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Think you drank a lot last night? This chart will put things in perspective. http://t.co/gafm2onSjE pic.twitter.com/C6nIHeMwQI

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 27, 2014

“Do you drink a glass of wine with dinner every night? That puts you in the top 30 percent of American adults in terms of per-capita alcohol consumption. If you drink two glasses, that would put you in the top 20 percent,” according to the Washington Post, which sounds like it might be headed into JuiceVox territory, despite Jeff Bezos’ best efforts:

But in order to break into the top 10 percent of American drinkers, you would need to drink more than two bottles of wine with every dinner. And you’d still be below-average among those top 10 percenters.

The top 10 percent of American drinkers — 24 million adults over age 18 — consume, on average, 74 alcoholic drinks per week. That works out to a little more than four-and-a-half 750 ml bottles of Jack Daniels, 18 bottles of wine, or three 24-can cases of beer. In one week.

Or, if you prefer, 10 drinks per day.

Steve Green and his titanium-coated liver really need to up their game.

(Via Maggie’s Farm.)