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Originally posted by Caela what? you're telling me in high school, you never got drunk with your friends?...

Nope.

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... or went to parties and played beruit?...

That'd be a negatory.

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... or drank after prom?

Nein.

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... pfffff...

Why? Because it's something that I simply chose not to do? I had plenty of fun in high school without a single drop of alcohol. I made some great friends and had memorable experiences, none of which I regret nor would like to alter in any way.

You don't have to get drunk to have fun. You don't have to get drunk to be cool. It might be something that you and your friends do for fun, and that's great. It doesn't make you or your friends better than those who didn't, because it's something subjective.

Sorry if I'm ranting, I've just always felt that looking down on someone because of subjectivity is lame.

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Originally posted by Caela i didn't mean to come off as "you have to drink to be cool" but from where i'm coming from, here, if you don't drink you don't really have a social life because everything revolves around that. sad but true.

Okay, then.

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Originally posted by Caela what? you're telling me in high school, you never got drunk with your friends? or went to parties and played beruit? or drank after prom? pfffff...then again this IS an internet forum. edit: keep in mind, i DO live in vermont. no that's not a good reason to drink...but if you're from small town america, then you know what it's like to experience true boredom. growing up here, 90% of kids drank. in burlington, there are 5 colleges/universities around catown...lots and lots of bored kids = lots and lots of drinking. on a weekend night, you literally n walk down the main streets, and walk into a random party, play a few games of beruit and bounce to another party. it's just the vibe here...i didn't mean to come off as "you have to drink to be cool" but from where i'm coming from, here, if you don't drink you don't really have a social life because everything revolves around that. sad but true.

Sounds as if you need to leave Vermont, unless you want to drink your life away. You have almost every form of 'bored' and 'drink', in nearly every sentence.

EDIT: I've lived on Long Island, NY - another boring place to live, for 25 years in a row. Never once, have I used that as an excuse to socialize with alcohol in my hands.

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Originally posted by EXTREMUM Sounds like you need to leave Vermont, unless you want to drink your life away.

gotta finish college first.

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Originally posted by Caela gotta finish college first.

Major/minor?

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Originally posted by EXTREMUM Major/minor?

beruit/quarters

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Originally posted by Caela I am very rebellious by nature... I need to have a direct reason for why things are they way they are.

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Originally posted by Caela if you don't drink you don't really have a social life because everything revolves around that.

I am just sensing a little confusion is all.

Like, it sounds like you kind of like to question the establishment, but don't really scrutinize 'social norms'? Kind of an odd double-standard.

I'm from all over the place - I used to live in South Dakota. I used to live in Las Vegas. Boredom or not, young people drink all over the place, especially in College towns, so 'drinking is all there is to do' doesn't really hold much water (pun? No? no.) unless you are a teenager growing up in rural Siberia.

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Originally posted by Caela gotta finish college first.

I hear ya

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On I am just sensing a little confusion is all. Like, it sounds like you kind of like to question the establishment, but don't really scrutinize 'social norms'? Kind of an odd double-standard. I'm from all over the place - I used to live in South Dakota. I used to live in Las Vegas. Boredom or not, young people drink all over the place, especially in College towns, so 'drinking is all there is to do' doesn't really hold much water (pun? No? no.) unless you are a teenager growing up in rural Siberia.

have you ever been to vermont?

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Originally posted by Caela have you ever been to vermont?

I passed through it once. It can't be any worse than South Dakota though - you guys have mountains.

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Originally posted by Caela c'mon how many of you drank underage? and if you didn't you're a loser.

Drinking alcopops doesn't really count though.

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