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by enceladus06 48 days ago
Yes but an 18yo can also buy a gun, get drafted into the military, and produce OF/porn.

But no alcohol.
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Insanity 48 days ago
That’s just a US quirk. In many countries you can buy alcohol when you’re 18+.

It’s odd that you can do everything but drink. Like you can go to work, drive home to your wife and kids, but can’t have a beer lol.

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JumpCrisscross 48 days ago
> That’s just a US quirk

My understanding is it’s because of car culture. Drunk-driving deaths drove up the drinking age [1].

[1] https://www.britannica.com/topic/Why-Is-the-US-Drinking-Age-...

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Aeolun 48 days ago
They could fix this by lowering the drinking age. Not by raising it. If you have two years of experience being drunk and then start driving you know exactly what you are in for.

If you’ve been confidently driving for years and then suddenly pair that with alcohol… complete opposite effect.

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lokar 48 days ago
Also it would increase illegal transfer of alcohol to underage peers, in theory. But high school kids who want beer have no major problems getting already.

It’s up to each state, but the federal government threatens funding if they get out of line.

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Insanity 47 days ago
Seems like they should have raised the driving age. Also, having taken a driving exam in NA and EU, NA is laughably easy. So not a surprise that drivers are unprepared, especially young ones.
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seanmcdirmid 47 days ago
It’s hard in many transit-desert communities to get around without a car, heck where I lived the DL age was 15.
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breezybottom 48 days ago
Sure. What does that have to do with Roblox?
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Ferret7446 48 days ago
They can drink, just not publicly.
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mothballed 48 days ago
Depends on the state. In some, even children under 18 can drink in a bar if their parents buy (I think Wisconsin).

And its not all the US at 21 to buy, in Puerto Rico you can buy alcohol at 18. Federally all those are legal at 18.

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enceladus06 47 days ago
States that do not comply get 8% less transportation funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Minimum_Drinking_Age_.... Funding is obviously more important than those between the age of 18-20 being able to drink alcohol.

These same men (18-20) would be the first to drafted to go die for the politicians enabling these laws.

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