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Re: Facts about throwing good parties

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Post by vasco »

brational wrote: post #126
thomassmith65 wrote: post #71

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America is a huge place with a lot of different cultures Sorry to be persnickety, but... so is Brazil! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil

Right. Which makes it even more absurd that a Brazilian would make a singular classification to the whole lot.

So I live in Amsterdam and my friends are from about 6 European countries and we do the same as the Brazilian guy.

Imagine being in the playground as a kid. You just are there. And if its fun, its not fun because of you, its fun because of the group which is there. So are parties, they just "are".

All these rules you guys have appear to me like watching a movie about a psychopath lining up pens in the living room.

Re: Facts about throwing good parties

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Post by maccard »

hshdhdhehd wrote: post #163
ssl-3 wrote: post #10

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I had a halloween party once. It had everything: Substance abuse, debauchery, a proper PA system shaking the floor, good lighting, costumes, good people we knew, random other people we'd never met before, a keg of beer, epic bean dip... everything but the police, somehow. Anyway, my boss showed up. I don't know if I invited him or if he just decided to be there on his own. He was having a great time with everything,…

Fuck. You lot have lives!

Grass is always greener.

Re: Facts about throwing good parties

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Post by piva00 »

vasco wrote: post #186
Aeolun wrote: post #150

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True, but in that case you aren’t really missing anything either right?

You're equally fine with how you are now or having 20 to 50 less IQ points? Of course you're missing something, probably the most important thing in the world after rich parents is being smart.

At no point in the thread it was said 20-50 fewer IQ points though, that comes out of your own fabrication.

Re: Facts about throwing good parties

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Post by 47282847 »

vasco wrote: post #186
Aeolun wrote: post #150

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True, but in that case you aren’t really missing anything either right?

You're equally fine with how you are now or having 20 to 50 less IQ points? Of course you're missing something, probably the most important thing in the world after rich parents is being smart.

> Of course you're missing something, probably the most important thing in the world after rich parents is being smart.

I cry a small tear for that limited world view, if it even was meant seriously or just as sarcasm.

Re: Facts about throwing good parties

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Post by pimeys »

lynx97 wrote: post #178
possibleworlds wrote: post #115

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> If your party is successful, the police will knock on your door, unless your party is very successful in which case they will lob tear gas through your living room window. I threw a party (illegal, on the beach, with great music) so successful the police just provided security at the parking lot entrance 1km away because they didn’t want > 400 wasted people roaming the affluent neighbourhood if shut down. Oh there…

Having a lot of partying people at a place, combined with sensible policemen, is the best recipe for not getting busted. Had that at least twice in my life. Once at a house party with a lot of young, just around the driving age, people. Police showed up, and decided to not bust it, because sending people on the road would be more dangerous then letting things just go on. A few years later, I was at an illegal outdoor…

Yep, but it depends. We once organized a party in a soon to be demolished factory building. And exactly that happened, the police decided to let us be because it would've been trouble to have a few hundred ravers in the middle of the city.

The second time we were not that lucky, it was a warehouse, and they came with flashlights and kicked us out.

Re: Facts about throwing good parties

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Post by Arch-TK »

bigstrat2003 wrote: post #175
hexbin010 wrote: post #149

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Cacio e Pepe, carbonara, spaghetti aglio e olio, spaghetti al vongole, white ragù There's a whole world out there! Tomato sauces can be acidic, so not great when drunk. Also tomatoes stain (if it were to come back up) !

Agreed that spaghetti sauce doesn't have to be tomato based. Just olive oil doesn't cut it, though - you need more than that.

It was most likely garlic and olive oil (and salt and pasta water).

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Post by komali2 »

vasco wrote: post #186
Aeolun wrote: post #150

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True, but in that case you aren’t really missing anything either right?

You're equally fine with how you are now or having 20 to 50 less IQ points? Of course you're missing something, probably the most important thing in the world after rich parents is being smart.

If you aren't born smart or with rich parents, the next best thing is to have a big wide network of diverse sorts of people. Sacrificing a couple IQ points is worth it to get it.

I'm a nobody from nowhere with an unremarkable brain, but I've made it far in life just chumming it up with way smarter and luckier people than me at the Burn or poly parties or other random shit I get up to.

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Post by watwut »

Aurornis wrote: post #60
dlisboa wrote: post #14

I feel like this is really an American culture thing where parties or dinner parties are mostly the responsibility of the host. In movies or TV there’s even a common theme of guests judging the host’s hosting abilities. In Brazil you throw a party to people you like and they all have a hand in helping you, sharing the load. Everyone will be responsible for some part of it, all of it is organized informally, there are…

America is a huge place with a lot of different cultures. Even within a big city you’ll find social circles with different ideas of what partying is like. I have friend groups that have completely different ideas of what gatherings are and I adapt depending on the group. There is not a singular American party style. > In movies or TV there’s even a common theme of guests judging the host’s hosting abilities. That’s a…

Americans tend to think about themselves as informal/loose, but they evolved to be very formal and structural, in reality. Tend to like a lot of formal rules about everything.

If you look at Latin American movies, they themselves are different then American movies and show different culture. They are not the exact copy of their cultures of original, but they certainly show quite different social behavior and values.

Re: Facts about throwing good parties

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Post by komali2 »

baby wrote: post #56

I've organized so many parties that I feel qualified to comment here :D (actually sorry but the other commens I've read feel silly). Love the number one advice of the post: focusing on yourself having a good time. Although the more you organize the easier it gets. > 5) Use an app like Partiful or Luma I refuse to use an event page personally because I think it makes it less personal. I always DM people directly if I…

> - don't have seats otherwise people will sit down, and sitting down is the party killer

I agree with all your points but this one. My parties go for hours, people wanna chill. Usually there's some corner playing board games or smoking hookah, it's the perfect couch scenario and a great way to let a party go loooooong. People's feet get tired! Also I've had all sorts of all ages, people with MS or whatever else, pregnant people, etc.

I would say split your house or apartment into sections, just like clubs do: the biggest area is the music area, the kitchen is the stand around and snack and have ridiculously deep conversations area, wherever the couches are is the smash bros / hookah / just take a break area, the balcony or backyard is the smoking / drunk wrestling area. Definitely no seats in the music area. And NEVER let someone bring a guitar.

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Post by RealityVoid »

bluGill wrote: post #68
buildsjets wrote: post #43

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I'd say a different era rather than a different reality. The Dave Barry quote is obviously humor. But back from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, I was genuinely at numerous house parties, basement concerts, and un-permitted raves which where broken up by authorities, including some where the power was cut, (or worse, where the music was cut and lights flipped on full bright) and the cops forced everyone to pile int…

> Where is that brain damage they promised us? How would you know? Sure you would know if you were walking but otherwise braindead, but if you are "5 iq points dumber" (whatever that means) or something like that you wouldn't know since there is no way to know what "might have been"

Still worth it.

I say this a bit tongue in cheek, but a bit of rowdiness once in a while does good to the soul. Sure. You still need to be careful, but a world without these experices feels a bit bland.

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