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> A third of a bottle of tequila is probably not what you would consider a wild night out This is sad to see. You know what’s better than binging on hangover-f

> A third of a bottle of tequila is probably not what you would consider a wild night out This is sad to see. You know what’s better than binging on hangover-free alcohol? Not binging in the first place.

ceejayoz 4y ago
A third of a bottle would probably kill me.
permo-w 4y ago
your expectations should be tempered by the fact that this is an article for a company named Vice
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rjh29 4y ago
I can't work out if you're suggesting that a third of a bottle doesn't qualify as a binge, or making a negative remark on society's binging habits. Binge drinking is defined by the UK at 8+ units for men and 6+ for women, 250ml of tequila is around 10. Although I think reality most men will drink far more than 10 units.
- Our_Benefactors 4y ago
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- axpy 4y ago
  Isn’t a unit usually defined as 1.5oz (~45ml)? So it would be 5-6 unit, not 10.
  - rjh29 4y ago
    UK units are 25ml of 40% spirit, but my comment holds up if you adjust the numbers. Fun fact about UK units: they are equal to the alcohol % (ABV, half of US proof) in 1 litre of the liquid, so calculation is easy. For example a 6% ABV lager means there are 6 units in a litre, so a 500ml can is 3 units and a 330ml can is around 2 units.
InCityDreams 4y ago
A real binge involves days of drinking, not just government 'studies' of 10 units or whatever, where a few extremes are measured up against 'normal' people, that feel a bitt groggy the day after a few. Hence the UK Police breathalising every accident - especially those in the mornings: a ' hangover'just means 'still drunk'. "Sad to see", it may be, but there are serious binge-drinkers (who may not necessarily be alcoholic) to whom "Not binging in the first place", wasn't the original intention and also don't regard it as binging if it doesn't last 24+hrs.
- Our_Benefactors 4y ago
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- dsfyu404ed 4y ago
  >Hence the UK Police breathalising every accident DUI isn't a cheap ticket. I'm sure the financial incentive has nothing to do with it. My state was gonna strengthen DUI laws because the safety hand wringers and the teetotalers wanted to. The cops put their foot down and said no because making it a "real crime" would result in people lawyering up, fighting and beating the frivolous charges at the expense of revenue. If that doesn't show you what the priorities are...
  - trmsw 4y ago
    What would make it a frivolous charge? I mean, if the test is reasonably reliable and shows the driver had more than the legal limit of alcohol in their blood, What's there to contest?
    - dsfyu404ed 4y ago
      Between the way the laws are written (tons of discretion given to the officers) and the way the cops operate (they're taught to use word play and field sobriety tests that are specifically designed to let the cop write a police report that makes the suspect look plastered despite reality being otherwise without technically lying[1]) lots of people who are well below the legal limit get charged with DUI. They then spend thousands of dollars on a lawyer getting those charges reduced to "reasonable" stuff (in sarcasm quotes because it's blatant revenue enforcement) that still carries thousands in fines but isn't life ruining. Don't get me wrong, real DUI is a real crime but for every person charged with that there's another one that thought they were successfully attempting to be lawful by being below the limit who also got charged because that's what the laws permit and that's what the financial incentive is.
the_only_law 4y ago
Yeah but I’m already bored enough.

ceejayoz 4y ago

A third of a bottle would probably kill me.

permo-w 4y ago

your expectations should be tempered by the fact that this is an article for a company named Vice

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rjh29 4y ago

I can't work out if you're suggesting that a third of a bottle doesn't qualify as a binge, or making a negative remark on society's binging habits. Binge drinking is defined by the UK at 8+ units for men and 6+ for women, 250ml of tequila is around 10. Although I think reality most men will drink far more than 10 units.

Our_Benefactors 4y ago
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axpy 4y ago
Isn’t a unit usually defined as 1.5oz (~45ml)? So it would be 5-6 unit, not 10.
- rjh29 4y ago
  UK units are 25ml of 40% spirit, but my comment holds up if you adjust the numbers. Fun fact about UK units: they are equal to the alcohol % (ABV, half of US proof) in 1 litre of the liquid, so calculation is easy. For example a 6% ABV lager means there are 6 units in a litre, so a 500ml can is 3 units and a 330ml can is around 2 units.

InCityDreams 4y ago

A real binge involves days of drinking, not just government 'studies' of 10 units or whatever, where a few extremes are measured up against 'normal' people, that feel a bitt groggy the day after a few. Hence the UK Police breathalising every accident - especially those in the mornings: a ' hangover'just means 'still drunk'. "Sad to see", it may be, but there are serious binge-drinkers (who may not necessarily be alcoholic) to whom "Not binging in the first place", wasn't the original intention and also don't regard it as binging if it doesn't last 24+hrs.

Our_Benefactors 4y ago
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dsfyu404ed 4y ago
>Hence the UK Police breathalising every accident DUI isn't a cheap ticket. I'm sure the financial incentive has nothing to do with it. My state was gonna strengthen DUI laws because the safety hand wringers and the teetotalers wanted to. The cops put their foot down and said no because making it a "real crime" would result in people lawyering up, fighting and beating the frivolous charges at the expense of revenue. If that doesn't show you what the priorities are...
- trmsw 4y ago
  What would make it a frivolous charge? I mean, if the test is reasonably reliable and shows the driver had more than the legal limit of alcohol in their blood, What's there to contest?
  - dsfyu404ed 4y ago
    Between the way the laws are written (tons of discretion given to the officers) and the way the cops operate (they're taught to use word play and field sobriety tests that are specifically designed to let the cop write a police report that makes the suspect look plastered despite reality being otherwise without technically lying[1]) lots of people who are well below the legal limit get charged with DUI. They then spend thousands of dollars on a lawyer getting those charges reduced to "reasonable" stuff (in sarcasm quotes because it's blatant revenue enforcement) that still carries thousands in fines but isn't life ruining. Don't get me wrong, real DUI is a real crime but for every person charged with that there's another one that thought they were successfully attempting to be lawful by being below the limit who also got charged because that's what the laws permit and that's what the financial incentive is.

the_only_law 4y ago

Yeah but I’m already bored enough.