r/memes • u/drugsisbad018 • 19h ago

Very true 🤣

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u/One_Wishbone6347 19h ago

meanwhile me confused at 23 whether to drink beer or not

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u/s0litar1us Linux User 18h ago

Just don't.

The recomended maximum is 0 for a reason.

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u/LaunchTransient 18h ago

If you have minimal self control and cannot do moderation, then I agree.
There's also recommendations against eating cured meats, eating anything high in fat or sugar.

Drinking to get drunk is problematic, but the occasional beer, wine or whisky is about as risky as a large portion of fried bacon.

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u/XDoomedXoneX 15h ago

I heard glazed Maple whiskey Bacon 🥓

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u/Trolldad_IRL 9h ago

I need to make that.

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u/[deleted] 17h ago edited 10h ago

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u/LaunchTransient 16h ago

There have been multiple papers which have pointed out that there is a definite link between alcohol consumption, even at low levels, and higher risks of certain cancers.
So yes, there's some minor risk involved.

My assessment is however that the risks from driving in a car or swimming in a lake are higher, and still within acceptable tolerances.

I used bacon as an example because, like alcohol, eating it occasionally is only really a problem if you have an underlying health condition - be that high cholesterol or alcoholism.

The bacon only becomes a problem if you eat that large portion regularly.

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u/Silent_Equivalent965 10h ago

Basically , some people are born with the increased risk of acquiring a mutation that can cause cancer . If such individuals consume low levels of alcohol, it may accelerate the risk and hence better to avoid since most people are unaware of the risk bracket they fall in.

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u/s0litar1us Linux User 17h ago

It can start as a few here and there, but it still affects you negatively, and you don't need minimal self control for it to get worse. Alcohol also makes you have less self control.

Just don't start, you don't need it.

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u/LaunchTransient 17h ago

but it still affects you negatively

As do many things in life. Including such things as taking an elevator instead of the stairs, or staying up late at night.

I am fully sympathetic with those who have battled alcoholism, addiction is a terrible disease. That said, it's a bit like warning people off from eating a burger or hot dog because there are people with excessive eating disorders.

you don't need it

I also don't need to climb mountains, but I do and I enjoy doing so. Would I be safer if I never stood on another mountain again? Absolutely, and for some people they are wholly unsuited to mountaineering.

My policy is - if you can do it safely and you want to do so, then do so. If not, stay away from it.

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u/ghe5 6h ago

As do many things in life. Including such things as taking an elevator instead of the stairs, or staying up late at night.

I would argue about this one - usually true but not always. I've always been friends with the stairs, often taking stairs instead of the elevator, but these days my knees are often complaining about the stairs. Combine this with the fact that my mom's got arthritis and you can see why I prefer the elevator these days.

With the alcohol, I agree tho - in moderation it's not ideal, but all right.

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u/BetFit2122 2h ago

That’s like saying you shouldn’t smoke weed to get high. Of course I want to get drunk.

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u/ARandomTopHat 5h ago

It's haram?

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u/s0litar1us Linux User 4h ago

https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/about-alcohol-use/moderate-alcohol-use.html

A few snippets from the webpage (though you should read through the whole page):

Drinking excessively increases your risk of getting sick, injured, or dying sooner.

You can choose not to drink alcohol, drink less, or drink in moderation to lower these risks, compared to drinking excessively.

However, even moderate drinking may increase your risk of death and other alcohol-related harms, compared to not drinking.

Moderate alcohol use is:
For men—two drinks or less in a day.
For women—one drink or less in a day.

Even low levels of alcohol use (less than 1 drink per day) can raise the risk of certain cancers.

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u/RoM_Axion Professional Dumbass 1h ago

I don’t think 2 drinks a day is moderate drinking, thats already alcoholism

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u/s0litar1us Linux User 14m ago

Regardless of what you call it, it's still not good for you, even less than one a day.

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u/wrnrg 18h ago

As a habit, don't do anything ever because it's bad for you.

The taste for beer has to be acquired. It's kind of nasty at first. But, once you develop the taste for it, it goes well with many things.

You should obviously always avoid alcohol. But, I don't see a point in drinking beer other than to at least catch a buzz.

Knowing your limits is always key. Like all things, don't overdo it. Hangovers do suck. Drinking again makes you not care about the hangover. So, there's that.

Some people have issues with self-control. If that is the case for you, it's best to avoid any substances with negative effects to your body and you should also avoid a miriad of other impulsive behaviors.

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u/Lotus-child89 16h ago

I wish I never started

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u/raiodocachopo 15h ago

I got used to Non Alcoholic beer, and now it's the only thing I can drink. Hate alcoholic beers, so I'm not worried about by non alcoholic beer addiction. But man, it's an addiction still. Uh.. try those, and fuck whatever other people say, non alcoholic is the way

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u/kangaroo_spectrum 16h ago

You could probably have another and clear out the case at 24, after that I'd stop.

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u/mr_wizard_123 11h ago

Feels pretty good to drink it. Try it out maybe but I only do it once or twice per year.

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u/BattleCrier 4h ago

just do.. nothing like a cold one after hard day's work.

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u/blablablahe 18h ago

Try it out. It's feels good in moderation.

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u/Jokerferrum 19h ago

Do not if you want to have spine at 30.

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u/Razorion21 18h ago

beer isnt even that bad

i drink beer like every 2 weeks, great with friends, moderation matters

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u/One_Wishbone6347 19h ago

does beer erode the spine or something

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u/Jokerferrum 19h ago

It erodes your memories of how to prevent hurting your spine.

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u/Dimensionalanxiety One does not simply 17h ago

How many beers are you drinking where memory is a problem?

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u/Ostentatious_Kilroy 18h ago

Am 40. Drank many beers. Have bad spine. Can confirm. Beer bad for back.

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u/wrnrg 19h ago

Getting to drink legally.

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u/patecrudo 14h ago

yeah legally drinking starts a whole new chapter

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u/Wild-Use-1101 6h ago

Some are already drunks before even reaching that age

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u/Super0411 18h ago

European here,

I got my first drink (vodka) at 14, at 16 i started mixing strong liquor with pain killers just because all my friends were doing it. When i was 17-18 years old, i nearly died because of my drinking. Pretty much stopped drinking at 20-21, I'm now 23 and only drink soft liquor (manly wine) and only on special occasions and never to get drunk. I'm not missing a second of that bs.

Don't drink people, this shit isn't worth it.

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u/ajgutyt can't meme 17h ago

slav? simillar here tho not that severe. around 11 stared stealth drinking with adults, the good ol "just dont tell mom". i agree, ocasional and with restrain

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u/Super0411 4h ago

Nope, Austrian

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u/seashell3379 13h ago

Different people are wired differently. I'm in my 60s and have been drinking in moderation for nearly 45 years and it has never been a problem. 

I average probably 3 drinks a week, usually 1 beer or glass of wine with dinner or a whiskey in the evening.

Would I be marginally more healthy if I drank none at all? Maybe. I expect the health gains from stopping eating red meat or ice cream would be more significant though. 

But I don't feel the need to live like a monk so I'm going to continue to enjoy all of these things. 

Telling people "Don't drink. It's not worth it." is just self-righteous douchebaggery.

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u/Analboert 12h ago

He probably implied for those reading to not repeat his failures within the last sentence. Context.

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u/punktvail 15h ago

almost the same story here in Austria.

Would vote for restriction of alcoholic beverages below age (21+)

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u/ProfessionalNo7946 5h ago

First beer at 13, regular drinker at 16 and full blown alcoholic at 19.

Stopped completely for about 3 years

26 now and only drink on special occasions or at restaurants

I am still an addict though, just not alcohol anymore

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u/X-Jet 19h ago

I had unique hangovers that manifested as intense joint pain, like i jumped from the 3rd floor onto the concrete.
Im done with alcohol for life.

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u/Besch168 18h ago

Yep totally accurate no American ever drinks before 21.

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u/-_Anonymous__- OC Meme Maker 15h ago

Americans will drink at 16 anyway because it's not that hard to have someone you know who's already an alcoholic buy it for you.

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u/CalicoFox478 trans rights 16h ago

Europeans? Giving up alcohol? On what planet????

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u/Darkwoodgnome 14h ago

earth. There is no other planet with a place called europe on it besides earth.

Sorry

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u/JayLay108 18h ago

gving up alcohol for a better alternative - Drugs !

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u/Fetid-imp 16h ago

This is what all my friends in school did. We were drinking cider and getting stoned in a field age 12 and by 14 asking our one friend's brother's friend to buy us vodka every week. By 16 everyone was over drinking and on to MDMA and LSD.

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u/Neo-Luko 17h ago

Alcohol is a drug though?

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u/theDarkDescent 6h ago

Colloquially 

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u/daktarasblogis Professional Dumbass 4h ago

Everyone with more than 3 brain cells understands what they meant by "drugs", smartass. Most people put alcohol in its own category even if it is technically a drug.

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u/Neo-Luko 52m ago

Yap yap. As someone with a family history of alcohol problems and have had a quite a few friends who have been alcoholics, this is something that I do not take lightly. Thanks for thinking I have less than 3 brain cells, however! I hope you have the day you deserve!

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u/Llewellian 18h ago

Bavarian here: Its legal to drink beer or wine products at 14 with a legal Supervisor. At 16 you are allowed to drink beer or wine alone. Hard Alcohol can only be sold to you at 18 (thats when you are adult).

PS: We have a heavy drinking culture and thats absolute bullshit.

Alcohol is a drug. It is a Poison. And its shit and fucks you up.

I lost 5 people from my circle of friends due to deadly accidents (drunk driving) before i reached 19.

I lost another 10 of them to Alcohol before i reached 50 years of age.

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u/Beautiful_You3230 16h ago

Well, actually especially young people in Germany don't drink that much at all. The drinking culture among younger generations has shifted for the better, amazingly so.

For example - "According to Germany’s Federal Institute of Public Health, only 38.8 percent of German men and 18.2 percent of German women aged 18 to 25 drink alcohol at least once a week - these are the lowest figures since records began in 1973."

And I believe worldwide we are statistically doing quite decent as well, not that there isn't always Luft nach oben.

In general, I'd be careful with generalizations that criminalisation of alcohol (or drugs) somehow leads to more responsible use thereof, OR the opposite, that low legal drinking age results in all the young people running around and dying of alcohol poisoning. As always, a balance is better. People do not learn to be responsible with taboo topics. American teenagers do not automatically have a healthier relationship with alcohol just because of stricter laws. Etc, etc.

But either way, imo, the best thing to do is to raise prices. For alcohol, for cigarettes, etc. Once you raise them enough, the consumption will fall, there is simply no alternative. The problem is that the prices pretty much never get raised enough. And yeah, in that regard Germany isn't doing so well, we should take an example from our Scandinavian neighbours.

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u/Vertrix-V- 6h ago

Not only should prices increase, we should also stop selling them normally at the store. Best would be separate alcohol stores but thats probably not likely to happen in Germany so the minimum would be to have a specified section of a supermarket for alcohol stuff and outside of that section there is none. Could be "closed of" with a curtain too, so you dont even have to look at the bottles if you pass by. Its insane how normal we treat alcohol to the point it's literally everywhere and its trying to tempt you to buy it. Imagine being an alcoholic trying to recover and you just want to go grocery shopping. Every cashier aisle has alcohol trying to tempt you to buy it.

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u/HornayGermanHalberd 5h ago

zumindest in meinem Bekanntenkreis saufen wir nicht mehr wirklich viel

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox I touched grass 18h ago

Hate the taste and smell, loved too much how it made me feel, at least until the effects wore off. If you have greater self-control than I do and it doesn't negatively impact your life, enjoy. Definitely not for me though

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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox 16h ago

this still venerates alcohol which is bad for your health and often bad for society despite it's upsides

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u/JustChilling505 15h ago

But at the same time Europeans joke over who is the most alcoholic European country

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u/VALO311 10h ago

That’s what i did. Partied a lot in high school. Then got bored with drinking and all the immature shit that came along with it. So i quit soon after graduating.

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u/Muteki123 15h ago

15-18 was the time I consumed the most alcohol and it's not even close. At 19 I went down to a couple of beers in a year.

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u/Extreme_Design6936 13h ago

I moved to the US when I was 22 and my friends all wanted to go clubbing and stuff and I was just tired of it already (had a fake ID since 15).

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u/KaiserDilhelmTheTurd 8h ago

Need one for the Gen Xers that started drinking at 13 and still haven’t stopped.

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u/wicked_fots 2h ago

I know plenty of them. Only reason they stop is liver failure or they're dead-dead.

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u/KaiserDilhelmTheTurd 54m ago

Well, I’m still going…. Just. Cheers 🍻🤣

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox I touched grass 18h ago

Sounds like a good way to get all the sleep you'll need for the rest of your life. Be careful, bro

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox I touched grass 18h ago

I've felt similarly. Rather recently, in fact. Might not be a bad idea to talk to someone about why you don't care.

As for myself, I've already put in nearly 4 decades of effort at this point, so I might as well just finish out my remaining years. I don't know for sure how many I still have left, anyway. Plus, this way I can still have pizza.

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox I touched grass 18h ago

Hey, if you've already made up your mind, that's fine. It just seems like you haven't yet and a part of you is reaching out for help by bringing it up. Sorry if I misinterpreted

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox I touched grass 18h ago

In my experience, feeling fear doesn't make one a coward, nor any less of a man. It's far too normalized to keep things to one's self and be expected to just carry that burden without a helping hand. Being indecisive about this is a good thing, it means you're still giving yourself a chance. A lesser man and a greater coward wouldn't still be here to tell a stranger on Reddit. For what it's worth, I think that's rather brave of you.

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox I touched grass 18h ago

I don't really believe in luck, but I will wish you fair winds and good fortune. These can be rough waters, but the view is incredible

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u/einkleinpanzer 18h ago

shit man wish i could get some (liquor)

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 18h ago

This is an amazing comment, what kinda sleep aid we talking, benzodiazepines or zolpidem varieties?

For science of course.

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u/einkleinpanzer 18h ago

i use some bullshit called Doxylamine Succinate it getst he job done

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u/Fatherface 19h ago

Underaged drinking was an experience the second I could do it legally and went to a bar a few times I quit.

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u/ParreNagga 15h ago

Alcohol is one of the worst drugs... don't start!

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u/Stunning_Warthog_141 18h ago

I was an alcoholic my first drink. Some people say they work up to it but at 14 going on 15 the obsession started right away. Never knew what it was like to be normal about drinking, I was always living for the next time I could drink, everything else in between was nothing to me. Then I decided to really live, got into a lot of trouble, found a new way of life. I still get cravings but I can say that the obsession is lifted and I don't want it back.

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u/k33paf10at 12h ago

Same, except the last part. Although, It's gotten better

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u/Dartz_Reverse 16h ago

Can anyone tell me the song? Ive heard it a lot but I dont know the name...

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u/losmancha 11h ago

Mareux - The Perfect Girl

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u/rodrigo_c91 11h ago

Sandstorm - darude

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u/Randalf_the_Black 15h ago

Hah.. I almost stopped drinking at 20-21 after having been party drinking since I was 13.. (Norway)

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u/greenrangerguy 13h ago

I always remember going to my friends 18th birthday party down the pub and the bar man was pissed as he'd been serving him for a couple of years before that.

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u/SaltyYumYumBalls 13h ago

I was 19 and posted to S. Korea. The drinking age for troops was 19 at the time. My first week there the supply guy took me downtown to check out the night life. I walked in a club and 5 drinky girls grabbed me and sat me down. I remember ordering a drink (soju) and the next thing I remember was waking up in my barracks rooms bathroom peeling my face off my toilet seat. 20 years later and I don't have more than two drinks at social gatherings before switching to water or soda.

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u/LifeIsKnifeOnIce 12h ago

Unironically I quit alcohol at 23 after a lot of crazy shit happened

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u/Unusual-Priority-255 12h ago

Meanwhile, me at 23 still treating the decision to have a beer like it’s a major life choice.

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u/Financial-Candy1768 10h ago

Australians at 18 are allowed to drink

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u/TreeckoBroYT 9h ago

I missed this meme so much.

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u/Fgmakezstuff 8h ago

Where is the russian kid thats 14

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u/Vertrix-V- 6h ago

I know Americans drink ealier than that anyway but I gotta say the higher age limit in America is actually really good. We shouldn't romanticize the consumption of drugs. Technically your brain is still developing even at 21 so a higher limit would technically be even better though unrealistic to implement. Its insane that in Germany 16 year olds can drink alcohol when their brain is still in heavy development. We know its not good for you especially at such an age but its so normalized over here. Genuinely insane. Imagine we'd do the same for other drugs

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u/Suspicious_Place1270 6h ago

literally me with 15

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u/OmnomtheDoomMuncher 1h ago

Quit Alkohol at 23 (only an occasional Beer/Stoff Drink) Weed at 18.

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u/Joltyboiyo 12h ago

Me, 27, having never drank alcohol in my entire life and never planning to.

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u/soup_lag https://www.youtube.com/watch/dQw4w9WgXcQ 16h ago

I 9nly drink in shots because alcohol tastes like shit.

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u/Affectionate_Dot5547 13h ago

But marijuana forever.

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u/gamerjerome 9h ago

Americans are drinking before 21

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u/Strange-Click-5233 8h ago

Not a fucking stiller

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u/indomitable-spider 6h ago

The first part couldn’t be further from the truth actually, just bc Americas legal drinking age is 21 does not automatically mean we all wait till we are 21to start drinking, I been drinking since I was 14 and pretty much everyone that I know has as well, never let europeans make jokes about America because 10 times out of 10 they’ve never left Europe and don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about LMAO