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| daffodil |
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...-2003Jul23.html
it always irritated me that schools used social norms marketing to discourage drinking because it hypocritically promotes herd mentality by saying, "everyone else ISN'T doing it, so you shouldn't either" while in the same breath they tell you to "be an individual" and "don't follow the crowd."
EVERYWHERE around my school are posters, fliers, coozies, pens, notepads and mugs with the campus slogan, "2/3 of students have 0-5 drinks when they party." why is it any better to not jump off a bridge because everyone else isn't? did anyone EVER make a mark in this world by following the crowd? i ragingly despise social norms marketing and "it's for your own good" nonsense -- if i want to get drunk off my ass six times a week on MORE than five drinks you better believe i will and i'll be more motivated to because everyone else IS NOT!
i could rant on for another ten paragraphs at least because such hypocrisy drives me over the edge, but i'll spare you. btw, i do realize at the bottom of the story it says the research may not be valid but that's not the point of this post. |
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| DaveSaenz |
Where do you go to school?
They only do that BS in the states. Other countries know better. ;) |
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| DJ Mil0 |
| yea in brazil i have this one teacher who used to be a x punk anyways at like school partys and he takes us to go get drinks its the ... |
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| daffodil |
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveSaenz
Where do you go to school?
They only do that BS in the states. Other countries know better. ;) |
virginia, which isn't is bad as bible belt areas but is still pretty awful. soooo many baptists in the area :rolleyes: |
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| mndeg |
| blame mtv, its the age of mtv |
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| USMC_Greg |
The students at your school must have a low alcohol resistance.
I can drink well over "5 drinks" in a night and still drink sensibly. |
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| fuct4less |
i in hate this phrase:whip: :whip: :whip: |
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| DJ Mil0 |
| has anyone noticed that in places where alchool is under controll the people/ teenagers get drunk less like here in brazil theres maby 1 drunk person at a party inless its like a total waste fest, i think that its like this couse in countrys like the us where is is inforced people underage take the chance to get wasted, kinda countradictory.... |
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| USMC_Greg |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mil0
has anyone noticed that in places where alchool is under controll the people/ teenagers get drunk less like here in brazil theres maby 1 drunk person at a party inless its like a total waste fest, i think that its like this couse in countrys like the us where is is inforced people underage take the chance to get wasted, kinda countradictory.... |
So what you're saying is;
In countries where alcohol is regulated, more young people get drunk and more often.
In countries where alcohol is unregulated, young people are not inclined to drink as much and/or can control their alcohol better.
That would be a good research project for a Sociology course |
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| USMC_Greg |
| But still, 5 drinks in a night can't be considered alcohol abuse. Spilling your beer, on the other hand, is. |
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| Moongoose |
Over here they just made a law that noone under age of 18 is allowed to drink alcohol. In the few months since that law passed the sales have probably doubled :) OK i understood that fridays after school people would go out in the park and have a few drink (hek even I was doing that for a while until it got boring...) But now its like im seeing drunken 14 year old everywhere :)
And that u cant buy alcohol in the sotres after 9pm is a beauty also...now people have to make stock and i see them walking out of stores with 2 or 3 bottles of vodka/jeggermaister/martini... each! And of course nobody wants to leave anything for enxt week or even next day sopreety much every drop of alcohol is destroyed that night :)
When i see this stuff i just laugh, look at my car keys lying in front of me at a bar table and continoue to drink my orange juice :D |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by USMC_Greg
So what you're saying is;
In countries where alcohol is regulated, more young people get drunk and more often.
In countries where alcohol is unregulated, young people are not inclined to drink as much and/or can control their alcohol better.
That would be a good research project for a Sociology course |
or you could just write a paragraph on how its human nature to want what we don't have
but ya know, whatever tickles your pickle |
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