Yes, except that they’ve mostly learned to not act drunk except when they are in fact drunk.

Otherwise, yes.

I just figured realizing that (and, not unrelatedly, that at least 95% of people in prestigious and powerful positions, in society, business, or politics, are a lot less remarkably-capable than one might expect… or hope… and are surprisingly often outright idiots) was a common experience for those who’ve been “adults” for a while. The whole thing, top to bottom, is mostly large kids doing dumb shit with things they present as understanding but super don’t.

It’s a big fuckin’ game of play-pretend that actually kills people pretty often.