You walk into Bali‘s infamous Bounty Nightclub, the straps of your Kmart thongs chafing your freshly sunburnt feet.
You’re feeling pretty fly for a white, culturally-inept guy, as you ask the cheery bloke behind the bar for a Pina Colada (it is a holiday, after all).
You tell yourself you’ll stop after four bevvies. “I’m not having a huge one, I’ve got white water rafting tomorrow with the boys,” you reason.
But guess what, mate? You’re in for a wild ride regardless. Why? Because it turns out there’s no universal ‘standard drink’, and every country’s measurement of alcohol per bev is completely different.
Some findings were published in the scientific Addiction Journal today, derived from a study on the alcohol contents in a single drink 75 countries over.
In Australia, the average is 10 grams of alcohol per drank, which is trumped (lol) by the USA, where 14 grams is the standard. Icelanders like the keep it cool (Jesus I’m on a roll) with 8 grams of piss per drink:
If you don’t find this inconsistency riveting, like a sweaty, uncoordinated game of Russian Roulette – the friendly folk at the WHO have agreed on what they reckon a single drink should look like – and that’s anything with 10 grams of ethanol in it.
Source: Gizmodo.
Photo: Gangster Squad.
