Stamets@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.world · 8 天前Dodge this fucking ball for the love of godlemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1600
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minus-squaremaxalmonte14@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-28 天前The most terrifying part is people being forced to drink beer instead of water, they’d be dropping like flies because of dehydration.
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-28 天前Historically, as I understand it, what they would drink would be pretty weak ABV. 2-3%. Barely beer at all. It’d be plenty hydrating.
minus-squaremaxalmonte14@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 天前That’s truly fascinating, it never occurred to me, but low alcohol beverages could be way safer than untreated water.
minus-squareskmn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 天前My understanding is that weak beer was the source of people’s water intake for most of human history.
minus-squareaminolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-220 小时前wrong, that was for Europeans who didn’t know how to keep our waterways clean
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 天前You can keep hydrated from alcoholic drinks up to around 10% alcohol. Of course you’ll be drunk as fuck all the time is it had more than around 3%.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 天前I’ve heard anything under 4% is actually hydrating. That comes with no source though.
The most terrifying part is people being forced to drink beer instead of water, they’d be dropping like flies because of dehydration.
Historically, as I understand it, what they would drink would be pretty weak ABV. 2-3%. Barely beer at all. It’d be plenty hydrating.
Welcome to colonial America
That’s truly fascinating, it never occurred to me, but low alcohol beverages could be way safer than untreated water.
My understanding is that weak beer was the source of people’s water intake for most of human history.
wrong, that was for Europeans who didn’t know how to keep our waterways clean
You can keep hydrated from alcoholic drinks up to around 10% alcohol. Of course you’ll be drunk as fuck all the time is it had more than around 3%.
I’ve heard anything under 4% is actually hydrating. That comes with no source though.
Seems like a win.