Don't Hate The Hater, Hate The Hate! - - - - Part 16

[Figs]

Also, for the "Alcohol is poison!" crowd. For every drunk *******s, there's 20 people who drink and don't destroy their lives or the lives of others.

 

[wiegeabo]

I hate when people look at a newborn baby and can already tell how much they look like the mother or father.

How can you already tell just by looking at a shriveled wrinkly little face who's facial features haven't developed yet?

It can.

They just shouldn't be surprised if it changes day to day.

 

[ComicChick]

I understand that, but don't expect pity and a pat on the back from the unemployed.

i wasn't

 

[Darthphere]

Hey squirrel, I got a job bro, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You don't, eat a Richard dawg!

 

[Anubis]

Heh, nice.

I kinda love my job by the way.

But I have had crap jobs, and I've been unemployed for a long stretch of time. As I have the beauty of perspective, I can honestly say: quit your damn b***hin'.

It sucks not having a job. Waking up every morning not knowing where you're next dollar is gonna come. Will your Unemployment benefits last? Will you have to go on stamps? Will you lose your home? These are bad things.

But you know what sucks? Having a really bad job and not being able to do a damn thing about it. You can't quit cuz you need it. If the pay is bad then you're not much better off than if you were getting by with unemployment beneies. You can try to find a job, but if you use the current crap job as a reference, you might get in hot water with some asshat supervisor or outright sabotaged.

I'm not sayin' it's worse, but it's definitely as stressful as not having a job.

 

[bullets]

My whole thing about alcohol is how it changes certain people. Like part of the reason why I stopped hanging around with most of my friends was because on any given day, at any given time, I couldn't tell whether they were sober or they had been drinking. For me that was always a problem because I always try to be myself and open and honest with people regardless of how well I know them, so I expect the same from others. But it was hard to tell things like whether they were happy around me because they enjoyed my company or if it was because the alcohol made them very cheery. Like I never really knew where their heads were at and how honest they were being at times, so it just made me uncomfortable. Same thing around girls who I couldn't tell whether they were flirting with me because they liked me or if it was the alcohol making them like that.

I know alcohol is supposed to take away your inhibitions and make you feel loose and less tense, but when it gets to the point where you feel like you need a drink to be a certain way, then its a problem. Like after two of my friends broke up, the girl starting drinking more because she felt like that was the only way to dull the pain, but it never made the problem go away and it only got worse for her.

I can go from one extreme to the next when I'm drunk. If someone brings a bad memory I can turn into a mess. Other times I'm extremely nice and have a great time. So there's reason why I don't like drinking very often. It's ok to do that every once in a while , but no one should make it part of their lifestyle. There's also various health concerns besides how it may affect a person's social life.

I used to party every weekend and would make tons of friends. In the end most of them were just people to party with. I've lost touch with most of them since moving and deleting myspace.

 

[SpideyVille]

I can go from one extreme to the next when I'm drunk. If someone brings a bad memory I can turn into a mess. Other times I'm extremely nice and have a great time. So there's reason why I don't like drinking very often. It's ok to do that every once in a while , but no one should make it part of their lifestyle. There's also various health concerns besides how it may affect a person's social life.

I used to party every weekend and would make tons of friends. In the end most of them were just people to party with. I've lost touch with most of them since moving and deleting myspace.

Yeah, most of the friends that I was hanging out with were theater kids, so I would go with them to the bar by our school once a week after some rehearsal just because I felt it was important to stay on good terms and be close with them. But after I graduated and felt like I needed to be mature and focus on adult issues, I quickly realized that I couldn't do it anymore, and I didn't have the obligation to since I was no longer acting.

But I stopped by a few times and heard that things had gotten worse and that now they found an apartment to drink at just about every day, and if they would go to the bar, they would bring their own stuff which was really pissing off the bartender who owned the place. I didn't directly cut them off myself, but I did notice that a lot of people became very distance and I assume that it was because I was no longer in the clique and because I never joined in the drinking/smoking. But it really made me question how real any of those friendships were.

 

[Darthphere]

I have no idea what kind of drunk I am because I've never been drunk. Like I said, I don't see the point.

 

[SpideyVille]

Yeah, I don't see the appeal of it either. But there was this one time last year where I finally tried it because my best friend ordered me some shots and I really liked her so I did it for her. We were talking that night in the bar and she started opening up about some serious stuff and she seemed so vulnerable, but the only thought in my mind was that I wanted to make out with her.

After that, I knew it wasn't for me because I would've ended up doing something that I would've regretted in the morning. But somehow, there are people that go out looking for that to happen on purpose.

 

[ComicChick]

If you already liked her, hadn't you thought of making out with her before prior to drinking?

 

[SpideyVille]

If you already liked her, hadn't you thought of making out with her before prior to drinking?

It was weird because in some ways, I felt like it was bad for me to have feelings for her because I knew it would go nowhere. I kept trying to deny the attraction because and spent countless hours trying to convince others (and myself) that I didn't have feelings for her because I truly enjoyed the friendship and I knew that what we both wanted were completely different things and I would have actually jeopardized that friendship if I did something. Although that friendship eventually broke down months later for other reasons, but it made me even more glad that I didn't try anything with her.

 

[bullets]

I have no idea what kind of drunk I am because I've never been drunk. Like I said, I don't see the point.

The point is to make an ass out of yourself. At least that's how I took it.

 

[Anita18]

If you already liked her, hadn't you thought of making out with her before prior to drinking?

Yeah, from observing my drunk friends, alcohol just breaks down their inhibitions. It doesn't make them different people, it just brings out more of what they are. All of my friends were extremely happy drunks. I only knew one guy who was an aggressive drunk, but he was already that way sober, so....

I've never gotten drunk. I'm a tiny Asian woman. The line between feeling happy drunk and feeling like total s*** is likely very very thin with me. I have another tiny Asian friend who weighs more than me and sometimes pukes after one glass of wine. We do not hold our alcohol well!

 

[Anita18]

Also, my car was drive-by egged as it was parked at the farmer's market today. I'm not really mad about my car being egged (although I probably should wash it now), I'm mad about the waste of perfectly good food!

 

[The Original Bamfer]

I hate how much I'm liking the idea of going to rehab.

 

[Manic]

Well thanks, Hate Thread. I now feel guilty about drinking on the weekend.

*throws away bottle of pinot noir*

 

[The Original Bamfer]

I'm still going to drink. I'm still going to drink a lot.

 

[Anubis]

Well thanks, Hate Thread. I now feel guilty about drinking on the weekend.

*throws away bottle of pinot noir*

Then you were never committed to the game of drink if you let these lame assess guilt you out of the devil's nectar.

 

[zeroapoc]

I'm still going to drink. I'm still going to drink a lot.

Same here. These teetotalers need to relax.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I drink a lot, but then again it's when I'm at my college I drink a lot. I don't see myself drinking as much as often when I graduate.

As for others, it's like Darth said. For every dumbass, there's 20 who aren't being a dumbass.

 

[Anita18]

I hate how much I'm liking the idea of going to rehab.

Why do you hate it? It'll be a new beginning for you.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

Why do you hate it? It'll be a new beginning for you.

It was a massive internal battle to decide whether to go or not, and I thought that, if I decided to go, I'd feel weak for not trying to do it on my own. Reality is, I don't have all the tools I need to stay sober, so that's what made me decide to go. I never expected I'd be okay with it, let alone happy, but I am. My life for the past four years has been hell, and I've damaged so many loved ones... so, you're right; it is a new beginning.

 

[Anita18]

It was a massive internal battle to decide whether to go or not, and I thought that, if I decided to go, I'd feel weak for not trying to do it on my own. Reality is, I don't have all the tools I need to stay sober, so that's what made me decide to go. I never expected I'd be okay with it, let alone happy, but I am. My life for the past four years has been hell, and I've damaged so many loved ones... so, you're right; it is a new beginning.

Rehab is going to give you tools. That's not weak, it's smart.

 

[Anubis]

Not to mention all the recovering sex addicts you'll meet.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I drink a lot, but then again it's when I'm at my college I drink a lot. I don't see myself drinking as much as often when I graduate.

As for others, it's like Darth said. For every dumbass, there's 20 who aren't being a dumbass.

Careful, spider hyphen aziz may feel the need to "save" you