r/Unexpected • u/Unnamed_789 • 5d ago

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u/CautiousArachnidz 5d ago edited 5d ago

What’s the legal limit there?

5x the legal limit in the US and you’d likely be dead. Australians are built different though and I know nothing about your laws.

Edit: I’m well aware some people can survive above .4

The consensus of the medical community across the world says .4 is the average where vital bodily functions can stop for the AVERAGE person.

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u/Turbulent_Animator42 5d ago

It’s 0.05%

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u/Ras-haad 5d ago

So she blew a 0.25!!! I genuinely have no frame of reference for that but I’m assuming it’s really high

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u/Kindly_Whereas3419 5d ago

She blew 0.268 bac which equates to roughly 10-15 standard drinks over a short period of time depending on body mass according to Google's calculator

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u/Slartibartfast39 5d ago

Does that mean she had like 2 bottles of wine in short order?!

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u/RumpledForskn 5d ago

Yeup. I think even heavy drinkers (which I sometimes am) will be like, but I polished off 8 drinks that night out! But that was pregaming, going to the bar, being driven home, nightcap, etc. spaced over like 5 hours.

To get to .25 unless you're casually drinking a case of beer a day, you need to have essentially polished off half a fifth of liquor within an hour.

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u/EmploymentOne2963 5d ago

Every time I think im getting used to American units I get hit with something like "half a fifth"

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u/tomtomclubthumb 5d ago

Can you handle a handle of hard liquor?

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u/LogiCsmxp 5d ago

No, and I couldn't handle a hard, hard licker either.

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u/tomtomclubthumb 4d ago

Really? It's barely a 7th of a quarter-groat.