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Do "beer goggles" really exist?
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Posted on 05/12/2006 11:17:49 AM PDT by pissant
Do "beer goggles" really exist?
Tipsy
Dear Tipsy: For those of you unfamiliar with the party scene, "beer goggles" refers to how people often appear more attractive to you after you've had a few drinks. For a long time, it was just a convenient excuse a person used to explain "regrettable amorous encounters." However, according to a study at the Universities of Glasgow and St. Andrews, beer goggles (or "brew gogs" as they're known in certain fraternal circles) are very real.
It's no secret that excessive drinking leads to poor judgment behind the wheel. Well, it can also lead to poor judgment at your local pub. According to the aforementioned study, what constitutes "attractive" changes drastically after a few drinks. In other words, while you may think you're hitting on a 10, there's a chance you're actually picking up someone in the lower-single digits.
The reasons behind this phenomenon have to do with alcohol stimulating the nucleus accumbens, aka "the part of the brain which is used to determine facial attractiveness." In the 2002 study, male and female students were shown pictures of members of the opposite sex and asked to rate them on a scale of 1-7 (sounds cruel, we know). The more students drank, the higher they rated the photographs.
We hope this sobering study helps encourage more responsible drinking. Remember -- if you're looking for love and don't want to wake up disappointed, you're better off at an ice-cream social than a keg-stand contest.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: beer; zoinks
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Yes they do. Leading directly to coyote trap escapes.
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:17:49 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: pissant
So, who invented alcohol?
1) unattractive women looking to get laid?
2) unattractive men looking to get laid?
3) an attractive entrepreneur who got rich by helping unattractive people get laid?
Just kidding.
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:23:12 AM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: pissant; sure_fine
I had a pair in high school in the early 60s, and another pair in college in the late 60s.
Chewed both arms off to escape, on several 'occasions', IIRC.
To: pissant
Never gone to bed with an ugly woman, but I've woken-up next to a few...
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:24:24 AM PDT
by
Spruce
(Keep your mitts off my wallet)
To: pissant
Beer goggles must exist. How else can we explain the fact that the uglier a woman is seem directly proportional to the number of children she has? A woman who's a 3 will have at least 6 kids.
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:24:47 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: pissant
YES!
The only things that can't be altered to look good through beer-goggles is Helen Thomas and Hillary.,
To: pissant
Is that you Helen Thomas?
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:25:42 AM PDT
by
loreldan
(Without coffee I am nothing.)
To: coconutt2000
It may have been Adam, once Eve started nagging him. ;o)
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:25:49 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: butternut_squash_bisque
Thank goodness for prosthetic limbs!
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:27:06 AM PDT
by
pissant
To: pissant
"once Eve started nagging him. ;o)"
Well Eve was in the oldest profession...
(don't be a perv)
A: Gardening!
To: pissant
Apparently so, even for
apes.
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:29:03 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Banana goggles)
To: pissant
lol, or Eve when Adam started staying out in fields rather than coming home. A little bit of tipple to pass the loneliness by.
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:29:27 AM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: coconutt2000
DJ's invented alcohol to help white people dance.
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:30:26 AM PDT
by
Moleman
To: pissant
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:32:03 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: pissant
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:32:04 AM PDT
by
colorcountry
(He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.)
To: Incorrigible
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:33:14 AM PDT
by
colorcountry
(He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.)
To: colorcountry
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:33:44 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: coconutt2000
ABSOLUTELY!!!
To: pissant
Afternoon Pissy. Remind me to never drink around you
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:38:51 AM PDT
by
najida
(Founder of the Contrarian Party....Do NOT argue with me ;))
To: colorcountry
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posted on
05/12/2006 11:41:49 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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