Can you think straight while pissed?

XORAND

By clear definition, being intoxicated implies you cannot think clearly. I do not accept this conventional wisdom. Surely to mother the people who write great Art are either stoned, pissed, or coked off their heads.

Have you ever come up with an earth changing thought while drunk? For me, that is a no. I have never been able to talk sense while drunk. What about yourself?

Have you ever pontificated above and beyond the reasonable rationale of deciding to eat a spice burger or a garlic and cheese chips after a night on the skipper?

mattjack

I cant even piss straight when pissed

My name is URL

Are you pissed right now?

chin_grin

I can p!ss straight while think.

sensibleken

I usually think i can sing better than i can

number10a

I can't even think straight when I'm sober. This is why I have a boyfriend.

The King of Moo

XORAND wrote: »

By clear definition, being intoxicated implies you cannot think clearly. I do not accept this conventional wisdom. Surely to mother the people who write great Art are either stoned, pissed, or coked off their heads.

Have you ever come up with an earth changing thought while drunk? For me, that is a no. I have never been able to talk sense while drunk. What about yourself?

Have you ever pontificated above and beyond the reasonable rationale of deciding to eat a spice burger or a garlic and cheese chips after a night on the skipper?

Maybe you should accept this conventional wisdom.

Or that's one hell of a Freudian slip, Norman.

Unless "surely to mother" is an actual phrase...

AnamGlas

Thinking isn't a problem, putting the thoughts into action successfully is a whole new level.

foxyboxer

"Your infatuation is based on a physical attraction. Talk to the woman and you'll realize you have nothing in common."

XORAND

The King of Moo wrote: »

Maybe you should accept this conventional wisdom.

Or that's one hell of a Freudian slip, Norman.

Unless "surely to mother" is an actual phrase...

To pass judgement, you must first figure out if that was put there as bait:)

It's only a slip if you aren't aware of the fact.

castletownman

I often make my best decisions when pissed.

Like getting another double vodka and red bull

Or pulling the rough one at the disco

jester77

Back in my wilder days I went on a ridiculous weekend bender somewhere on the continent with a bunch of mates. After drinking for about a day and a half with no sleep we finally made it to our hotel room and crashed. I woke up in the middle of the night to see a friend (wearing the Irish rugby jersey) on top of me punching me. I remember thinking it was real at the time, it was so vivid, except something clicked in my head telling me he didn't have his Irish rugby t-shirt with him that weekend. So even though I was hammered my subconscious was still there thinking straight

Killer Pigeon

I think gay when I'm pissed.

chin_grin

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

I think gay when I'm pissed.

In vino veritass. :pac:

Napper Hawkins

Surely it depends on the level of pissed and the type of drink you're pissed on?

I can be off my head on beer and still appear relatively normal, whiskey or Jager on the other hand if I can manage to spell my own name I'm doing well.

sbsquarepants

Personally speaking, when pissed i only really think one thing.....that i am a singer and racaunteur beyond compare, envy of all men and irresistable to all women, with the athletic prowess of a young muhamed ali and the intellect of stephen hawking.
So yes, i think the very same as i do sober!:D

XORAND

https://www.xkcd.com/323/

johnayo

I never went to bed with an ugly woman, But jaysus I've woke up with a few.:D that demon drink again.:mad:

XORAND

A GOD AMONG MEN:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKIqNTJ-yus

Paparazzo

When you can't write a text it's time to stop drinking.

Batsy

I can't think straight when pissed. On Monday night I went out with the guy who lives in the flat next door to me. We originally went to town to take care of some business. And then we decided to have a couple of pints at Vogue on Bradshawgate in the town centre. But then that couple turned into a dozen; and that dozen turned into two dozen. And then a couple of young teenage lesbians walked in and we had shots with them. I can't remember leaving the pub but I do remember having spicy chicken drumsticks and fries in a fast food restaurant further along Bradshawgate at about midnight. I then remember us walking - or stumbling, to be more precise - all the way home. When we were nearly home we passed a leafy park called Heywood Park. We walked passed the entrance to it (below).


Is there a monster with glowing red eyes in this park?


I then remember pointing up to the dark branches near the top of a tree that was overhanging the perimeter metal fence of the park and saying something like: "Stuart, can you see that monster up there on that branch?" I remember him looking but I can't remember what he said. I think he said that he couldn't see it. I then said something like: "It's there! It's right there sitting on that branch! It's got glowing red eyes!" I then ran behind a nearby telephone box. I knew that I may have been embarassing myself in front of anybody who was passing by or looking through their window but I didn't care. Eventually we reached home. My mate went into his flat and I went into mine. It was about 1am but I couldn't be bothered going to bed. So I made a brew and set down and watched a Paul Merton documentary about the birth of cinema at the beginning of the 21st Century. Since then I've been wondering whether there really was a monster with glowing red eyes in that tree or I was just drunkenly imagining it.

vampire of kilmainham

i cant sober crooked when iam pissed straight when iam upside up on the floor

chucken1

vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

i cant sober crooked when iam pissed straight when iam upside up on the floor

YES! Exactly :eek: also too?

zenno

everyone that knows me always tell me they don't understand how i can't get drunk, and this is the truth. no matter what i drink, whether it be a litre bottle of southern comfort or a bottle of JD or 24 cans i can still have a perfectly sane conversation. I can always think straight no matter how much alcohol is in me strangely enough. I must be one of the oddball people that can't get drunk, though i get tipsy but thats as far as it goes nowadays or i'm immune zod forbid.

SilverScreen

I can think clearer when pissed than sober to some point and then there's a drop-off. A huge drop-off.

John Doe1

I can think really straight when slightly drunk like knowing what i want to do with my life, then in the morning back to my unmotivated self

zenno

Zero1986 wrote: »

I can think clearer when pissed than sober to some point and then there's a drop-off. A huge drop-off.

A huge drop of beer ?

pragmatic1

I sometimes cant remember the name of where I live in the taxi and end up getting off half way there and walking the rest. cant be good for the auld brain.

flahavaj

jester77 wrote: »

Back in my wilder days I went on a ridiculous weekend bender somewhere on the continent with a bunch of mates. After drinking for about a day and a half with no sleep we finally made it to our hotel room and crashed. I woke up in the middle of the night to see a friend (wearing the Irish rugby jersey) on top of me punching me. I remember thinking it was real at the time, it was so vivid, except something clicked in my head telling me he didn't have his Irish rugby t-shirt with him that weekend. So even though I was hammered my subconscious was still there thinking straight

You must've been fair drunk if you didn't even know what country you were in.

carfiosaoorl

My best college assignments were written while pissed

Princess Peach

Pretty sure I can. I may talk too loudly and be a bit stupid but I always make good decisions, find my way home and alone and whatnot if you get me.

stupidusername

I can think as straight as when i'm sober,but make bad bad decisions

John Doe1

carfiosaoorl wrote: »

My best college assignments were written while pissed

I havent tried that yet:D

DEFTLEFTHAND

I enjoy generating deep intellectual discussion with friends.

SilverScreen

zenno wrote: »

A huge drop of beer ?

That too.

Jaxxy

Paparazzo wrote: »

When you can't write a text it's time to stop drinking.

+1 to this. Just a couple of weeks ago I was in a club, trying to text a friend the name of it so she could come over and meet us. Had to give up. Something so simple turned into a massive task. Got a pint of water into me then and a Subway when I left.

Reading the drafts (automatically saved) on my phone the next morning was gas.

pragmatic1 wrote: »

I sometimes cant remember the name of where I live in the taxi and end up getting off half way there and walking the rest. cant be good for the auld brain.

I remember being absolutely fine in the pub one night, not a bother on me, and then as soon as I stepped outside BAM! ****in locked. Like newborn Bambi I was, legs wobbling all over the place. Got in taxi, could not remember my address or even the word for my area. Just grunted and pointed directions. Got there in the end though.

Thinking about these stories makes me think I probably can't handle my pints as well as I thought I could.

OneArt

I'm incredibly locked right now but I still have that niggling feeling that some unwholesome person is following me.

That's why I locked my housemate outside so he could stand guard. And serve as possible bait...

whydoibother?

Rarely am pissed. Feel too old for it. But when I am I think slowly and simply, though not necessarily incorrectly.

XORAND

Drunk.

ff9999

IT RUNS ON WATER MANNNNN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBmrwMfNxrI

LH Pathe

Not really, very volatile I just snap when I hear a rave beat for instance, could be even just some Kylie in Smyths or if a bouncer denies me I fail to grasp why and a ruckus ensues with me scarpering after some apparent dramatic looking scene but its all fun and games really.. smoke and mirrors. good thing their job is to restrain and no more for it is never intentional and I am always regretful. Spend my whole life apologizing..

Jess16

Thinking straight would be a serious waste of being pissed

Capt'n Midnight

http://skepticalphilosopher.blogspot.com/2009/09/persian-strategy-deliberating-while.html

The Persian Strategy: Deliberating while drunk
I’ve just been reading Herodutus’ Histories. In his discussion of the Persians, he writes (Book I, chapter 133) that they decide upon important matters by first getting drunk and debating and coming to a decision while drunk. Then, the next day when they are sober they deliberate and decide whether they want to stick to the decision made. If they decide yes, they go through with it. If they decide against it, they drop it, and ostensibly go back to square one. He also says they do the opposite, if they initially deliberate sober, they’ll make their final decision drunk.

saa

Once I start sluring my speech, no.

SilverScreen

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

http://skepticalphilosopher.blogspot.com/2009/09/persian-strategy-deliberating-while.html

That might explain what goes on in Leinster House.

Corvo

Nothing worse than someone who just cant stop repeating themselves or won't keep the convo going no matter how hard you try to move it along...

"So this one time, I was down in the pub and WHOLLOP, I got a punch in the face"

"Jesus, who hit ya"

"SSssshh! So this one time, I was down in the pub..."

Over and over...

Iang87

yep i tend to find women more attractive when i'm drunk whereas i still dont find men attractive when drunk