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No wonder I'm such a freaking genius.

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by Borla, Apr 13, 2012.

  1. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    Study: Drinking Two Beers Makes You Clever


    Smarter after two beers? DUH!!

    Funnier, more sociable, and more handsome too.
     
    Borla, Apr 13, 2012
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  2. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    Wow, this is totally the reason why my posts have been lacking as of late.

    Stopped drinking for two months and everything I write goes to shit.

    1.75 L of Jasper Juice? You will be renamed "Smartness Juice."

    ...

    Great post. This is an interesting find. It isn't just self-perceptions, we actually are more awesome.

    We can charm people and solve puzzles like a champ. But, uh, just don't let us drive.
     
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    Plan9, Apr 13, 2012
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  3. Bear Cub

    Bear Cub Goes down smooth.

    Location:
    At the bar, eyeing the pretty one.
    I'm giving Einstein a run for his money.
     
    Bear Cub, Apr 13, 2012
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  4. Zen

    Zen Very Tilted

    Location:
    London
    I have always been interested in differences of qualities of intoxication. Eg, a Laphroaig enables me to ride the laterality without skidding across the central reservation when there is a curve in the fast lane. Cheap blends, like Bell's or Johnny walker give me the feeling of g-force in my cheeks and a sense of mission, but I cannot handle the content of my thinking. Put a bit of gin in me, and from the first glass, I can handle nothing. Bitters, like Campari, open my receptors ... my understanding becomes lateral but there is nowhere for it to go except passive aesthetic appreciation: I appreciate a play or piece of music so deeply that I hear my oooos and ahhhhhs, indeed, I can feel them, but cannot explain why I am so preposterously impressed by what I have just seen or heard. Others, and I, just have to take my word that I have witnessed something awesome.
     
    Zen, Apr 13, 2012
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  5. Japchae

    Japchae Very Tilted

    Hell, I'm taking you ALL down.

    The best part of my paper was written under the influence of smuggled Fat Tire!
     
    Japchae, Apr 13, 2012
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  6. genuinemommy

    genuinemommy Moderator Staff Member

    It helps with creativity and problem-solving... but what if you need to recall important details as you problem-solve? Seems like a bad excuse to drink.
     
    genuinemommy, Apr 13, 2012
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  7. rogue49

    rogue49 Tech Kung Fu Artist Staff Member

    Location:
    Baltimore/DC
    Relax
    :cool:
     
    rogue49, Apr 13, 2012
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  8. Craven Morehead

    Craven Morehead Very Tilted

    Location:
    third rock from the sun
    It makes women look better, too. :p

    I don't think this works if you're drinking ice cold Zima, though.
     
    Craven Morehead, Apr 13, 2012
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  9. greywolf

    greywolf Slightly Tilted

    As a teetotaller of nearly 30 years, this would probably explain the dullness and lack of insight of a lot of my thinking, and my eventual descent into accountancy. But... I haven't given up drinking; I'm just taking a break. When I start making up for all those beer I've missed, Stephen Hawking had better watch out!
     
    greywolf, Apr 14, 2012
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