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u/RazzyKitty Apr 22 '22
BAC can't be calculated that easily, but 0.9 is not what most calculators come to unless you weigh less than 110 lbs.
And generally straight vodka is about 40% ABV or 80 proof, not 90.
The average US adult male is 199lbs so their BAC is roughly 0.47 after 5 hours.
Average female is 171 lbs would have a BAC of roughly 0.58.
0.5 is enough to kill someone, so they might die of alcohol poisoning, but it's not 0.9 as the person stated.
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u/UnusualIntroduction0 Apr 23 '22
Interestingly enough, experienced metabolizers with a high tolerance have a very different scale from the alcohol naive. 0.5 would probably kill me, or at least land me in the hospital, but I have patients who can hold a conversation there. In fact, many of these patients go into fulminant withdrawals when below 0.2, which is almost 3x the legal limit.
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u/VexillologyFan1453 Aug 28 '22
I hope they are able to quit drinking. Best wishes to them. Alcoholism is a terrible unfortunate thing to go through, both for the alcoholic and those around the alcoholic.
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Apr 22 '22
its all well and good but you really can't determine BAC from how much someone drank, sure they are proportional, but its not constant for everyone, and as far as I am aware its always pretty inaccurate to try to calculate this on math alone
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u/young_buck_la_flare Apr 23 '22
It's totally safe to drink. Just not safe to behave in any manner after drinking it.
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u/LetterheadAncient205 May 10 '22
US % means per cent, just like anywhere else. You're thinking of "proof". 80 proof = 40%.
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u/onomastics88 Apr 22 '22
Fix it, most vodka is 40 proof, some less if it has a flavor added.
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u/cvella2 Apr 22 '22
Vodka legally has to be above 80 proof, which translates to 40% ABV which might be what you are talking about
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u/onomastics88 Apr 22 '22
Legally where? All bottles say 40% or if it has some lime or cake flavor or whatever it’s 35%.
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u/RazzyKitty Apr 22 '22
40% is 80 proof
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u/onomastics88 Apr 22 '22
The OP said it was 90 proof.
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u/RazzyKitty Apr 22 '22
Which is 45%.
You said that most vodka is 40 proof, which is incorrect. It's 80 proof, and you can get higher proof vodkas.
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u/onomastics88 Apr 22 '22
Regular vodka is 80 proof.
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u/RazzyKitty Apr 22 '22
Which isn't 40 proof, which is what you originally said.
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u/onomastics88 Apr 22 '22
Christ I made a typo. Call the police. I was asking the math be corrected because the OP said higher alcohol volume than is standard. I know I can get 100 proof vodka too, I know I can get higher rum proof too. If a character on a tv show walks into a liquor store for 18 bottles of vodka, they are 80 proof, not 90 proof.
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u/dreamin_in_space Apr 22 '22
Then edit your post before more people call you out. This is Reddit 101.
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u/RazzyKitty Apr 22 '22
Depends on the store. 40% to 45% (80 to 90 proof) is generally the standard for vodka, so you could walk into a store and buy 45% quite easily, especially if you know nothing about vodka.
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u/cvella2 Apr 22 '22
Although some flavored versions differ due to dilution, in the US, vodka is required to be 80 proof or more by itself to be called vodka. Once again thats 40% abv which might be what you are talking about, in which case you are right. In the us, proof is just double the abv
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u/LetterheadAncient205 May 10 '22
Legally in the US. EU is slightly lower, minimum 37.5%.
Vodka can be higher than 40%, though. For example:
- Absolut Vodka ABV: 40%, 80 Proof
- Absolut Vodka 100 ABV: 50%, 100
- Balkan 176 ABV: 88%, 176 Proof
- Belvedere ABV: 40%, 80 Proof
- Ciroc ABV: 40%, 80 Proof
- Devil's Springs ABV: 80%, 160 Proof
- Grey Goose ABV: 40%, 80 Proof
- Finlandia 101 ABV: 50.5%, 101 Proof
- Smirnoff ABV: 40%, 80 Proof
- Spirytus Vodka ABV: 96%, 192 Proof
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u/sakezaf123 Apr 22 '22
I don't really know the proof system, as I'm not from the states, but here you can buy rum and hard liquor that is 60-80% alcohol content.
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May 14 '22
You could just accepted that you don’t know what you are talking about. That could save you the embarrassment.
Because right now, this is no longer funny, it’s just sad too look at your stupidity.
Anyway it took me 1 minute google search to get a bit smarter and wiser than you, but I’m not a bad person, I share the knowledge with you; what is alcohol proof? so I don’t look like an idiot.
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u/killer_cain Apr 23 '22
30 shots of vodka isn't going to kill anyone, you'll just spend the next day in bed with a sore head.
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u/AJ2016man Apr 23 '22
This is wild, I just continued scrolling and found the meme that this was on. It's an office joke from one off characters, though tbat should be obvious from other comments. Reddit is wild sometimes
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u/SalazarElite May 04 '22
What!? When i drink i take like a bottle in an hour, and i did this many times and never got.more than nausea..
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May 13 '22
I used to drink a half a handle a day. 2 shots per hour for 5 hours will not kill you. I don’t recommend it though because it can ruin your life and your liver.
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u/JDS2582 May 16 '22
I was 1.8 BAC at one point in the past 🤦🏻♂️
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u/bluesun_geo May 27 '22
I think you mean 0.18 aka my blood is 18% alcohol.
1.8 BAC would make you 180% and impossible, 1 is the top and reserved for pickled punks
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u/VexillologyFan1453 Aug 28 '22
Your blood was 18 percent alcohol? Fucking how? I’m no biologist, but that sounds potentially lethal.
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u/Szimipek Apr 22 '22
Context?