Drinking & Creativity
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- TheBlueOne
"More than one in ten Caucasians may have a gene which helps them turn booze into great works...the gene suggests alcohol has effects beyond sedation and relaxation. A 2004 study carried out at the University of Colorado found that around 15 per cent of Caucasians have a genetic variant, known as the G-variant, that makes ethanol behave more like an opioid drug, such as morphine, with a stronger than normal effect on mood and behaviour."
- monospaced0
I have that gene.
- robco0
Bukowski?
- horton0
"More than one in ten Canadians may have a gene which helps them turn bud into great works... "
- grunttt0
i often get really good creative ideas while drinking.
then i wake up and wonder why my pants are on backwards.
- flavorful0
I call booze, “funny juice”, because everything I say when imbibing brings the funny. I could never say anything funny without it.
I also call it, “get out of bed juice”, for the same reasons.
- Jnr_Madison0
I'll stick to opiates.
- horton0
booze makes me sleepy and unfocused. i get more creative kick from bud.
- harlequino0
I tend to take on the characterisitcs of whatever I associate a particular booze with in pop culture, a la "Zelig." If I drink scotch, I may start talking like Bogart, wine - like a sophisticated fancy man, or beer I get cocky and overbearing.
- What about tequila?TheBlueOne
- he contracts swine flu7point34
- oh snap!harlequino
- or i start picking strawberriesharlequino
- hahhaahflavorful
- He gets shorter!!! Okay, that might be taking it too far...fyoucher1
- CALLES0
the many creative ways that i have to pick up hot girls and hurting myself in the face and legs?
- fyoucher10
Drinks bottle of straight rubbing alcohol....walks off to brainstorming meeting...
- CALLES0
i did drink perfume once
- drgss0
I dont have genes
- metal_leg_will0
It's interesting - always thought something like that existed.
but
"People with this gene variant also seem more prone to alcoholism, perhaps engaging in an increasingly vain pursuit of the highs they used to experience after the first drink or two."