世論 What Japan Thinks

The delightful character pictured above represents the top behaviour (or should the be the bottom?) that Japanese find objectionable in drunks. Click on his sozzled visage, and for just 420 yen (US$3.50 or so) you too can take him, or one of his friends, home tonight! So, here we go with this pair of surveys from goo Research on what people end up doing when drunk and what behaviour in drunks other people find uncomfortable.

Demographics

Between the 19th and 21st of June 2007 an unspecified number of members of the goo Research online monitor group supplied their answers to the questions via a private internet-based questionnaire. As usual for goo Ranking, the top item gets 100 points, and the others get a score that corresponds to the percentage of votes in relation to the top voted item.

My biggest failing when drunk is I suppose talking in a loud voice, which seems to start even before I have any alcohol!

I found it interesting in Q1 that men flirt but women sexually harrass, according to the Japanese terms used to describe getting frisky after a couple of shandies.

Ranking results

Q1: When drunk, what do you unconsciously end up doing?

Rank	Action	Score
1	Talking in a loud voice	100
2	Falling asleep	88.4
3	Becoming a merry drunk	69.6
4	Talking funny (becoming incoherent, speaking English (yes, they did list that!))	31.6
5	Repeating the same talk over and over again	23.0
6	Becoming over-argumentitive	20.9
7	Singing	20.9
8	Moaning	16.1
9	Becoming childish	14.6
10	Wanting to hear gossip about people, being too inquisitive	12.5
11	Staying out late	12.5
12	Lecturing people	11.0
13	Clamming up	10.7
14	Spending money	9.3
15	Becoming a maudlin drunk	8.7
16	Boasting (work, love, family, etc)	8.7
17	Phoning up friends	8.1
18	Slagging off others	7.5
19	Flirting	6.9
20	Not letting friends go home, dragging others along on a pub crawl	6.6

Q1: When drunk, what do you unconsciously end up doing? (by sex)

Rank	Male	Score	Female	Score
1	Falling asleep	100	Talking in a loud voice	100
2	Talking in a loud voice	92.3	Becoming a merry drunk	95.3
3	Becoming a merry drunk	32.3	Falling asleep	73.4
4	Talking funny (becoming incoherent, speaking English)	29.0	Talking funny (becoming incoherent, speaking English)	31.8
5	Repeating the same talk over and over again	27.7	Becoming over-argumentitive	21.9
6	Singing	25.2	Becoming childish	18.2
7	Moaning	18.1	Repeating the same talk over and over again	17.7
8	Becoming over-argumentitive	18.1	Singing	16.1
9	Clamming up	17.4	Moaning	13.5
10	Lecturing people	15.5	Wanting to hear gossip about people, being too inquisitive	11.5
11	Staying out late	14.8	Becoming a maudlin drunk	10.4
12	Spending money	12.9	Staying out late	9.9
13	Telling bad jokes	12.9	Phoning up friends	7.8
14	Wanting to hear gossip about people, being too inquisitive	12.9	Not letting friends go home, dragging others along on a pub crawl	7.3
15	Boasting (work, love, family, etc)	12.3	Lecturing people	6.8
16	Slagging off others	11.0	Spending money	5.7
17	Flirting	11.0	Sexual harrassment (hugging, random touching, kissing, etc)	5.7
18	Asking what people think of me	10.3	Boasting (work, love, family, etc)	5.2
19	Becoming childish	9.0	Clamming up	4.7
20	Phoning up friends	7.7	Slagging off others	4.2

Q2: What actions by others when drunk do you feel uncomfortable about?

Rank	Action	Score
1	Picking fights	100
2	Becoming over-argumentitive	96.3
3	Sexual harrassment (hugging, random touching, kissing, etc)	89.2
4	Lecturing people	86.0
5	Slagging off others	84.3
6	Breaking stuff	79.6
7	Not letting friends go home, dragging others along on a pub crawl	63.3
8	Moaning	61.1
9	Boasting (work, love, family, etc)	57.2
10	Stripping off	54.7
11	Staying out late	47.9
12	Repeating the same talk over and over again	45.0
13	Wanting to hear gossip about people, being too inquisitive	38.3
14	Talking in a loud voice	32.5
15	Becoming a maudlin drunk	32.3
16	Flirting	32.3
17	Telling bad jokes	29.6
18	Asking what people think of them	25.2
19	Clamming up	21.5
20	Talking funny (becoming incoherent, speaking English)	19.7

Q2: What actions by others when drunk do you feel uncomfortable about? (By sex)

Rank	Male	Score	Female	Score
1	Picking fights	100	Sexual harrassment (hugging, random touching, kissing, etc)	100
2	Becoming over-argumentitive	90.5	Becoming over-argumentitive	97.9
3	Slagging off others	79.9	Picking fights	97.1
4	Lecturing people	74.6	Lecturing people	91.9
5	Breaking stuff	72.9	Slagging off others	85.1
6	Sexual harrassment (hugging, random touching, kissing, etc)	71.1	Breaking stuff	82.2
7	Not letting friends go home, dragging others along on a pub crawl	60.6	Not letting friends go home, dragging others along on a pub crawl	63.4
8	Moaning	58.1	Boasting (work, love, family, etc)	62.7
9	Boasting (work, love, family, etc)	47.5	Stripping off	61.9
10	Repeating the same talk over and over again	46.5	Moaning	61.6
11	Staying out late	44.0	Staying out late	49.3
12	Stripping off	43.0	Repeating the same talk over and over again	42.6
13	Talking in a loud voice	36.3	Wanting to hear gossip about people, being too inquisitive	40.2
14	Wanting to hear gossip about people, being too inquisitive	34.2	Flirting	38.9
15	Becoming a maudlin drunk	24.6	Becoming a maudlin drunk	37.1
16	Telling bad jokes	24.6	Telling bad jokes	32.4
17	Flirting	22.2	Talking in a loud voice	28.7
18	Talking funny (becoming incoherent, speaking English)	20.4	Asking what people think of them	27.9
19	Asking what people think of them	20.4	Clamming up	26.1
20	Randomly giving alcohol to others	19.4	Phoning up friends	19.3