Why do people open up their heart to you when they are drunk?

[TK421]

What is it about alcohol that makes the tongue loose...do you have an explanation for this?

[LostInAnomie]

1. Alcohol lowers your inhibitions.

[TK421]

4. I don't have any inhibitions...that I know of, but others that I know

different story there....too much info and can't get into it now but heavy shit

[Lucian]

2. They don't call it "liquid courage" for nothing.

[TK421]

5. Hmmmfff...as witnessed by yours truly at many bars

sitting there....minding my own business...I believe I have posted this before, although you may not have seen it....starting new sentence.

One night I was at a bar with a good friend of mine ( he had just finalized his divorce ) so he was kind of down that night...he had said that he wondered if it was something to do with him, and that wasn't the case at all..his wife was a psycho. So we left the conversation at that, and we started to drink..............................................a lot.

The head waitress ( that was her title ) kept asking us for information...but there really wasn't any to give...we weren't about to go into the back room with this girl..we were just there to get a buzz and watch hot girls.

When we were totally buzzed he admitted that he hasn't gotten along with his ex for at least 2 years BEFORE they divorced...then I found out about how PHYSICALLY abusive she became towards him...and then the marriage just had to be called off.....the girl was a psycho....

Now? He holds a full time job and also runs a side job selling t-shirts...and makes a damn good living off of that profit!!!

[BikeWriter]

7. "then I found out about how PHYSICALLY abusive she became towards him"

You know my wives, right?

[TK421]

10. How about hitting him repeatedly on the head with a cast-iron frying pan

does that count?

[BikeWriter]

15. I have a friend who did that after she came home from work...

to find a woman in her bed with her husband, She threw the biotch out nekkid, burned her clothes in the front yard, and called the cops telling them there was a nude woman in her yard. When her husband told her in front of the cops he was going to kick her ass she nailed him with her skillet, sending him to the ER. The cops knew the guy and didn't file anything on her.

[TK421]

18. This is what I'm talking about...this marriage made my friend unstable for a while

everything turned out great, though. Your friends situation sounded like a sticky one indeed...

[TK421]

11. Here's another one!

They had six cats....the ex-wife used to tie-down the longhairs ( at least two of them...one a Persian ) and hold them down to the ground and brush them viciously until that cat screamed ( and I had to listen to that, even during visits ).

[DarkTirade]

3. Because, man... because... you know what?

You know what? REally... you know what?

:puke:

Oh... shit... sorry about your shoes.

[TK421]

8. Oh this internet shit..I'm losing patience with it.....I don't know what the hell you mean by that

what the hell does that mean?

[TK421]

12. I'm barefoot right now...what did you mean about my shoes?

[TK421]

19. Well...what did you mean by that?

[petronius]

21. I believe was giving a humorous impression of a drunk person communicating

Alcohol-lubricated maundering followed by puking on your shoes, although I suspect the 'you' in the shoes was meant to be general rather than specific.

(Just my guess; I can't speak for the poster...)

[TK421]

23. I guessed it, but didn't assume it

so easy an assumption to be made on an internet message board such as this..but knowing the poster he is one cool dude and not a DARKSIDED SLYSLNNEEKA@!!!!!#!##

[TK421]

30. You puked on my Doc Martens you fucking bastard!!!!!

[DarkTirade]

31. ... you sure? I don't 'member doin' that.

Ooooh, man... my head...
:hangover:

[BikeWriter]

6. Psychoanalyzing them gives bartenders something to do.

[TK421]

9. Bartenders ALWAYS have something better to do with their time....it seems

I have spoken to many of them....and it kind of makes you ashamed whenever you order a drink from a certain establishment.

[Tom Kitten]

13. basically too much alcohol fucks a person up and throws their judgement out the window

This has been known since Biblical times...after the ark landed Noah got drunk on wine and passed out and boy were his sons offended when they saw their daddy laying there naked shooting the Zs!

[TK421]

14. Does it take a perfect stranger to go up to another perfect stranger and

want to know every intimate detail about that stranger, and vice-versa? The other party...should they comply? This society we live in is so fucked up...I don't think people realize how much they are fucked today.....

[Tom Kitten]

17. I hear you, and it doesn't take alcohol anymore...

Since my car died last week I've been taking the bus...

[TK421]

20. That must be hell n/t

[TK421]

16. I'm going to be honest here....If I had the chance, every single one of you motherfuckers

would be wiped clean off the face of this planet...

Clean....done....finished, and a fine work it would be.

Because, I really think that humans are SCUM that have accumulated on this planet much like plaque accumulates on your teeth...you know it's there, and you don't bother to get rid of the stuff until it poses a threat to your dental health ( your dentist will tell you the same thing..come on...you're stupid enough to listen to that guy )?

Human race.....why don't you...just....DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tom Kitten]

22. And here I was being nice

You really bring me down, I never mentioned my teeth, I hope you don't go on a shooting spree.

[TK421]

24. No offense..please, but I have the Watchmen movie in my head right now

has nothing at all to do with what you posted....no quotes from me. Have you seen the movie?

[TK421]

25. Oh...and I suppose I'm channeling Rorschach.........

if that makes a difference

[Tom Kitten]

26. Rorshach? That's OK then

For awhile I was worried there... Haven't seen the movie yet but it looks really good...

[TK421]

28. You really should see it...it is fantastic, but I really recommend reading the novel first

just to get the back-story. The movie is 2 hours 45 minutes long....almost HALF of what the novel is!

I keep telling people read the novel FIRST to gain a greater understanding of what you just saw onscreen!!!!!! GODDAMMIT!!!!!! READ THE FUCKING NOVEL!!!!!!!!!!!The movie leaves out SO-FUCKING-MUCH!!!!!!!!!!! You have no idea of the back-stories of the Silk Spectre and Night Owl. You have no idea what role Moloch ( The Mystic, masterfully portrayed by Matt Frewer who was also Max Headroom for you geeks out there ) truly played unless you read the fucking novel!!!!!! NOBODY wants to read books nowadays!!!!!!!! WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????? This novel was, in my opinion a masterpiece....and I was never a comic fan.

[TK421]

29. Rorschach is a character much like Batman

He is very human....just wears a mask and goes out fighting crime....what is interesting about Rorschach is he doesn't have as many gadgets as Batman does, but he is twice as insane as Batman ever imagined he could be....Rorschach just went out there and kicked vigilante ass...no matter what the cost. Yes..he had a very disturbed childhood, but that is also part of what made him what he is now ( or at that time ). Rorschach is my favorite character in this movie....but read the novel if you haven't already

[Rabrrrrrr]

40. Ah, yes, the gin-based drunk.

:rofl:

[TK421]

42. Hey!

:hi: Bombay Sapphire..nothing but the best

When are we getting together for those martinis?

[TK421]

27. Okay...so why do so many people want to get laid?

not even when they are drunk, mind you..but why do people feel that urge then?


edited to add: I suspect some Captain Morgans might be at work here!!!!$ Or how about some Stolichnaya Vodka!!!!!#@#$$$ you people go for that shit, right?

[Midlodemocrat]

32. No idea. I just know that I really, really love you, man. Like totally.

[TK421]

38. Awwwww

:D you're not...drunk, are you?

[hobbit709]

33. In vino, veritas.

[Orsino]

34. Because they LOVE you, man! n/t

[applegrove]

35. I am someone who is really quiet and repressed. Alcohol gave me wings.

I would talk alot and say all the things I couldn't say when sober. Ideas would be flowing and so would my emotions.

[TK421]

44. Same here, I think n/t

[Nikia]

36. I read somewhere that alcohol is the best "truth drug"

The military tried to develop "truth drugs" to use on captured prisioners. After trying various hallucinogens, tranquilizers, and other drugs, they discovered alcohol was the best. Alcohol impairs judgement and one of the biggest regular judgements that people make is what to say and what not to say.

[TK421]

39. Something about that statement is really creepy

but I guess it beats waterboarding :shrug:

[x-g.o.p.er]

37. It's truth serum

[TK421]

45. What I have found is many people will just come out and say shit that is on

their mind that they normally wouldn't say, but I suppose that they may not mean what they say when they are drunk...what I'm saying is, they could misconstrue a conversation completely ( this has happened a few times ) where the other person is confused when the topic of conversation goes OFF-topic. I have had that happen a few times with myself...we were talking about one thing and ended up talking about another thing altogether and the other person ends up confused as to what we were originally talking about :rofl: drink is a funny thing, indeed, especially when one of the people involved in the conversation goes off on a tangent about something entirely different

[SPKrazy]

41. Disinhibition

defenses drop

but truth is distorted by the drug alcohol

so it really isn't opening up in a truly intimate or real way.

Some may argue with this but I don't care because I know of which I speak :D

[TK421]

46. I have to agree with you on that point, Lounge Emperor

you're not really opening up in an intimate way...you don't have full control of your mental faculties at that point...so no..it is not "real". If that person regrets what they said the night before, for example...then the sentiment was not really there to begin with..just the emotion brought on by an alcohol buzz. Although, the people witness to this may think otherwise..I get what you are saying.

[Xipe Totec]

43. El Vino - Alberto Cortez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9MXMUj9h-Y


Sometimes wine can bring out
things that a man would keep quiet;
things that should only be said
when a man drinks plain water.

He reaches deep into his chest,
behind the silent veil of his soul
and starts to give them voices
and turns them into words.

Sometimes he pulls out a sorrow,
and like all sorrows, it's bitter;
and on a fiery stage,
he makes the sorrow dance barefoot.

Dance after dance it grows,
until the wine is gone
and then the sorrow becomes,
a silence of the soul once again.

Sometimes wine can bring out
things that a man would keep quiet...


Things that burn you inside,
things that rot the soul
with downcast eyes,
and faces hidden in shame.


Wine then releases
a bravery that's lost,
and disguises men as valiant,
as if by artful magic...

Then they become... bullies,
until the wine is gone.
between the killer and the coward,
all that's stands is a hangover.


Sometimes wine can bring out
things that a man would keep quiet...

Wine changes things like a prism
when it is most needed
by those that carry their guilt
like a cross on their back.


The whore sees herself pure,
like she was as a maiden
and the cheated spouse haggles
over the worth of his betrayal.

And everything is colored
with... simulated chastity,
Because, when the wine is gone
they wake up in the same bed.


Sometimes wine can bring out
things that a man would keep quiet...


But... How beautiful wine can be!
the one shared at the home
of one that carries no guilt
and has his soul still intact.


One whose hand never trembles,
when he holds a guitar.
One surrounded by friends,
with nights to spend freely.

One whose face always shows,
when he's troubled by regrets...
One who drinks wine, simply, as wine,
and drinks water as water.