There’s still a little rational thread though. Like last week I was way too drunk to ride my bike home and I thought I was fine. After I fell twice I was like “ok, we have reviewed the data and it says perhaps we are too drunk.”
Comment on What is it like being drunk? How much control do you have?
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 16 hours ago
It’s such a hard question to answer because it varies by person, by dose, by context, etc.
It’s not like you are there at the time feeling “oh I’m only 80% in control of myself here” there’s no little sober pilot inside your flesh-mech running things, the person trying to determine how in control they are is impaired by alcohol.
socsa@piefed.social 10 hours ago
AskewLord@piefed.social 15 hours ago
I mean I am like that when I’m drunk, but that’s also who I am in general. When I was super drunk in college I would self-regulate and stop drinking and like go somewhere safe to sober up. I also never hooked up with people drunk and stuff like that.
But many folks aren’t like that, you’re right. They are not monitoring their sobriety and thinking about how impaired they are… they are just in the moment feeling what they feel and reacting accordingly.
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 15 hours ago
You might have a pilot you trust, but he’s still drunk
AskewLord@piefed.social 15 hours ago
and he knows it. the issue with a lot of drunk people who do stupid shit is they don’t know they are impaired or drunk. often, in fact, they vastly overestimate themselves and their abilities due to the alcohol impairment.