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Based on American definitions of binge drinking, one bottle of wine is a "binge". In the UK (and probably most of Europe) that's what we have with a social lun
by gadders 3y ago
Based on American definitions of binge drinking, one bottle of wine is a "binge".
In the UK (and probably most of Europe) that's what we have with a social lunch.
- nemo44x 3y agoI think the surgeon general of Basque recommends no more than 7 glasses of wine a day.
- GJim 3y agoVery true. American drinking culture is rather different. I recall American work colleagues visiting us being horrified at going out for a lunchtime pint. ("What if your manager or HR finds out"; "Errm, we're joining them, they are already there"). They never even got to see the Friday night carnage that goes on in most British pubs.
- kasey_junk 3y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol... The WHO data suggests that Americans drink about 4ml less alcohol a day than Brits.
- GJim 3y agoConsumption != Culture
- boomboomsubban 3y agoReally? One person drinking five glasses of wine over lunch seems normal to you? Looking at the UK guidelines, a bottle of wine is generally ten units and they suggest under fourteen units a week spread out over three or more days. So that "social lunch" seems to be binge drinking in the UK too.
- gadders 3y agoI am talking about a social lunch, not a working lunch (i.e. it's no longer the norm like it used to be on Friday lunchtimes in the City).
- boomboomsubban 3y agoYour government would still consider it drinking in excess of their guidelines, which is binge drinking. One of your other comments suggests you know this, as you're aware that it's not something you should do everyday.
- gadders 3y agoYes, I agree that is what the government say. I'm just telling you what happens in reality. And I don't do it every day because I am old and hangovers are now a multi-day affair. In my younger days I could have easily done Friday, Saturday and possibly Sunday.
- walthamstow 3y agoAs an Englishman I thought I understood binge drinking pretty well. Then I went to Japan...
- matwood 3y agoI think the Japanese get drunk more easily on less alcohol, but yeah the number of falling down drunk people I saw in Tokyo was oddly high.
- forinti 3y agoOne bottle of wine really is too much for a single person. It's really not normal to drink that much over lunch in Europe. Maybe at a party.
- cnity 3y agoA "social lunch" is very different from "lunch". Arguably a "social lunch" is a kind of day-drinking party, in my experience.
- bongodongobob 3y agoEach person drinks a bottle of wine? Bullshit.
- GJim 3y agoYou really haven't been to northern Europe have you?
- paavope 3y agoAt least in Finland, no, that wouldn’t be normal. I’m sure there are people who drink a bottle of wine (or equivalent) during lunch, but that would definitely raise some serious eyebrows among most people.
- bongodongobob 3y agoYou're telling me that people go to lunch, drink a bottle of wine in an hour and go back to work? I drink a lot and I'd never do something like that. You'd be too drunk to drive.
- GJim 3y ago> You're telling me that people go to lunch, drink a bottle of wine in an hour and go back to work? Social lunch != working lunch Though a pint or two or sharing a bottle of wine (not one each) at a working lunch is hardly unusual in Blighty. > You'd be too drunk to drive. One doesn't need to drive into London nor most commuter cities.
- nemo44x 3y agoIn the USA it's often called "day drinking" and it usually coincides with brunch (never heard the term "social lunch" here) on the weekend. As in "rosé all day", or "bottomless bloody mary's" with a brunch purchase, etc.
- bongodongobob 3y agoWell drinking on the weekends is normal everywhere so I don't know what is being conveyed here.
- matwood 3y agoYou said 'we' and would probably split a bottle of wine at lunch.
- gadders 3y agoI should have added "each".
- ebiester 3y agoThere is a fair difference between the American social norms and the American health care system.