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By BuckinBottoms on 3/2/2010 5:11:55 PM , Rating: 5
I didn't get drunk just to sober up faster. Now I'll just have to buy more oxygenated alcohol to counteract the effects. But at least I'll have healthy and resilient skin!

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By Yawgm0th on 3/2/2010 5:28:01 PM , Rating: 2
This was my exactly my first thought. "Great, now it will take even more liquor to get me drunk."

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By johnr81 on 3/2/2010 7:33:56 PM , Rating: 1
Mine too. On the other hand, driving home after a 6 pack and poker might be safer. I'm also pretty sure I've been legally intoxicated the mornings following excessive drinking on several occasions, this should help curtail that.

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By Xerstead on 3/2/2010 9:32:23 PM , Rating: 1
Are these guys light-weights?
Reporting hangovers on 4 shots (2 pints of beer) worth of drink?

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By SilthDraeth on 3/2/2010 10:03:34 PM , Rating: 2
They are Korean. Koreans can handle hard alcohol better than beer. But still can't handle that much.

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By Yawgm0th on 3/3/2010 1:50:27 AM , Rating: 1
Everything about this is wrong. Simply being Korean doesn't make you genetically bad at handling alcohol -- being Korean or any far east Asian does correlate with lower body mass and a resulting lower tolerance for alcohol consumption.

Other than that, it's ridiculous to say they handle hard liquor better than beer genetically or at all. Unless they are allergic or intolerant specifically to an ingredient of beer, they won't handle any quantity of one alcohol better than another. As long as the actual alcohol content is the same for the amounts of liquor imbibed, the booze itself does not matter.

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By Samus on 3/3/2010 2:34:56 AM , Rating: 2
I know a 130lb Korean girl that could probably out-drink anybody here. However, she is the rare exception in my pool of Asian friends. It could be genetic, skill/adaption, metabolism, or something she's not telling us about how she really feels the next morning, but I really hate it when people stereotype Asian alcohol compliance.

I have to agree Asian culture would be cooperative with hard liqour over beer, simply because beer hasn't existed in their culture for nearly as long as, say, Sake, dating back to 1200AD

That would imply that region of the would used alcohol for intoxication centuries before that of Africa and many other regions where people don't stereotype to be unable to "hold their liqour"

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By hyvonen on 3/3/2010 12:27:12 PM , Rating: 2
All the Koreans I know drink heavily, and can handle their liquor quite well. This covers beer, whiskey, vodka etc.

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By raddude9 on 3/3/2010 4:05:13 AM , Rating: 2
Simply being Korean doesn't make you genetically bad at handling alcohol

sorry to burst your bubble, but yes it does, look up 'alcohol tolerance' on wikipedia and you will find:

An estimated one third of persons of East Asian and Native American descent have an alcohol flush reaction, a condition where the body cannot break down ingested alcohol completely because it lacks the genetically coded enzyme that performs this function in the bodies of drinkers with "European" tolerance levels.[8] Flushing, or blushing, is associated with the erythema (reddening caused by dilation of capillaries) of the face, neck, and shoulder, after consumption of alcohol.

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By Hieyeck on 3/3/2010 10:39:07 AM , Rating: 1
Being asian, 130-135 lbs, I can out drink all but 2 of my friends. One's a bartender, the other got a hard drink paid for by company every day for lunch for 4 years (lunch meetings in NZ O_o).

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By Shatbot on 3/4/2010 5:22:20 AM , Rating: 2
Being Korean doesn't make you "genetically bad" at handling alcohol but being Asian does. Many Asians have a less effective version of the enzyme that breaks down the step after alcohol. Supposedly many can get red noses and puffy faces when they drink alcohol.

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By AssBall on 3/3/2010 7:27:14 AM , Rating: 2
With my home being at 7000+ feet, it will be just like drinking at sea level!

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By Ammohunt on 3/3/2010 1:53:04 PM , Rating: 2
Same here! i hate the feeling i get drinking at sea level the buzz is not nearly the same as 5k ft of elevation.

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Thats how America came about; same basic reasons.

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By Jeffk464 on 3/2/2010 10:16:04 PM , Rating: 2
It sounds like it just kind of keeps your blood alcohol level lower by processing it out faster. Couldn't you pretty much do the same thing by drinking less, or spreading your drinks out over a longer period of time? Kind of like drinking beer instead of liquor, it puts the alcohol in your system slower.

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By JediJeb on 3/3/2010 10:04:09 AM , Rating: 2
Oxygen enrich the air in bars and you would achieve the same effect. Or if when drinking you breathe more deeply to hyper oxygenate the blood would also work. I guess the cheaper way to achieve the effect of this product would be to jog while drinking lol.

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By inperfectdarkness on 3/4/2010 11:53:30 AM , Rating: 2
i've been waiting for oxygenated soft-drinks to come out for a LONG time. i hope we'll start to see some now.


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