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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
I don't it has to do with social norms. Maybe it just unravels the psychological safe-gaurds people create for themselves to operate in society without being hassled. Maybe the happy drunk wants to be happy when sober but creates certain behaviour modifactions to safe-guard themselves from others.
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That sounds to me like conforming to social norms. If you have a perpetual fear of being judged, you will do your best to learn what is considered socially acceptable, and try to follow that line of acceptability pretty rigorously to avoid people having a negative feeling about you. Only intoxication let's down that guard you've used to integrate yourself into society.