They might have underlying issues of some sort but I've met plenty of wonderful people who can be confrontational drunks.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
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They might have underlying issues of some sort but I've met plenty of wonderful people who can be confrontational drunks.Quote:
Originally Posted by megladon8
Sadly I've experienced the douchey-guitar guy at parties at least 3 or 4 times. I've also experienced the almost mythical douchey-guitar guy sitting outside of a coffee shop. He was just a 20-something playing poorly and making everyone listen to him, not even with the decency to feign vagrancy and put a hat out for change.
I'll take the confrontational drunk over those dudes any day, but if you're over 25 and are still a confrontational drunk, chances are you're a dick sober too.
I don't know. Some people just don't work well with alcohol. I have one buddy in particular who's the nicest guy but when he's drunk he becomes extremely self-deprecating and then surly and starts lashing out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derek
Putting on face paint and juggling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezee E
piss in the punchbowl?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezee E
I have a number of friends who are musical and we often have hootenanny parties where everyone plays/sings/dances and it's fun. So the first time I was at a beach party in California and someone took out a guitar and started playing, I enthusiastically started singing along, because I figured, sing along time! He got pissed and left.
I felt socially awkward because I had misread the situation, but it turned out everyone assumed I drove him off on purpose and that I was cool.
Holy freaking crap. A close co-worker had a house fire last night and it looks like a total loss. Nobody was hurt (even the dog is okay!) but everything they own is gone. So completely horrible. I'm trying to organize a drive to help where we can.
That really sucks, Mara. Happened to my sister 4 Christmases go. At least everyone is OK. Hopefully they had good insurance. My sister and her husband got a brand new house out of the disaster. Ended up being a blessing in disguise.
I'm mostly worried about their needs until insurance money comes through. (They don't even have clothes!) But people are being very generous at work. I suggested that if people received gift cards for Christmas they didn't want or need that they could donate those, and so I've already gathered food/clothing places. Some people are giving cash, too.
True, there are always exceptions. In this case, I do think with the majority of people, alcohol simply amplifies their natural tendencies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Qrazy
I knew a friend of a friend who became excessively generous when he was drunk. He'd buy people drinks, meals, pay for taxis, hand people money, etc. It became a problem when he would do something like buy someone a plane ticket when toasted, to the point where he always had a friend minder when drinking to make sure he didn't do anything nuts.
He wasn't ungenerous when sober; just a normal level of nice.
My uncle just got shipment of his Tesla Model S, and holy shit do I need this car. It's too expensive for me obviously, but it is the sexiest thing I have ever sat in.
Forgot losing all the Christmas gifts... we just realized today is my co-worker's daughter's birthday.
We're going to get her a cake.
Yes, it happened a number of times when I attended college parties.Quote:
Originally Posted by number8
RESULT: It worked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaUxS6TAP00Quote:
Originally Posted by Spun Lepton
Yeah, Teslas are wonderful cars. I wish I could get one too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raiders
TIL that if a girl watches you play music, you're a douchebag.
Good thing chicks don't go to ambient shows.
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Originally Posted by D_Davis
A girl watching you at a show, or even a gathering where music is expected or asked for, is not quite what anyone here is referring to. Specifically bringing a guitar to a non-musical party for the sole purpose of whipping out your basement-level romantic songs, especially when no one asked you to play, to swoon half-drunk girls is the definition of douchebaggery.
I just bring an analog synthesizer and impress chicks with my mad synth skills. Nothing impresses chicks more than some pure sine waves cross-modulated with a square wave modulated by a saw-tooth LFO, all modulated with some ring modulation and sample-hold on the cut-off frequency of a low-pass filter with the resonance set to self-oscillate. That shit's like Spanish Fly mixed with 151.
I always keep this in my car, just in case there is a last minute party to go to.
http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/ima...19339706458597
Most parties I have been to tend to have some form of ambient music playing as opposed to something more melodic or pop-oriented. Sets a better mood and the proper "chill" to the scene.
Of course, I haven't been to a good party in like three years.
For me, the douchiest thing to do at a party/get-together is to have your phone out for any reason. If you can't survive without texting or social media for a few hours, stay home.
Hell, bringing a CD of your own ambient/chill music to pop into the stereo is 100x more acceptable than being the Guitar Guy. Just don't go around bragging, "That's MY MUSIC in the stereo!" :D
I always like to treat party goers to my audition monologues. Ladies love Neil LaBute.
I've never been to a frat party (or any similar party, thank god), so I guess I've never encountered this particular cultural pariah. Every party I've ever been to in which impromptu music erupted was a party inhabited by a lot of close friends who were also mostly all musicians, or parties that the hosts encouraged social music because everyone who was invited liked music.
I did got to a party once during which a guy dropped his pants and started masturbating. From the last few posts, I gather that many of you would find this more acceptable than if he busted out a guitar and started playing.
Just this past Christmas day I went to my SO's brother house, and her cousin and her dad brought their guitars and we spent a lot of time singing and playing Dylan and Cash songs together. It was really great. But again, we all expect that kind of thing when we get together.