Scott Allan’s World

“If everyone stuck their head in the toilet, would you?” My dad used to say that to me all the time. I think it was instrumental in helping me to become a free thinker.

This post is for so-called “adults” who are already out of college but can’t seem to let go of it. We can’t really expect college kids to understand what it means to be responsible for anything including their own health or behavior. Yes, I was a typical college student once upon a time. I guess most students think getting drunk is something “everybody does” to fit in and appear more grown up, but its really a juvenile phase brought on by peer pressure that some just never grow out of. I know that my opinion is a bit puritanical and probably in the minority, but it’s my blog and I’ll say it anyways

Josh Gad (whoever that is) recently said that his co-star Kate Bosworth could “drink anyone under the table”. Wow. That’s so hot. What a skill. Her mother must be so proud. That’s the girl for me! I bet she’ll be a great mom and wife. I can’t wait to introduce her to my parents.

My opinion is that drinking alcohol should not be the primary focus of any event. If it is, you are just not very interesting. If you are unable to hold a conversation without suppressing your inhibitions and if you can’t find anything better to do, maybe some soul searching is needed. Hopefully you can be just as interesting with a bottle of water as a bottle of wine. I just love the people who have “drinking stories”. They can’t tell a story without including the amount they drank as some badge of honor. “…so I had about 8 beers, I was so wasted, and then…”

The expression “Let’s go out for drinks” should probably be re-prioritized to “Let’s go to dinner” or “Let’s go see a band” or “Let’s go somewhere and talk” or “Let’s go meet some women”. Sure you can have a drink doing these things, but it’s not the primary focus. Doesn’t that sound more grown up and productive?

To go out drinking simply for it’s own sake is ridiculous. As a small part of another activity I can understand such as a beer at a ball game, but drinking should not be a “sport” itself. A competition where one person boasts that they drank more than anyone else, lived to tell about it, yet can’t remember what happened is not really something to be proud of. It’s hopelessly juvenile. Good ol’ Kate got drunk to do a sex scene with Jim Sturgess (who?) and can’t remember any of it. That must have been fun. Let’s be honest, alcohol is a poison that works by depriving the brain of oxygen which leads to dehydration, light headedness, unpredictable behavior, poor reflexes, and really, really poor decision making.

How many women have gotten pregnant by drinking too much?

How many co-workers do you know have done something that they really regret and will never live it down?

Over the long run you end up with personality changes, lost brain cells, liver damage, a sexy beer gut, etc and you feel like crap the next day. Doesn’t really sound worth it to me.

I really hope my kids will have more sense than to use someone like Kate Bosworth or the other screwed up celebrities as a role model.

I am not a prohibitionist. I am a libertarian. You have the right to do whatever you want. You also have the right to be an idiot and a sheep. Good luck with that.