The Clog from OzDoes drinking make other people interesting?
September 25th 2006 04:35
“I drink to make other people interesting." - George Jean Nathan.
George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) was the leading American drama critic of his time. Between 1905 and 1958 he published thirty-four books on the theatre, co-edited The Smart Set and The American Mercury with H. L. Mencken, and practiced "destructive" theatre criticism. I think we can all relate to this quote. I reckon even the most boring people can sound interesting after you have (& to a greater extent – if they have) had a few drinks.
Alcohol just seems to help lighten things up. Because the substance makes us lose our inhibitions – those feelings that prevent us doing or saying stupid things – we feel more relaxed and other things seem more interesting than they actually should.
I was at a party the other night all these high-tech geeks found it absolutely amazing that they could shock themselves with this toy. Each person holds a trigger and when a light flashes they had to quickly press their button. The last person to do so received a most uncomfortable shock. This all seemed to be pretty hilarious to the geeks holding the triggers, even to the shockee after he got over the pain from the shock!
My sober friend and I looked on in amazement. Why would these nerds want to do this? Why would they want to risk shocking themselves all for a few cheap laughs? Maybe it was because their drunkeness numbed their limbs, or maybe it was because the alcohol made the concept ot shocking each other just so fascinating?
Either way – it was pretty funny to watch!
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George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) was the leading American drama critic of his time. Between 1905 and 1958 he published thirty-four books on the theatre, co-edited The Smart Set and The American Mercury with H. L. Mencken, and practiced "destructive" theatre criticism. I think we can all relate to this quote. I reckon even the most boring people can sound interesting after you have (& to a greater extent – if they have) had a few drinks.
Alcohol just seems to help lighten things up. Because the substance makes us lose our inhibitions – those feelings that prevent us doing or saying stupid things – we feel more relaxed and other things seem more interesting than they actually should.
Hmmm... should we prolong this interesting conversation with another drink?
I was at a party the other night all these high-tech geeks found it absolutely amazing that they could shock themselves with this toy. Each person holds a trigger and when a light flashes they had to quickly press their button. The last person to do so received a most uncomfortable shock. This all seemed to be pretty hilarious to the geeks holding the triggers, even to the shockee after he got over the pain from the shock!
My sober friend and I looked on in amazement. Why would these nerds want to do this? Why would they want to risk shocking themselves all for a few cheap laughs? Maybe it was because their drunkeness numbed their limbs, or maybe it was because the alcohol made the concept ot shocking each other just so fascinating?
Either way – it was pretty funny to watch!
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Comment by Ailene
Comment by RachDegab
But I think most of the time, this is a bad thing - leading to saying or doing things you shouldn't have said/done.. no tact or discretion... but usually no-one's paying strict attention anyway, and whatever happens could possibly be seen as outrageously funny instead!
RachDegab