Why does that make me an idiot? It's what I like to do, I don't like it when me or my mates feel inhibited and self conscious, drinks for me and the people I spend time with are just so that we can have fun and do what we please. Interesting things happen, you're not so closed off. As for in that "space of time" I'm seventeen, I'm not totally self dependant, and I have schedules etc. If thats the amount of time I can fit it into, then I do. As for the smell, I just tell my parents that I've been in a bar, easy enough to believe. As for when I walk in and fall on my face though... Nah, thats never happened.
It totally is fun, for me anyway...but maybe thats because I'm a tad compulsive by personality, I tend to drink more than my mates do, simply because I seem to have higher tolerance.
Actually, this happens everytime someone mentions anything about alcohol, so I'll stfu.