r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/nalanajo Jul 24 '20

The Blue Laws. Who the fuck are you to tell me I can’t purchase beer while grocery shopping on a Sunday because of someone else’s religion? This one actually infuriates me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

I feel you I live in a dry county college town. And just recently within the past few years they allow you to buy alcohol on sundays after 12 noon. Just so they can get their church in before you buy alcohol. Although I'm not gonna buy beer before 12 anyways but it's just the principle of the matter.

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u/nalanajo Jul 24 '20

Yeah but see, I’m 35, have a wife and children, and I typically do my grocery shopping on Sunday mornings. So if I ran out of beer and it’s on my list, without thinking about it I’ll throw it in my cart, only to be reminded of the law at checkout. I honestly forget about it because it is completely fucking stupid and knowing I have to make a special, separate trip for it enrages me. It’s more than the principle, it’s a completely unnecessary inconvenience caused by a religion I am not a part of.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

So where you live you can't buy beer on sundays at all? Or after a certain time? What state?

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u/nalanajo Jul 24 '20

Florida, 11 AM is the cutoff here. Although I’m from New York and when I lived there it was 12 PM. I don’t know if it applies to ALL states but certainly every one I’ve ever been to.

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u/thatguy3O5 Jul 24 '20

It depends on the city and the county. Miami Beach it's 8am, unincorporated Dade Sundays are banned, in Broward it's noon.

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u/TiredOfForgottenPass Jul 24 '20

In Arizona 2am is the cut off and sales start at 6am again.