lot of fun :P What you hate it sounds like is just college kid's in general. Everyone grows out of that. Though there are always exceptions.
making too big of a deal out if this really, maybe some of us don't always like to sit at a bar and stare at each other while having a good drink. we want something fun to play while we do it, and if you can't afford nice beer for drinking games... than ..shit.. can't help, why not try to instead of focusing on the "punishment" of the games, but instead the fun you have playing
most pregamers are college students & we're broke, so yeah, we're cheap and get tipsy & then exit to get to the club or wherever we're going. i thoroughly enjoy it.
oh yeah, the whole underage bit makes it a bit harder to drink while we're out too, just saying.
and despite my neanderthal-ish tendency of pregaming, i'm a very well behaved drunk, thank you. i think what type of drunk you are is definitely not related to whether you pregame or not.
& drinking games are fun to me, depending on the game. i'm not a huge beer pong fan, but i games like "have you ever" & whatnot. they're thoroughly entertaining.
but likewise; to each their own. no need to be rude about it.
@NewYorkbebe07@xanga - You would think that most pregamers are college students, but you would be surprised at how many people on their late twenties do this as well. Sometimes when I was living my apartment to go out at say 10 or 10:30 pm, I would have to ride the elevator down with several groups of young professionals, clearly more than tipsy and quite loud.
It is a practice non-exclusive to college students. That's a great misconception.
I played my fair share of drinking games (with cards and dice) when i was younger and had some good times, but I never played a drinking game at a bar. That's something you do in the privacy of your own home or on trips with your friends.
I agree against pre-gaming only for the fact that I don't condone drunk driving. However it sounds like you don't like to have fun while your drinking. Drinking games are meant for a group of people to have fun. Of course I suppose you wouldn't like them if your a lightweight. Of course you don't have to have drinking games every time you drink but it's fun to have a party. I think you just need to loosen up and have some fun while your drinking.
@Bluekiller2025@xanga -
2 things:
First, There are other ways to have fun than just by playing drinking games. I don't get how people equate not liking drinking games to not liking to have fun while out drinking. That assumption is baffling.
Second, I wish I was a lightweight, I would save a lot of money and my hangovers would be more controllable.
Well you sound a little dull...I like to drink before I go to places because its way cheaper than paying 9 dollars for 1 shot of vodka. And drinking games are fun, it's not really punishment. I actually want to drink in these games! Games just make things more fun. But if you don't like those things there's nothing wrong with that, and I don't think there's anything wrong with me either.
@LuisS - well I didn't say you yourself was a light weight. I was saying that most people who are light weights don't like drinking games cuz they can't finish them most of the time without getting drunk. Also what else can you do while drinking that is fun besides games. And no I'm not talking about just hanging out and talking or stuff like that. I'm talking about things that involve acholol that is fun to do. Cuz the only other things I can think of is karaoke.
Recovering alcoholics in a group go out to a bar and have a little fun...Hey, it's not alcoholism if you're with friends! Am I right?
Ba-dum-psh! ...
@MissPixieGlitter@xanga - lmao right?
Pregamings fun because..idk its not the bar yet and you spend time with your friends. Have fun, play some BP. Beer pong is awsome because if noone feels like doing something mentally active like playing a card game, you just play beer pong! its fun. Who just wants to sit around doing nothing and drink?
I hate all people who don't drink for the same reasons as I do, or drink in the same manner as I do.
someone clearly never went to college.