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Alexander~
 
Question to readers:

What is the point of a party?

Think and consider your answer. Formulate it and make it clear in your head.

Whatever your answer is I object.

Parties are a waste of time. Social gatherings, clubbing, going to bars is a waste of time. Talking to people is pointless. All optimism aside, it doesn’t make any sense.

When you go to a party that is time you spend not working, studying or getting better at your hobby.

If you’re the person holding the party, it is a massive expense. You risk your house and home for people to trash, running amok running your place and disrespecting your property. It’s likely you will accumulate thousands of dollars damage -- minimum -- and possibly lose irreplaceable items.

Even if you’re not the host and you decide to ‘hit the town’ it’s totally not worth it. Taxi to and from home can total up to $70 USD, 1500 yen, 45 euro or 600 kronor, a massive chunk of your week’s wage.

And of course there’s the cover and the drinks once you’re out at the club. If you go to a place like XS in Las Vegas, that’s $50USD cover and about $15USD beers after tips. Depending on how long you’re there that can be up to $200 bucks a night!

And what do you do once you’re drinking, whether it be at a party or out? Of course you start to behave in ways that you normally wouldn’t. You get a little bit silly, and before you know it you’re doing and saying things to people that you never would. You become a walking embarrassment. The culminations of the night's events are only going to be something you regret the next day. The things you do will be something that people can remember forever -- and hold against you.

The last six weeks of your carefully planned workout regime is effortlessly undone with just a few drinks and a stop-off through drive-through on the way home. That carefully planned diet designed to ensure you look good when summer rolls around is gooooone.

And what about the day after the party? You had planned to go hiking, or surfing, or shopping or catch up with your family. But instead, somehow it takes eighteen hours to roll from the couch to the corner shop to get a sausage roll (or a hotdog). The other few hours of the day are left mindlessly watching South Park.

You were going to the call that girl, but you couldn’t be fucked. You were going to see a girl again but you can’t even get your shit together.

You might even call in sick for work, at which time the boss says ‘this is the last time’ we won’t be needing you again. You’d go searching for new jobs, but surfing YouTube is just way too time consuming.

What then is the point of the party? What was your answer?

Why bother with all this seemingly doomed burden?

Simply, because the arousal you get from the party, is worth it all.

Fun overrides it all.

Enjoy the fun.

Alexander~

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I agree with you, but what's YOUR point??
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We neeed fun and authentic communication. This is in our nature.

His point is that when you go out you should focus on having fun. That is the only thing that really matters when in the club
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sounds like a hell of a party
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Jager shots on Alex!
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What about the social momentum you get, the connections you make, the interesting people you talk to, the value you offer and femine energy that you soak in?

teeth

Enjoy the fun but I'd stick to writing positive articles. Just for sake of it. Like socializing.
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 I think it's in our nature to be so inclined towards short-term gratification. As it was necessary for our survival in caveman times. We have the ability to logicalize our long-term goals and follow through with them if we're emotionally pulled enough in that direction to look passed the immediate gratification.

Why Party?

To let go and embrace the animals that we truly are.
This all sounds shameful of course to contemporary thinking, but unless you embrace what you are, you will never let go and be healed.
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I love Alex articles really ! XD  But this is  the typical sh@t that goes trhough your mind and you think , Ill post this up, but you actually know is not that good , but since you know you are the shit you kind of dont care and over value your random thoughts and just post it up proudly.. xD


I forgive i forgive , cause iknow moreee good stuff is comi
ng :PPPP
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 You forgot this one:

The possibility of getting laid (for both men and women).

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Alexander~ wrote:

If you’re the person holding the party, it is a massive expense. You risk your house and home for people to trash, running amok running your place and disrespecting your property. It’s likely you will accumulate thousands of dollars damage -- minimum -- and possibly lose irreplaceable items.
Especially if Alex is there and doesn't like the interior design of your bathroom
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 PATT
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Party is denial of reality.
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Polarize wrote:
To let go and embrace the animals that we truly are.
And to forget and deny that maybe .. there is something more to us than just "animals" ??
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Alex,

I'm glad you wrote this. Obviously you are being facetedious here.. but i've been thinking this legitimately the past little while. I find when I went EXTREME, like going out 4-5 days a week type shit.. my life just got fucked. IMO, it's not worth it.. getting bad habits, my entitlement (atleast from my perception) was hurting. I wasn't having self love anymore.. i actually started feeling shitty and negative. Getting outta shape, going out for WOMEN rather then w/ purpose, not taking action in goals.. i felt I wasn't showing integrity to myself. But to get good at this you have to go out a LOT.. what do you recommend? I personally LOVE waking up early and being productive, but I also love the game. I was thinking of switching it up and focusing on daygame/online game.. potentially moving to new york.

Calavera
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 We could all go shoot ourself, but then again.. We have to spend money on a gun, a big expence ;)
hahaaa
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 Even though your article has no final advice / deep point, it still has a tremendously positive effect on my behaviour / way of thinking. I donno how you did it...
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just dont drink alot
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Ooh-rah!
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 I see no point either. They're shit. I don't drink. Girls at parties are typically lack personality.
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Good one. 

A)
I think some go to parties, not necessarily because they enjoy them, but because that's what you're "supposed to do" and end up not having fun because they can't exit the logical state of mind.

B)
Some love the wildin' out part. Had a thought that the ones who get so fucked up and start shit on Fridays & Saturdays are the ones who hate what they do Mon-Fri.

C)
The ones who people love to just talk to at parties are the ones who just come with a happy and relaxed vibe. I think they just come for the sheer connection with people, sharing stories and enjoying meeting people who they might be too busy to see during the regular work days. They'll make fun, more purposeful reasons to party: Cook together before going out, go to unique bars for experiences, invite people from other countries to learn a thing or two while they talk etc.  

D)
And then you got the ones who go through it all, just for the hook-ups. They come with friends, but they're not there to socialize with those friends. It's usually some other guy(s) they drink with in between talking/creeping on random girls. So the ego-validation makes all the things you described worth it.

E)
Lastly, then there's the ones who do it as a hobby. Who see it as a training pitch. Aka us.

In any case, my own generalizations or perhaps my own mix of reasons for why I party (except the B-type. Always loved my Mon-Fri).  
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Alexander~ wrote:

Why bother with all this seemingly doomed burden?

Simply, because the arousal you get from the party, is worth it all.

Fun overrides it all.
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This is why dyslexic have more fnu.
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Party smarter not harder!
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dude you're right, didn't think of it that way

won't waste anymore time on parties 
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AlphaRonin wrote:
I love Alex articles really ! XD  But this is  the typical sh@t that goes trhough your mind and you think , Ill post this up, but you actually know is not that good , but since you know you are the shit you kind of dont care and over value your random thoughts and just post it up proudly.. xD


I forgive i forgive , cause iknow moreee good stuff is comi
ng :PPPP


I agree with you.

Maybe instructors want to keep this stuff to there blogs? And keep posting the applicable or new stuff related to pick up here.
Not everyone can be Tyler, even if your good with chix. 
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 meet new people
play beer pong
get drunk
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*cough* and plowin vaj.

agreed 100 percent with post.
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Funny how so many people didnt get the point of this post.
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This article can be taken one of two ways; either you understand everything i'm about to say, and are trying to subtly teach a lesson here... or, you are having your own personal inner struggle with your personal inner-partier (but given that you are an RSD coach, things tell me that you have really gotten to understand this all - so i'll write from both perspectives as to appeal to both your response but also to all the followers who are seeking to achieve what we're hammering at here all the time at RSD Nation).

I hate to say it but the argument this is based upon is kinda really yeah pretty retarded, atleast from my favourite point of view - which is self-development/super-ego. You gave every single reason why self development is perhaps infact more important than partying like an egoistically deluded maniac all the time. What i'm hearing is: why do all the things that lead to true fulfillment in life all the time on a day to day basis, whereby my ego is NOT involved with deluding myself into believing i am the shit, but rather, i spiritually, intellectually, physically, sexually, am fulfilled and therefore creative and in a constant stae of ecstacy and bliss about life with a connection to my purpose, to my god/higher power, and thus the world around me, when i can, infact, just delude myself into believing I am the shit!? Well simply put, when we lie to ourselves... we lie to ourselves, and we know we are lying to ourselves on the deepest level, whether it is in conscious awareness or not. This is an extremely unhealthy habit for the human psyche which leads to great amount of pain and suffering, and thus, a mentality whereby the individual's inner addict takes over and begins to need to feed the ego that has come to support these lies, and said person further comes to think that life is all about euphoria. What a terrible trap to fall into: because what happens when the euphoria's gone? You need to feed the addiction all over again with more euphoria! Which means more addictive behaviour, and ultimately more pain. When we're too caught up in addictive behaviours the result is our life falling out of balance. When we party too hard, as you pointed out, we lose progress on all the other things that are just as important to us, and by us i mean the true self, not the ego.

The mind-body-spirit connection is undeniable with regards to it being the most optimal state of being to operate from. When we are in a constant state of balance, we are operating from our most optimal level of being, and are further continually growing in our own intellect, our own physical body, our own spirituality, and thus are ultimately growing in our state of consciousness - the growth is optimal, because we are growing on all fronts, rather than growing massively on one front, while losing progress on another. When the mind is not used; it gets dull. When the body is not exercised, it gets fat and lazy. When the spirit is denied by the grips of the ego and it's terrible delusions; it leads to the worst suffering a person can know.

Consider it this: When you come to perfect this level of balance, come to know your god/higher power (it can be anything.. for much of these people on rsdnation it IS RSD), your spirit, yourself, and then come to identify your true inner purpose in this world; you will come to know a feeling only equatable to that of an MDMA trip; i kid you not; when you are truly at it's peak: fully in balance, fully connected to your higher power/god (some come to know it as consciousness, energy, etc.. i'd say it's most accurate identification is god), and fully in purpose in this world - the only feeling likely better than it is being on mdma while fucking multiple total 10s in a 30 woman orgy.

I took this article as you, or perhaps you trying to show everyone who reads this site a shade of themselves they are trying to... 'fix' - as having a struggle with your/their inner-partier (i've come to see 'him' as the inner addict, the one that's addicted to women, video games, drugs, partying, etc) and your super-ego - the self helper which seeks perfection and being rid of the ego in it's entirety, as to enter into the world of non-stop continuous growth and contribution - the highest of the 6 basic human needs which, when fulfilled actually fulfill the 4 more lower basic human needs of Love/connection, certainty/comfort, uncertainty/variety, and finally significance.

On the other hand, you may be writing this article from a place whereby you understand all of what i've just said, and this only serves as a lesson to those who have yet to surpass/overcome these 'obstacles'. If that be the point then i suggest this: an answer to your question that i consider to be 'unobjectable' :P.

The point of the party is that the party is perhaps pointless, but at the same time it is the point of all points. It is pointless because through the eyes of the super-ego; whose ultimate goal is perfection; an unattainable goal that is fueled by fulfilling the needs of growth and contribution - the greatest needs and therefore the most fulfilling of the needs we have - it works against everything we're seeking to create. It works against the super-ego in that partying would mean fulfilling the goals of the Id, which is entirely interested in the ends. It is interested in the instant gratification, the fulfillment of getting fucked, or fucking the shit out of that tight fucking pussy, of getting so blasted on drugs that you don't remember what even happened the next day, except for the fact that it was an amazing fucking night. Here, it is all means to an end, it is the climax for all of our work. We have both the Id and the super-ego, and so we have both goals that desire to be achieved, perhaps almost simultaneously from our brains perspective. Then we have the ego, which works at the level of conscious experience rather than unconscious experience, which seeks to make connections to this and that, creating our identity as through making these connections, more specifically beginning by creating the 'self-created self' and then moving to more advanced levels of egoistic thought, which seeks to associate the self with things external to the self-created self as through a deluded sense of ownership: 'my car' 'my girlfriend' etc. The ego doesn't know what the fucks going on per say, it just does what it does; what it's supposed to do: which is make these connections that are fueled by these desires to get fucked or to grow and contribute. And so when we detach from ego entirely we realize and learn of all of these things, some of us come to say life has no purpose, but at the same time has every purpose; and every purpose is whatever purpose I make it to be. For that is the way of consciousness, every truth we seek we create in the process of seeking it out, for consciousness is seemingly infinity. That's why we need to go out, get fucked, do it up rull good, and just have a good fuckin time. At the same time, we need to continually better ourselves, because that is what leads to the greatest levels of fullfillment. There, object that motha fucka!!!

Authenticity is key, and the coolest thing about true authenticity is at it's deepest levels, we're capable of liking, loving, and not hating anything. 

 -GodHeaD
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Still 1st.
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You all win

Fun = arousal.Arousal = fun

"girls just wanna have fun"
You know the song

Cuz "girls just wanna be aroused" don't rhyme
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 No offense RSD dudes, but I think that ironic posts like this may be counterproductive.  I mean, these are all valid reasons NOT to go out, yet the majority of us go out 1) to have fun and/or 2) to learn and better ourselves through social interactions.  You're right in that we expend an extreme amount of resources for a "party" but you don't really follow up with the reasons why YOU think the party is beneficial (except to say that the fun feeling is worth it).  It almost sounds like you'd say, "The HIV i got was worth it because I had an orgasm."
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"The HIV i got was worth it because I had an orgasm."- Awesome!
Although it could be another reason not to go to the party......you might fuck a hot chick and get the HIV......or heaven forbid bad sex... fuck it im staying in!
the general idea of listing in creating a convincing argument is to provide more pros then cons.....even if the pros arent all that great the technique works ...i like to party cause i get to wear my brown shoes and my ripped jeans, oh yer and its fun! love ya work alex
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WillH wrote:
Still 1st.
hahahahahahah

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Looking back, this was actually the dumbest article / biggest waste of space that i've ever read up on. It was just a giant cone because the articles entirely neutral and actually teaches you nothing. Insights please! Give me more Tyler Durden. Humour please! Give me more Jlaix - probably the writer of the best articles on here because his shit's just so damn funny.
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1.learn how to spell humor right.
2.dumbest article/biggest waste of space iv ever read up on. "why did you read it then? why did you write a huge respones?"
3.divineBeing Godhead=really?

look what he is trying to say here since most people dont understand

what does it all mean

=fun.
=plowin vaj.


PROBELM SOLVED.

divinebeing you're a fucking tool mate.
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you forgot to mention that the loud music in clubs damages your hearing, lasers damage your eyes, and smoke can get you cancer :)
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 what a pessimistic scenario, glad your conclusion ended positively! However, there are some true points in the first scenario. When your life is not in balance, you should spend more time on those other activities that matter to you. Balance is king in everything. 
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see you at VEGA
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went way too overboard on this one. don't know what that was about. it was coming off a really bad night. had a wingman who his skils of destroying any flare of social interaction was not only remarkable but impressive.
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#44

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I liked this article. It says, just have fun. It's simple, and something we sometimes forget when we are constantly trying to improve ourselves, trying to get to the next step. Enjoy the process!!!!!
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 I't's true, in Canada it's spelt HUMOUR as well

That being said, I think I derived little value from this post. Yes, it's important to keep your life in order. No, you dont have to be like "fuck parties, socializing, and getting laid" in order to do it. That's what we call a loser mentality.
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#46
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J-star wrote:
I liked this article. It says, just have fun. It's simple, and something we sometimes forget when we are constantly trying to improve ourselves, trying to get to the next step. Enjoy the process!!!!!
thats exactly it....

remember the fun of fun. If you're not having fun, the article will get your attention by questioning your belief system which can bring on an emotional response and some of the replies we've had here.

Where as the people who are thinking on a more attractive level will just say something like 'thank you for reminding me the value of fun'.

What you should get from this article is a reminder of fun, or me engaging your belief system and get you re-evaluating the way you think and expanding your mind.

Some articles will be straight content, others stories and some challenging... keeping it interesting.

Alex~
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Alexander~ wrote:

remember the fun of fun. If you're not having fun, the article will get your attention by questioning your belief system which can bring on an emotional response and some of the replies we've had here.
LOL
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besserwisser wrote:



Alexander~ wrote:

remember the fun of fun. If you're not having fun, the article will get your attention by questioning your belief system which can bring on an emotional response and some of the replies we've had here.
LOL
Well he's right :)

Keep it up, the mixing thing will work imo.
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Yeah I think after years of your friends coming up with excuses not to go out, you want to vent a little huh? :)
Alexander~ wrote:

What then is the point of the party? What was your answer?

Why bother with all this seemingly doomed burden?

Simply, because the arousal you get from the party, is worth it all.

Fun overrides it all.

Enjoy the fun.

Alexander~

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