i am getting in to the Christmas spirit this year

[Zerlina]

I don't like the taste of alcohol. And I don't want to aquire the taste! I'll pass! I don't need it to be cool, thank you very much!
Oh, Moosetroop isn't there... nevermind.

But in all seriousness. I can tolerate drinks that don't tatse like alcohol. Maybe I should try out some egg nogg mix or something...
Good thing with such drinks, I won't have to worry about what I might do since I'd probably end up sick from the sugar before getting anywhere.

Does anyone over the age of 20 actually think you need to drink alcohol to be cool?

[Cerebus]

Well, there's probably a few individuals here and there who might think so. I mean... there's all kind of people out there.

[Archem]

I have never met anyone outside of the world of after school-specials and cartoons that ever felt that way.

I've had some pretty tasty alcoholic drinks, some of which have little alcohol taste. I'm not much of a drinker, but I know that there are a decent amount of things to drink that won't leave your mouth tasting like ****.

[Grandy]

Does anyone over the age of 20 actually think you need to drink alcohol to be cool?

Anyone from my previous university, for starters.

[lonewolf]

i only drink at Christmas or when some is passing over to wish them well in the next life

[SaiKar]

Does anyone over the age of 20 actually think you need to drink alcohol to be cool?

Everyone everywhere, actually.

[Archem]

Contrary to what I said earlier, this is 100% true. You non-drinking nerds aren't cool at all.

[Moosetroop11]

Drinking is great. It's relaxing and gets rid of your inhibitions. Also eventually it makes you fall over which is good fun too.

People who repeat that old "drinking is for losers who can't have fun without drink" rhetoric are just doing so out of habit. Sometimes becoming a better, more rounded person means learning when to resist peer pressure AND when to go along with it.

EDIT: I should point out that of course I don't think you need alcohol to have fun :p I won't be getting drunk on christmas day, for one thing.  Alcohol's like anything else; it's like the cinema for example, to use a bad analogy. It's like if your friends went "hey you want to go to the cinema?" and you went "No thanks I don't need films to have a good time. If you can't have a good time without watching a film then you're a loser!"

You know what I mean? Kinda?

[lonewolf]

ggiggle beer's giggle beer's it coming from my ears
i think i am pissed one's more
its to the loo i go
i keep bang my head on my bathroom door
it's to the hospital  here we go
ten more stitches to go ho ho ho
to fill up this big hole
i am luck it was only my head
the doctor given me pills and told to go to my bed
the good new's is it only happens once a year
or when we run out of beer
merry pissmass to one and all

[Prpl_Mage]

EDIT: I should point out that of course I don't think you need alcohol to have fun :p I won't be getting drunk on christmas day, for one thing.  Alcohol's like anything else; it's like the cinema for example, to use a bad analogy. It's like if your friends went "hey you want to go to the cinema?" and you went "No thanks I don't need films to have a good time. If you can't have a good time without watching a film then you're a loser!"

You know what I mean? Kinda?

Or you could just say "Nah sorry, not feeling like a movie tonight" without the preaching that makes people roll their eyes. And I know a lot of people who will do the speech you just presented. Such a lack of social skills.

[Cerebus]

Although watching a film does not alter your thoughts. You can't watch movies and then do activity under their influence. And driving is usually safe after watching movies.
Yes, yes, you did mention yourself that it was a bad analogy, but you know.

My first post was merely a reference to a reply made by Moosetroop to another one of my post on the subject of alcohol in another thread, in which he felt I had an "I don't need to drink to be cool" attitude due to my apparent strong opposition to alcohol.

In reality, though, it's mainly that drunk people are usually bad company for me, in the same way that a person who enjoys reading in tranquility in their spare-time wouldn't enjoy the company of an energetic sport-crazy guy bouncing around. Bad experiences related to alcohol, minor or major, would explains why I seem so opposed to it, but I'm actually not. Or at least not in the "I don't need to drink to be cool" kind of way. See it more as an automatic "No" if I'm invited to a place where alcohol is the main motivator.

[Moosetroop11]

The important thing is, as long as you have a live and let live attitude, then everybody's happy