For comparison, I was in school from 1991-95. Not quite the 80s, but definitely not kids of today. AGDee's experience rang true with mine.
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Binge drinking was not funny or cool. Secondly, we didn't want to get so drunk that we didn't remember anything. There just seemed to be more moderation.. to get a little tipsy and maintain it was more the norm.
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This was exactly the case on my campus. Plus, tipsy is more fun.
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Occasionally someone over did it, but we didn't have power hours or try to do 21 shots on our 21st birthday, etc. Doing shots was pretty rare in my college world.
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I don't remember ANYONE doing this. Shots, yes. Shots on your 21st? Definitely. Doing 21 of them? Not a chance.
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We took care of each other. If someone was getting too drunk, we got them out of there before they were totally out of control. Perhaps it was my campus culture, but if anybody ever went to the hospital with alcohol poisoning, especially from the Greek system, we never heard about it. I really don't think it happened at all during my years in college.
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I can't remember anyone going to the hospital either, and I lived in our house, which was part of the entire Greek Village, for 2 years. Yes, students passed out from drinking. But either no one drank to the extent of needing to go to the hospital, OR as has been said throughout the thread.. we had the common sense to keep it quiet.
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