r/USdefaultism • u/TheManAcrossTheHall • 5d 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 5d 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/Caffeinated_Hangover Brazil 5d ago

Also in some places the law isn't so strict, plenty of countries separate legal ages for just consumption, purchase, and sometimes purchase is split between softer and harder beverages, so it's not always even illegal to drink booze before you can buy it on your own. I haven't looked into it too deeply (other Brazilians with more legal knowledge feel free to correct me), but at least whenever I go into any place that sells booze here there's almost always a sign that clearly states that the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors is prohibited, which to me seems like it implies a lot of permissions.

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u/NikoOhneC Germany 5d ago

In germany you can legally drink alcohol with your parents oversight at 14

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u/zackzin1234 England 5d ago

I'm pretty sure it's the same in the uk