I know opinions vary…but the bar scene really sucks…tonight proved it for me, a lesson in reality is what I needed and I guess I got it…don’t really have a point, just wanted to get that off my chest :smack:
Ummm…details?
Well, I certainly agree that Han shot first, but other than that I thought it was pretty cool.
…What?
So they were out of Bud Light, then?
could I have a… shot of tequila, and a glass of details on the rocks…
Love the bar scene…met my SO at a bar and we have been together 24 years now.
Also, in my younger, sleezier days, bars were the way to go…but there is an art to it. You have to go for the right reasons. Either go with friends for a night out, or go alone and hope you don’t go home alone. Both are fun.
Of course, there are those bad night when nobody seems to be there, or at least nobody you are interested in is there.
Plus there is the timing factor. Looking just to score? Go sober and go late…pick the right night of the week and the right bar.
Yeah, there were lots of nights I felt like you do tonight…but there were plenty of other nights that were a hell of a lot more fun.
There is also that fine line between being a regular, and being the pathetic loser in the corner.
Bars can be fun…just don’t go there to drink alone…you can do that at home for a lot less money and grief.
Are you entirely certain the bar scene does, indeed, suck? Maybe it blows.
There isn’t much to tell…It was a night out with a friend and I just thought it was strangely amazing there were so many people out there trying to fit in…As the night progressed you could see the transformations take place and the fact that alcohol was clouding most people’s judgement made me even sadder.
At one time, I found the bar scene amusing.
The more I went, the sadder it became.
So…I agree…but I guess it’s all in how you look at it.
I know we all have our opinions…hence the name…Wasn’t expecting to get a lot of posts on this, just needed to express my views…didn’t help I was somewhat intoxicated when I posted…Have to learn that alcohol and computers don’t mix :smack:
The bar scene sucks for me. I’ve met more people I didn’t know at parties, since girls are more approachable at parties. At bars, there’s no way to tell if they are ignoring you because they want to be left alone or if they’re ignoring you to filter out the unconfident. Never once at a bar have I slapped myself on the head and said “Damn! I missed the perfect chance to talk to her!”
I like bars. In fact, I’ll confess to a nearly life-long love affair with bars. You just have to know why you’re going there and what you expect after you’re in.
DMark was right on the mark with his remarks.(liked the wording, did ya?) Though I suspect the types of bars he and I have haunted are quite different.
Here’s a few lines for you, form Steve Earle’s tune “High Fashion Queen”:
"In a dark room filled with music, wine, and laughter
Your eyes keep searching for her constantly
Is it that one in the corner with her eyes filled with tears
Or is she the one who’s having fun drinking too much beer "
Don’t give up on bars, just try to be smart about them and use them like a tool. If you can’t figure out an opening line with a girl, “Wanna’ dance?” usually works fine. 
Nothing wrong with the bar scene as long as you’re going there with your existing friends to have a good time, not to meet people. I’ve never, ever, ever met anybody in a bar. Ever. I’ve never even been approached by anybody, with the exception of one revolting little drunken troll one New Year’s.
Notes Zsofia’s location I guess you’re not the girl that I picked up in that bar in Myrtle Beach then. Oh, well…[Insert disconsolate smiley here]
Cinema Room circa 1985. Band: The Stompers. Song: American Fun.
The music is pounding, even on the watered down drinks I’m wasted yet the music keeps me moving. The room is packed, bodies shoved together bouncing in front of the stage as Sal belts out another corus of the their best known song. I’m shuffling in six inches of broken glass from the beer served earlier but somehow none of it pierces my sneakers. The girl next to me locks arms with me, much to my surprise, more to keep her footing in the crowd rather than as a come on. The moment was fleeting yet stayed with me for decades afterward.
Yeah, the bar scene can suck but it can offer you rewards you can find nowhere else.
I haven’t done the bar thing in quite a long time. Not so much because I thought it sucked, just that I was “over” it, and no longer had any need to go out looking for companionship or excitement or whatever. Being married with two children, going to college, and working full time pretty much filled my days and nights.
However, even before that point, I was mostly done with the bar scene. Too loud, too crowded, too hot, too expensive. I did still like going to bars for one reason, though. It’s a great place for “people-watching”. If you go to a bar and stay sober (enough), you get to witness a vast range of personalities in their natural state. In Vino, Veritas and all that. Just about every stripe of human can be found in a crowded bar on Saturday night, and once sufficiently lubricated, will always show their true colors. See them sober at first, then increasingly drunken, and note how their behaviors change and you can get a pretty clear idea of people’s underlying natures. The nice-looking guy who seems witty and charming is really a loud-mouthed, overbearing asshole. The pretty girl who seemed so poised and elegant is actually a shrill, insecure bitch. The quiet, polite fellow turns out to be batshit crazy. The shy, demure girl is a closet nympho, etc.
It can be a great lesson in social science.
“Never trust a man who doesn’t drink.” ~W.C. Fields
(Because when they’re drunk, you see their true character.) ~Me
She’s gone from SUCK to BLOW!
Like you Zsofia I have never met anyone in a bar either, My intent at the bar was to go out with a friend…nothing more…it was the chaotic atmosphere and people transformation that made me come to my conclusion. I guess I might be in a mindest, but I remember the nights from yesteryear and I guess I fooled myself into thinking maybe things had changed, but alas they had not. The mere fact that my friend wanted to go to the bar( to meet someone) got me down and the way people tend to put themselves on display made it worse. I know for myself I’d never expect to find the man of my dreams in a bar…Cuz quite frankly…I won’t be there!
I second the thing about the noise…most of the bars I went to had an ear-shattering sound level! You couldn’t talkat any level lower than shouting!
That, and the extreme smokinessof bars, turned me off.