QC FYI: Beer Goggles Are Real

Comedienne Chelsea Handler once said, “I went out with a guy once who told me I didn’t need to drink to make myself more fun to be around. I told him, ‘I’m drinking so that you’re more fun to be around.'”
Turns out that booze may help mediocre men seem more fuckable and not just because of lowered inhibitions. Experimental psychologists at the University of Bristol 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.
Here’s what they found: Both men and women who drank booze found these photos more attractive by roughly 10 percent and the effect was not specific to the opposite sex (meaning that your straight buddy may actually find you more attractive after a few vodka tonics and a backrub).
The main question is whether these effects are specific to faces or everything in general. Future research could expose drinkers to landscapes, puppies, or baby clowns, to see if alcohol has a more general effect on perceiving beauty in the environment.
This groundbreaking study will be published in the journal Oxford Medical Journal: Alcohol and Alcoholism. Read the original news article about the study or another study about homosexual alcohol addiction that may make you re-consider that next drink.