>>77940350
because you cant put liability on fucking 18 year olds?
so colleges dont have to pay for damages outside of frat houses that would be inevitably caused by out of control children
>>77940350
If moms/women bitch hard enough they can turn the state into their nanny's.
That said I dont think you should drink so young. But fuck you and fuck what I think.
>>77940350
Because kids are fucking retarded, All I used to do was drink when I was 15, same with everyone else I knew.
>>77940350
because your brain is still developing and you shouldn't disturb the process by drinking like a hole.
>>77940350
Its a well known fact Americans can't take a drink. It's hilarious to see them try and keep up when they come to Europe.
>>77940709
firsthand experience?
Don't want high school kids buying it legally. Not that it stopped anyone in my school.
>>77940350
the current 21 was a result of DUI's More americans under 21 drive than any other country in the world.
The drinking age in most states used to be 18 actually.
This was the result of the insurance industry lobby to increase the drinking age.
>>77940350
Jesus.
>>77940350
Prohibition
Mothers Against Drunk Driving are primarily responsible
So, angry soccer moms restricted our freedom. No surprise, considering they do have a habit of conspiring to do this.
>>77940350
Because young people are retarded. I'd be okay with upping the age to 30.
>>77940350
As always the problem stems from giving women the right to vote.
The drinking age used to be lower, I think 18 or 19 in most states, but it differed from state to state. My understanding is that MADD (mothers against drunk driving, mothers of teens and young adults who ended up dying due to drunk driving accidents) went to congress and petitioned them to raise the federal drinking age, the idea being it would cause fewer fatalities. So some states raised it from 18 or 19 to 21 while others didn't. Then these states that didn't raise their age requirement ended up having problems since dumbass 19 year olds would drive 2 hours to get beer in another state, get drunk on the way back home, crash, etc.
So what ended up happening is the federal government threatened to cut federal funding for highways for states that didn't toe the line. Naturally, the state's with 18 or 19 year old limits complied.
This is my understanding, a lot of this happened before I was born.
A lot of America is really spaced out, we can't just bike to work in a lot of cases like Euros. So drunk driving is a problem since most Americans NEED to operate a car to get groceries, go to work, go have fun, etc.
>>77941096
Interesting fact, Prohibition was only possible after the institution of the income tax. Prior to that, the largest revenue source for the US government were taxes on alcohol
Drinking age is 18 in alberta and 19 in BC where I live. I think I read somewhere that some of the US's alcohol laws date back to when prohibition was repealed, which is also why that american beer was such piss until recently
>>77941124
>angry soccer moms
so edgy. You'd probably be pissed too if someone you knew was killed by a drunk.
>>77940720
>drinks two shots of gin
>throws up
>>77941180
Very true, I live in Illinois and back in the day Wisconsin was the place to go because the drinking age was 18. So many fatalities from driving drunk.
>>77941510
That's not because of the alcohol, it's because gin is fucking horrible.
>>77940350
>21 in the USA
>16 here. Sorry m8
Haha
>>77941360
Not same poster, but my dad was a familly destroying alcoholic and even i think this nanny law is retarded....if u can't parent your kid and he fucks off and gets drunk and dies or kills someone its your fault. It's never the states responsibility to parent. You start letting them parent and then they start talking about the poor kids and gun control.
now that lyft and uber exist why the fuck does drunk driving still exist
>>77940720
I hear this all the time, what it considered an average amount to drink, and a lot by you?
Because they think restricting alcohol will make people drink less.
Because the US is deeply religious and the bible says not to drink alcohol.
>>77940350
It isn't. It's restricted for children. By definition, that's everyone under 21.
Why do Brits raise their children to be alcoholics? Seems pretty degenerate, taking all that dole money and paying it to the alcohol joo. Fucking Muslims are laughing, watching all you sotted cunts stumbling around and throwing your money at them.
Grow some fucking pride already.
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>>77941605
>calls himself an American
>can't appreciate a classic gin Martini
>>77940350
>18, 19, 20 year olds
>adults
>>77940434
Well, no, that's when adulthood legally starts.
We also try minors as criminally responsible adults automatically from around 16 and potentially younger at a prosecutor's discretion.
>>77941134
Then why is it allowed for 16 year olds to drive and 18 year olds to go to war? I'd much sooner let them have a drink than trust them with those two tasks.
>>77942171
no. jesus was a party animal and the church encourages drinking of wine
we gave women the right to vote and the first thing they pushed for were shitty drinking laws
>>77942787
Because we get tired of hauling teenagers everywhere.
Sure they are stupid as fuck, get in wrecks all the time, and drive like shit, but we are willing to take the risk.
>>77942514
Gin is fucking poison you yuropoor trash. Whiskey, rum, and tequila are the only drinks a man should have.
>>77942514
Gin is for swine, the most putrid of the common alcohols, who would drink that shit?
>>77940350
Because our children are retards and stay retarded until around 24.
>>77940350
This picture is a perfect example of why alcohol is restricted in America. Most people aren't mature enough at 25, women in particular, so I personally think 21 is still too low.
Tell me honestly that you think the girl in op is mature.
Technically, the States can select a drinking age, but the Federali have threatened loss of education funding for anything lower than 21.
Die for me in war, but this Bud's not for you.
>>77940350
Idk, seems sexist and ableist to me.
>>77940350
The legal age of drinking without parental consent should be 14.
>>77943044
>>77943090
summer is here
THE TEMPERANCE LEAGUE
states were threatened with losing highway funding from the federal government if they didn't comply with shifting to the new age.
>>77943388
This yuropoor won't even defend why he drinks Gin.
>>77941360
I would not be happy, but banning things and changing national laws because I'm "pissed" is a poor way to run a country.
>>77943267
after the first trimester most non-american (read european) doctors agree that you can drink
>>77943388
>sideways France likes the taste of pine needles
Not everyone is retarded like yourself.
>>77940350
Puritaism created fucked up laws, fucking hell even I was surprised that I couldn't buy alcohol in sunday or there were dry counties when I was an exchange student there.
Coming from a muslim country I was surprsied to see we had more relaxed laws, and that is with erdoğan and his islamist ilk trying to push "values".
>>77943457
Yeah, they're also slinging ritalin/addoral/anti-depressants/anti-psychotics/anti-anxiety/anti-badfeels like they're going out of style.
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2013/06/19/study-70-percent-of-americans-on-prescription-drugs-one-fifth-take-5-or-more/
>>77943448
I like the taste. I like Martinis and G&T's.
>>77943544
>pine needles
I don't like that taste at all. Try some better gin.
>>77943566
What school did you go to? Not all states/counties prohibit alcohol sales on Sunday.
was it a southern or midwest state?
>>77943715
>implying any type of gin is good
>>77943715
Upgrade to pine tree sap?
Because 18 year olds are loud, annoying faggots when they drink.
They're fun to leave naked in the ghetto, though.
>>77942453
No, "adult" by definition it is 18, although it should be 21
>>77940350
No clue.
An 18 year old can legally drive, smoke, vote, and be drafted to war, but he cannot legally drink alcohol for 3 years because... maturity?
Two major reasons:
1.) You can drive a car at 16, and unless you're in a big city that cares enough to supply great public transit (LA, NYC, Chicago), it means all the kiddos 16 and up are driving and daily.
2.) Kids in America don't have responsibilities, so they don't tive a fuck about anything once they do have responsibility—such as driving a car. They don't care about the other people on the street, and probably end up never doing so.
The law is designed to combine driving with alcohol at a later time, when the kiddos are supposedly more mature and able to handle the responsibilities of both (yet evidence shows it's still problematic).
America doesn't have a gun problem nor a drunk driving problem. All she has is a maturity problem.
>>77940350
It's not really. At least not culturally, underage drinking is like a right of passage over here. That's why there's an entire youth sub-culture devoted to getting fucked up. Fuck, in Texas you can drink underage as much as you want so long as there's a parent in the same area.
enough about gin
who /cognac/ here?
>>77943859
Weak bait. Even the meme gins like Bombay and Hendricks don't taste like pine needles.
The only gin I've ever had that I didn't like was absolute lowest shelf rotgut that literally tasted like a christmas tree. Didn't remotely taste like any other gin I've drank.
>>77940350
because it turns you into a fucking idiot
>>77943765
Texas, I miss the food, bacon the most.
>>77941360
There was literally nothing edgy about that post lol
>he calls them angry
>you agree they were probably angry
Lol
>>77942453
>Grow some fucking weed already.
>>77944044
>You can drive a car at 16
Why not make driving age 21 and drinking age 16?
You don't need a car at 16 and sure as fuck don't have enough money to buy one.
>>77943457
That explains the French, then.
>>77940350
Because they're morons who can barely handle sobriety without fucking things up.
>>77944390
If you have a job at 16 you need a car, or if you need one to get to school. You can get a shitty car for $700 easy.
>>77940350
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''rape'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' charges would explode if it wasnt.
also, children can drink alcohol in the presence of their parents here/in some states i guess. they just cant be unsupervised and cant buy it
>>77944567
Try the British
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-health/11146012/Binge-drinking-and-pregnancy-5-myths-busted.html
>only half the pregancy in Britain are planned
>binge drinking without knowing you're preggo is incredibly common there
>>77940434
How old is 18 really?
>>77940720
its funny you say that. all my friends are pussies about alcohol. and when they do actually drink alot they cant hold it.
>>77941977
Because idiots still exist.
>>77943267
because sobriety is more painful than the risk of a retarded baby. you're not even human fucking beings
>>77944390
Nigger I'm from rural vermont life was hell before I could operate an automobile
>>77940350
jews
>>77944390
Speak for yourself. Most people in America have a car at 16.
Because alcohol is bad for your liver
something that takes 21 years to fully develop.
None of us who drank before that age will live to see 100.
>>77940434
Do Americans really think this?
>>77945059
Nigger I'm from rural Finland, 24, and still don't have a car. There aren't even buses here.
>>77941667
>Kaziz the paki cares about your age
kek
>>77945001
>its funny you say that. all my friends are pussies about alcohol. and when they do actually drink alot they cant hold it.
fucking degenerate.
you binge drinkers are the worse. I'm not a pussy to limit myself. Falling over stupid drunk and a hang over the next day aren't fun.
I'll have 3 or 4 beers at a party to have fun and be sober enough to drive home.
get a grip wastrel.
>>77945227
>something that takes 21 years to fully develop.
>>77945444
no you're just a pussy.
>>77940350
The State of Wisconsin is pretty based. If you go to a bar with a parent, even at 14 or 15, they can sign a waiver saying they take responsibility for any of you actions in the establishment if you are served alcohol.
.t University of Wisconsin at the KK when cousin played hockey for the Badgers
>>77945359
Ali the paki never asked for my ID either
>>77943267
Just kick them out for some other reason.
Hell just pretend to never notice them at the crowded bar
>>77945227
>believing any such thing is attatched to an arbitrary number
You are the ultimate good goy
>>77940720
You've never been to Wisconsin, Reginald.
>>77942103
For male Flemish college students: around 15 beers when you go out
>>77940434
>>77940350
Kids kept on getting into car crashes and were fucking up our roads. States can have the legal drinking age set at whatever they want technically, but if they want federal funding for their highways then they have to play ball with the feds and set the drinking age to 21.
Take for instance Alabama. They have the age still set at 18 but their roads are shit as a result since their highways get no federal funding.
>>77945655
that's quite a lot for most people to be honest.
Those college kids in studentenverenigingen maybe, but not your average joe
>>77940350
You can get into bars at 18 and drink in Lousiana
>Americans can hold their drinks
Euros have never been to the Deep South.
mfw legally drinking alcohol since im 16
>>77944958
>read the article
>all based on superstitious nonsense, no medical science
Holy shit, this explains why the British all have FAS face.
because we drive more than you guys and we were all dying in accidents. It helped. It's only three more years.
>>77945803
Lol faggot. Everyone starts before the age of 16 in Germany. I bet when you turned 16 you went to the store to buy one bottle of beer and you drank it by yourself in your room because you didn't have any friends.
>>77944390
You don't understand how big America is. Without a car you're fucked.
Finland: 130,596 sq mi
USA: 3,796,742 sq mi
>>77945752
Yeah like I said: for college students, especially the younger ones. I started drinking less when I turned 23
>>77945767
>You can get into bars at 18 and drink in Lousiana
How do you hook up with 15 year old cuties then?
>>77940350
Not a matter of "adults" it's a matter of being 21. You can't pay taxes and be drafted, yet told you can't drink.
We all drink from 14 on, anyway, but the officialities are ridiculous.
>>77945913
started with 14 actually but drinking legally since 16...
>>77945227
Medfag here, this is next level retard. I keked out loud
>>77945958
pretty much the same for me, i drank loads between 18 and 22, not so much these days
>>77940350
Came from russia when i was 15( now 23) and was the only one at partys that could hold their liquor( they are passing out, i am a bit tipsy). I think it's mainly because americans are aomewhat weak in that aspect and are complete idiots with drinking and driving while completely smashed.
>>77940350
I think its really bad, since the minute they turn 21 they get shitfaced and many die in accidents. Here there is barely car accidents with drunks, and its a little bit common to drink and drive.
>>77940350
>18 year olds are adults
>>77940350
Girl in that photo looks like the last person that should be drinking.
>>77946172
>>77946298
It has a lot less to do with the drinking age and more to do with poor parenting.
My family made drinking a normal part of life, beer with dinner or celebration. When I turned 21 there was no excitement about alcohol, and I was responsible enough not to binge drink myself into stupidity.
>>77946172
(you)
>>77945931
>using Mi to compare size
>US
>>77945961
we dont. Around here, culturally, if you are having to nab 15 year olds, you are a loser who cant get pussy your age or older. In other words, your game is lame.
>>77947385
>if you are having to nab 15 year olds, you are a loser who cant get pussy your age or older.
You are kidding right? 15 year old pussy is best pussy.
>>77947548
>German being sexually degenerate
No surprises there
>>77945227
you think that your brain only uses 10% right?
>>77940350
>adults
they may be of age but they sure as fuck ain't mature, well adjusted people.
>>77946804
How are you supposed to have this kind of nurture when 90% of parents abide to the law? you are an outlier and your parents did good.
>Americans need to rely on their government not to drink themselves to death
Land of the """"Free""""
>>77942453
Why do Burgers raise their children to be murderers? Seems pretty degenerate, taking all that dole money and paying it to the NRA joo. Fucking Spics are laughing, watching all you sotted cunts shooting around and throwing your money on useless tools.
Grow some fucking pride already.
FUN FACT: During the Vietnam "War" the legal voting age in the US was 21, but the age of the draft was 18. You could be drafted, trained, sent to war, return after 1 tour, and still not be eligible to vote for the government that sent you to war.
>>77940350
Adele is such a cutie!
>>77944044
No you fucking idiot it's mainly because it takes fucking nothing to get a drivers license in the US resulting in most people under 30 driving very badly.
>>77946298
Yeah, compare the US with most of Europe where "soft"-alcohol is avaliable at 16
I think there is just a better cultural aspect to alcohol here
>>77949371
>Drinking age is 18 in alberta and 19 in BC where I live. I think I read somewhere that some of the US's alcohol laws date back to when prohibition was repealed, which is also why that american beer was such piss until recently
From the government's perspective, this makes sense: you want young, strong, impressionable 'adults' who are still used to taking orders from their parents to be your cannon fodder.
And you don't want those same people voting and making decisions about it.
>>77944718
/thread
I used to be an edgy faggot teenager that kept spouting the "hurr durr i can die for my cuntry at 18 but i cant even have a fuckin beer!". Then I grew up and realized that most people in their 20's can't even handle drinking without maiming or killing themselves or someone else. I remember a story a few years ago about a K-State student that went to party in some other town somewhere, got drunk, climbed over the railing, and jumped off a 10th story balcony while a bunch of Chads recorded it on their phones. People acted like I was a monster because I just shrugged my shoulders and laughed because it was such a "tragedy".
>>77940720
Come out to rural areas in America and try to outdrink the rednecks, I've not seen anyone that could stand a chance
