Poll: in vino veritas?

Agree or disagree? Biased anecdotal evidence of all sorts welcome. :slight_smile:

In vino bullshitas, in my opinion.

in vino skankas

In cerevisi spucatum tauri.

I love you man. And this guy, this guy is the guy. I love all you guys.

Some people are loud drunks (my brother), some are mean drunks (my sister), and some are sleepy drunks (me). But in my family, anything said after the second bottle is opened is not worth reporting. If you repeat it the nex day we will all say it was the alcohol talking.

That should be cereviso.

As for my motto: Veni, Vidi, Bibi, Risi, Dormivi.

There is a reason I got a “C” in Latin I. :smiley:

I don’t drink wine, but I certainly agree with the idea that alcohol lowers inhibitions and enables honesty (often blunt honesty, at that). :slight_smile:

I am one who becomes more honest (and opinionated ) while imbibng. I also get achingly curious.
Why is that man sitting alone at the bar? He’s obviously not here to dance, he’s not hitting on women or talking to anyone or even drinking a lot. I must ask him about this.
Do you think that woman knows she needs a better bra? 75% of women wear the wrong bra size. Platex has fitting clinics and there’s one at the mall next week. Let’s go tell her.
Cyn, who has never been belted by a perfect stranger, but it’s really just a matter of time.

One of the few true things my father ever told me was, “You can’t hold a man to a promise made while he was drunk.”

I’m an honest drunk too, but only if something’s weighing heavily on my mind. Otherwise I’m more of a quiet grinning fool.

The last time I got drunk (which was about… 7 years ago, I think) “In Vino Veritas” was in full effect… Much to my dismay. No one could look each other in the eye for a little while afterwards.

And then I passed out into the bathtub. Haven’t got drunk since.

When we’re drunk we say the things we usually only think about. When I’m drunk I tend to be more honest with myself about a lot of things, which also tends to be fairly painful for me.

There is a Finnish saying, let me paraphrase: “The one who never drinks is hiding something”.

Honestly, that says more about the Finnish than it does about alcohol. Alcohol hides your social fears, but it also exaggerates your emotions. So yes, In vino veritas, but the morning after, the truth will have changed. :rolleyes:

I’m a non-drinker, by the way. I’ve had too many drunks make fun of my hair, I don’t wanna go there. Respect to hair!

Whenever I get drunk, I want to be hugged. It’s not even horniness per se. I just crave physical contact. I must be hug-deprived.

That’s not bad at all! I don’t see how you could have done better. It certainly beats barely squeaking by on an LXVI.

I believe it. I don’t think alcohol so much changes people as it breaks down their shells and magnifies them. A drunk will probably do something he wouldn’t (normally or even ever), but he won’t do something that’s contrary to his nature, and if it seems that way, it’s probably because he’s normally better about keeping his nature hidden. What comes out might not be literal truth, but it’s general truth, if that makes sense.