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Even among binge-drinking college students, 10 drinks an hour is exceptional. We used to play a game in college where you would drink 1 shot of beer per minute

Even among binge-drinking college students, 10 drinks an hour is exceptional. We used to play a game in college where you would drink 1 shot of beer per minute (so 90 oz of beer, or 7.5 cans of beer in an hour), and few people could make it past 30 minutes. Source: was a binge-drinking college student.

caddemon 5y ago
Power hours can definitely get you utterly trashed, but I think a big reason people would stop/slow down half way through those is that it's a bit physically uncomfortable. I don't think I could do a power hour with non-alcoholic beer right now if you paid me. I agree 10 drinks an hour is super rare though. Just saying if I absolutely had to do that for some reason I'd go with vodka not beer.
- silexia 5y ago
  90 oz of vodka? You must mean 10 shots of vodka, not the other way I read it.
  - caddemon 5y ago
    Yeah by drinks I mean the alcohol-based unit, not 10 glasses of Vodka lol.
throwaway0a5e 5y ago
You're talking about a power hour. Pretty much everyone makes the hour. Nobody drops out after 30min unless they've been pregaming. Yes it gets you pretty drunk but many people continue drinking afterwards. The alcoholics do it with wine. Pretty much everyone I hung out with in college were weekend only drinkers, not exactly the hard drinking crowd. If people were regularly puking at the end it wouldn't be a popular game, just like if a 6-pack weren't a common amount to consume it wouldn't be a typical unit of sale.
- caddemon 5y ago
  I agree I didn't usually see people straight up drop out, but I've been around a couple power hours where I wasn't drinking (so more observant) and more than half the room was being really loose with the one shot per minute thing in the last 20-30 minutes. I'd say based on the number of bottles most people were actually consuming between 5 and 6 beers. Could definitely depend on your group, but this seemed like a pretty typical frat to me.

caddemon 5y ago

Power hours can definitely get you utterly trashed, but I think a big reason people would stop/slow down half way through those is that it's a bit physically uncomfortable. I don't think I could do a power hour with non-alcoholic beer right now if you paid me. I agree 10 drinks an hour is super rare though. Just saying if I absolutely had to do that for some reason I'd go with vodka not beer.

silexia 5y ago
90 oz of vodka? You must mean 10 shots of vodka, not the other way I read it.
- caddemon 5y ago
  Yeah by drinks I mean the alcohol-based unit, not 10 glasses of Vodka lol.

throwaway0a5e 5y ago

You're talking about a power hour. Pretty much everyone makes the hour. Nobody drops out after 30min unless they've been pregaming. Yes it gets you pretty drunk but many people continue drinking afterwards. The alcoholics do it with wine. Pretty much everyone I hung out with in college were weekend only drinkers, not exactly the hard drinking crowd. If people were regularly puking at the end it wouldn't be a popular game, just like if a 6-pack weren't a common amount to consume it wouldn't be a typical unit of sale.

caddemon 5y ago
I agree I didn't usually see people straight up drop out, but I've been around a couple power hours where I wasn't drinking (so more observant) and more than half the room was being really loose with the one shot per minute thing in the last 20-30 minutes. I'd say based on the number of bottles most people were actually consuming between 5 and 6 beers. Could definitely depend on your group, but this seemed like a pretty typical frat to me.