tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post4771908675730567435..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Some People Drink A Whole LotWinston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-14866902942102440542017-09-11T18:43:05.829-04:002017-09-11T18:43:05.829-04:00Yeah, that statistic left me completely floored. T...Yeah, that statistic left me completely floored. That is a shit-ton of booze. Pete Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675790226494153847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-2613190518067692492017-09-10T13:08:45.189-04:002017-09-10T13:08:45.189-04:00>the top 10% today drink roughly the same as th...>the top 10% today drink roughly the same as the *average* American in the 1820s, where mean consumption was a pint of liquor (or equivalent in beer or cider) a day. <br /><br />WTFF????? <br /><br />How...did a nation of drunkards end up the world's superduperpower????? <br /><br />(Was it the advent of coffee? I read something about that once somewhere...)Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-18378566807390589682017-09-10T08:54:55.711-04:002017-09-10T08:54:55.711-04:00Note: I got this info originally from a really goo...Note: I got this info originally from a really good exhibit on The Prohibition (and the lack there-of) in Seattle's Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI.) It had Franklin's list of 200 synonyms for "drunk".* <br />It had any number of synonyms for alcohol from the roaring 20s. And it mentioned the insane amount of drinking early Americans actually did. That's how Pete Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675790226494153847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-5546096289164000842017-09-10T08:47:16.929-04:002017-09-10T08:47:16.929-04:00What's *really* amazing about this article is ...What's *really* amazing about this article is that the top 10% today drink roughly the same as the *average* American in the 1820s, where mean consumption was a pint of liquor (or equivalent in beer or cider) a day. <br /><br />http://www.fourpoundsflour.com/tomorrow-drinking-like-a-colonial-american/<br />Pete Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675790226494153847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-34514419387383611632017-09-09T22:57:36.941-04:002017-09-09T22:57:36.941-04:00Some of you guys know an awful lot about booze...j...Some of you guys know an awful lot about booze...just sayin'...Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-69939042170875773872017-09-09T22:45:54.214-04:002017-09-09T22:45:54.214-04:00Uh oh. I'm somewhere in between the seventh an...Uh oh. I'm somewhere in between the seventh and eights decile...I don't like it. But I DO like Wild Turkey 101, so...Critical Spiritshttp://thethirdformulation.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-34459329530300477462017-09-09T17:24:30.038-04:002017-09-09T17:24:30.038-04:00Pete Mack is right, as far as the contribution mar...Pete Mack is right, as far as the contribution margin on an individual bottle of hooch goes. Nonetheless, the sheer volume of rotgut sold to compulsive drinkers makes the compulsive drinkers critical to covering the distilleries' and breweries' enormous fixed costs. Were it not for them, a bottle of the medium good stuff would have to be much more expensive. Take a look at the price of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-21104276622393016972017-09-09T15:09:59.745-04:002017-09-09T15:09:59.745-04:00There's one inaccuracy in that article: it equ...There's one inaccuracy in that article: it equates volume with profit. The profit on a 1.5L bottle of cheap vodka, or a case of low-quality beer--is a lot less than the profit on a mid-level or high-end tipple. And if you're drinking 10 drinks a day, you aren't going for top-shelf drinks.<br /><br />That said, that's an amazing statistic. As for surviving: a lot of them don't.Pete Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675790226494153847noreply@blogger.com