What's the point of drinking, the point of being DRUNK?!

[sapphi_snake]

Farmageddon said:

That's kind of a non-answer you know, I mean, what's the point of it? Or maybe I'm not thinking straight since I haven't drank for about 14 hours now.

But the trhead is asking what's the point of drinking. Some people are arguing there is no point, that it makes no sense. These people, not by coincidence, have just about no actual knowlodge on the subject. You tell people whatever the hell you want, but if you make no sense don't be surprised when people tell you you're not making sense :P

And he's got a point, how rational do you think your belief and your defence of it here have been?

Well, drinking has been a practice common in society for millennia, and most people started drinking due to social pressure. Someone sees their parents drinking, so they decide to get some alcohol and share with their friends, and they all start drinking because adults do it, and they want to imitate adults, but at the same time they're not allowed to drink, so that adds to the thrill of it.

Alcohol eventually becomes an important part of their social life, and those who refuse to drink are ostracised by the group, thus being pressured to either drink or be excluded.

Alcohol also has significance in social rituals.

None of these reasons seem valid to start drinking (I don't care that people are bothered because I don't drink).