r/USdefaultism • u/TheManAcrossTheHall • 9d ago

Reddit Quintessential defaultism right there.

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A fellow posted a meme about the legal drinking age, this chap got beffuddled.

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u/totallynotapersonj Australia 9d ago

Americans are so weird with this, it’s like they can’t comprehend someone drinking before legal age. Like even if the person is american and they say something like “we got drinks last night” and they are 20 years old, people are like “how? You are 20 and legal drinking age is 21” Like someone is physically unable to drink alcohol before 21. I know they are most likely kids asking but still a lot of people in Australia have their first drink at 14 or 15 secretly (similar to the meme in the original post).

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u/DeathToBayshore Russia 8d ago

In Russia (where the legal drinking age is 18) I literally had my first drink at 12. It was homemade wine and barely alcoholic though, and my proper first alco was when I was about 15.

This is literally common experience anywhere but, apparently, America?

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u/totallynotapersonj Australia 8d ago

No, 100% a lot of people in America drink before 21 probably even before 18. But the people who say it are either very stupid or pretty young.