Does this scene lookfamiliarto anyone?

by Matt Holmes

school knew what he did, his friends were laughing at him, the girl he spilt his drink on won't talk to him and Joe wants to crawl under a rock.

I have only one question - WHY? Why in the world would anyone want to be that? I really can't understand. I can understand drinking, I can understand partying. I even do them (except the drinking because I'm not 21 - wink wink). What I have a lot of trouble understanding is why would anyone want to drink to the point that they can not control themselves? Why in the world would .myone want to be carried home? Could anyone exp' in to me the irresistible draw of making a fool of yourself, poisoning your liver even more, waking up with the light from a candle enough to make you scream in pain, and "that girl" will never talk to you again? I've already said that I understand drinking in moderation. Sometimes you just want a drink, but why an entire case" Throwing 110 isn't fun to me, getting slapped isn't fl ,, pissing e\ yone off isn't fun (most of the time), and being the one to carry your drunk friends home isn't fun. Why do we do it? Just a little shot for you to sip.

Ben Lunn is the editor in chief of Loquitur. He thinks you should be too sober to be like Joe, and too drunk to have to be the one to carry Joe.

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