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"The Italians love to drink. That doesn't necessarily mean they're good at it."
—Wolfgang Wenger of the Munich police department discusses the "Italian weekend" at Oktoberfest. Not everyone can consume with the ruthless efficiency of Germany!
Not everyone can consume with the ruthless efficiency of a German… except for every fucking beer-swilling frat boy ever. Wake me up when the Krauts discover grown-up booze.
@DoctorDisaster Have you ever seen Americans at Oktoberfest? They are the ones who are raging drunk by 3pm, completely incapable of stringing two sentences together and vomiting all over the place. Meanwhile, the Germans rage on until the tents close, drinking literally all day and all night (you have to get there by 10:30am just to get a seat).
I thought Americans could hold their liquor just fine until I moved to the UK. American frat boys are amateurs compared to Northern Europeans.
Germans love to separate and police minorities they do not consider true German. They are really fucking good at it.
I lived in Italy for a year in college- Italians really don't binge typically. They drink frequently, but in small amounts.
in the cafeteria at the Italian university I attended, they had a soda fountain machine that included all-you-can drink beer and wine. It was like a non-deal for the students there. They'd drink maybe a half glass of wine with lunch.
COULE YOU IMAGINE if there was a soda machine with beer in the states?!?!?! no, because it would be ripped apart in drunken brawl.