I’m a bit of a cynic. I genuinely dislike most of the
general population. I feel like it stems from the idea that we can never truly
know a person in a broad social setting. Most of our interactions are faked on
the basis of social politeness. It can take a lifetime to truly understand the
inner workings of another human being, and even then, there are things everyone
is afraid to say out loud. But I like to take the easy route, get um’ drunk.
I’ve always preferred to converse with my fellow man wasted,
not because they are more intelligent, or gracious, or even nice; but because
with a few beers, one can absorb a person’s entire life philosophy in one
night. You will never learn more truths about the person sitting in front of
you than when they are drunk.
Every drink peels back a carefully crafted layer of a person’s social identity, until self-censorship is
no longer an option. Loves and fears and hates will bubble over; it is some of
the most beautiful, eye-opening, messy, honest conversation you will ever have.
Without the aid of alcohol, many of the outside opinions
I’ve let influence my life would have never seen the light of day. When heavily
drinking with someone, there is some sort of mutual agreement that things might
get deep and ugly. Every sip is a step closer to knowing the dark secrets
people hide. There are monsters that dance behind every individual’s eyes,
begging for their masters to let them escape through their host’s lips. All it
takes is one more glass of wine and the right topic of conversation.
Alcohol shows the best and worst of humanity and it upsets
me that people no longer worship it like in the old days. Empires had gods
dedicated to the drink. So my fellow human, next time you are out, for me,
raise your glass to the beauty of alcohol! My brothers, my sisters; let us
learn the way the world really thinks and celebrate being loud, crude, and
blunt about it!
To Alcohol! Human kind’s kryptonite! The savior and
destroyer of personal ideologies! The shortcut to truly knowing each other.
“I drink to make other people more
interesting.”
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