[–] GnosticPizza 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
74 seems high, that's ten+ drinks a day. Or are these benders of slamming two thirty packs and a bottle in a weekend?
[–] ExpertShitposter [S] ago
Seems high, then again i did have a distant relative that drank a 1L bottle of vodka per day. Was a woman too.
The ~ means approximately... and given the spectrum of the other two should be considered quite a wide band.
That said, during my worst periods I would put two 750ml bottles at 15% down a night as a baseline, but sometimes more, especially over weekends and even worse on long weekends. Not good at all, though does give some occasional insight into realizing how you really feel when you think you're on the verge of dying.
[–] killercanuck ago (edited ago)
Probably a weekend combined with the rest of the week. Also when you count someone's number of drinks you account for each ounce of 40%, half ounce of 75%, and alcohol volume of other drinks. There's also some beastly people out there who can go through a couple 40 oz bottles in a week.
[–] Galvanized_Dreamer 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
How much is a drink tho? One shot or two fingers? A pint or a bottle?
[–] everysomething 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That's why you use standard drinks. Except the standard differs between countries.
[–] ExpertShitposter [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I dont know, but the ratio still tells a tale.
[–] Its_over_9000 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
What if:
The 30% includes children
The 60% includes the 30% (Looks like it does sorry if that is obvious)
I can easily believe the 10% number though.
I found this article on slate that seems to back up OP's infographic. But it supposedly comes from a 2001 book and I couldn't find anything in the article about what age range was sampled.
Edit: The data came from a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism paper. I'm not sure what they mean by this "oversampling at the household level," stuff, but it seems like they're only looking at people who are 18 and up. It does say they oversampled the 18-24 range... but are they doing that to account for non-participation or what?
NESARC oversampled Blacks and Hispanics at the design phase of the survey, increasing the representation of Black households from 12.3 percent to 19.1 percent and the representation of Hispanic households from 12.5 percent to 19.3 percent. In addition, NESARC oversampled young adults ages 18–24 at the household level at a rate of 2.25 to 1. Again, one sample adult was randomly selected for interview in each household.
The NESARC sample was weighted to adjust for nonresponse at the household and person levels, the selection of one person per household, and oversampling of young adults, Hispanics, and Blacks. Once weighted, the data were adjusted to be representative of the U.S. population for various sociodemographic variables, including region, age, sex, race, and ethnicity, based on the 2000 Decennial Census.
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[–] ScientiaPotentia 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Alcohol is promoted in many films/tv and even on the news. It is more than just for the business. The Ranch promotes alcoholism and subtle Liberalism to Middle America. In every single scene the characters are drinking non-stop yet they don't promote any brands specifically, just drinking in general. Even in the morning, while working, sitting on the porch, everywhere. The show is a psy-op for sure and I don't trust any of the creators or actors involved.
[–] ExpertShitposter [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Watched a video of an old Russian professor saying the same thing about soviet films.
[–] ScientiaPotentia 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
They want to create a culture of easily controllable addicts.