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by quicklime 429 days ago
Where I live, and it seems in most places in the world, a standard drink is 10g of alcohol.

> The definition of what constitutes a standard drink varies very widely between countries,[2] with what each country defines as the amount of pure alcohol in a standard drink ranging from 8 to 20 grams.

> The sample questionnaire form for the World Health Organization's Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) uses 10 g (0.35 oz),[3] and this definition has been adopted by more countries than any other amount.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_drink

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> Where I live, and it seems in most places in the world, a standard drink is 10g of alcohol.

That is a weak pour. Not even an ounce of hooch. I definitely would not go back to that bar.

One problem with the idea of a “standard drink” is that what people typically get at a bar (eg a pint of beer) is actually a fair bit more than a standard drink. It’s unrelated to a typical pour.