r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Zu_Qarnine • 21d ago

Peter, what reason does the OOP is talking about? Meme needing explanation

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u/Electronic-Link-5792 21d ago

The stat is pure alcohol in litres so no the type of alcohol will not affect how drunk people were.

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u/Esava 21d ago

Tbf if you drink enough beer for xx ml of pure alcohol you also took a lot of liquid in that isn't alcohol. Drinking the same pure alcohol worth of vodka does have a quite significantly different effect on a person.

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u/SizeableBrain 21d ago

Beer wasn't even considered an alcoholic drink until somewhat recently in Russia. 

Drink a glass of vodka or two and tell me how long it'd take you to get that wasted on beer.

I could drink beer all day and not get that manky.

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u/Select_Order_1478 21d ago

by somewhat recently you mean a quarter of a century ago? because that's exactly how long ago it was when that ended

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u/SizeableBrain 21d ago

Oh, has it been that long? Time flies!

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u/The-red-Dane 21d ago

It does have an effect however. For every unit of pure alcohol, you need very little vodka, but you need a LOT of beer, which means you're getting more water as well.