Beer Goggles: I’m Not as Think as You Drunk I Am

Kathy Copeland Padden
4 min readApr 15, 2020
”What lampshade on my head?” Photo by Kathy Copeland Padden

Anyone who has been in a crowded bar around closing time knows that the higher your alcohol intake, the more attractive you will find whoever you happen to be flirting with at last call. Their smile is radiant, their eyes are sparkling, and everything about them is sexy, alluring, and irresistible.

However

if you were stone-cold sober, you might not give them a second glance.

C’mon. You know it’s true.

So if you get really carried away and spend the night with your new friend, you may wake up the next morning wondering just what the hell you were thinking — and seeing.

You have fallen prey to the Beer Goggles phenomenon, and most who partake of the Devil' nectar have been there at some point.

If it’s any consolation to those severely traumatized by this trick-of-the-eye, there really is actual science behind your incredibly embarrassing anecdote.

Photo by Daily News Dig

Researchers have found that human attraction is based on bilateral symmetry. This means that if a human body were…

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Kathy Copeland Padden

is a music fanatic, classic film aficionado, and history buff surfing the End Times wave like a boss. Come along!