Rant: United States Drinking Age

[Xenke]

Too many people drink and you haven't started the standard furry thing of drinking constantly, so DON'T...Why do you care anyways? Just cuz everyone else drinks, you have to as well now? lol..

PORBLUM SAWLVD, OBMINOUSLY.

[Gibby]

OP I'm drinking right now, u jelly?

Srsly though, you can get booze by nabbing it from your parent's closet or something and they'll be too drunk too notice anyway, so what's the big deal? It's not like if you crack open a can of beer a SWAT team are gonna bash your door down or anything.

[Artillery Spam]

By saying 'piss water', I'm going to assume you're talking beer. And if you are talking beer, and are consuming piss water, then you are doing it wrong. Cheap beer is meant for vast consumption and getting fucking drunk. What you SHOULD be drinking is good beer. A nice dark beer, something that you can go. "Hey, this is kinda good."

Vodka is glorious with OJ or Cranberry juice. I've even mixed it with a bit of energy drinks (Maybe one shot to two whole cans.) for a furity skittles like effect.

All the shit that I've sampled was gross. Smelled funny too.
Maybe one day I'll come across something that I like.

[Flippy]

All the shit that I've sampled was gross. Smelled funny too.
Maybe one day I'll come across something that I like.

Yeah, rum rum rum is good in my tum tum tum. I love mixing rum or vodka with a little bit of assorted fruit juices & seltzer. My first few experiences with booze were crap but you live & you learn.

[Sai_Wolf]

All the shit that I've sampled was gross. Smelled funny too.
Maybe one day I'll come across something that I like.

Be a man. Shoot everclear.

[Sarukai]

Honestly, by the immature way you're ranting, You're more 8 than 18.
How Ironic.

[Echo Wolf]

So here's my idea for a more fair drinking law:
When you hit 18 you can sign up for a short class about the dangers of alcohol. Once you do that class and if you pass the test you can then you can purchase and consume alcohol but if you are caught drunk driving, being drunk in public, ect you no longer have the right and you must wait till your 21. I think if they opened this option up to people who are decent in school and don't have a criminal record that would be much more fair than making everyone wait till they're 21.
And no I don't believe in binge drinking if I drink, which is rarely, it is usually just till I get a buzz. O' and Bacardi Rum and coke is awesome. ^.^

[Gibby]

So here's my idea for a more fair drinking law:
When you hit 18 you can sign up for a short class about the dangers of alcohol. Once you do that class and if you pass the test you can then you can purchase and consume alcohol but if you are caught drunk driving, being drunk in public, ect you no longer have the right and you must wait till your 21. I think if they opened this option up to people who are decent in school and don't have a criminal record that would be much more fair than making everyone wait till they're 21.
And no I don't believe in binge drinking if I drink, which is rarely, it is usually just till I get a buzz. O' and Bacardi Rum and coke is awesome. ^.^

Or you could stop fucking whining and either just drink anyway through hundreds of possible ways or just deal with it.

It's a lot more fair than costing schools/whatever more money just to tell you to not drink til you throw up every day.

[zachhart12]

So here's my idea for a more fair drinking law:
When you hit 18 you can sign up for a short class about the dangers of alcohol. Once you do that class and if you pass the test you can then you can purchase and consume alcohol but if you are caught drunk driving, being drunk in public, ect you no longer have the right and you must wait till your 21. I think if they opened this option up to people who are decent in school and don't have a criminal record that would be much more fair than making everyone wait till they're 21.
And no I don't believe in binge drinking if I drink, which is rarely, it is usually just till I get a buzz. O' and Bacardi Rum and coke is awesome. ^.^

Yeah seriously man, quit whining.

[Echo Wolf]

Yeah seriously man, quit whining.

Or you could stop fucking whining and either just drink anyway through hundreds of possible ways or just deal with it.

Like I said I do occasionally drink but its the concept of the entire thing that angers me. And since when is presenting a valid point wining, I think I would have used more caps lock and expletives if I was...

[zachhart12]

Like I said I do occasionally drink but its the concept of the entire thing that angers me. And since when is presenting a valid point wining, I think I would have used more caps lock and expletives if I was...

Look man, not everyone drinks or is required to drink. I'm 25, have only been drunk once, drink once or twice a year and even then a very small amount. I think you're just mad cuz you wanna "be like everyone else..." well get over it. Alcohol isn't the coolest thing in the world and you don't need to drink.

[Aleu]

So here's my idea for a more fair drinking law:
When you hit 18 you can sign up for a short class about the dangers of alcohol. Once you do that class and if you pass the test you can then you can purchase and consume alcohol but if you are caught drunk driving, being drunk in public, ect you no longer have the right and you must wait till your 21. I think if they opened this option up to people who are decent in school and don't have a criminal record that would be much more fair than making everyone wait till they're 21.
And no I don't believe in binge drinking if I drink, which is rarely, it is usually just till I get a buzz. O' and Bacardi Rum and coke is awesome. ^.^

>Implying that there aren't already courses that teach this in school.

[Gibby]

Like I said I do occasionally drink

So why on earth should you care? Or is it that contrary to what you've just told us before, you actually DO want to go on a major binge? Do it anyway like literally millions of other underage people.

but its the concept of the entire thing that angers me.

Find better things to be angry about.

a valid point

Lal.

No matter how you put it, the only thing you are saying is that you are displeased with the fact that you can't drink legally yet. Deal with it like EVERYBODY ELSE.

[Dreaming]

Heh, the drinking ages are pretty low in Europe. Example; In the UK, you can purchase one glass of wine for kids over 13 in most restaurants (I could be wrong, though). And despite the drinking age being 18, quite a few stores will not sell to anyone below 21.

Anyway, seriously, it's nothing great, stick to the fruit juices. :V

[Echo Wolf]

Look man, not everyone drinks or is required to drink. I'm 25, have only been drunk once, drink once or twice a year and even then a very small amount. I think you're just mad cuz you wanna "be like everyone else..." well get over it. Alcohol isn't the coolest thing in the world and you don't need to drink.

It's not like I am uneducated about alcoholism, I have seen its effects first hand myself. Just because some people suffer from it doesn't mean everyone else shouldn't drink because of it. I couldn't give two craps about being like everyone else, but it should be my choice whether or not I choose to drink. And yes it's not the coolest thing in the world but it should be my choice if I want to use it.

>Implying that there aren't already courses that teach this in school.

There are but they are primarily used for a punishment.

[zachhart12]

It's not like I am uneducated about alcoholism, I have seen its effects first hand myself. Just because some people suffer from it doesn't mean everyone else shouldn't drink because of it. I couldn't give two craps about being like everyone else, but it should be my choice whether or not I choose to drink. And yes it's not the coolest thing in the world but it should be my choice if I want to use it.

18 year olds, in my opinion AND my own experience from being 18, are not mature enough to drink responsibly.

[Gibby]

Heh, the drinking ages are pretty low in Europe. Example; In the UK, you can purchase one glass of wine for kids over 13 in most restaurants (I could be wrong, though). And despite the drinking age being 18, quite a few stores will not sell to anyone below 21.

Anyway, seriously, it's nothing great, stick to the fruit juices. :V

Actually you can legally drink in your own home (or a friend's) after the age of 5 with parental consent (though drinking at that age really is not recommended by anyone), with dinner, if 16, you can have pretty much any drink you like in public, but it must be with a meal and the purchase must be made by someone over 18. When you are 18 you can do whatever the hell you like and buy it from absolutely anywhere, but if you appear to be under the age of 25, you are required to show ID. As long as it's valid and shows that you're 18+, all's good.

[Aleu]

There are but they are primarily used for a punishment.

...hur?
Since when is health class used for punishment?
Driver's ed?
Hell, even D.A.R.E.

[Echo Wolf]

...hur?
Since when is health class used for punishment?
Driver's ed?
Hell, even D.A.R.E.

At my school we have a drug and alcohol class for people found using them or having them in their possession. That is what I am talking about. And health class kind of goes into alcohol but not really that much, hell we spent most of our time in there learning not to huff paint.

[Digitalpotato]

You're not missing much. Trust me. Booze tastes like nasty shit. The only reason you want it is because your parents tell you it's bad and you shouldn't drink it.

Be glad we don't have to drink that alcoholic water because now we know to boil water before drinking and properly filter it.

18 year olds, in my opinion AND my own experience from being 18, are not mature enough to drink responsibly.

Dude, 21 year olds aren't very mature with it either. :P

[JArt.]

Hell' if that was true half the dumb people in my school would be mature as soon as they hit 18, but you know what they still are the same as they were when they were 17.

Doesn't this go against your whole argument that 18 yr olds are like adults?

[Kaspar Avaan]

18 year olds, in my opinion AND my own experience from being 18, are not mature enough to drink responsibly.

After seeing my friends' behaviour with alcohol, I completely agree. The moment all my friends reached 18 (the legal limit here), three times a week they were passing out in bathtubs after a vodka party or waking up in bed with people they didn't know. It sort of put me off drinking altogether, seeing my friends go all slutty and come to school with hangovers after thinking of them as being really mature for the 10 years I've known them. It's like the moment they got access to alcohol, they turned into slackjawed skanks who don't think they're doing their body any harm with alcohol, drugs and casual sex.

This is 80% of the teenagers in my school, which is supposed to be for the people who are potentials for the top universities. Oh, joy. It's going to be even worse, then.

[JArt.]

After seeing my friends' behaviour with alcohol, I completely agree. The moment all my friends reached 18 (the legal limit here), three times a week they were passing out in bathtubs after a vodka party or waking up in bed with people they didn't know. It sort of put me off drinking altogether, seeing my friends go all slutty and come to school with hangovers after thinking of them as being really mature for the 10 years I've known them. It's like the moment they got access to alcohol, they turned into slackjawed skanks who don't think they're doing their body any harm with alcohol, drugs and casual sex.

This is 80% of the teenagers in my school, which is supposed to be for the people who are potentials for the top universities. Oh, joy. It's going to be even worse, then.

Im 15 and i know people much worse, most conversations i hear tend to be two kids criticising various kinds of drugs.

[Kaspar Avaan]

Im 15 and i know people much worse, most conversations i hear tend to be two kids criticising various kinds of drugs.

Teenagers think they're cool and interesting by mentioning and doing drugs in public, though.

We nearly got into trouble when the git from down the road decided to smoke marijuana in our front garden with his girlfriend. >_>

[JArt.]

Teenagers think they're cool and interesting by mentioning and doing drugs in public, though.

We nearly got into trouble when the git from down the road decided to smoke marijuana in our front garden with his girlfriend. >_>

Oh wow lol, i sat next to these three girls in Spanish class and they would bring drugs to school and show them off in class. i remember one time they have a random pill in one of their backpacks, they didn't know what it was so they ground it up and snorted it. I love highschool!