• Mothra@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Grew up in South America and underage drinking, though illegal in theory, is pretty much the norm.

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        1 year ago

        Most people I knew started in college. 15 is a bit young. Only knew a handful of partiers who drank in high school.

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        1 year ago

        Interesting. I’m in Australia now and people here actually do respect the law when it comes to drinking. If you are under 18, it’s unlikely you will be able to buy alcohol or get into a nightclub etc. It would be shocking to hear someone got pissed drunk at 15, whereas where I come from that isn’t the case.

        From OPs post I presumed US would be more like Australia in that regard, but, I take your word

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          I lived in Straya my whole life. I remember being 12 and my 13 year old buddy getting fucking drunk as hell on his dads beers during a massive party. It was a rural area though.

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          With the exception of fake IDs, I don’t know if anyone getting into nightclubs or most bars. Occasionally there’ll be a shitty gas station that’ll sell kids beer, but they get shut down pretty quick. It’s mainly kids getting drunk with other kids in garages, at house parties, in the woods, et cetera, because one of them has an older brother, or is dating an older person or something.