Send them to Wisconsin next. The standing BAC for elementary school kids is .12.
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High school mentality.
American's call 6% beer "Strong beer". Get the fuck out.
We need a UK vs Turkey tea-drinking contest.
It's sad how proud y'all are of your drinking habit.
Almost in my 40s. Been drinking at least sips of beer since I was 3.
I'm married. Have a small farm. Drive a truck for a living. I don't drink and drive. Alcohol has never had a negative effect on my friends, family, relationships, career, anything.
Almost like people can drink daily, and still be responsible about it. Almost everything is fine in moderation.
If most people are like me, I'm so paranoid about getting a DUI, that I almost never drink outside my house, and even then it's only ONE beer, if I'm splurging on a steak dinner.
Even then, I'm totally paranoid about getting pulled over, and having to say I've only had ONE beer.
"Sure you have, buddy. Wanna step out of the car for me?"
We have a keychain sized Breathalyzer we bring with us if we go out anywhere. While obviously not perfectly accurate, it can give at least a good baseline whether you're over or under. So if we're getting close to wanting to go home and I'm driving and I blow around 0.08, I stop drinking. I order some water, maybe another appetizer or something, and hang out with my partner a half hour to an hour longer before heading home.
People think every day drinkers are just binge drinkers unable to handle their alcohol. It's an addiction, not a compulsion.
I am clearly not talking about you
Edit b/c yes I am holy shit, if you bring a fucking breathalyzer with you when you go out anywhere you have a problem bro. I hope someday you dry out.
if you bring a fucking breathalyzer with you when you go out anywhere you have a problem bro. I hope someday you dry out.
So according to you, "If you bring something while you go out for dinner, have a few drinks, and make sure you're safe to drive home in case you asked for a drink and the bartender accidentally added too much booze, or you want to be sure you're not going to kill someone on the way home, you have a problem" is a wild hill to die on.
The last person I'll ever take life advice from is someone who thinks being safe is a problem.
Almost like people can drink daily, and still be responsible about it. Almost everything is fine in moderation.
Good for you, but that's a very ableist thing to say.
Nobody gets drunk and ruins their life or the lives of others off of a beer or two.
I didn't say that. I said you were being ableist. Alcoholism is a disease.
And when did I say it wasn't?
Almost like people can drink daily, and still be responsible about it.
Completely ignoring that for an alcohic, no it is not. Ableist.
You become an alcoholic by abusing alcohol, not just from drinking it in moderation and being aware of your consumption.
Did you even read my original comment? Or are you just making up your own argument and getting mad at it.
You become an alcoholic by abusing alcohol, not just from drinking it in moderation and being aware of your consumption.
No, that is not how alcoholism and addiction work. Your ableism continues to shine through your ignorance on the subject.
Then please. With your vast knowledge of how ableism and alcoholism works (since you seem to know both better than me), I beg you to educate me. I'd absolute love to hear how you define both.
This would never happen in the Midwest.
They considered running out of beer, running out of everything but bud light and Coors. So yeah, I am sure it would.
I was curious. The UK drank 12% more per capita than the US in 2022. 10.8 L/person year for the UK and 9.8 L/person year for the US.
10.8L is roughly 3gal which roughly 33 12oz bottles
Thats like 1.25 cases of beer, either I'm drinking a lot more than the average person or these stats arent correct
Alcohol statistics are usually talking about pure alcohol. 10.8l of pure alcohol per capita per year are about one 0.5l bottle of beer per capita per day.
This makes so much more sense, thank you for giving more context
It's not how much they drink, it's how they drink. It's all binge drinking.
An extra 1.25 cases of beer over the course of a year is binge drinking?
Do you even know what binge drinking is?
As much as I hate the USA, this is the first time I'm ready to compete for my country. I'll have a double-shot and a Pilsner, please!
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Y'all have never encountered Wisconsinites, and it shows.
I lived in WI back in 03 when they lowered the bac from .1 to .08. people were pissed, but I don't recall them drinking any less, just getting arrested slightly more.
Scotland versus all 50 states: Wisconsin carries the team.
Scotland versus 49 states except Wisconsin: I'm not sure how this would turn out but I suspect Scotland would win.
Scotland plus Wisconsin versus the other 49 states: sort of like a professional sports team playing a high school sports team.
Nah, the rest of the Great Lakes states would probably each give Scotland a run. I'm from Michigan and a lot of Yoopers I know could probably out drink a Wisconsinite.
have never encountered Wisconsinites, and it sh
Yeah America has some pockets that just... are not human when it comes to drink. Like i can safely say your avg brit, irsh or scott would, can and does drink 95% of America under the table. But of that last 5%... iv seen things... things even the czechs would claim is unhuman.
Drink Wisconsinably.
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In Ireland I was a student.
In France I was considered an alcoholic.
I'm a university student in Finland, and probably drink an alocolic amount of alcohol some weeks
For technical details : I would drink a minimum of 4 pints of Bud (the lightest pints available on tap) on a quiet evening out.
Four nights a week on average.
For thirteen years (I was drinking the same when I worked).
And again, I was fit, I wasn't even considered a drinker. Like, this was considered normal, social drinking.
When I went to live in China, this felt like having a superpower :,D
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