Americans. How do you cope not drinking until 21?

[Del-Toro]

um fine i actuarially hate alcohol

This, I'd actually have a harder time coping with having to drink then with not being legally able to do it. Besides, OP, it sounds to me like you're an alchaholic, if you couldn't cope without alchahol until 21 then you need to check into rehab, now.

 

[SeniorDingDong]

Better then having drunken douchebag kids all around, not only on the weekends, like in Germany or Britain for example...

I just drink at parties and prefer vodka based cocktails, but no beer or wine.

 

[lwm3398]

Have you never been to a high school or college party?

Spiked punch.

 

[mooncalf]

We drink before 21. It just isn't legal.

You sir picked it in one.

 

[Arachon]

Swedes can't drink 'til 21 either. Buuuut... we do.

Erm... Yes we can? We can't buy stronger alcohol though, but when we turn 18, we can go to bars and buy beer that's not above a certain alcohol limit.

 

[HentMas]

Quite easily, actually.
Having no social life and a disdain for people who do drink early due to said people usually being obnoxious about it definitely helps, too.

HHAHAHAHAHAHA

sorry dude.... just have to point out i love your avatar... again...

also we in MX can dring since 18 yo... but drink since 13-15

why??

WHY NOT!?!?

 

[King_Julian]

alcohol is a waste of time, smoke green instead.

 

[Styphax]

We just drink.

 

[Koeryn]

I have little interest in booze, so not being able to drink 'till 21 is more or less a moot point.

I'm 22 in a couple months, I haven't wasted a dime on the crap.

 

[pirateninj4]

Our alcohol sucks.
Editarn buttons. Anyway our stuff is just terrible, watered down piss. Plus we drink illegally before that.

I was shocked to discover this myself when I moved here. However many of the micro brewed beers are quite good, just expensive.

 

[HentMas]

Explain to me what the rush to get smashed is again? I have never seen the great awsomeness to putting yourself in a state where your unable to do anything, or even think straight...

that my friend is a missconception of alcohol

Alcohol "hinibits" your brain so you are more "open minded" to "experiment" with things, lets say you have a really, really nerd friend that is so ashamed of himselve that he haves no social life outside of his obese D&D friends (just deal with this image for a momment), i wont say this is infalible, but pour some alcohol into his brebage and he will be able to talk more freely, feel less ashamed of himself and probably make more friends, because it gives you the feeling of "i can do anything" and according to the level of alcohol you could either talk to the girl you never had the guts to talk to, or run naked in the house while vomiting the walls and furniture (but this is after consuming unnecesary amounts of alcohol)

also... drinking doesn´t mean "GET SMASHED" as you obviously think it is

if you find the drink you like, you will enjoy drinking, its a "taste" a "smell" an "experience" and one that (if done propperly) will open a lot of doors to your life, i am not saying you cant do without alcohol, i am just saying it helps to "loosen" you up if you are too much afraid of doing it yourselve.

 

[Ph33nix]

uh we don't by 18 everyone has had at least a few sips

 

[Borrowed Time]

Some of us actually care about other things besides alcohol. You know, like forging lasting and meaningful relationships, not making complete idiots of ourselves, finding humor in things besides others making idiots of themselves, retaining as many brain cells as we can (I wish more people would practice this, they really need to keep what they have), not putting more stress on my body then it actually needs, solving my problems instead of wallowing at the bottom of a bottle. You know, stuff that you would consider "boring".

uh we don't by 18 everyone has had at least a few sips

Speak for yourself. =P

 

[Captain Pancake]

It just means when they go abroad after highschool, they drink like 15 year olds do in regular countries.

This is exactly what I think. I started drinking casually at 14 (A single beer on a saturday) and my "Allowance" has slowly grown. I did act like an idiot at one party, but I did it when I was fifteen, and now I know not to do that again. With americans, If they do wait until they're 21, they won't know how to handle it, and they'll show themselves up at a much more crucial age.

 

[Zersy]

Hmmmm that's apretty closed minded thought don't you think ? I mean we all break laws.

 

[hippykiller]

i lived in America for 3 years. i saw fucking 13 year old get smashed like every weekend. that law against people under 21 has no real meaning.

 

[Megacherv]

Now im a Brit so we can drink from pritty much any age as long as are parents say its ok, then 18 is the legal age to get boose. As far as i know in america drinking is prohibited until your the age of 21...How on earth do you cope/did you cope with that? it sounds regiculus.

This also goes for any other people from contries with simular drinking rules, I am only really aware of america not being able to drink till 21 sure there are more out there.

I live in the UK, I'm 16, I can drink whenever I want at home, I could ask my stepdad to get me some Budweiser and I'd pay him back, but I don't. Reason being? I don't need alcohol to enjoy myself.

 

[Hobo Joe]

Drinking laws mean fuck all, alcohol is very easily obtained if you want it. I'm legal age for here in the UK but I don't, with the main reason being that beer tastes like shit, I'm not opposed to the notion of getting drunk but the drinks themselves taste terrible.

 

[Sigel]

Answer-We drink anyway. It is not that hard to acquire booze. Finding good booze to drink, that is another matter entirely. Most(not all)American beer is terrible.

 

[londelen]

I get drunk on life...



wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee



Also yea, most people are getting smashed and stoned by the time their 13. It's really not that hard to obtain.