# Posting While Drinking **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541 "2004-11-13T05:37:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/1 "2004-11-13T05:37:37Z")
I was just thinking, and drinking, and drinking some more, then I did another bout of thinking, and I thought: is it a good idea to post while drunk? I would asses the pros and cons myself, but am currently too hammered, so: what do you all think? (My first OP! YAY! And I’m wasted! YAY! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/2 "2004-11-13T05:53:08Z")
I did one of these a month or two ago and it went fine; was as lucid as I ever am. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/3 "2004-11-13T05:58:31Z")
You, uh, misspelled “assess.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/4 "2004-11-13T06:15:27Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > You, uh, misspelled “assess.” 🙂 I _have_ been drinking. Rather heavily. In fact, I’m still drinking. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/5 "2004-11-13T08:21:33Z")
Actually, there are quite a few assess who post on the board, whether or not they have been drinking, so you are in good company. The only danger is to post something you might normally not post if you had not been drinking. To paraphrase the Good Witch in Wizard Of Oz…“Are you a good drunk or a bad drunk?” Some people get pretty funny and witty when they have had a few. Others only think they are funny and witty. And some very surly, oops, I mean surely, are not. So - in answer to your question…depends on the person. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/6 "2004-11-13T08:48:42Z")
Do a post every hour so we can see and document your progress. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/7 "2004-11-13T12:00:49Z")
Sometimes it’s not a good idea. But I don’t usually see anything wrong with it as long as the person is being extra careful and pre-viewing before posting. I’ve posted while drunk, and everything went ok. ---
**Author:** ![Aagramn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Aagramn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aagramn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/8 "2004-11-13T15:24:40Z")
I’ve posted things I wish I hadn’t after a few drinks (not checking my facts, or being a bit too bombastic) but nothing too bad… yet. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/9 "2004-11-13T16:52:44Z")
[THE](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=37864&highlight=monkey) best example of why you should not post while drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/10 "2004-11-13T19:33:25Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [THE](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=37864&highlight=monkey) best example of why you should not post while drunk. Also possibly the best example of why we should all convince others to post while drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/11 "2004-11-13T19:40:31Z")
I’m not drinking, but postin in her cos I’m just so darn bored sh\*tless. me may ma mo, me mo ma may, mo me may ma. 🆒🆒🆒 🆒 :rolleyes: 🆒 🆒🆒🆒 **fish** ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/12 "2004-11-13T20:31:56Z")
> [@Vision of Love](#): > > Do a post every hour so we can see and document your progress. 🙂 I think Homer used to do this and it was sometimes quite hilarious and sometimes quite sad. However, I don’t think he was \*drinking \* per se. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/13 "2004-11-13T20:40:39Z")
> [@Chairman Pow](#): > > However, I don’t think he was \*drinking \* per se. He wasn’t drinking. He was tripping on mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/14 "2004-11-13T20:46:31Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [THE](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=37864&highlight=monkey) best example of why you should not post while drunk. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-while-drinking/274541/15 "2004-11-13T20:52:57Z")
> [@smartini](#): > > 😃 We all know what Homer was up to, I just wanted to let searchers find out themselves. The true beauty of the Monkey post is that no one recognized it for over 12 hours. Without the two posts from Homer in a row, it wouldn’t have worked.