Maladaptations to society

[Rebis]

I feel like I've maladapted to socialise with people, anytime I go out I get massively drunk because I need the sedation.

I also enjoy alcohol purely for the increase in blood sugar levels, so I drink fast, heavy rather than gradual.
It's very hard for me to drink gradually around people, it could be the small talk but it's also around people that I don't feel I can have a balanced discussion about multiple topics (Demanding, right?)

Anytime I drink 1 or 2 pints I feel incredibly comfortable, I usually take breaks in the bathroom cubicle and look at my phone or drink more alcohol without paying obscene prices.

Basically I have to put way more effort into not becoming self-aware in order to feel comfortable around a lot of people. I drunk 70cl of gin in 2 hours on friday, and then 5 or so more drinks from the bar.

Does anyone behave similarly, or has done in the past? I don't think it's a problem in the sense I have a drinking problem, but it's maladaptive and unsustainable, I can spend so much money on a night out.

 

[Ex-User (14663)]

70cl of gin? That's like 15 drinks.

anyways for me there's no point in drinking anything below 5 drinks. That's just going to make me feel sleepy and probably like you I will retain 99% of my self-control (i.e. I'm just damaging my liver and not getting anything in return). To get in a really good mood I have to get hammered.

 

[Rebis]

70cl of gin? That's like 15 drinks.

anyways for me there's no point in drinking anything below 5 drinks. That's just going to make me feel sleepy and probably like you I will retain 99% of my self-control (i.e. I'm just damaging my liver and not getting anything in return). To get in a really good mood I have to get hammered.

Awesome, so consuming alot of the depressant isn't depressing, nice.

 

[Rebis]

70cl of gin? That's like 15 drinks.

anyways for me there's no point in drinking anything below 5 drinks. That's just going to make me feel sleepy and probably like you I will retain 99% of my self-control (i.e. I'm just damaging my liver and not getting anything in return). To get in a really good mood I have to get hammered.

Just found out that a friend saw me in the takeaway, apparently I was looking up at the ceiling as if I was staring into space. Divine intervention, perhaps?

 

[Polaris]

I wonder if people had social anxiety back in the stoneage. Or bronze age for that matter.

 

[Rebis]

I wonder if people had social anxiety back in the stoneage. Or bronze age for that matter.

Doubt they did, I imagine most exchanges were transactions of food. Most of their conscious life was also searching for food.

The anxiety they experienced, e.g. fear was probably based on the fact a baboon could rip them apart limb by limb. I'd be afraid too, thankfully there is little to fear in the modern world.

 

[Polaris]

Doubt they did, I imagine most exchanges were transactions of food. Most of their conscious life was also searching for food.

The anxiety they experienced, e.g. fear was probably based on the fact a baboon could rip them apart limb by limb. I'd be afraid too, thankfully there is little to fear in the modern world.

Hmm, yes. You are probably right. They wouldn't have had the time.

Does that mean time is our new enemy? And yet, despite (first world) prolonged life expectancy, we are still miserable

 

[Rebis]

Doubt they did, I imagine most exchanges were transactions of food. Most of their conscious life was also searching for food.

The anxiety they experienced, e.g. fear was probably based on the fact a baboon could rip them apart limb by limb. I'd be afraid too, thankfully there is little to fear in the modern world.

Hmm, yes. You are probably right. They wouldn't have had the time.

Does that mean time is our new enemy? And yet, despite (first world) prolonged life expectancy, we are still miserable

"In times of peace, the warlike man attacks himself." We have gained time but we still search for problems, our ability to survive and evolve is based on identifying problems and coming to resolutions. Time has let our mind wander, our core necessities have been satisfied so we move to auxilary functions, like human rights, and in recent history "Don't offend me, this is my safe space!"

It worries me sometimes, society is becoming increasingly focused on non-essential components. The current wave is not being offended, I can't imagine the next wave after that. Maybe a right to not be debated with? Who knows.

I like our technological world, I hope we aim for the stars in the future, we're finding out how the universe operates and utilising fundamental forces to our own needs. We are becoming the gods we once worshipped, It is just insane to think about.

However if we can't reach the stars and become a society that restricts freedoms and exercises totalitarian control over the world, I hope we revert to a primitive society, one where we can be separate from the complexes this society bestows on us like pursuing careers, the meaning of life, to find "perfect" love and to be relevant in an increasingly non-individualistic world.

If I were to express my opinion through poetry I'd go with Robert Frost on this one, with Fire being technology and Ice being the primitive, natural world:

"Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice."