12 points

By the time Germans turn 18 (legal age for stronger alcoholic beverages) most of them already know their limit and party with more responsibility in my opinion.

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I feel like that’s mostly a feelgood myth. Like for every person who handles their drink responsibly and started drinking young it produces like 10 functioning alcoholics. This countrys relationship to alcohol is fucked up

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11 points

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

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I grew up in the US, and the only person I know who didn’t drink as a 15 year old is a 33 year old who still doesn’t drink. Lol.

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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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6 points

That might be more to do with your social circles. There was a shit ton of teenage drinking happening when I was in high-school.

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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.

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10 points

Drinking alcohol or buying it? Because in Britain it’s 18 to buy it yourself but 5 to have it at home.

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What the hell, Britain?

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3 points

Purchasing and drinking beer or wine is legal at the age of 16, for spirits of all sorts you need to be 18.

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6 points

With 16 only Beer, stronger alcoholic drinks only when 18 Years old.

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2 points

Beer and wine with 16. Spirits with 18.

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6 points

Clever meme. The drink in hand works so well that you wonder whether the caption came before the image or vice versa.

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