Students fill downtime with drunken, meaningless interactions
Parties are supposed to be social events where you meet new people and establish new connections. But when booze is involved, it changes everything.
When I walk into a party and everyone’s already drunk, I want to turn right around and leave. I go to parties hoping to converse and enjoy the company of others, but the only conversations I have are about how everyone is so drunk that they can’t comprehend anything, and how that’s just so funny.
There’s nothing wrong with getting a little tipsy, but in large quantities, alcohol ruins social gatherings.
People like to talk about their drunkenness so much they’ll even bring it up the next day.
“Timmy got so drunk last night. It was crazy, we had to carry him home because he was too intoxicated to walk.” This makes me want to puke. People act as though they’re actually proud that they aren’t mature and responsible enough to make it home safely. But the truth is that they were too insecure to just be themselves and enjoy the night. Why can’t they be sober and still have fun without endangering themselves?
Before college, I never went to parties because none of my friends drank. Instead, we would play board games, go to concerts, have adventures around town and generally enjoy each other’s company. When you get trashed you don’t get to enjoy other people, you only enjoy the feeling that alcohol gives you and the fake friendliness that comes with it.
So instead of spending another Saturday morning hung over, why don’t you spend it reflecting on the nice Friday night you had with your friends?
Contact Campus Press Staff Photographer Morgan Hofmann at morgan.hofmann@colorado.edu
