I don’t enjoy writing this type of entry because I feel like I am falling back into the days of LiveJournal. However, I feel that I must make this type of post once in a while. (Yay, LiveJournal)

I went out tonight, for the first time in a while. This to me, is more uncommon than not. I usually hang around with mostly people I know, and maybe one or two other people will accompany the group. I don’t really “hit up the bars” as some may call it.

Tonight was different from my typical experience. What I learned from tonight, is that socializing within the bar, is so superficial, so fake, and so utterly pointless. As I sat in the bar, drumming to the beat of the music, I looked around. I observed other people working in the social atmosphere in which they felt most comfortable. Many were trying to strike up conversations with unknown individuals. Some, possibly looking for a chance to “hook up”, spark a new relationship, find a friend in the most uncommon of common places.

Regardless of the reasons for being there, meeting new people, discussing work related events with friends (*hint* *hint*), I determined that this was all for nothing. Sure, it’s great to talk to people, it’s great to find something in common with another human, but in the end, nothing really means anything. These social interactions are useless. They exist merely to entertain oneself. To create an excuse for actually using one’s mind to enjoy what it was created for.

I feel that the only real reason one should go to a bar, is to get out of the workplace, or home, and be in a new environment. The notion of showing up at an establishment with the purpose of “meeting someone new” is utterly pointless. It disgusts me that people do this.

Do not take offense to this if you frequent bars in hunt of another human being. I just feel that this is an idiotic way to meet another person. It should happen naturally and coincidentally. For instance, while shopping, picking up a similar book at the book store, buying the same coffee-based beverage at a local coffee shop while standing in line next to each other, playing an instrument at the local Guitar Center, what have you.

There’s no need to hunt for people while intoxicated, in an idiotic manner. It’s a waste of life, time, and energy.

Use your brain and find something you enjoy, meet someone while doing it, and flourish in life with another who has similar interests.

And don’t tell me drinking at the bar is your interest, because if you do, you’re just lazy.

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 10th, 2007 at 12:15 am and is filed under Ramblings. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.