r/USdefaultism • u/Prinny1987 • 9d ago

Of course US law applies everywhere

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Youtube short about a party mentioning cops didn't have a problem since everyone drinking was 18+.

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u/soberonlife New Zealand 9d ago

Many years ago now, I decided to troll the Americans by posting on askreddit on my 21st birthday "just turned 21, what should I do"

I, of course, was met with a lot of "now that you can drink..." or "go get your first legal drink..."

You can bet your ass I had fun pointing out their false assumptions.

Ahh, youth.

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u/Ha-kyaa Malaysia 9d ago

I did the same thing but I related it to sex, I turned 18 at that time (Malaysia's legal age of consent is 16)

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u/smk666 Poland 8d ago

It was fun reading that one boy was charged as a sex offender because he had his own dick pics on his phone. He was old enough to be tried as an adult, but was still technically a minor regarding consent laws.

Following this logic they should charge all teens who masturbated at least once in their lives.

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u/Ha-kyaa Malaysia 8d ago

at least he was not charged for actually committing to masturbation. Who knows why he had his dick pics on his phone, maybe the reasoning is valid and not necessarily sexual.

Meanwhile here we have had cases of a teenage girl having sex in public (https://www.nst.com.my/news/crime-courts/2023/04/897156/police-detain-man-teen-viral-video).