Wine Glasses Are Seven Times Larger Than They Used To Be (theguardian.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Our Georgian and Victorian ancestors may have enjoyed a Christmas tipple but -- judging by the size of the glasses they used -- they probably drank less wine than we do today. Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found that the capacity of wine glasses has ballooned nearly seven-fold over the past 300 years, rising most sharply in the last two decades in line with a surge in wine consumption. Wine glasses have swelled in size from an average capacity of 66ml in the early 1700s to 449ml today, the study reveals -- a change that may have encouraged us to drink far more than is healthy. Indeed, a typical wine glass 300 years ago would only have held about a half of today's smallest "official" measure of 125ml.

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Re:People drink alcohol to cope with life

[PopeRatzo]

Must we take it there? Politics in this place have already encroached into every discussion, relevant or not.

That reminds me, I have another Roy Moore joke:

"So, the Alabama Republican senate candidate ran a good campaign, but he came in a little behind."

Re:People drink alcohol to cope with life

[jedidiah]

> What I really don't get, is the influx of right wing trolling? Normally the side that isn't in power is the one trolling, because they are the ones most upset because their views are being ignored. Check out Slashdot from 2001-2008.

You are confusing Washington with Hollywood.

We still get partisan nonsense shoved down our throats constantly. If anything, it's even worse now because it's infested outlets that used to be politically neutral. You can't get away from it.

Unless you're one of the party faithful, it's annoying. Plus some of it is really deranged.

Also, fundies and tea baggers have nothing on the much more numerous liberal brand of wing nut that has arisen recently.