non drinking freshers :)

Can I ask you a question mate, are you like high atm or something? Because I can't begin to understand that you actually believe anything you're saying right now! xD If you do then people, according to 'cole-slaw', we have now all sadly become... drinkerphobics! :O

Yes, ok a wine-tasting event should probably not be part of freshers week. I challenge you to find a single wine tasting event in any freshers week in the UK. (Although you could argue that a non-drinker could still partake but just spit the wine out like many people do.)

A lot of freshers week events are geared towards socialising in places that facilitate that activity. Drinking is entirely optional. Going on to a nightclub afterwards is entirely optional.

If people want to organise a trip to the cinema, great. But why only aim it at non-drinkers? Its a bit ignorant to presume that just because a person is not 100% teetotal they don't also enjoy going to the cinema. Its like you're picking on drinkers for some reason. Its bullying.

Show me a link to a freshers week event in the UK that you would be unable to attend because drinking alcohol is compulsory, and I will agree that you are indeed being forced to organise your own events.

I never stated that 'drinking alcohol is compulsory'. I said that MOST students socialise and make friends by going to clubs and house parties where people often drink. So the minority of those that aren't fond of drinking/clubbing for personal preference or religious reasons, to not feel left out and to socialise we create such threads like this so that we can plan before hand the activities we want to do.

Please tell me what is the issue?

As I said before, I haven't seen anyone imply that non-drinkers wouldn't be welcome. It's pretty obvious we're not going to agree and we've already derailed the thread somewhat so I suggest we leave people to carry on using the thread as it was originally intended.

I'm looking for anyone who doesn't like partying / drinking, to join our whatsapp group and we can organise our own events.

It's not even that deep. Don't know why some of you are making an issue out of this. Some like me for religious reasons do not like to drink or go clubbing; thus to socialise and make friends(like most students do through clubbing/drinking etc) people like me have to resort to activities that don't involve drinking.

Hope you understood that 'cole-slaw'. Also if you spot any grammatical errors then feel free to correct me as I'm always trying to improve my written English.

Actually, most students socialise by doing a whole range of things, from playing sport, to watching a movie, to doing a quiz to playing pool to simply going to the pub and talking about politics. Only a relatively minor amount of time is spent in nightclubs.

I don't understand your problem. Just because other people are drinking on your activity, that doesn't mean you have to join in. Do you have to flee from the cinema if the person next to you has a glass of wine?

I feel like coleslaw is literally just enjoying the argument. I say we just dont reply to any of his messages from here on. This is a reasonable thread so that people who dont drink dont feel left out. There is no reason to argue about it.
If he carries on spamming the thread then we'll report him. Simple as that.

Allow this. I'm no longer going to entertain this conversation. Goodbye.

Chocolate, sex and alcohol DEFINITELY make you happy. In both the short run and the long run.

Alcohol has health benefits. It helps you socialise and prevents depression and extends your life expectancy. You should read up on it. Its not really addictive either.You're risking your health by not drinking.

Not in the long run....not in my opinion. For me that would be a meaningless frustrating life if i just spent time in partying, sex and alcohol.

I have never heard of alcohol being healthy....very counter-intuitive. Because i'm an open minded person i shall read up on it but i doubt there is scientific evidence to back those claims up.

Its good that you are an open-minded young man. You will do well.

Some things make you happy in the short-run, some things make you happy in the long run. There is more than enough time in the day to do both.

Emerson spoke of "moderation in all things". Needless self-denial is not a virtue.



As for healthy drinking, even TSR has an article on it.
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/the_surprising_health_benefits_of_daily_drinking

Young woman*. I looked up on it...more harmful effects than "health benefits".
It's all bs.
I'm social and outgoing enough without the alcohol...I don't need to dumb myself down.
You haven't convinced me.
Nice talking to you.

It's like saying chocolate and sex makes you happy... the pleasure is only temporary and if you indulge too much it just makes you fed up of life imo....they don't make you happy.

I can't even be bothered to read through your guys' arguing, but from what I gather cole-slaw is misunderstanding what this thread is about. The whole point of the thread is to organise events for people who don't want/like to drink. Most fresher's events focus on socialising and meeting new people through drinking. This is not for everyone. We're trying to organise events where the focus is not on drinking. Of course, people who drink could come to these events but if they were drinking at them, it would defeat the point. We're not trying to exclude anybody - everybody is welcome, regardless of whether they're a drinker or not. They should just be aware that these events will not be about drinking.

No they don't. How exactly do you meet people "through" drinking anyway?

Having got this basic fact wrong, I'm not surprised you are so confused about what happens during freshers week. Stop spreading inaccurate scare stories.