The Pros and Cons of Barfing

I guess the Pop Serial rager was kind of successful because we are driving back to Minnesota and at least 50% of the people in this car have puked so far this morning leading to a lengthy lunch conversation about the pros and cons of barfing:

Pro:

• you totally feel better immediately after
• you’ll spend less total time being hungover
• gets rid of calories
• people feel sorry for you
• cooler than pooping in public
• if you are barfing up something sweet it might taste good
• feeling of accomplishment
• cool bathroom floor feels good against your achey body

Cons:

• tastes gross
• have to see things that used to be inside you
• condescending stares of the other people in the public subway bathroom
• may arouse misplaced concern re: bulimia
• everything smells like puke
• backsplash
• feelings of guilt re: I’m too old for this

Photo via C Tennie, Creative Commons