They don't have such weaknesses

I always found the rules about public drinking in the US to be more strange than the drinking age.

Ah, yes, Germany! The land where there are no alcohol issues because everybody is by default drunk.

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.

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

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

The day after I moved to Germany I went to the hospital emergency room with what was later diagnosed as a kidney stone and stomach infection.

I was given over the counter painkillers and some cramp medication and told to drink lots of beer to treat the stomach infection by the doctor.

I am serious. I asked about the complications drinking on the pain meds and he just said it was OK.

mixing those meds with alcohol fucks your liver

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

Meanwhile in Sweden, the National Board of Health and Welfare changed their guidelines in regards to drinking:

"Risky drinking now means drinking any of the following:

• 10 standard glasses or more per week.

• 4 standard glasses or more per drinking occasion (so-called intensive consumption) once a month or more often."

True story!

https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/kunskapsstod-och-regler/regler-och-riktlinjer/nationella-riktlinjer/riktlinjer-och-utvarderingar/levnadsvanor/

Google translate:

https://www-socialstyrelsen-se.translate.goog/kunskapsstod-och-regler/regler-och-riktlinjer/nationella-riktlinjer/riktlinjer-och-utvarderingar/levnadsvanor/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=sv&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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

Had this pic had people ass covering the right side of it this whole time?

Texas children of any age (supervised by parent / legal guardian): 🍻

8 year olds in Slovakia:

I remember being 14 and having friends of the same age order beer here in Italy, get drunk, nobody cared.

Well, if your sneakey about it...

Right. That was I - batshit drunk from half a bottle of wine on my 12th birthday.

Also 7 year old russian kids

Waiting for 21 was well worth is tbh. I'm more responsible and don't have to get sloshed to show people that's I'm a grown up.

Imagine thinking American teens don't drink.

Because it's done underground I fully believe we drink more per capita.

As an American, I can assure you no 16 year old has much trouble procuring alcohol. I certainly didn't. By the time I was 21 the novelty had worn off