We have all, at one time, fallen victim to the beer goggle effect and if you haven’t yet, you will. It is inevitable when alcohol and social interaction is involved. I can count (thankfully on one hand…ok maybe two) the number of times I have been slammed with the beer goggle effect and no one was there to rescue me.
A quick example of “the goggles” in action, for those who aren’t in the know. Let’s say you are at a bar and this seemingly attractive girl is all over you. 6 or 7 drinks later you are thinking “damn this is in the bag”. Everyone decides to leave and she offers you a ride home in her red pickup truck (mistake #1). You think to yourself, “This is too easy”. You get to her place and things start to heat up. Ahhh but you need to drain some of that beer out of your system, so you go to the bathroom. As you are letting loose you notice an economy size box of male condoms on the bathroom sink. “Oh dear God, I have made a terrible mistake”, you think as you scramble to find a way out of this bind.
It is at that exact moment you realize you have been looking through beer goggles all night and you are in for a world of pain. You decide that it’s maybe not the best idea to go any further with this pseudo-goddess and you pass out on the couch, watching Mary Poppins.
The next morning you ride shotgun in her pickup truck feeling dejected and severely hungover. Now, every time you are at that bar you see her and your balls shrivel up. Rough.
Anyway, that is the beer goggle effect in full force.
Well there has been some studies and the results show that there is actually a formula can be used to determine the level of the effect in a situation. It turns out that the bar I frequent has a high beer goggle level. It is also the place where a fair amount of regrettable experiences have occurred. Suprise, suprise.
Additional factors include the level of light in the pub or club, the drinker’s own eyesight and the room’s smokiness.
The distance between two people is also a factor.
KEY TO FORMULA
Beer goggles equation
An = number of units of alcohol consumed
S = smokiness of the room (graded from 0-10, where 0 clear air; 10 extremely smoky)
L = luminance of ‘person of interest’ (candelas per square metre; typically 1 pitch black; 150 as seen in normal room lighting)
Vo = Snellen visual acuity (6/6 normal; 6/12 just meets driving standard)
d = distance from ‘person of interest’ (metres; 0.5 to 3 metres)
They all add up to make the “aesthetically-challenged” more attractive, according to the formula.
So there you have it. Take your favorite hot spot, plug in the numbers and see how the beer goggle effect comes out. I’m sure it won’t be good.
Here is the source of the article
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hey mr. bpbc, is there any relation with beer goggles to leaving a girl question her sexuality, do u have an expertise studies/first hand encounters in this particular area?
die.
I can explain the girl on girl thing. Just wait till I get home.
1 year later and still waiting Clare….you tease