A night out these days

[za gophar]

total bull shit. it's my friend's 21st birthday, so we go down to cincinnati (newport), to have a night of drinking and fun. it started out ok, but my first major complaint is that my beer costed me 10 fucking dollars. granted, it was in a 40 ounce mug, but christ almighty. give me a fucking case of beast please. that's a way better use of 10 dollars. i dont give a shit about this fucking liquid, as long as it gets me drunk. you are totally lying to yourself if you drink a 40 ounce mug of something and you think you arent doing it to get drunk. it isnt about the taste at that point. fuck those fucking cunts at that snazzy little shit hole in disguise. ooh, we're german. yeah fucking right. rape me.

that place wasnt too bad, though. we were able to get a table, sit down, drink and talk. fine, but that can only be fun for so long before it gets kinda boring. so we head over to "tropicana," a club, or whatever. i have pretty much avoided going to this type of place until now, and thank god for that. this place sucked ASS. we went in, and the music was literally deafening. i was the only one who seemed to give a rat's ass about that, though. we proceeded towards the bar, and i ordered a $3.50 bottle of shit tasting miller light. obviously way too fucking expensive. i would have to spend 40 bucks to fucking get drunk, hahahaha. so no more beer for me. for some reason, we stayed at this place for like, 2 or 3 boring ass hours. i didnt feel like talking to people, because frankly i cannot stand having people scream in my face, and i dont like having to shout to be heard either. so i stood around, occasionally bobbing to the music, watching people make fools of themselves. my friend whose birthday it was made out with at least 2 complete strangers, and i was forced to "keep an eye on her" with a few other people as she drunkenly wandered around with some fucker who wasn't gonna end up getting shit from her ever anyway. at some point i bought her a birthday shot, a $7 kamikaze. 7 dollars. that is the most insane shit i have ever heard of. you would have to be the world's hugest fucking idiot to buy these things on a regular basis. and then there is the music. i can take some amount of the typical club material, but i will never understand why when "sexy back" or the likes comes on, people scream "OH MY GOD YES, ITS MY SONG." it's like they are surprised to hear it or something.

so i FINALLY got home at around 3, not drunk, not having had fun, and with louder ringing in my ears than ever before. and it only cost me 20 bucks!

note, though, that i was a good sport about all of this. i didnt bitch or complain, but believe me, i wont be doing something like that again.

[Jerome Scuggs]

I rarely go 'out on the town', and even then, my idea of going downtown for entertainment is

-Soundstage (local shitty venue for the local shitty music scene, but the metal shows are better than any other form of comedy ever)
-Old buildings
-Riverfront

My advice is to find a friend with land of some sort - Lakehouse, Ranch/ranch house, farm/farmhouse (I'm lucky to have all three $$) and have field parties. My last birthday was at the ranch and it was pretty awesome, my girlfriend at the time hooked up with my ex-girlfriend in the back of a pickup truck bed and I almost cried it was so beautiful

[Mr. Peanuts]

Recently I have paced my nights out to like 2 a month, since I'd now rather have a night in with my girlfriend than go out on the town.

I notice now whenever I go out in my home town (Southport) I get a LOT of shit from drunk guys who make little comments towards my girlfriend when I'm stood right there. It's so hard to keep your cool when that happens and I nearly got thrown out of a club because I smacked some lad and he ended up on his arse covered in spilt drink and cigarette butts. I'm just thankful I'm good mates with a few bouncers around here and can get bailed out most of the time.

I've not yet been involved in a full-blown fight with anyone on a night out though. My town is great for going out with the guys because no one dares start shit when I'm with my mates, but when I'm with my girlfriend its a lot different.

I now enjoy going out with my girlfriend in Liverpool a lot more, it's a much friendlier place with much better clubs; and since my girlfriend lives 15 minutes from the city centre, I can drive to her's on the day and get a taxi back to her's after my night out.

[Galleleo]

Going out with friends usually consists off going to play pool or bowling or something like that, I really never go clubbing or to a bar.

[geekbot]

Hey, old man....get a pair of Howard Leight ear plugs from the Osco-Jewel or whatever your favorite grocery store is. In a pinch I use my in-ear Sony buds for a few db of noise blocking.

And get drunk on the Holy Ghost not beer.

But if you must.... pick up your cheap-o beer while you're getting the ear plugs and pre-drink like the rest of us who are too cheap.

Sorry about the sucky night though.

[za gophar]

yeah... i was thinking about earplugs, but i feel like that would just alienate me from people. still, next time id do it because i would rather be able to hear my grandkids' fake laughter as i tell them how much they have grown 50 years from now.

[Jason]

it always takes me about six months in a new place before i manage to weed out all the shitty clubs and bars and get down to the truly awesome dives. even then, i only go out maybe once or twice a month. i'd much rather lay around in my boxers with a case of magic hat.

[GuruMeditation]

it started out ok, but my first major complaint is that my beer costed me 10 fucking dollars. granted, it was in a 40 ounce mug, but christ almighty. give me a fucking case of beast please. that's a way better use of 10 dollars.

$10 for a 40oz in a club isn't bad.

You want fleecing? Try $8 for a half pint of beer. 4 years ago. In a bar.

Paris, it's a great place!

[Emaho]

so i FINALLY got home at around 3, not drunk, not having had fun, and with louder ringing in my ears than ever before. and it only cost me 20 bucks!

Just to make you understand how fucking lucky you are.
Party before going out: 3-4 beers = $9
Nightclub entrance fee = $20
Four of the cheapest beers at the nightclub = $30

That's 60 bucks. I usually take cab home and maybe some food before going home so I usally end up somewhere around $70+.

[geekbot]

yeah... i was thinking about earplugs, but i feel like that would just alienate me from people.

Earplugs makes it easier to hear people talking in a club. They can talk with a normal conversational voice and you'll still hear them. You'll wonder why they're shouting at you.

Unless you mean the alienation of people starting at your earplugs. Yeah, that happens but who cares. And your friends will make fun of you when they first see it but they'll get over it.

[a2m+]

yea we usually pregame it before we go out but I usually end up buying a beer or two just to be social/continue fueling my alcoholism

[Fit of Rage]

If I wanna get drunk, it's hard liquor shots and mixed drinks; usually at friend's parties, never bars. If you're drinking to get drunk, I don't think beer is the answer. Except for a few good lagers, most every beer I've tasted has been shitty (Coors, Natty's, Bud, even Corona only tastes fine after you've already been drinking and your tongue's a bit numb).

[stark]

That's what I usually do, too... Get tanked before even going to the bar, then you don't need to get drunk at the bar, just to stay drunk at the bar...

Although here, when the Colgate student's are gone, they have 50 cent drafts (pints), usually Miller light and Molsen from 9-midnight at the Inn, then we go to the other bars after that where it's pretty much anything (beers, that is) for between $2-2.50

I'm not one for the club scene, because of the loud (and shitty) music and over-priced beer... Ain't nothing that a juke-box and a dance floor can't replace.

[za gophar]

yeah, i find it quite difficult to do the job with just light beer. i am notorious for my love of cheap vodka at school.. crystal palace always does the trick. my motto is "beer before liquor, never been drunker."

[Facetious]

I have a lot of the same complaints, but only if I arrive at a bar sober. I hate the music, I hate having to yell to hear over the music, I hate when other people don't yell loud enough and you know they are saying something kind of inane anyway so after the third time they repeat themself you say "yeah" and then it turns out they were asking you a question and are sitting there waiting for the answer, I hate having to pay 5 bucks for a drink, I especially hate having to wait 15 minutes in order to get my 5 dollar drink, I hate feeling like I should be dancing with my girlfriend. When I arrive drunker than all fuck, I always have a grand old time and none of that shit bothers me at all. Cheap bourbon is an ally for when being with chicks/your friends trying to score with new sluts forces you to some lame bar.

There ARE cool bars that I enjoy, but the reason I like them is because nobody is dancing, so there are a lot less stupids, and those rarely satisfy the need for girls to go to the worst bars ever, or the friends getting laid thing.

What I REALLY don't understand is people loving complete shithole dive bars that are laid out terribly and completely packed to the brim with people. Clubs, or club-like bars, I kind of understand, you're paying for the pseudo-swank atmosphere, but I hate paying 5 dollars a beer at a place with the atmosphere of a frat house.

I find the best value for drinks at places is to find a male bartender, and order something that doesn't have a mixer. They usually take it pretty damn easy on the ice if I order a Jack or Jameson on the rocks, especially if you tip well on the first one. Worst value is those stupid shots like lemon drops or red headed sluts, they water those down like fuck.