Recent content by orrin white

Forums have died off because of social media. People are generally attracted to places that offer the largest audience for their verbal eructations. That said, most people who post online vastly overestimate the amount of attention paid to their outpourings. See the spotlight effect for a...

There's a forum called Modern Drunkard BBS. I do not recommend hanging out there, nor do I recommend drinking to excess (or at all). I went through a stage like that myself, and indeed I think reading Bukowski can give one the impression that one may drink with impunity. But of course that's not...