Conquer Club

pimpdave wrote:Secretly, everyone in the world wishes they were American. That's why we go around the world turning those countries into a labor force, because we're just better than everyone else in the USA.

Please feel free to fill the rest of this thread with testamonials about how much better the USA is than everywhere else or to thank us Americans for existing.

qwert wrote:200 years of wars. Not one single year US can not be in peace.
Just one year without some intervention in some 10000 miles away country, and in US will start revolution.

Gillipig wrote:I can't wait until it's broken up in north and south again !

tzor wrote:Why, of course, everyone knows that America is better than all other countries. It's even better than that stupid country between Canada and Mexico.

But of course America is not "Better" ... America (used to be) "Exceptional" as in "the exception to the rule." Ah but lately, so many people in power in the US wanted us to be just like Europe and so we are less and less the exception to the common European rule.

So the US has become less better and less better every decade.

waauw wrote:

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"England is a nation of secret boozers," The Independent argues, as it reports on a study investigating the discrepancy between alcohol sales in England and the amount people say they drink in surveys.

International estimates suggest people can underestimate their alcohol intake by around 40 to 60%. In what amounts to be a series of educated guesses based on alcohol sales figures, the researchers came up with new estimates of alcohol consumption by assuming that all drinkers were underestimating their consumption by 40%. They used these hypothetical figures to 'bump up' previous real-life estimates compiled by health surveys.

Using this approach, the researchers estimate that the proportion of adults estimated to be binge drinkers in England increased:
by 20% in men, pushing the overall estimate up to 52%
by 28% in women, pushing the overall estimate up to 56%

As the authors admit, assuming that everyone underestimates their alcohol consumption by 40% was a bit of a blunt approach. Also, the difference between sales and reported consumption may be due to many reasons other than under-reporting.

Still, this study serves to highlight that survey data alone is not providing the full picture about alcohol consumption in England. All of us need to be aware that the data from these surveys could underestimate the amount of alcohol people consume and what this means for public health.

In France, imbibing six or more alcoholic beverages in one sitting is officially known as an alcoolisation ponctuelle importante—”serious intoxication episode.” Perhaps because of the term’s blandness, the French also use the English expression “binge drinking,” tacking on the definite article “le.”

In fact, le binge drinking appears in the glossary of a recent report (pdf, in French) by the French Observatory for Drugs and Addiction, which also shows that the behavior itself has become much more prevalent among young adults.

From 2003 to 2011, the number of French between the ages of 18 and 25 who reported binge drinking within the past month grew by 57%; the number of 17-year-olds, by 14%. France raised the legal drinking age from 16 to 18 in 2009.

What’s surprising about the trend, aside from the fact that the French have a reputation for drinking in moderation, is that alcohol consumption in the country as a whole has been dropping steadily since the early 1960s. Soft drinks and fruit juice have come to replace wine as the beverage of choice at the dinner table; in 1980, wine was served at about half of all meals, but in 2010, it only appeared at one out of four.

tzor wrote:

waauw wrote:

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I'm calling BS on this one. Binge drinking is far worse in England than it is in the US. Binge drinking rates could be higher than thought.

"England is a nation of secret boozers," The Independent argues, as it reports on a study investigating the discrepancy between alcohol sales in England and the amount people say they drink in surveys.

International estimates suggest people can underestimate their alcohol intake by around 40 to 60%. In what amounts to be a series of educated guesses based on alcohol sales figures, the researchers came up with new estimates of alcohol consumption by assuming that all drinkers were underestimating their consumption by 40%. They used these hypothetical figures to 'bump up' previous real-life estimates compiled by health surveys.

Using this approach, the researchers estimate that the proportion of adults estimated to be binge drinkers in England increased:
by 20% in men, pushing the overall estimate up to 52%
by 28% in women, pushing the overall estimate up to 56%

As the authors admit, assuming that everyone underestimates their alcohol consumption by 40% was a bit of a blunt approach. Also, the difference between sales and reported consumption may be due to many reasons other than under-reporting.

Still, this study serves to highlight that survey data alone is not providing the full picture about alcohol consumption in England. All of us need to be aware that the data from these surveys could underestimate the amount of alcohol people consume and what this means for public health.

As for France, “Le binge drinking” is on the rise in France, despite less drinking overall.

In France, imbibing six or more alcoholic beverages in one sitting is officially known as an alcoolisation ponctuelle importante—”serious intoxication episode.” Perhaps because of the term’s blandness, the French also use the English expression “binge drinking,” tacking on the definite article “le.”

In fact, le binge drinking appears in the glossary of a recent report (pdf, in French) by the French Observatory for Drugs and Addiction, which also shows that the behavior itself has become much more prevalent among young adults.

From 2003 to 2011, the number of French between the ages of 18 and 25 who reported binge drinking within the past month grew by 57%; the number of 17-year-olds, by 14%. France raised the legal drinking age from 16 to 18 in 2009.

What’s surprising about the trend, aside from the fact that the French have a reputation for drinking in moderation, is that alcohol consumption in the country as a whole has been dropping steadily since the early 1960s. Soft drinks and fruit juice have come to replace wine as the beverage of choice at the dinner table; in 1980, wine was served at about half of all meals, but in 2010, it only appeared at one out of four.