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> But in countries where wine is more popular than beer, such as Italy, France, Spain and Greece, bingeing and drinking games are rarer and generally frowned on
by thamer 6y ago
> But in countries where wine is more popular than beer, such as Italy, France, Spain and Greece, bingeing and drinking games are rarer and generally frowned on.
Being from one of these countries I can safely say this is wrong on both counts. As a student I saw how popular drinking games were, and participated in many.
This is only a small part of the article, but it's always a bad feeling when one of the opening lines presents incorrect statements as facts. What else in this article is also completely wrong?
Are readers supposed to actively attempt to trigger the Gell-Mann amnesia effect to be able to enjoy an article?
- marton78 6y agoShould that country be Spain, I cannot but wholeheartedly agree. > Beati Hispani quibus bibere vivere est
- OscarDC 6y agoSpeaking for France, I agree with that original sentence. I played some drinking games while I was a student but it was very rare. Less than what I did on a single week when I visited a student friend in England. I asked my girlfriend (also french) and same thing for her - but replace England with Germany.
- zwirbl 6y agoIn Austria at least the alcoholic beverage used does not matter that much, especially in eastern Austria drinking games are also played with wine and must, not to mention that lots of drinking games everywhere are based on the consumption of spirits
- baud147258 6y agoI don't think I've ever seen anyone 'playing' drinking games in France, but binge drink and getting drunk sure exists