Ohhhh! Well that explains everything!
April 24, 2009 12:30 PM Subscribe
As it turns out, binge drinking is bad for you! Or so say the researchers at UCSD, a school with a penchant for stripping college life of any kind of fun.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This seems like kind of a weird post, and posting to complain about a school from an IP at that school really puts this into too-bloggy "let me tell you about my day" territory. -- cortex
As the experiment itself says, the correlation is there, but that doesn't imply causation. People with 'low white matter coherence' may just like to binge drink.
posted by Malor at 12:37 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by Malor at 12:37 PM on April 24, 2009
This could make for an even better grant application than the bacon-smell research.
posted by rokusan at 12:40 PM on April 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by rokusan at 12:40 PM on April 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
Is this localfilter? Are you in Physics at UCSD, geekyblonde? I'm not seeing the compelling interestingness of this.
I always fondly recall one of the campaigns against binge drinking at UCSC when I was there, it was intended to protect diminutive women, showed a pretty photograph of a petite fair girl conked out on a table, the text? "Just say 'gnome.'" One of my friends was a 95 pound girl, and it's true, three beers is like TRAZY when you're leetle. But I don't see that tactic working so well. "I can't drink so much, for I am a gnome." Riiiight.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 12:40 PM on April 24, 2009
I always fondly recall one of the campaigns against binge drinking at UCSC when I was there, it was intended to protect diminutive women, showed a pretty photograph of a petite fair girl conked out on a table, the text? "Just say 'gnome.'" One of my friends was a 95 pound girl, and it's true, three beers is like TRAZY when you're leetle. But I don't see that tactic working so well. "I can't drink so much, for I am a gnome." Riiiight.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 12:40 PM on April 24, 2009
As the experiment itself says, the correlation is there, but that doesn't imply causation.
There isn't exactly a shortage of research with regards to the damage to the brain alcohol does.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 12:45 PM on April 24, 2009
There isn't exactly a shortage of research with regards to the damage to the brain alcohol does.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 12:45 PM on April 24, 2009
The Koala is the campus' "satirical" newspaper and it's a total absolute piece of crap run by idiots, so usually you should completely disregard what it says. However, it IS true that UCSD is like the opposite of fun. I remember many a Friday night walking past the only happening spot on campus- the library.
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 12:49 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 12:49 PM on April 24, 2009
I didn't realize the Koala had a Web site. They were funny back in the early 90s, but I haven't seen an issue since.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 12:49 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 12:49 PM on April 24, 2009
Back in my day you would have been laughed out of the kegger if you'd advanced the theory that five drinks in one night constitutes a "binge."
posted by The Card Cheat at 12:50 PM on April 24, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 12:50 PM on April 24, 2009 [3 favorites]
Oh UCSD - How I don't miss your hatred of all things fun. I do miss the beach though.
posted by Arbac at 12:50 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by Arbac at 12:50 PM on April 24, 2009
a school with a penchant for stripping college life of any kind of fun.
That "fun" link is a message board post from some douchebag who thinks he's funny for saying things like:
posted by dersins at 12:51 PM on April 24, 2009
That "fun" link is a message board post from some douchebag who thinks he's funny for saying things like:
I walk in and the first chick I see is fat with a thick mustache .... I thought to myself, "Fuck, even if I have unconscious sex with this chick I still won't be able to escape without giving my number."I've got some news for you-- it is not the school that looks bad here.
posted by dersins at 12:51 PM on April 24, 2009
six, half dozen
posted by dersins at 12:53 PM on April 24, 2009
New Study Finds College Binge Drinking To Be A Blast
posted by you just lost the game at 12:53 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by you just lost the game at 12:53 PM on April 24, 2009
One of my friends was a 95 pound girl, and it's true, three beers is like TRAZY when you're leetle.
Wow, I didn't know I was TRAZY.
posted by desjardins at 12:55 PM on April 24, 2009
Wow, I didn't know I was TRAZY.
posted by desjardins at 12:55 PM on April 24, 2009
How exactly is binge drinking "fun"?
Well for a start, it makes everyone else funny and attractive.
posted by ob at 1:01 PM on April 24, 2009
Well for a start, it makes everyone else funny and attractive.
posted by ob at 1:01 PM on April 24, 2009
Well, Burhanistan, it provides a socially acceptable excuse for doing all sorts of things you wanted to do anyway.
posted by sonic meat machine at 1:04 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by sonic meat machine at 1:04 PM on April 24, 2009
> How exactly is binge drinking "fun"?
If you have to ask...
posted by Stonewall Jackson at 1:04 PM on April 24, 2009 [2 favorites]
If you have to ask...
posted by Stonewall Jackson at 1:04 PM on April 24, 2009 [2 favorites]
Five drinks is binge drinking?! I went to school at nearby SDSU for a couple years, and I think proof of a BAC of at least .10 before noon was required to register for classes.
"Blow into this please. Oh, niiiice, .18. You must be looking for Physics 305. Right over there."
On a nightly basis, whole streets would have to be closed off because the campus police were sweeping up drunk kids off the pavement.
/only slight exaggeration
Buncha amateurs at that high-falootin' school. Besides, don't they know about state-related (or dependant) memory?
posted by elendil71 at 1:09 PM on April 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
"Blow into this please. Oh, niiiice, .18. You must be looking for Physics 305. Right over there."
On a nightly basis, whole streets would have to be closed off because the campus police were sweeping up drunk kids off the pavement.
/only slight exaggeration
Buncha amateurs at that high-falootin' school. Besides, don't they know about state-related (or dependant) memory?
posted by elendil71 at 1:09 PM on April 24, 2009 [1 favorite]
In a related story, blogger's study finds that you shouldn't punch yourself in the head with a SatNav cradle.
posted by Bernt Pancreas at 1:12 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by Bernt Pancreas at 1:12 PM on April 24, 2009
How exactly is binge drinking "fun"?
Drinking games are a kick. Adolescent, sure, but what party games aren't? It's a little physiological thrill ride, I guess. And I don't know about wasting money, unless you're at a bar, the expense of alcohol is hardly ever enough to be concerned about.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:20 PM on April 24, 2009
Drinking games are a kick. Adolescent, sure, but what party games aren't? It's a little physiological thrill ride, I guess. And I don't know about wasting money, unless you're at a bar, the expense of alcohol is hardly ever enough to be concerned about.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 1:20 PM on April 24, 2009
Define "define".
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 1:31 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 1:31 PM on April 24, 2009
Define TRAZY.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:39 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:39 PM on April 24, 2009
Well, rumor has it that UCSB is really the PAR-TAY school, not UCSD. Although none of the UCs (except UCLA perhaps) is known exactly for being a barrel of laughs.
posted by blucevalo at 1:50 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by blucevalo at 1:50 PM on April 24, 2009
This phrase "binge drinking" would imply that there's another kind?
posted by Devils Rancher at 1:57 PM on April 24, 2009
posted by Devils Rancher at 1:57 PM on April 24, 2009
Define "define".
After dedrinks, degirls are define.
posted by inigo2 at 2:01 PM on April 24, 2009 [2 favorites]
After dedrinks, degirls are define.
posted by inigo2 at 2:01 PM on April 24, 2009 [2 favorites]
In an unrelated study, I found that binge drinking led to wandering aimlessly around my neighborhood, and peeing on unexpected things (lampposts, street signs, raccoons, etc.)
"White matter testing" was limited to determining whether vanilla frosting tasted better when drunk or stoned.
Unfortunately, those findings are still undetermined, as the test subjects neglected to document their findings beyond giggling a lot.
posted by quin at 2:14 PM on April 24, 2009
"White matter testing" was limited to determining whether vanilla frosting tasted better when drunk or stoned.
Unfortunately, those findings are still undetermined, as the test subjects neglected to document their findings beyond giggling a lot.
posted by quin at 2:14 PM on April 24, 2009
Well, rumor has it that UCSB is really the PAR-TAY school, not UCSD.
I used to get all into it with friends, that this school was the better party school vs. that school. SB and SD schools would both rank highly. Then Playboy came out with its rankings that said Chico State was the No. 1 party school. And I was like, WTF? Later, I attended some SEC football games / large outdoor cocktail party, and I was like, WTF? Then still later I realized that "a party school" was something that was all in your head.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 2:15 PM on April 24, 2009
I used to get all into it with friends, that this school was the better party school vs. that school. SB and SD schools would both rank highly. Then Playboy came out with its rankings that said Chico State was the No. 1 party school. And I was like, WTF? Later, I attended some SEC football games / large outdoor cocktail party, and I was like, WTF? Then still later I realized that "a party school" was something that was all in your head.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 2:15 PM on April 24, 2009
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