[spicebox]

“They will still be able to bring their own alcohol to drink at the bars … The current alcohol ration allows Antarctic workers to buy up to the equivalent of 18 beers each week, or three bottles of wine, or a 750 milliliter (25 ounce) bottle of spirits.“ It seems like they’ll still be able to get plenty of alcohol

[datameta]

Which, even to my college-aged binge-drinking former self, would be enough for getting hammered three times a week or blind drunk twice. That's a helluva lot of alcohol for a week's consumption. Maybe not chronic alcoholism tier but nevertheless... I wish the world would cross over to responsible cannabis use as a replacement more quickly.

No offense to those who still drink alcohol (I can't for reasons not related to addiction) but the fact that this low-dose poison is still the world's most consumed psychoactive substance alongside caffeine while LLMs are available on our phones, (pseudo)self-driving cars are on the roads, virtual meetings on our computers, and reusable rockets in space feels almost anachronistic. I wish alcohol would go the way of the cigarette.

But all this is not to say that it is solely responsible for the behavior of those men in Antarctica.

[elzbardico]

I think you have low tolerance for alcohol. Sure, in a single day, I would get hammered too. But spread over a weekend? not a problem.

[datameta]

Not that this is a relevant point but I assure you my tolerance was above average at least. Drinking as an adult looked more like 1-3 in one sitting instead of 5-10 in college. The latter is problematic, the former is relatively ok if not every day.

[petesergeant]

Also:

> the NSF told the AP the changes involving alcohol were related to morale and welfare at the base, and were not aimed at preventing sexual harassment or assault

> “Alcohol can obviously blur the lines of consent, there’s that issue at play, but overwhelmingly, sexual assault has occurred even when neither party has been consuming alcohol, as was the case with me,” Sorensen said. “So it’s definitely not going to eliminate the problem.”

> “For example, my incident took place during work hours, at a job site, no alcohol involved, and was corroborated and reported through official channels,” Barquist wrote

So two separate victims saying their assaults were nothing to do with alcohol, and the NSF also saying their changes to alcohol aren't due to the harassment claims.