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I suppose I don't have evidence for the idea that it's as easy to drink four shots of liquor as a can of Fourloko. It's certainly less volume of liquid. > Soci
by Zak 2y ago
I suppose I don't have evidence for the idea that it's as easy to drink four shots of liquor as a can of Fourloko. It's certainly less volume of liquid.
> Socially, consuming both [alcohol and caffeine] in parallel isn't common
Caffè corretto, Buckfast Tonic Wine, and Irish Coffee are all over a century old.
> Most people are not expecting a tall can to contain _nearly the same alcohol as a full bottle of wine_.
I'm not so sure about that. A 32oz can of 8% malt liquor, for example has about the same amount of alcohol. As for whisky by the can, it would need to be 6.6oz, not 12oz to equal the 2.64oz of pure ethanol in the most extreme product described in the article.
I could see a reasonable argument for limiting the total amount of alcohol in containers that can't be reclosed, though that could easily ban traditional champagne bottles.
- loeg 2y agoKahlúa (coffee liquor) also has caffeine, obviously.
- Zak 2y agoIt does, but not very much according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_caffeinated_alcoholic_drinks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_caffeinated_alcoholic_...
- loeg 2y agoIt's about 1/3 as much as Four Loko (45mg vs 150mg) when you scale up the alcohol to match. (Less, but not insignificant.)