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July 21, 2011 11:18 AM Subscribe
1 in 4 Americans are wasted. Americans, like their booze, and drugs. Its no surprise why we are the number one drug consumer in the world.
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Also, this is dodgy reporting. Headline says a quarter of Americans are binge drinkers; body of article says a quarter have admitted to having binge drank at some point. Not exactly the same thing.
posted by GuyZero at 11:20 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by GuyZero at 11:20 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
There's a fun logical progression to be had from "has participated in binge drinking" to "is wasted", but it's even better to ignore it.
posted by kingbenny at 11:21 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by kingbenny at 11:21 AM on July 21, 2011
True, that is the issue with many surveys/studies. Many people under report depending on how the survey is issued. The numbers I would be curious to see is the use of psychiatric medications for the general US population.
posted by handbanana at 11:23 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by handbanana at 11:23 AM on July 21, 2011
Also, remove the comma after "Americans", bump it up a skosh to turn it into an apostrophe, and insert it into "Its".
posted by Halloween Jack at 11:23 AM on July 21, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 11:23 AM on July 21, 2011 [3 favorites]
Dodgy reporting aside I think the larger question is "who cares?".
posted by jnrussell at 11:24 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by jnrussell at 11:24 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
binge drinking (five or more drinks on one occasion)
How much is one drink?
posted by DU at 11:24 AM on July 21, 2011
How much is one drink?
posted by DU at 11:24 AM on July 21, 2011
Twenty bucks etc.
posted by griphus at 11:25 AM on July 21, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by griphus at 11:25 AM on July 21, 2011 [3 favorites]
Thanks grammar police, the android keyboard is not the most accurate, but I am glad you inserted such useful intellectual dialogue into the conversation!
posted by handbanana at 11:25 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by handbanana at 11:25 AM on July 21, 2011
>> TOP NEWS
>> U.S. Leads The World In Illegal Drug Use
>>July 01, 2008
And it looks like this story is 3 years old.
Junk science.
(Sorry for the pile on)
posted by lampshade at 11:26 AM on July 21, 2011
>> U.S. Leads The World In Illegal Drug Use
>>July 01, 2008
And it looks like this story is 3 years old.
Junk science.
(Sorry for the pile on)
posted by lampshade at 11:26 AM on July 21, 2011
How much is one drink?
In the United States "A standard drink is equal to 13.7 grams (0.6 ounces) of pure alcohol. Generally, this amount of pure alcohol is found in
12-ounces of beer.
8-ounces of malt liquor.
5-ounces of wine.
1.5-ounces or a “shot” of 80-proof distilled spirits or liquor (e.g., gin, rum, vodka, or whiskey)."
posted by jedicus at 11:27 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
In the United States "A standard drink is equal to 13.7 grams (0.6 ounces) of pure alcohol. Generally, this amount of pure alcohol is found in
12-ounces of beer.
8-ounces of malt liquor.
5-ounces of wine.
1.5-ounces or a “shot” of 80-proof distilled spirits or liquor (e.g., gin, rum, vodka, or whiskey)."
posted by jedicus at 11:27 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
I am glad you inserted such useful intellectual dialogue into the conversation!
I think they call that "fruit of the poisoned tree."
posted by Zozo at 11:28 AM on July 21, 2011
I think they call that "fruit of the poisoned tree."
posted by Zozo at 11:28 AM on July 21, 2011
I'm not going to keep with the pile-on about the article, instead, I'm going to complain about the USA Today Website, which showed me an ad that said "Penny Stocks are the Secret to Happiness"(naturally illustrated with a picture of a man and his bikini clad companion, a penny stock I'm guessing), then crashed my work computer.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 11:29 AM on July 21, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 11:29 AM on July 21, 2011 [6 favorites]
1 in 4 Americans are wasted.</em.
I intend to do the work of 2 out of 4 Americans on this subject later tonight. Do try to keep up.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:30 AM on July 21, 2011 [3 favorites]
I intend to do the work of 2 out of 4 Americans on this subject later tonight. Do try to keep up.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:30 AM on July 21, 2011 [3 favorites]
I would just like to thank the police.
posted by found missing at 11:33 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by found missing at 11:33 AM on July 21, 2011
If your tools are not up to producing something you feel comfortable defending or at least being graceful about your mistakes you should probably not use them.
(I make way too many spelling mistakes and can't blame it on any fancy new gadget, just plain ole mediocre spelling skills)
posted by edgeways at 11:34 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
(I make way too many spelling mistakes and can't blame it on any fancy new gadget, just plain ole mediocre spelling skills)
posted by edgeways at 11:34 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
I would just like to thank the police.
N.W.A. B-side?
posted by joe lisboa at 11:35 AM on July 21, 2011 [4 favorites]
N.W.A. B-side?
posted by joe lisboa at 11:35 AM on July 21, 2011 [4 favorites]
lampshade: And it looks like this story is 3 years old.
What part of USA TODAY don't you understand? That's the brilliance of naming the paper as such - reading an article from the New York Times could be old news, but from USA TODAY? No matter how old the article is, it's always from TODAY.
And alcohol impacts different people in different ways. I'm not a small guy, but I can be tipsy after one decent beer.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:35 AM on July 21, 2011
What part of USA TODAY don't you understand? That's the brilliance of naming the paper as such - reading an article from the New York Times could be old news, but from USA TODAY? No matter how old the article is, it's always from TODAY.
And alcohol impacts different people in different ways. I'm not a small guy, but I can be tipsy after one decent beer.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:35 AM on July 21, 2011
Thanks grammar police, the android keyboard is not the most accurate, but I am glad you inserted such useful intellectual dialogue into the conversation!
Posting from a mobile device is almost never a good idea.
posted by swift at 11:36 AM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
Posting from a mobile device is almost never a good idea.
posted by swift at 11:36 AM on July 21, 2011 [2 favorites]
And 1 in 4 Americans are wasted implies that 1 in 4 people are currently drunk.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:36 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by filthy light thief at 11:36 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
Oh, and it's not 5 o'clock somewhere, because time zones are (more or less) in hour increments, not a sliding scale from east to west. But you could say it's happy hour somewhere.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:38 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by filthy light thief at 11:38 AM on July 21, 2011
> And 1 in 4 Americans are wasted implies that 1 in 4 people are currently drunk.
That would explain a lot, actually.
posted by wreckingball at 11:39 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
That would explain a lot, actually.
posted by wreckingball at 11:39 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
I would just like to thank the police.
N.W.A. B-side?
Almost.
posted by echo target at 11:39 AM on July 21, 2011
N.W.A. B-side?
Almost.
posted by echo target at 11:39 AM on July 21, 2011
The lede buried in the article - and horribly inconvenient to those weird hold-out crusaders against "underaged" drinking - is that not only do teens apparently drink/binge more responsibly (although that is probably a specious reading of specious statistics) but also that Vermont, the state fingered by the study as suffering the worst from childhood ruining scourge of underaged drinking, is oddly the safest/best place to raise 'the underaged'.
posted by Chipmazing at 11:42 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by Chipmazing at 11:42 AM on July 21, 2011
I thought all good Americans listened to Nancy Reagan and Just Said NO!
My mind is now blown, off to have a drink.
posted by Mister Fabulous at 11:44 AM on July 21, 2011
My mind is now blown, off to have a drink.
posted by Mister Fabulous at 11:44 AM on July 21, 2011
binge drinking (five or more drinks on one occasion)
Five drinks at an all-day cookout/pool party? -OK
Five drinks at breakfast? -I'm not here to judge.
posted by rocket88 at 11:44 AM on July 21, 2011 [4 favorites]
Five drinks at an all-day cookout/pool party? -OK
Five drinks at breakfast? -I'm not here to judge.
posted by rocket88 at 11:44 AM on July 21, 2011 [4 favorites]
It's noon somewhere!
posted by klangklangston at 11:45 AM on July 21, 2011
posted by klangklangston at 11:45 AM on July 21, 2011
Well I had a six-pack the other night, but I wouldn't exactly call it an occasion.
posted by ODiV at 11:45 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by ODiV at 11:45 AM on July 21, 2011 [1 favorite]
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Although if I was going to waste I might also go ahead and get wasted.
posted by GuyZero at 11:19 AM on July 21, 2011