Just Holding a Drink Makes You Seem Dumb, Study Says

AOL News ^ | 09/15/2010 | Paul Kix

[twister881]

[N]ew evidence shows that drinking is bad for your image even if you don't open your mouth.

In fact, according to a working paper from the University of Michigan's Scott Rick and the University of Pennsylvania's Maurice Schweitzer, just holding a glass of alcohol makes you look stupid. It does not matter if you're male or female, or whether you drink beer or wine -- if people see you drinking, they think you're dumber than you'd otherwise appear. "It hurts you," Rick tells AOL News.

The most damning and universally applicable finding, however, came from the experiment that melded alcohol and job-seeking. Let's say a potential employer takes you, the potential employee, to dinner. The study shows that when you order a glass of wine or a beer, the employer views you as less desirable -- even if the employer orders a drink as well.

[twister881]

'Tater Salad says: "Kiss my grits!"

[1rudeboy]

Well, duh . . . everyone knows that you should hold two at once. Who does these “studies?”

[musicman]

"Just Holding a Drink Makes You Seem Dumb, Study Says"

[mylife]

[FlingWingFlyer]

You want to REALLY look dumb? Drive around in a Prius with Obama and those goofy “coexist” bumper stickers on it.

[Drango]

I’m gonna do it even if I look like a retard.

[stylecouncilor]

[musicman]

My Post #3 & your post #4

Any ideas on tonites Florida lotto numbers????

[central_va]

Poppycock!

[MediaMole]

Drinking may make you seem stupid, but few drunks are dumb in the true sense of the word. If drunks would hold their tongues and remain dumb, they wouldn’t seem so stupid.

[mylife]

I wish!

[benewton]

With the exceptions of my boss and my wife, why the he!! would I give a crap about what other people think

[TXnMA]

[earlJam]

Good thing I have my beer hat!

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Huh? I resemble that remark!

Boy I'm glad I'm not the only one who imbibes now and then and looks stooopid for doing so--I would bet there are more of us "dumb looking" indulgers, then there are "brainiac tea totalers"--and now I feel better knowing the reason why I've gotten all those strange looks for the past 50 years. lol

Please excuse me while I pour myself a double crown royal and go stare in the mirror and see if that's true.

[RichInOC]

Please tell me I didn’t pay for this crap.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

No, holding an empty glass makes you seem dumb.

[Waco]

Also if you express your belief in climate change and global warming you look stupid beyond any help.

[cripplecreek]

So does this mean people will quit asking me stupid questions?

[Bean Counter]