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FinalEvangelion on 28 August 2009

In America -

Lower the drinking age to 18 or 19 and give stiffer penalties to anyone that drinks and drives. That's the best solution.

When I lived in Japan, I never once was asked for ID. In America, it's quite the opposite.



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Aj_habfan on 28 August 2009
Seinfeld said:
Aj_habfan said:
Seinfeld said:
Underage or legal age, drinking is just a scapegoat for people to do dumb crap.

You don't do dumb crap with your friends?

Not any more. At my age its kind of pathetic. When you're outside of high school, it stops being cute in my opinion.

*sips drink and squints eyes* That's a shame. College years can be good times with friends and alcohol.

I understand people who don't drink can have just as good of a time, and some quite frankly are so social they really don't need it. But I hate when these same people judge those who drink and critisize them for it.



Seinfeld on 28 August 2009
Aj_habfan said:
Seinfeld said:
Aj_habfan said:
Seinfeld said:
Underage or legal age, drinking is just a scapegoat for people to do dumb crap.

You don't do dumb crap with your friends?

Not any more. At my age its kind of pathetic. When you're outside of high school, it stops being cute in my opinion.

*sips drink and squints eyes* That's a shame. College years can be good times with friends and alcohol.

I understand people who don't drink can have just as good of a time, and some quite frankly are so social they really don't need it. But I hate when these same people judge those who drink and critisize them for it.


I'm not opposed to drinking as a whole. If you want to have a drink with your friends and laugh, that's great. I'm just annoyed by people who get piss drunk and act like kids. Don't worry, I'm not criticizing you for enjoying a drink.

FaRmLaNd on 28 August 2009

Having a drink with some mates leads to some great times. But hanging out with mates without drinking is also a lot of fun.

If you and your friends can't have fun without drinking you have boring friends.

And this is coming from someone that loves a good drink. However these days I very rarely drink to excess, its more like a beer or wine with dinner then a dozen beers in a couple hours.

Drink driving is simply dangerous and whilst underage drinking is bad it really depends on the person. I mean until this year (I turned 21 this year) I would have been classified as an underage drinker in the US and yet since the law is 18 in Australia I never was an underage drinker.

The point I'm trying to make is arbitrary age cut-off's mean very little when it comes to the maturity of people. Of course, if people are getting wasted just because they want to be cool then they clearly aren't very mature.



WessleWoggle on 28 August 2009

"Drinking, it seems as if it's becoming increasingly common among teenagers"

Historically, hasn't drinking always been common among teenagers and even children?

You say kids/teens smoke and drink because it's a mature adult thing to do. WTF? It gets you intoxicated, that's why most people do them, I assume. I've never even considered the idea that it was a mature or adult thing to do, I just thought "hey this feels good".



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makingmusic476 on 28 August 2009

Whenever I hang out with friends that like to drink or get high, I stay sober and talk my idiot friends into doing stupid shit for lulz.

Nothing real dangerous or anything, of course.

I never get drunk myself, and I think my friends are fools for getting trashed so often.



Garamond on 28 August 2009
makingmusic476 said:
Whenever I hang out with friends that like to drink or get high, I stay sober and talk my idiot friends into doing stupid shit for lulz.

Nothing real dangerous or anything, of course.

I never get drunk myself, and I think my friends are fools for getting trashed so often.

Next time they're drunk, get them to buy you a PS3 slim.



WessleWoggle on 28 August 2009

makingmusic476 said:
Whenever I hang out with friends that like to drink or get high, I stay sober and talk my idiot friends into doing stupid shit for lulz.

Nothing real dangerous or anything, of course.

I never get drunk myself, and I think my friends are fools for getting trashed so often.

Do you really need to stay sober to talk your friends into doing stupid shit?

 

 



SciFiBoy on 28 August 2009
FinalEvangelion said:
In America -

Lower the drinking age to 18 or 19 and give stiffer penalties to anyone that drinks and drives. That's the best solution.

When I lived in Japan, I never once was asked for ID. In America, it's quite the opposite.

in the UK (where I live, hence, my drinking is legal) its 18, but they ID you for anything age restricted, and i mean anything, they also ID you if you "look" under 30 now, quite how that makes sense to them, is beyond me.



kirby007 on 28 August 2009

owning a gun or owning booze as a minor?



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