[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.