• Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11286505/Mother-39-crashed-cars-worth-100-000-downing-40-Baileys-banned-roads.html

        I got curious, googled the story and the UK definition of a "shot". It's the Daily Mail so I'm assuming it's pretty heavy sensationalized bullshit but according to the article:

        Maria Mills downed around 40 measures of Baileys Irish Cream before driving off and crashing into parked cars worth more than £100,000.

        And while I've never even been to Britain before, quick googling led me to find that the definition of a "measure" of liquor is 25 ml (Except in Northern Ireland, which is 35ml) , which is significantly below the international average, according to a chart I skimmed off Wikipedia. Assuming the DM used the rather low definition of 25ml, 25ml X "around 40 measures" = 1 liter of Baileys. Which at 17% abv is still a lot of booze but not as nearly as bad as the headline makes it sound

        • Judge_Juche [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          The more impressive part is that she drank a liter of heavy cream and kept it all in

        • dead [he/him]
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          edit-2
          2 years ago

          The article specifies that she drank one and a half bottles. UK government specifies that spirit bottles are 700 ml or 1000 ml.

        • HornyOnMain
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          2 years ago

          I've seen a measure used to mean 50ml instead of 25ml but considering this is the daily heil they're probably using the 25ml version of a measure to make it seem like more

      • Fleshbeast [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        The mystery is the mass quantity of sugar, not the alcohol.

      • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Baileys isn't full strength liquor. If you're drunk off a shot of Baileys, then congrats, enjoy your status as a cheap date and the savings that go with it.

        • kristina [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          one 8% alcohol beer can get me drunk so

          whenever i drink with friends they always find it hilarious so at least im fun at parties

      • CommunistBear [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Practice. I'm just your average drunk and this doesn't seem all that bad aside from the dairy in the Bailey's