• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    What few people ever mention is … alcohol and sometimes drugs.

    Very few people imagine a party without some intoxicant. Even children’s parties, parents will give a party for the kids but the adults seperate themselves to enjoy a bit of alcohol.

    Just think of it … a party with 20 adults and no alcohol or drugs. Some people can do it but the majority of the population would avoid it.

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      10 months ago

      “Many respectable physicists said that they weren’t going to stand for this – partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn’t get invited to those sort of parties.”

      The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

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      10 months ago

      you’re just describing a LAN party or a DND session, nerds have had “parties” without alcohol or drugs for ages.

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        10 months ago

        I agree … Nerds and DND people sound like a sensible bunch because they actually go out of their way to have fun without intoxicants.

        What I’m talking about is the 90% of the population that can’t relate to other humans without getting a little drunk.

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          10 months ago

          DND table without at least one person being insufferable about the microbrew sour six-pack they brought challenge [IMPOSSIBLE}