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Medieval hardships (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Ive known alcoholics that drank 12-24 packs daily and still were perfectly functional. This is 4-5% abv beer, and they did all of the normal activities you would expect. If you didnt know they had a disease/addiction, you likely would never have noticed how much they had to drink that day. They easily consumed 2-3000 calories/day just from beer.

Human tolerance for alcohol is way, more adaptable than youre implying.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You're both right. The beer people drank back then was usually very low alcohol content. It was essentially fermented just enough so that it would stay safe to drink for a while. There was stronger stuff, yes, but especially the stuff they had on ships was very weak.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Same with the famous pirate rum.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

not saying anyone's wrong in this thread, but i would love to read sources on this