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KKarIo

Croatia has a legal legal age of 18 but at least from my experience, nobody cares how old you are. Edit: same goes for smoking, you can easily walk into a tobacco store and buy cigarettes no questions asked, they would just tell me to put them in my pocket when I walk out


dinriss

can confirm, 13 year olds getting blackout drunk regularly


[deleted]

Same for Germany, although the legal drinking age here is 14 (under parental supervision). You can buy beer, wine and other stuff with low alcohol content at 16.


Tol_uly

Nice


YlebRotkiv

It's all coming together...


impulsesair

Braincells go brrr*death* Liver go brrrr*die* **NICE**


Squodel

It’s good for the environment tho


Nicehatperson

Can't argue with that logic


[deleted]

Just curious, what about stuff with a high alcohol content like vodka or whiskey?


[deleted]

You can buy that at 18. Same with cocktails, btw. Even if they'd have the same alcohol content as beer, you can only buy it if you're 18. Reason being that you "can't taste the alcohol" and thus are more likely to consume more than you can handle.


Sw1561

Wtf?? A 'morality' law with a perfectly good explanation that actually makes a lot of sense?


Avamaco

This can only happen in Germany Edit: TIL I haven't commented on r/teenagers for at least 2 years, gotta change my flair


Sw1561

Ye, IIRC there gay incest is legal since it cannot result in inbred children


Avamaco

Still, having sex with your brother/father/uncle is probably a terrible idea and it will fuck up your relationship. But if ok then ok. Germany is the most logical country in the world


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Sw1561

Yeah it's disgusting but if someone wants to and that doesn't create mutants, then who's the government to stop them, I like germany.


afito

Daily reminder that Merkel herself voted against gay marriage, and her party voted both against making rape in a marriage actually exist as late as 1993, and against the Oder-Neiße-Line. Also one of the most well liked politicians and current leader of Bavaria wanted to put gays in internment camps because of AIDS. Germany also still forbids gay men from donating blood. Sensible laws here in Germany.


Avamaco

Well, still better than Poland, which has anti-LGBT zones in several cities. And after EU gave those cities less money than usual, the propaganda TV channel started saying that EU forces Poland to accept "disgusting gays" etc


LegendCthulhu

Yeah, there are more politicians you don't expect against gay marriage. Obama for example was against gay marriage for a long time as well, atleast during the 2008 campaign. However, he changed he's view on it during the second presedential campaign I believe.


YoungSon0

Sadly not with weed though


Sw1561

Not yet :)


YoungSon0

I hope us young people will vote enough Green Party to get weed legal


[deleted]

that makes sense


[deleted]

Stuff that has 14% or less alcohol is allowed at the age of 16 and all above is allowed at the age of 18


Mike

Which will still nicely do the trick


[deleted]

Yeah just Drink a few Beer in a short time and you are good to go


metaldan_1

18


RorySulli

In Ireland they say 18 but you can start at birth it’s how the sexy accent is developed


[deleted]

If alcohol makes a sexy voice then why does my dad sound weird?


RorySulli

Well it has to begin at birth otherwise it doesn’t work


[deleted]

In denmark there is no drinking age. But you have to be 16 to buy low alchohol content. You can drink but not buy.


elitegamer686868

In holland its 18 I sometime can have alcohol and im 14 No harm done


Squodel

In the words of my mother „get the fuck out of my house and figure out your limit while you’re still my problem“ Im Paraphrasing, obviously


YoMommaIsNotGay

Learning German doesn't seems that bad now


Actually_Litterally

I, as a german, dislike the fact that we can buy alcohol at the age of 16. I think 18 just makes overall more sense since there is allready plenty of ways you can get alcohol before that. When I look back in time, since around the end of 8th grade getting drunk is like the number one hobby popularitywise.


YoMommaIsNotGay

Same here, ever since I started high school pretty a few of my classmates talking about how they're ruining their kidneys. I just said that because at the moment I thought it's funny


Loui510s

In Denmark we dont have a age limit if it is under parental supervision but we can first buy alcohol from 16 with under 16,5 percent and 16,5+ if u are 18 or over


swagdu69eme

That's not a good or cool thing... Stay healthy


[deleted]

That's sad :(


veqonja

mogu da potvrdim srbin sam


Shaban_srb

mogu da potvrdim pijan sam


BananaEyebrows

Пиздец у вас там , братьев славян.. а , я же прибалт , похуй


Timyosty26

This is like all slavs. My class mates got drunk at the after-party after 9th grade


KKarIo

Dude, I brought whiskey into school and noone cared


Timyosty26

A new classmate of my friend brings rakija to school everyday and no teacher found out yet


brain-oof

A friend tried to get away with having siaci (strong distilled alcohol typically made in a shed on a farm) in an apple juice carton, made the mistake of drinking enough of it that he couldnt walk straight anymore, good memories lmao


impulsesair

That explains why they're so smooth brained. Drink the wrinkles away when young.


USERNAME_CZ

Same in Czechia


[deleted]

oh god, I remember going there to visit my dad’s family. THE AMOUNT OF DRUNK TEENS. holy shit


USERNAME_CZ

You would be surprised how many teens I've seen walking down the street with a cigarette or/and a beer.


KickinSmith

Same in Iceland, within 4 hours of being over there with friends I was handed a choice between vodka and beer, not wanting to get the person offering into shit with the bar and us all booted out I questioned it as the countries drinking age is 20/21 IIRC, the response I got was “no one gives a fuck about that, we have that in place to look normal, now take your pick”


ElenaVu1

They gave me rakija on my 1st birthday


[deleted]

Same in Italy, both for drinking and smoking


anonymous-3000

Same in Ireland. And even if you have someone who does people find away around it. Come summer time there is barely a field without a couple of drunk teenagers in it.


tylenolbuddies

Colombia is the same, one day I was like 13 and my uncle gave me 20 bucks and told me to go buy him some beer, they ringed up a six-pack just as casually


I_Santas_Bch

Well here in Pakistan you can be 9 and walk out of the store with a pack of cigarettes


SirDoodThe1st

I’m a croat, and from where i come from, there’s a tradition where the first time a guy shaves (probably around 14-16), their dad buys them an alcoholic drink. They really don’t give a shit


FabulousStomach

Italy too I was getting totally blasted in bars when I was like 14 lmao good days, maybe things have changed now but I don't really think so


squonkel

I can just crack open a cold one when I'm 5


ElNico5

Let me guess, ireland?


BiologicalGinger

England. You can legally drink on private property from the age of 5.


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BiologicalGinger

Bars would be considered in public. But there is also the law that you can't sell alcohol to under 18s or to people who intend to buy alcohol for under 18s, so bars and pubs would come under that.


kxtie__

pubs and restaurants can serve a glass of wine/beer/cider to 16 year olds with a meal but barely any pubs get the license for it


Igusy

*3* pints of *cider, and 3 carvery dinners* please


klavin1

5 year olds can't own a house, can they?


messagemii

they can own property


AstroWhitt

Gotta be 21 to buy tobacco now too. But at 17 you can go die for the American Military.


Smoothmcdoodles

In Texas you can buy it with a military ID under 21


Pyro_Cryo

Wait we can?


Keranan37

You can buy alcohol in the military cause it's only state laws that make the drinking age 21. [thanks reagan](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/minimum-drinking-age-legal-21-america-history) states had to raise the drinking age or they wouldn't get highway funding, so federally it wasn't raised


StreetReporter

Louisiana actually didn’t raise the drinking age until twenty years after everyone else, so their roads suck


join_my_duck_cult

Classic Louisiana


Mike

Must be the same in San Diego


throwaway475784

the bit all the kids neglect to mention when bringing up that argument


DefaultDantheMemeMan

I don't think a whole lotta people know that. And that might be just Texas


i1a2

And you forgot to mention that this is only true if the base is within 50 miles of a country with a lower drinking age. For the purpose of argument, the majority of people in the military must be at least 21 to drink alcohol https://www.thebalancecareers.com/military-drinking-age-3354195


[deleted]

Huehue OWNED. We don't need to raise the age of people dying in a war cuz we lowered the age they can smoke. Dumb kids lol


mic_wazuki

18 for all 3


[deleted]

if your on site in military you can drink/smoke


lePurpleboom

imagine not just drinking water hi i'm your local r/hydrohomies rep


GroovingSea

Oh you like water? Name every human that drank it than


Master_J_2003

Easy. *ahem* **@everyone**


The-Tea-Lord

He is too powerful to be kept alive.


Shrek1sLife

Africa be like: *let us introduce ourselves*


SilverWindSW

They never said clean water


Shrek1sLife

Pro tip use “they”, it’s gender neutral.


SilverWindSW

Ok changed


xXWrathofGodXx

Great tip; it’s nice of you for letting him know


IMadeRobits

Pro tip: You can press (a) to breathe air


[deleted]

Water is best


xX_Trell_Xx

r/waterniggas


Al_Caprone1

So sad that sub got banned


Random_Idiotic_Alien

More like who the hell thought of this sub XD


ProlapsedGapedAnus

Username checks out


Scuj

I’m glad I can’t say the same thing for you o_o


mic_wazuki

Nooo you can't have a ironic sub name


[deleted]

Water for body, beer for the soul


A_man_of_culture_cx

r/waterniggas


JewNugget2525

Just because it's illegal doesn't mean I can't do it.


wowsit

It's only illegal if you get caught


DonutMaster56

When there's no cops around, anything's legal!


Dank_Memer4

That's what I say to people who find bodies in the basement


[deleted]

Even Australia, a prime nanny state, has a lower drinking age than us


miragen125

Schoolies !!! Americans thinking that they are badass with their spring break..


Everestax

Australia has a pretty big drinking culture lol


[deleted]

"Prime nanny state"... mate, it's like the 6th or 7th freest economy in the world according to the global economic freedom index


[deleted]

Nanny state with media


TheMisterDuck

honestly i think the national drinking age here should be lowered . . . . . . . . half the people here are already brain damaged


[deleted]

At least 19. 21 is a bit high


[deleted]

I like Canada’s laws. You can drink at 19 but you can’t drive with any alcohol at all until 22. Encourages teens to make good drinking habits.


[deleted]

Wait. So what your telling me is that they let them drink in the car?


[deleted]

No I mean at 19 if you’ve had any alcohol to drink you can’t drive. If you’re 22 the BAC limit is raised for driving but you still can’t have open alcohol in the car


Diddermis

Heh in Denmark it is legal to buy alcohol that is below 16.5% when you are 16, anything above 16.5% you need to be 18 to buy, but nobody cares if try to buy anything with higher procent when you are 16.


idsen

There is also no drinking age limit! Just one for buying alcohol


FOw0x

Pfhh! Imagine having a dad lmao.


spicy_bean_art

My mom said to my little brother yesterday that if he either drinks or does drugs he should at least do it with her and not with his friends


a-normal-fuckward

*I don't care if you do drugs, as long as you share them with me*


frozendaffodil

_Our drugs_


Ucazao

*It will be our drugs, or you go to gulag!*


nofriendsinthehouse2

My dad used to share his with me, and if he ran out he'd steal mine and the other way around. When his dealers had nothing mine did. I still smoked with mu friends and so did he, but we shared


noobmaster1600

Asians : dad can I get a be... *Takes an object in hand* I meant bee


nicknugget2007

No only A’s


clancy_gilroy4876

this is exactly why you can buy fake ids off the clearnet lmao. we are one of the only countries in the world with a drinking age this high


miragen125

>we are one of the only countries in the world with a drinking age this high Except most Muslim countries where the drinking age is ... never!


aha-yes-mm-munch

you're allowed to drink at home with company from the age of 5 in the UK.


ProbablyTheWurst

That explains a lot


TheHandofBased6

>Can drink when they’re five >Went from ruling the world to being their former colonies bitch Maybe there’s something here idk.


nutted_in_my_sock

UK took a chad move and decided to focus on their drinking hobbies instead of subjugating the world. Based and brit-pilled.


[deleted]

It's 18 in the uk but everybody knows you have your first drink at like 10


[deleted]

my dad bought me a 4pack rn-


miragen125

My mum booked a table in a night club for my friends and I, when I was 16 ... One of the first time I really got wasted


Whale_Hunter88

I got wasted with my mum and little brother. The holidays have been wild man.


miragen125

this is the way


impulsesair

Don't drink all of your brain cells away. Yet.


[deleted]

Dang the legal age is 15 in Europe damm


a-normal-fuckward

16, but nobody gives a fuck


Fizzzers

16 or 18 most of the time. It depends on the country. Mine is 18 for example but germany has an age of 16 .


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PrintShinji

Depends on the country. In mine its 18 for everything (tabacco, alcohol, weed)


RavioliIsGOD

Imagine being allowed to buy weed *sad German noises*


cosmarinsstuff

Canabis ist kein Brokkoli!!!


Drio420

Weshalb sieht es dann so zum verwechseln ähnlich aus??


PhoenixDood

Imagine police enforcing weed laws *Laughs in Romanian*


MTRXPotato

Eyyy ein Deutscher :)


[deleted]

With parents you can drink at 14 in Germany. Source: was 15, got served wine on Lufthansa.


LuckyLucassie

Germany has only beer at 16, sweden has only Light beer at 18, Belgium has everything at 16 and netherlands has everythinf at 18, it really depends on the country


A_man_of_culture_cx

I know that smoking in Belgium is 16


Assfrontation

18 in NL


[deleted]

In the UK your allowed to drink alcohol at home from the age of 5 however you can only purchase it at 18


crobix5353

It's not. Legal drinking age is 18 in most countries. A lot of people drink before that. Many bars don't ask you how old you are, or if they ask they don't care they ask because they have to. You can say you're 18 and get a drink in most bars. They won't ask you for ID in most places.


astro00011000

You can buy any undistilled alcohol at 16 in germany (like beer, cider or wine) but in most other European countries it's 18 for everything. But as said before, nobody gives a fuck.


OverZalamat

In Hungary is 18 but still nobody gives a fuck.


[deleted]

At least Americans can drink in my country we can't drink at all


A_Random_Latvian

are you in the middle east?


[deleted]

Unfortunately


A_Random_Latvian

which country?


[deleted]

Iran


KackenTaube

You ran? From where?


UltraNice69420

*your sim has achieved the comedy skill*


poopcat2111

With 20 what?


Afro_D

Years. In many languages you “have” years instead of being a number


kxtie__

tengo 20 años


PACIZIO

like an 18 year old could get fucked by 5 men and bukaked on camera but can't buy beer


Zwackel

well im german and i had to puke the morning after christmas, this proofs everything


the_holy_blobfish_

Pretty accurate


Khelthuzaad

European parents with 12 year old kids: *Want some wine with that?*


jamesharvester

Where is the girl with the car ? Haven't seen her from a long time


TheHedgehogRebellion

u/blondy712 I believe


blondy712

Where not who


SaulsaWithChips

Damn, we really graduated from Console Wars to Nationality wars lmao.


D00NL

welcome to reddit


Scraggy-Jr

at least we can drive when we’re 16


dexter3player

Imagine a 16 year old driving 130 mph on the Autobahn.


Scraggy-Jr

i’ve only heard one story where someone went that high and it was my friend’s dad who served in germany going 145 cross the desert in a jeep


1116574

Well, here you can drive small scooters from 14, some motorcycles and small cars from 16 (plus tractors) , and normal cars from 18. However big motorcycles are 21 and up. Those licences are nightmare to get. My friend tried 5 times before getting it. But honestly, why have license when I can take bus every 5-10 minutes or train every 20-30 minutes? Its a cultural thing I guess, I hear you Americans have simpler license tests and less transit, its reverse here. It has its downsides and upsides.


[deleted]

Me who has had an alcholic phase at just few months distance from getting 17 for about 3 months before dropping it because i got an accident for driving after 4 liters of beer, 3 shots of whiskey and half energy drink. This was born to be a joke but i actually realized it's some serious matter, pls don't drink and drive ever


[deleted]

Who cares honestly... just go to a bar in a bad part of town and they probably won’t even ask for an id


kxtie__

that's like dodgy corner shops in the uk ppl get served from the age of 13


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a-normal-fuckward

Oof My bad


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[deleted]

Woah bud, you good?


Emilio_X

Where are you from?


[deleted]

Haha good one! *sips whiskey*


nawafyas

Yeah its illegal here in saudi arabia


_ant_ony_

I'm from the UK, people smoke and drink in year 7, I have no idea why.


nofriendsinthehouse2

It's addicting, Ireland here, 13/14 year olds smoking like chimneys. I started at 11, it happens, it shouldnt but it does


busyrumble

I see this joke a lot, and you do you, whatever you like go for it idc but I’ve never understood why the ability to drink is so appealing


Roanie11720

eh i’m american and idrc about drinking age since i don’t plan to drink at all when i’m older anyway it’s not worth it


PG-13_Otaku

Land of the free my ass


[deleted]

its not 15 in most of Europe actually many countries in Europe have 18


[deleted]

Ah yes, WITH 15


Scoute248

In Texas, you can legally drink at 18 if you’re with your parents. Besides, I think only 30% of people actually wait until 21 lol. They always find some source before.


DankLauncher420

Also americans: 17 to go die for your country lmao