Paris to ban drinking alcohol in public as hospitals hit heatwave breaking point (www.theguardian.com)
from Valuy@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 08:46
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ms_lane@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 09:31 next collapse

Take it from a nation of drunkards who live in the heat- You want low ABV beers.

Under 3.5%, around 2.7% - it’s low enough in alcohol that it stops being dehydrating, it won’t hydrate you but you’re not actively dehydrating yourself either.

There is a reason the top end of Australia drinks XXXX which is 3.5%. It’s only us down in the south that can get away with drinking full strength during Winter (now!)

Alinor@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 10:18 next collapse

Don’t you want drinks that actually hydrate you though?

winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jun 10:25 collapse

Yes but there aren’t any alcoholic drinks that do that and we are trying to get buzzed out here

tissek@sopuli.xyz on 26 Jun 10:57 collapse

Wouldn’t then drinking hard liquor for buzz and something hydrating be a decent option?

exu@feditown.com on 26 Jun 11:38 collapse

Only if you drink the water first. Do it the other way and you’re wasted by the time you drink water.

P00ptart@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 12:43 collapse

Vodka and cucumber water!

idiomaddict@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 12:58 collapse

You can also make it with gin and add basil, thyme, or mint.

Actually, I highly recommend a weak gin and basil agua fresca (melon cubes blended smooth with water, lime juice, and sugar to taste) or a lot of water and a weak margarita on really hot days.

fonix232@fedia.io on 26 Jun 10:35 next collapse

Wine spritzers are the way to go.

Or do my absinthe spritzer:

  • pint glass
  • muddle some mint in 50-100ml elderflower cordial
  • add proper original absinthe, 50ml
  • add St Germaine elderflower liqueur, 50ml
  • add lemon or lime juice, 50ml
  • add ice
  • fill to the brim with sparkling water or lemon-lime soda (7Up etc.)
  • enjoy

super refreshing, low ABV(ish). For even less alcohol, swap absinthe with Absinthe NV.

MalReynolds@slrpnk.net on 26 Jun 13:41 collapse

Sounds awesome, not technically a wine spritzer, but who cares. I’d go with cocktail in the original sense (drink at 11 a.m. to clear the head)

No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 11:54 next collapse

OK, so only drink radlers and “tinto de verano” got it.

MalReynolds@slrpnk.net on 26 Jun 13:48 next collapse

XXXX which is 3.5%

That’s Mid (strength), XXXX is 4.4 but was stronger for a long time. I don’t care, I like Ales. Coopers uses brackish water, so it’s rich in electrolytes, stepping around the problem, as long as you ‘zebra stripe’ (drink some damn water along the way) as the next gen says.

ms_lane@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 13:49 collapse

I drink Mild Ale ;)

MalReynolds@slrpnk.net on 26 Jun 13:58 collapse

Well, good!

Noodle07@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 17:58 collapse

In france we drink a lot of beers above 7% :x

theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jun 13:33 collapse

Dislike this the solution should never be “legalistic” in scenarios like this.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 13:56 next collapse

Just like with COVID, if people don’t have the good sense to regulate their own behaviors, when it affects the general population, then the state should intervene. During the height of COVID people with serious conditions were turned away from historians hospitals because they were full of infected people that weren’t vaccinated. That, in turn, drove occupancy limits and mask mandates.

Edit: autocorrect

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 26 Jun 14:08 next collapse

At least this isn’t contagious

Damage@feddit.it on 26 Jun 14:11 next collapse

During the height of COVID people with serious conditions were turned away from historians because they were full of infected people that weren’t vaccinated.

But what if someone needed to know the details of the first Punic war?

theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jun 14:43 collapse

Not the same thing at all drinking and suffering heat issues doesn’t infect others with heat stroke don’t police stuff like this public education.

atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 15:20 next collapse

If the hospitals are jammed because 1 million people have heat stroke it starts to affect others.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 15:29 collapse

Contagious or not, their personal behaviors are clogging up hospitals. Public education should be a component but they’re already in the middle of a health crisis. Education campaigns take time to create and even more time to fully disseminate throughout the population.

Brummbaer@pawb.social on 26 Jun 14:12 collapse

You can still buy alcohol and drink it at home. I mean you can order as much alcohol as you like online, delivered to you the same day.

It totally makes sense to restrict alcohol in public during a heatwave.

theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jun 14:40 collapse

I don’t think criminal solutions solve anything ever. Do public education on the dangers but don’t police it.

Brummbaer@pawb.social on 26 Jun 14:44 collapse

It solves the problem of hospitals being overwhelmed and people dying because of it.