Binge Drinking [Archive] - Beastie Boys Message Board

Qdrop

11-28-2005, 09:10 AM

How do you mean am I serious?

I don't know if other nations like to binge drink like the UK.

yes, only the British have discovered the effects of drinking too much alcohol at one sitting....

lucky them.

Kid Presentable

11-28-2005, 09:13 AM

I imagine it's not so big in the poorer parts of Africa.

Australians consumed the most alcohol in the world per capita in 2001.

I think binge drinking in pubs is definitely going to change here. Unlike New Zealand, our new non-smoking bars policy has been kicking in gradually. When it takes full effect it may alter the way people enjoy alcohol. Ie, they may spend more time at home drinking.

If that doesn't have any effect, I feel that most government response to Drink-Driving and other motoring offenses is making it harder for people to drink at the pub, and it might encourage them to drink at home, where they don't have to get to anywhere afterwards.

Then again, looking at bigger establishments you see tons of people out on the tiles. But perhaps the drug scene will alter how many of them are actually 'on the piss'.

Irrespective, the need to drink alcohol at an alarmingly unhealthy rate and quantity is too much for most to fight. What would you do if you couldn't forget, right?

Binge drinking by myself and countless others has been thoroughly 'Researched.' :rolleyes:

fucktopgirl

11-28-2005, 09:17 AM

hahaha that funny,like american dont binge in drinking hahah

well here in canada its happen,let me tell you.!

Kid Presentable

11-28-2005, 09:19 AM

It's the media in the UK making a big deal of the situation, like they are the only ones in the world who drink too much.

I noticed your pubs breed a more sociable form of binge drinking; everybody's getting fucked up, but they all know each other. It's like an actual piss up.

Then in your clubs, people are pouring down shots every ten minutes.

I suppose it happens everywhere, but the poms make drinking a trade.

The Greeks I spent time with were long talkers, and you'd be fucked up before you realised you'd downed a bottle of ouzo and six Mythos. That was on a goat farm, though.

Kiwi students, man I drank every night of the week. 10 dollars for some rank vodka, 10 more for some awful beer. Spend $140 of a $156 student payment, and live off hot chips for food.

Choice.

icy manipulator

11-28-2005, 09:22 AM

well i think it's safe to say that australian's drink Bundy rum like a Russian would drink vodka. we are binge lords

TonsOfFun

11-28-2005, 10:00 AM

You've misunderstood me.

I mean, I know the Russians and Fins drink all the damn time - probably to keep warm. Aussie don't binge drink cus they drink a lot every day, same with the Irish and Germans. Americans cannot drink. Thus all not binge drinking.

A lot of Brits drink a hell of a lot one day a week and cannot handle it = binge drinking.

We all know the effects of alcohol and I wasn't asking if anyone else has experienced them. I was just wondering if people 'binged' on booze where you are?

icy manipulator

11-28-2005, 10:04 AM

yeah well we just drink alot then because we must have balls of steel. the only time i have thrown up from drinking is when i had a triple shot of absinthe, but that should reallyy make any man yak

Tzar

11-28-2005, 10:08 AM

yeah well we just drink alot then because we must have balls of steel. the only time i have thrown up from drinking is when i had a triple shot of absinthe, but that should reallyy make any man yak
i was open to some absinthe this weekend. didn't have any. i'm too put off spirits now :confused:

icy manipulator

11-28-2005, 10:12 AM

i was open to some absinthe this weekend. didn't have any. i'm too put off spirits now :confused:
i've polished off a 6 pack of smirnoff black's tonight and a few white russians. i'm the other way around, i cant stand beer atm, i'd rather have a strong vodka over a weak beer anyday atm

beastiegirrl101

11-28-2005, 10:47 AM

Have you seen ANY of my pictures????

PS
I will be posting some from Black Wednesday very soon.

paul jones

11-28-2005, 10:48 AM

Have you seen ANY of my pictures????

PS
I will be posting some from Black Wednesday very soon.

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Kid Presentable

11-28-2005, 10:50 AM

I mean, I know the Russians and Fins drink all the damn time - probably to keep warm. Aussie don't binge drink cus they drink a lot every day, same with the Irish and Germans. Americans cannot drink. Thus all not binge drinking.

A lot of Brits drink a hell of a lot one day a week and cannot handle it = binge drinking.

You don't seem to understand the responses; everybody binge drinks. Everybody will offer you their experiences with it because it's arguably the most common passtime people from different walks of life participate in at one stage or another.

Bob

11-28-2005, 10:51 AM

ms.peachy

11-28-2005, 11:30 AM

You don't seem to understand the responses; everybody binge drinks. Everybody will offer you their experiences with it because it's arguably the most common passtime people from different walks of life participate in at one stage or another.
It is my experience that no other country binge drinks to quite the proportions that they do in the UK. Granted, I have not been everywhere in the world, and I am aware that binge drinking happens to some extent in most places. But not like here, where is is so much the norm.

Echewta

11-28-2005, 11:32 AM

I heard drinking a lot makes your teeth fugly.

Kid Presentable

11-28-2005, 11:47 AM

It is my experience that no other country binge drinks to quite the proportions that they do in the UK. Granted, I have not been everywhere in the world, and I am aware that binge drinking happens to some extent in most places. But not like here, where is is so much the norm.

Possibly not in proportion, but we have our own version of it here.

Perhaps the career-driven lifestyle in the U.K makes it necessary to fuck ones self up very weekend.

It's the norm for loads of people everywhere I've been.

ms.peachy

11-28-2005, 11:58 AM

Perhaps the career-driven lifestyle in the U.K makes it necessary to fuck ones self up very weekend.

The WHAT? Please don't make me laugh. I know you lot fancy yourselves to be the 'workaholics' of Europe, but seriously, you have no idea.

beastiegirrl101

11-28-2005, 11:59 AM

I heard drinking a lot makes your teeth fugly.

only red wine.

Qdrop

11-28-2005, 12:04 PM

The WHAT? Please don't make me laugh. I know you lot fancy yourselves to be the 'workaholics' of Europe, but seriously, you have no idea.

Kid lives in australia.....

ms.peachy

11-28-2005, 12:09 PM

Kid lives in australia.....
Oh right, I forgot, for some reason I had him momentarily mixed up with someone else who shall remain nameless.

OK nevermind, strike what I said, carry on you ambitious antipodeans, never mind me.

edited to add: right after I wrote this, I turned on the Simpsons, and it's the episode where they go to Australia. Concidence, or more sinister forces at work, hmmmm?

BionicEye

11-28-2005, 12:12 PM

Is it only the UK who are blessed with phenomonom or do other nations have it?

I actually recently read an article in Time Out London, I think it was a special edition for UK college students going to study in the US (weird) that made a huge point to differentiate UK kids from US kids. The message was that binge drinking was a stupid US thing and that peeps in the UK know how to enjoy alcohol responsibly. I sorta believed it.

Interesting you should start this thread. huh.

roosta

11-28-2005, 12:27 PM

there's another kind of drinking?

Bob

11-28-2005, 01:44 PM

there's another kind of drinking?

there's social drinking, which is like binge drinking only with denial

Ace42X

11-28-2005, 02:09 PM

The WHAT? Please don't make me laugh. I know you lot fancy yourselves to be the 'workaholics' of Europe, but seriously, you have no idea.

According to the televised "how euro are you?" quiz, we work longer hours on average than any other EU country.

TonsOfFun

11-28-2005, 02:15 PM

According to the televised "how euro are you?" quiz, we work longer hours on average than any other EU country.

But the UK is less productive in the same study.

DandyFop

11-28-2005, 02:27 PM

Have you seen ANY of my pictures????

PS
I will be posting some from Black Wednesday very soon.

You sound proud of binge drinking....

I do it once in a while, depending on what's going on in my life, and even that much is too much. But I have learned to appreciate a slight buzz over being wasted, much more.

TonsOfFun

11-28-2005, 02:32 PM

^Yeah good point, I wasn't saying this is a good thing. I was just wondering if other parts of the world have some of the idiots we have.

edit: I do love this country btw. I know I've made a few not-so-pro-United-Kingdom-threads recently, think it's a coinkidink

DandyFop

11-28-2005, 02:35 PM

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TonsOfFun

11-28-2005, 02:54 PM

ToF, I wasn't saying you were proud, I was talking about la beastiechica102020289938

yeah I know - which is why I pointed out 'good point' to you.

~ lost in translation I think
(y)

TonsOfFun

11-28-2005, 04:03 PM

Yeah, but according to recommended guidelines, anything more than about 2 beers in one night is a 'binge'.

It says 5 beers here - 4 beers for women

Echewta

11-28-2005, 04:05 PM

Why binge when you can pop a vicodin?

BionicEye

11-28-2005, 04:07 PM

vicodin makes me breathe not too good.

fucktopgirl

11-28-2005, 04:13 PM

vicodin ?
what does it do?

Echewta

11-28-2005, 04:18 PM

It mellows you out man. Its great.

fucktopgirl

11-28-2005, 04:21 PM

ha,ok,, so its like a camomille tea but like if you would drink 10000 cups :D

Echewta

11-28-2005, 04:22 PM

Best sleep ever.

dave790

11-28-2005, 05:00 PM

Tons of Fun, I think in terms of coverage and having people in the governent talking about it it's not the same evreywhere else.

Ace42X

11-28-2005, 05:06 PM

But the UK is less productive in the same study.

Makes sense - when I am tired and stressed my productivity goes down the drain. Does anyone say "hey, take some time out. Take a day off"

I earn more than I have time to spend, but can I cut back on my hours so that my income levels out with my expenditure? Hell no. Package deal - I can negotiate better wages, but not less hours.

We need a more relaxed attitude to work in this country, bet you then people wouldn't need to smash their brains against a wall just to chill the fuck out.

ms.peachy

11-28-2005, 05:47 PM

Oh please. Sell it to someone who might actually believe it. This country's attitude gets any more 'relaxed' towards work, it will fall into a coma.

franscar

11-28-2005, 06:10 PM

As far as I was aware, 99% of British workers spent their day sitting on internet messageboards.

Bob

11-28-2005, 08:46 PM

It says 5 beers here - 4 beers for women

haha! if that's what's officially a "binge" then no wonder you're in the midst of an official epidemic.

i'm sometimes known to smoke on the weekends when i'm drunk, does that make me a chain smoker?

Rancid_Beasties

11-28-2005, 08:53 PM

Yeah, but according to recommended guidelines, anything more than about 2 beers in one night is a 'binge'.
Multiply that number by 10 and then I might consider it a binge.

Kid Presentable

11-28-2005, 08:58 PM

Oh please. Sell it to someone who might actually believe it. This country's attitude gets any more 'relaxed' towards work, it will fall into a coma.

I will concede that the Brits have the hold on the 'Liquid Lunch', and maybe they drink more because of the shit weather.

But it's due to be a problem everywhere. Alcohol is a drug, and it is presumed that it can be policed in an everyday manner. It ruins lives, destroys families and costs millions in health care and police resources.

I binge drink, but I look forward to the time when I don't. It's a foolishly acceptable part of everybody's culture.

Gareth

11-29-2005, 01:08 AM

$10 kristov vodka and a tray of ranfurly draft
i'm bout it bout it

marsdaddy

11-29-2005, 01:15 AM

I was binge drunk for about 5 years -- college plus the year after.

Kid Presentable

11-29-2005, 01:26 AM

I worked at John Lewis on Oxford Street, and they had a Nap room where you could...umm...nap. If you wanted.

Great approach to work. (y)

hitmonlee

11-29-2005, 01:39 AM

everyone i know pretty much binge drinks
and for some reason thursday is one of the biggest nights
guess we cant make it to the end of the week

Rancid_Beasties

11-29-2005, 04:01 AM

everyone i know pretty much binge drinks
and for some reason thursday is one of the biggest nights
guess we cant make it to the end of the week
Same here. Thursday nights are huge for me. Cheap drinks everywhere, the best nights and djs at all the clubs. Saturdays are a close second by fridays have become somewhat of a non-event lately.

ms.peachy

11-29-2005, 04:02 AM

Why binge when you can pop a vicodin?
Mind your liver with that vicodin stuff though; if you combine it with any other painkillers or with booze, it's quite easy to accidentally overdose/tax the liver and put you into liver failure. I remember reading about this last yearn and there's an article about it in the NYTimes today as well.

poist

11-29-2005, 07:59 AM

I'd just like to say well done to the british government for finally letting the discerning british public quaff their tipple to the wee hours in the pub. (y)

hitmonlee

11-29-2005, 10:25 PM

Same here. Thursday nights are huge for me. Cheap drinks everywhere, the best nights and djs at all the clubs. Saturdays are a close second by fridays have become somewhat of a non-event lately.

people are too tired from working all week and from drinking all thursday night
:rolleyes:

i dunno a lot of my friends work saturdays too so they dont drink on fridays.

also fri/sat are party nights, but thursday is DEDICATED PUB NIGHT.