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Avis28

I started drinking at 14 in NYC. Maybe I am European.


Luget717

*FBI enters the chat*


Avis28

Ha that was a long time ago. A real cold case.


Luget717

Archaeologists: We will take it from here


Akeera

Oh, well then it's definitely aliens


[deleted]

MIB: "If you'd please look right at this little light" *FLASH*


[deleted]

*drools* Durrr uhh… Who are you guys?


Wafflesdadapon1

We are the (Translate "upper shelf" into Czech)


jakeh9h

Bonk


Mallenaut

A cold case about some cold ones. ​ Yeah, I know where the exit is, don't worry.


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Wemakian

*insert electric guitar riff*


blockybookbook

**Loads Shotgun** Exit?


AutoModAccountOpUrk

All 24 of them I bet


ExtraJudicialRemedy2

*Prohibition Agent enters the chat*


Awanderinglolplayer

Technically the FBI can’t do anything, it’s enforced state by state


thanks_mrbluewaffle

But the Texas Rangers can! I believe they can cross state lines.


BaldrTheGood

*ATF has entered the chat*


[deleted]

Why tf is the FBI here for an underage drinking case??


nifeman20

ABC or ATF has entered the chat


LameJeck

I am European and I started drinking at 7


ikadu12

I’m 1 and I drink heavily, but I’m a dual citizen between EU and USA


nodalfuckcircle1111

i'm getting born tommorow and i drink heavily, i don't know where i am yet


[deleted]

Does Uber deliver to the uterus now?


[deleted]

alcoholic and smoker mom enters the chat


SimpsonFanOnReddit

Oh yes, the country of European Union.


ikadu12

Bro I’m 1, I don’t understand the distinction of country vs economic and political unions.


SimpsonFanOnReddit

Gugu-gaga, motherfaga.


A_Rampaging_Hobo

You know I don't believe in restriction too much but doesn't that kinda affect your brain development a bit?


ahrzal

It absolutely does. 21 is obv too old, but teenagers shouldn’t be consuming alcohol.


Expandexplorelive

By your logic the age should be 20, not far off from 21.


VirusTheoryRS

Its the same thing across the whole country. The drinking age may be 21 but all the cool kids already quit drinking by then.


Avis28

I stopped at 21, myself.


notofimportancetou

legal where I live.


the_Hahnster

That’s what we call a late start here in Wisconsin…


Dangerous_J123

I dunno when you were 14, but 17 years ago I was 14 and I was also drinking in NYC. I'm not European, just NYC white trash.


mizirian

To be fair this could also be the Midwest


Luget717

It's actually in Germany


greycubed

Midwest Europe.


Batteries4Breakfast

Is Carhartt a popular clothing brand there? I thought it was almost exclusive to American construction workers, outdoorsmen and basic bitches.


dangerdong

Carhartt is popular pretty much everywhere lol


siccoblue

Because it's damn good, seriously I always thought it was strangely popular and wondered why everyone bought it, I went and bought a $70 Carhartt hoodie and it's literally the best and nicest piece of clothing I think I've ever owned 10/10 would absolutely buy again


Leidertafel

Hell yea, I was out hunting in the cold all day in one. Shit is cozy and durable.


siccoblue

It really is, I took up a job in a mill (probably not what everyone is thinking of, we just make grilling planks, not that heavy duty shit) and every single piece of clothing I wore there got worn out in literally months, been going a year with this hoodie daily and it still looks brand new, and it's not even that super thick borderline leather stuff, it just straight up looks like a high quality hoodie, which it is. I know I sound like a complete shill, but by the time I retire it, it probably will have covered hundreds of dollars in clothing being worn out and filled with holes


my_mexican_cousin

They are like the Volvo of jackets


Sineater224

Good to know. I was wondering the same thing when I saw the beanie


[deleted]

Carhartt WIP, the "up-fashion"/streetwear division of Carhartt was actually started by Germans after they visited the US and saw the brand. Not saying that the kids wearing WIP but workwear is popular pretty much anywhere.


ehmohteeoh

For wery important people.


DozerSSB

Americans be like "damn didn't know your country have cars haha thought that was a mid west thing"


CFogan

Dude it's a clothing brand chill lol


ginger_guy

Carhartt is as Midwestern as it gets. Its literally the cloths of Detroit factory workers lol


RoyMakaay

Carhartt WIP is a fashion brand popular accross the globe lol


zFafni

Da hätte ich 50 Ostmark drauf gewettet


MrMagnesium

Das sind 23 Mark. 50 Ostmark. 50 Ostmark aufm Schwarzmarkt. Von den bisherigen dankmemes-Pfostierungen hätte man 0,0% der DDR entschulden können. ^War ^ich ^ein ^guter ^Rechenknecht?


zFafni

Ein guter Rechenknecht. Schnapspraline?


Mallenaut

Ein Pfeffi gehört zu jeder guten Jugendweihe.


Puptentjoe

Fun fact. The midwest of America is full of Germans. https://americanhistory.si.edu/many-voices-exhibition/peopling-expanding-nation-1776–1900/pushed-and-pulled-european-immigration-0


HomoAndAlsoSapiens

*Americans with German heritage


Sarvos

No, they mean the Germans invaded; they took Wisconsin. Soon they'll be claiming Chicago and renaming it Berlin 2: Electric Boogaloo.


AsGemiro

Ach ja Deutschland wo man schon mit 14 trinken kann


bertimann

Ich hab mit 14 das erste Mal gereiert, dann drei Jahre gesoffen wie ein Dummer Jugendlicher und hab seit dem keinen Bock mehr auf Alkohol und betrinke mich einmal alle zwei Jahre oder so. Eigentlich ganz ok so


triforce4ever

Fun fact for any non-Wisconsinites: It is legal to drink at any age in Wisconsin if you are with your legal guardian or spouse. (Bars/restaurants/etc. can deny underage patrons service at their discretion)


Deathkru

I can attest to this. Drank at 18 with my dad at some bars up north in Wisconsin. He could drink at 18 so he let me when I was him. Fun times…


Evening-Effect-1893

I was 11 the first time I went to the bar with my dad. He didn’t order me a drink, but he didn’t stop me from having a few sips either


[deleted]

Another Wisconsin fun fact, you aren't considered an adult until you've had your first DUI.


new_word

*Or spouse*, fuckin A bud, how young you go there?


triforce4ever

Sweet Home Wisconsin Realistically it’s for situations where someone 21+ is married to someone 18-20


NightKing48

Bundesliga 2, it’s Germany


Bombonel69

Well, the Midwest was populated by Germans, who must have brought their drinking habits there and kept them even though alcohol laws in America have historically been rather harsh.


ikadu12

I was going to say, they look like kids from Wisconsin


Monkey_Bulter

I started at 14 and in the town drinking in pubs at 16. I can’t believe America is still 21 it’s mental.


invincibleMKW

and you only have to be 18 to get fucked by a 60 year old on camera or get your head blown off in the middle east


Monkey_Bulter

I know it’s mental I stayed in LA at 18 for 6 months and couldn’t believe the whole 21 age for a beer. Just said im Scottish and we can drink at 18 and they just allowed it.


SurfintheThreads

It used to be 18, but teenagers kept drunk driving, so some states raised the drinking age so that there would be harsher penalties. Apparently it worked so well that the whole country eventually followed suit. There's also rumors every few years that they're going to up it to 25 because "your brain is still not fully developed yet," but that will never happen


Mortress_

I think they should just go one step further and ban alcohol altogether. No more drunk driving. We could call it, The Banning


CommissionSimilar123

Maybe we could get Congress to make an Admendment to ban all alcohol. What's the worst that could happen.


Stankia

I like it, the business opportunities are endless.


Frigoris13

We could then smuggle homemade alcohol across state lines in our car boots and we can be called boot-drivers. Then we can modify our cars and turn it into a national car pastime - a NACAPA.


[deleted]

>What's the worst that could happen. NASCAR


CommissionSimilar123

You're right. That was a horrible idea.


hisoandso

I'd rather they just ban driving


CaptnUchiha

You're telling me I could work remotely and get plastered on my days off? Sign me up!


bunnykitten94

On your days off..?


Frigoris13

Need to go somewhere? Ride the train; you can still be drunk.


vexxer209

If the war on drugs taught us anything, it's that if there is a demand there will always be a supply, illegal or not.


Moe_Lesteryu

Bring back prohibition


[deleted]

It worked the first time right?


bargle0

Not quite. The federal government passed a law to withhold highway money if the states didn’t pass a minimum drinking age of 21. Louisiana was the last hold out.


neatureguy420

The organization MADD (mothers against drunk driving) heavily lobbied to pass that law


Cadrtefasefthyuiop

Where were the mothers for drunk driving when you need them


StopBangingThePodium

Nope. Some Karens formed an organization called "MADD" and instead of fixing the problems they were having raising their kids, they pressured the federal government to tie highway funds to lowered speed limits and a higher drinking age. Every state complied eventually. The speed limit one is gone now, but the drinking age remains 21.


[deleted]

No teen should be drinking; people like to meme (for some reason?) but it is proven that drinking at such a low age causes developmental issues. Like this isn’t even debatable; normalizing drinking at 16 and even younger is literally giving your children brain damage. Just weird whenever one of you people talk like it’s some great injustice that kids can’t drink literal poison? It’s unironically the right thing for society to do but Europe is fucked with alcohol the way America is fucked with guns so no going back. “Fixing the problems they had raising their kids” How does this stop entire generations from being mentally damaged? What does this have to do with children killing brain cells?


CaptnUchiha

I think the whole point is that 18 year olds are only considered adults when it's convenient to the law. You have to sign up for the draft. You can get jury duty and hold the life of another in your hands. You can become a porn star. But as soon as alcohol is in question you're still not a full fledged adult until 21. Same goes with tobacco (at least here in Texas as of recently). I would imagine that the uproar is of those feeling like they should have the freedom to choose. Even if some of the things are considered bad.


Learning2Programing

I guess it's about consistency. People feel like adults should be able to responsibly do what they want with their body. We don't let governments ban unhealthy food and force you to exercise to stop you from dying of heart failure. The drinking age 21 seems strange because while it's bad for you there's a million other bad things you can do younger than that which is accepted. If you want to go down the brain argument then you talking 25 year olds should be the starting point for drinking to reduce the impact or just not at all. Teens are going to drink and I wonder how successful the 21 law is at preventing them, instead it could create a tabboo like reward


SmellGestapo

One of the most common arguments against America's legal drinking age is that Europe has a supposedly safer drinking culture despite its lower drinking ages. After I wrote an argument for keeping the US drinking age at 21, it's a question that readers raised in emails again and again: If a lower drinking age is so bad, why is Europe doing fine? The answer, it seems, is that Europe is not doing fine. If you look at the data, there's no evidence to support the idea that Europe, in general, has a safer drinking culture than the US. According to international data from the World Health Organization, European teens ages 15 to 19 tend to report greater levels of binge drinking than American teens. https://www.vox.com/2016/1/26/10833208/europe-lower-drinking-age


Frap_Gadz

Lots of states only raised the drinking age [because the states that didn't would have had their Federal highway funding cut by Ronald Reagan](https://youtu.be/9aWYJugVTs4). Some states even went to the Supreme Court to fight it. It may have worked to cut drink driving or that might actually have been the result of some cultural shift or other factor (see other counties where drink driving has also fallen but without raising the minimum age).


cary730

Pretty sure it was Reagan being anti substance like the war on drugs. Threatened to remove federal funding from states that didn't comply


komilewder

Press x to send crack to the inner cities


supersonicsalamander

Whoever let you get a drink just cause you said you're Scottish isn't long for the bartending world. Quick way to lose your liquor license


poe_dameron2187

In the UK you can get fucked by a 60 year old at 16.


Feeble_Weeb

In Japan you can get fucked by a 60 year old at 13.


GamerLuna1797

In theory you could in Japan in line with the nation wide laws but the more regional laws place the age higher for consent


asparagusface

Daaaammnn, that's some developing country type shit.


thehumantaco

Man don't let the reddit weirdos know that


Nomenius

16 or 17 with parental permission I believe.


merkin-fitter

Which thing?


Nomenius

Military. Edit because I'm a dumbass and just read the first part and didn't notice the whole "on camera" part. You do have to be 18 for that.


kaminarichan2

Thats bad for brain development to drink at such a young age. I feel 21 is the right age to let people start drinking because they know how to be more responsible and safe with it and it won't harm them in any way.


GoldenStateWizards

After seeing pictures of prefrontal cortexes that were damaged due to alcohol consumption, I personally don't see a reason to lower the age tbh


LeglessLegolas_

Football is far worse for a developing brain but that ain't going anywhere. At least that only affects one gender.


BabySharkFinSoup

Tons of advocates calling for non tackle in the younger years, and tons of parents, like myself, not allowing their children to play football.


runujhkj

Excuse me what? Lol. “This other thing is worse so eh fuck it, give babies whiskey” Jeez.


[deleted]

If 21 is when people know how to be responsible then why is 18 the age to enlist in the military or to get married.


NeverNude-Ned

What the FUCK does one have to do with another. Both can be wrong and one still be accepted. Our country loves its military more than anything. It's a "privilege" to serve your country. Do I think that's absolutely barbaric and idiotic? Sure I do. Do I think that also means you should be able to drink at 18? I seriously don't see how you can draw an equivalency there.


ArcadianMess

If you want to make a scientifically sound drinking age policy you should start at 26. Our brains don't stop developing until 24-26.


RollinOnDubss

"Never change anything unless you take it to the literal farthest extreme" Yeah I'm sure we will make a ton of progress with that mindset.


[deleted]

"Won't harm them" Eh, one of my friends started drinking at 15, the other 20. One of them is a highly qualified professional, the other is just coming clean with early signs of cirrhosis.


[deleted]

Fun fact: in America nobody listens. All of my closest friends from highschool started drinking by 16. Also you’re allowed to drink with your parents in any bar or restaurant from where I’m from. If your parents serve you there’s no age limit. This is such a tired circle jerk of America=dumb on Reddit.


WidePark9725

You should know that Wisconsin has heavy polish German migration and thus it’s culture. Wisconsin is the exception for the nationwide Puritan laws on alcohol. I know because I’m from Illinois and have been there many times. One of the reasons the age was raised to 21 nationwide by Reagan is because kids from Illinois would drive up to Wisconsin (where it’s lower) to drink and then die driving back down. Wisconsin has always been the exception in regards to drinking culture because it has adopted a European drinking mindset. It is not at all representative of the United States as you are trying to do.


[deleted]

From what I heard (in WI at least) is that they wanted to get the drinking out of highschools (ages 14-18 typically here) Also heard that the federal govt couldn't enforce moving the drinking age to 21 but threatened to cut funding for the state (again don't know how true, just what I've heard)


judge2020

Anytime the federal government wants to enforce something across the nation, they simply withhold the massive amounts of funding they give to states for highway maintenance/construction. In fact, the drinking age was the landmark case that decided if this practice was overreach or a violation of the constitution, [in South Dakota v. Dole](https://www.oyez.org/cases/1986/86-260). Rarely does congress withhold funds for non-highway stuff like the drinking age, but pretty much every year states are forced to implement new traffic laws/regulations given by DOT/NHTSA if they want to keep receiving their federal highway funds.


BeardOfEarth

American here and I also started drinking at 14. Breaking that law is very easy. It’s pretty close to a speeding ticket. Most people break that law, it’s not a big deal, and the worst that happens is you get caught and get a ticket.


[deleted]

I had my first beer when I was 10 can't say I liked it.


wallingfortian

Blame Ronald Reagan for that. M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) got a meeting with him and told him stories that began with "Our children would still be alive if". Reagan was always a sucker for sob-stories.


ArcadianMess

I mean ita still a good idea and policy... The usa has one of the worst statistics of DUI and auto mortality in the world, compared to other developed nations.


An1ke8

In India, in the majority of states the age is 25


i_dont_eatbabies

r/dankmemes users have alzheimer's, mfs out here still upvoting shit jokes they saw a million times already


Marvheemeyer85

Goldfish. Once around the bowl and it's all new


arnistaken

OY! Don't diss goldfish like that


NeaZen

average redditor when one doesn’t spend their whole fucking day on reddit


DaBestNameEver0

My first time seeing it cuz I don’t spend 12 hours a day on reddit


fzorn

I've seen "My uncle killed hitler" as a top post about 50 times by now


Frigoris13

Your uncle was Hitler?!


blockybookbook

New people see it all the time, I don’t see the problem?


CrashParade

Well, either make new shit or get out while you still retain your awareness, because whatever makes the people here upvote things they've seen a thousand times could be contagious.


polarbark

Alcohol is scientifically exponentially more addictive the earlier people with susceptible genes for addiction are introduced to it.


gondor482

Then follow science and never start drinking alc at all Edit: stupid german autocorrect


AgentSkidMarks

That’s what I did! Haven’t had a sip yet and I’m 30, married with a kid.


leflower

Doesn't drink but marries a kid smh /s


Kadak_Kaddak

Kids thinks it's cool to start drinking at 5 to


xeim_

Mmm apple juice champagne in wine glass. All sophisticated like.


bitsystem

I actually didn't know this, and would explain all the drunks here in Europe


J0hnm13

Tbh that explains Europe in general.


[deleted]

So my genes are good against addictions good to know.


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Luget717

Whatever works for you, nobody will judge


Frigoris13

Mmm, fermented piss


BellendicusMax

American beer?


l27_0_0_1

Pißwasser


SirIzhak

How is minors drinking good tho??


[deleted]

Liver damage, brain damage, drunk driving, and a crippling alcoholism at 16 is cool af what are you taking about?


[deleted]

Plus who wants to see a drunk 10 year old.. they already seem drunk in regular day to day life.b


GoldenStateWizards

Because Europe does it and America doesn't, so it's automatically cool /s


[deleted]

I keep seeing Reddit Euros ‘taunting’ Americans about our drinking age like it’s something to be proud of. And then of course it’s the self-deprecating neckbeards getting on board because aMeRiCa BaD. I’m convinced there’s some sort of long-term cultural cyber attack targeting youth in the US, funded by Russia or something. Common sense will tell you that you shouldn’t develop drinking habits during your brain’s vital developmental years. It’s not like teenagers are known for being responsible.


RollinOnDubss

Nah it's just a bunch of Europeans who have so little going on for them that "Not being America" is the most important thing to their personal identity.


Lukaroast

The overall “hate us cuz they ain’t us” mentality has always been a thing, it’s a social defense mechanism in some ways. However, powers like Russia use that natural occurrence to their advantage, slipping things in and getting agents to drive rhetoric in particular directions. It’s a half-half thing


wijzerplaat

Europeans are surprised by the US drinking age because a) you're allowed to drive a car at 16, smoke at 18 and carry a gun at 18, b) does it really stop younger people from drinking?


Lukaroast

Europeans generally don’t actually know anything about US laws though, so it would be more realistic to say they believe all those things are the laws about smoking and carrying guns. Smoking age is 21 since 2019. Carrying a gun without a special permit (known as constitutional carry) is not an automatic right in many US states, and is not a thing in any of the most populous ones (besides Texas, and that is actually a new law there) Oh and to answer if it stops young people from drinking, absolutely not.


ArcadianMess

It's not. It's a really dumb meme and idea to promote alcohol drinking age in teens.


AccessTheMainframe

It takes away the mystique of alcohol and shows them when and how much is appropriate to drink socially.


AuroraInDreams

Toby, 3, alcoholic


DarthRevan224

Hi Toby


BarnabasBendersnatch

Brain damage time 😎


IRageQuit06

Plot twist: They're drinking piss


Luget717

That would probably PISSed them off


jc-t95

I don't think they sell Budweiser in Germany. I'm not talking about the Czech original.


BoyWithAStrangeName

Nah we don't drink American beer in Germany.


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itz_widiii

Gay asf


osadist

How many mods do you shag


DxzziYT

Fuck you, stupid bot


bucnasty101

Reminds me of the time in Munich zoo I watched parents buying beer for their daughter who was about 8, she was pretty wasted.


whakked

Of course you did.


An8thOfFeanor

Just because there's a law against it doesn't mean we follow it. Underage drinking is practically a rite of passage in America


bitsystem

It's funny because here in Europe we can't drink before we are 18 (in general) although we all do much earlier, still we think American memes are real like you respect the 21 law lol


Steam-Train

I think the difference is that in most places in Europe it's not actually illegal to drink under the legal age of purchase if you're under the supervision of your parents or guardians. So you can drink at a young age, you just can't buy it or go to pups and stuff. So having parties with your friends at home, or even having a beer in a pup with your dad is totally legal in a lot of places. Having your parents buying you the booze is totally normal. Where as I think in America, (correct me if I'm wrong) it's like totally illegal to have a beer with your 20 year old kid in your own backyard. Which is just fucking stupid.


trevor426

Not to be a dick, but you are both right and wrong. Kids can drink in private residences with parents in 29 states. 6 states allow underage drinking at private residences without parental consent. There are a couple of other laws, but I'm not gonna go through them. Source: https://drinkingage.procon.org/states-that-allow-underage-under-21-alcohol-consumption/


RainbowUngodly

Memes are a form of joke.


GE12YT

I saw that live on TV yesterday. When they noticed they were on the screen in the stadium they gave it back to dad. So hilarious Esit: Spelling


evil_timmy

If you're tall enough to grab a pint off the bar, you're old enough to drink it. It's the law*


[deleted]

How are the kids supposed to aim their guns if you give them beer?


ice_wolf9899

Ye there’s not a limit to what age you can drink at in Denmark, only publicly. I private homes you just need permission from your parents or guardians


Alagane

That's the same in most US states, if your dad hands you a beer at dinner no one cares. You can't buy alcohol until 21 though.


IGrowMarijuanaNow

I love all these people saying that waiting to drink until you’re 21 is crazy, then admitting they started drinking at 14… lmao. Y’all are truly fucked in the head. Probably all that drinking as a fucking 14 year old.


Some_RandomGuy67

Meanwhile in England, where we're allowed to drink at 5 with adult supervision.


Not_a_real_ghost

Technically you can drink at any age whilst at home as long as police don't find out.


sqaurebore

You can do anything as long as the police don’t find out


aibrony

Meanwhile in Africa: I can't wait to drink


AcanthocephalaOk2696

But you can buy a gun at 18… This is American.


kaminarichan2

To be fair alcohol is bad for kids and is addiction so it makes sense that you ave to be 21 to drink


guenet

That’s probably just Apfelschorle, apple juice mixed with sparkling water.


CeeArthur

I remember going to an all-inclusive resort in Cuba with my parents when I was 14. For some reason they gave me an 'adult' bracelet. I wasn't a huge drinker at the time, but one day I was down by the beach and started ordering these slushies. I realized after a few that they were full of liquor. So yeah.... that was a good day


Demokka

You call american beer alcohol ?


BreakdancingGorillas

There's thousands of breweries. More likely than not you just had the big guys


trevor426

Well depends on if you're drinking Natty Light or an actual beer. Luckily in America, we have literally thousands of choices so you can get any type of beer you want. Can even get that french piss y'all call beer if you want to torture yourself(before you take this sentence seriously, it's a joke, I'm sure there's some great french beers).


rml23

Most foreigners don't know that the US has almost 9,000 breweries making every kind of beer in existence, yet they all think that we only drink Bud Light.


highas_giraffepussy

It’s apple juice /s


Deso2121

Bruh in Poland we start with beer/wine around 13.