Personally, I think the drinking age is fine the way it is. I could care less if some chump in his late teens isn't able to buy some cheap ass piss beer (cause that's what they usually go for). I had to wait like everyone else, and so should the rest of America's party trash. But don't worry, you kids will soon get to go buy some booze before you know it. And believe me, you'll get the cheapest shit there is cause you don't care about quality alcohol. You only care about getting pissed and impressing your other party trash peers. But if you survivie that initial stage of weekend binge drinking, you may start to wonder that maybe there are better things to drink. And maybe, just maybe, some alcohol is priced more because it actually does taste better. And so you'll ditch your god-forsaken Jagermister and pissy beer, and start drinking things that makes your wallet feel the pinch.
Or who knows, one day you may be conned into drinking some Chivas Scottish Whiskey (aged ten years) straight up or on the rocks and you'll say, "Hey, this isn't so bad. I guess I didn't need to mix this stuff with energy drinks or soda all along. What a fool I've been."
What should be changed however is the driving age. I don't think anyone in the U.S. should be allowed to get their license until they're at least 19.
I know that feeling. 320 dollars from christmas parties and new years!
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And another thing for all you new drinkers, be sure to have a few enlightened friends that knew about choice alcohol all along. Then make yourself some unenlightened friends that you can bring over to your enlightened friends' fancy BBQ's. The kind of BBQ's where they're not just roasting weiners, but instead they are making fancy lemon garlic chicken, carne asada with fresh chopped onion and cilantro and chili sauce, as well as pasta salad made from scratch and some rice pudding to boot.
Once there with your unenlightened friends, take advantage of all the free food and prime booze. Be sure also to get a container to take leftovers home with you because you actually have hippy parents who never cook you regular meals at home and force you to eat tofu shit everyday because they believe in the powers of a non-toxic bowel. And make sure out of your unenlightened friends, that you have a particular kind of the douchebag variety that summons the audacity to bring with him a jug (no kidding, a fucking jug) with him to the party to fill it up with your prime booze so he can take that home with him as well. Unreal.
Geez, you kids have so much to learn it makes me weary just thinking about it.
Personally I drink as little as possible. I dont understand people who say they only drink for the taste. If alcohol never ever "changed your perceptions" (not even tipsy, youre a super human) then why would you bother to drink in the first place?
I think people enjoy the effects of alcohol more than the taste of alcohol
I forgot this is about drinking ages and not drinking itself
I reckon 18 seems a reasonable age but it seems that most 18 year olds these days are mentally equivilent to 13 year olds so... (not on this forum though :))
Im fine with the drinking age being 21. As a 19 year old student it doesnt bother me. I see idiots under 21 all of the time who cant handle themselves when they drink.
I've personally never drank alcohol. I had some pretty rockin friends in highschool and at the time were against it as well. Our activities consisted of sneaking out at midnight to go hike some mountain an hour away. I think americans handle alcohol pretty wrecklessly. It's more about getting wasted and trying to impress everyone else. I have nothing against the substance. I just hate that americans are so depended on trying to fit in that we drink excessively and go over human boundaries. Seems pretty lame to me.
yeah me too. I see some idiots who are over 21 drinking and acting out of control. However, I see more idiots acting out of control while drinking who are younger than 21. You have to draw the line somewhere
There is a commercial, I'm not sure if anyone else has seen it, of a girl who couldn't be any older than forteen talking on the phone to her friend and she says: "This weekend was crazy-what I can remember- wait wait, slow down 'chika'(she looks asian but she decides to throw spanish in her english sentences.. go figure) What? A picture of me? Who sent it to you? You've gotta send it to me right now*look at phone* My god.. this must have been from saturday night.. I was soo high.. who do you thinks seen it?"*People around her stare at her*
I know this thread is about drinking but I think marajuana and other drugs can be discussed as well. The legal age of drinking in the unite states does seem stupid. However, my point is this.. Everyone is so concerned with marajuana and they obviously don't know anything about it. The girl talks as if she was drinking then says she was high. When you are high you sit.. and sit... and things are a lot funnier.. but you don't do anything stupid(besides the occasional trip to White Castle). Marajuana has no negative affect on the body other than what cigarrettes do to you and it doesn't even do it as bad as cigs do.
Back onto the drinking topic. The affects of alchohol is extremely over dramaticized here in the united states. I don't have much more to say about it... I kinda just wanted to share that commercial and rant with you all >.>
People who smoke marijuana hold the smoke in their lungs for alot longer than people who smokes tobacco so although it contains less tar you end up getting more inside of your lungs. But then again, people who smoke marijuana usually don't smoke 1 pack (How many smokes is that?) per day.
hmmmmm.... nevermind
But I get what you mean; theres a lot of hypocrisy and misinformation around Marijuana in a world full of alcoholics
(The reason why I say Marijuana specifically and not just drugs in general is because methamphetamines, opium extract drugs and all the extreme drugs are just pure evil imo, people become almost zombies with scabs over their bodies)
Btw, that was really off topic. What do you think the drinking age should be Tehstickleman?
But there is a key difference between people who drink and people who smoke pot. One can actually drink socially and not become drunk. Chances are they will often get a little bit drunk, but it's easy for many to drink one beer for the day and it doesn't really effect them except to make them a little relaxed and lethargic. People smoke pot for the sole objective of getting high. There is little social aspect to it. And pothead that frequently hang together, they may think they're all good friends and they have a lot in common, but it's only the marijuana that binds them socially.
And I'd rather be near a drunk person than a high person anyway. Drunk people talk utter nonsense. High people talk utter nonsense but they think they're being really deep and poetic when doing so. And they're like, "Whoa, I gotta write that down!" But they're too lazy to actually write it down.
I dislike everyone who does drugs. It is really a huge problem in America. A large percentage of murders are in some way drug related. And aside from all other harmful and unnecessary factors that come with (example) smoking pot, I feel like if I don't do then I am once less person contributing to drug scene.
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I mean...
Haha...
It's the decisions you make when you have no time to make them that define who you are.
Once there with your unenlightened friends, take advantage of all the free food and prime booze. Be sure also to get a container to take leftovers home with you because you actually have hippy parents who never cook you regular meals at home and force you to eat tofu shit everyday because they believe in the powers of a non-toxic bowel. And make sure out of your unenlightened friends, that you have a particular kind of the douchebag variety that summons the audacity to bring with him a jug (no kidding, a fucking jug) with him to the party to fill it up with your prime booze so he can take that home with him as well. Unreal.
Geez, you kids have so much to learn it makes me weary just thinking about it.
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I think people enjoy the effects of alcohol more than the taste of alcohol
I reckon 18 seems a reasonable age but it seems that most 18 year olds these days are mentally equivilent to 13 year olds so... (not on this forum though :))
Oh wow, great post.
I agree with Sofa.
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There is a commercial, I'm not sure if anyone else has seen it, of a girl who couldn't be any older than forteen talking on the phone to her friend and she says: "This weekend was crazy-what I can remember- wait wait, slow down 'chika'(she looks asian but she decides to throw spanish in her english sentences.. go figure) What? A picture of me? Who sent it to you? You've gotta send it to me right now*look at phone* My god.. this must have been from saturday night.. I was soo high.. who do you thinks seen it?"*People around her stare at her*
I know this thread is about drinking but I think marajuana and other drugs can be discussed as well. The legal age of drinking in the unite states does seem stupid. However, my point is this.. Everyone is so concerned with marajuana and they obviously don't know anything about it. The girl talks as if she was drinking then says she was high. When you are high you sit.. and sit... and things are a lot funnier.. but you don't do anything stupid(besides the occasional trip to White Castle). Marajuana has no negative affect on the body other than what cigarrettes do to you and it doesn't even do it as bad as cigs do.
Back onto the drinking topic. The affects of alchohol is extremely over dramaticized here in the united states. I don't have much more to say about it... I kinda just wanted to share that commercial and rant with you all >.>
But then again, people who smoke marijuana usually don't smoke 1 pack (How many smokes is that?) per day.
hmmmmm.... nevermind
But I get what you mean; theres a lot of hypocrisy and misinformation around Marijuana in a world full of alcoholics
(The reason why I say Marijuana specifically and not just drugs in general is because methamphetamines, opium extract drugs and all the extreme drugs are just pure evil imo, people become almost zombies with scabs over their bodies)
Btw, that was really off topic. What do you think the drinking age should be Tehstickleman?
And I'd rather be near a drunk person than a high person anyway. Drunk people talk utter nonsense. High people talk utter nonsense but they think they're being really deep and poetic when doing so. And they're like, "Whoa, I gotta write that down!" But they're too lazy to actually write it down.
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