Beer goggles are full of suck.
The drink-fuelled phenomenon is said to transform supposedly “ugly” people into beauties - until the morning after.
Ah yes, I do remember a friend’s father telling me that “he sure had gone to bed with a lot of pretty women, but woke up with far fewer!”
A poll showed that 68% of people had regretted giving their phone number to someone to whom they later realised they were not attracted.
A formula rating of less than one means no effect. Between one and 50 the person you would normally find unattractive appears less “visually offensive”.
Non-appealing people become suddenly attractive between 51 and 100. At more than 100, someone not considered attractive looks like a super model.
Read more: BBC NEWS: ‘Beer goggles’ effect explained
December 13th, 2005 at 5:10 pm
I heard it said once… “go ugly early.”