[–] 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.
[–] 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.
[–] collegetoker 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I occasionally do drugs and drink seldomly. I feel extenuating factors like this call into question what exactly the data is telling us.
[–] ExpertShitposter [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That most substances are consumed by a small portion of the population that is wasted all day long every day.
[–] collegetoker 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Bet you a significant portion of that is single white women, likely former feminists. I actually read an article to that effect
[–] 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?
[–] 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.
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.
[–] Its_over_9000 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
What if:
The 30% includes childrenThe 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?