August 14, 2008


Beer Goggles

Research has found that beer goggles exist — or, to put it another way, people think other people are more attractive after a few drinks.

Scientists in England gave 84 heterosexual college students chilled lime-flavored drinks that were either non-alcoholic or given a dose of vodka equivalent in alcohol to a large glass of wine or a pint-and-a-half of beer.

After 15 minutes, the volunteers were shown photos of 40 other college students from both sexes. Both men and women who drank booze found these faces more attractive, “a roughly 10 percent increase in ratings of attractiveness,” said researcher Marcus Munafo, an experimental psychologist at the University of Bristol in England.

Additionally, the effect is not specific to gender, meaning, men find men more attractive and women find women more attractive after consuming relatively little alcohol.

“The main question is whether these effects are specific to faces, or whether we would rate anything as more attractive after a drink,” Munafo said.

posted by Deron Bauman in alcohol, beauty 

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12 Responses to “Beer Goggles”

  1. Rick Neece on August 14th, 2008 at 5:40 pm

    What’s the difference between a dog and a fox?

  2. Deron Bauman on August 14th, 2008 at 5:41 pm

    a couple martinis?

  3. Michael Grant Smith on August 14th, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    Tequila goggles will put you in jail.

  4. Sheila Ryan on August 14th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    Now what’s curious about these goggles is that while I may appear (and perhaps even be) more attractive after “a few drinks”, I’m pretty damn sure I am not more attractive after “more than a few”.

    And therein lies the difficulty.

  5. Michael Grant Smith on August 14th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    I’m much more attractive after I’ve had a few drinks.

  6. Omsbuddy on August 14th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

    …a stiff breeze;

    …a knothole;

    …any port in a storm;

    …dick cheney.

    okay - that last was too far.

  7. Sheila Ryan on August 14th, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    Dick Cheney is beyond even the Clusterflock Pale.

  8. Daryl Scroggins on August 14th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    Every time I have been drunk at the art museum, I have felt like people were checking me out.

  9. Michael Grant Smith on August 14th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    Hey Daryl, I love getting liquored up and taking my .22 down to the art museum to shoot at rats.

  10. Sheila Ryan on August 14th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    I’m trying to remember the last time I visited an art museum sober.

  11. Rob on August 15th, 2008 at 8:37 am

    I think it counts as pretty much everything, after a few drinks, climbing that tree seems more attractive. Eating McDonald’s seems more attractive. Waking up my neighbors to see what they’re doing and if they want to come over for a drink at 4 a.m. seems more attractive, etc. etc.

  12. Amanda Mae Meyncke on August 15th, 2008 at 8:59 am

    …Or singing Nikita by Elton John at karaoke.

    Good decisions were made by all.

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