“I dont see why anyone would think getting smashed is fun and something to brag about.”
When I was a kid at one of my Dad’s union picnics I remember a man at a nearby table explaining his recent car accident. He said, “Yeah, I killed the guy, but I was drunk.” He offered it as an excuse and the table he was at appeared to accept it as an adequate one. This was roughly 1964 and things have changed a bit. But I have since known people who felt being drunk excused them from any culpability for their actions.
Yep, I feel so much safer today.