https://twitter.com/StrewthQueen/status/1553253076009488384

Very normal country where the fash fucks are spreading news calling LGBTQ+ people as groomers but this is considered normal in their eyes.

  • spectre [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    It definitely varies by state, I've seen "unless with parent/guardian or spouse" posted at liquor stores in places.

    )I'd love to come into this thread an emphatically call OP a dope cause it's not like someone under 18 would be allowed to be married anyway so it obviously only pertains to people between 18-21, but that's not true in all states so this sign is implicitly welcoming child brides if it's in some states

    • TrashCompact [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      It explicitly is legal in many states for a minor to marry if they have the parent's permission.

      • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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        2 years ago

        Anyone remember those A Series of Unfortunate Events books?

        This was important to the plot of the first book. Count Olaf was trying to marry the oldest child to get her fortune, and it was only possible because her guardian- him- consented lmao. That overrode HER need to consent

    • Thylacine [any]
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      2 years ago

      I think liquor stores are different, my parents used to take me sometimes when I was a kid and I still see people with kids at liquor stores. you just have to be 21 to buy stuff there. but bars are actually serving alcohol and I've never seen a child in one, it doesn't really make sense to allow minors in since they can't legally drink anyway

      • Tormato [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I’ve been in bars on afternoons in Italy in which whole families were present.

        This backwards ass country still holds onto that dumb puritanical notion that we can possibly make kids aware that alcohol exists. Which of course means by the time their 16 or 17 they’re primed to start overdoing the forbidden thing. How many more tragic multi-person car wrecks of drunk teenagers do we have endure before we understand this?

        • SoyViking [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          As someone who grew up in a country where every highschool had a bar for students and where parents would volunteer to serve booze at teenage parties to make sure kids got drunk in a safe environment all of this American neurosis seems weird to me.

        • MoneyIsTheDeepState [comrade/them,he/him]
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          2 years ago

          In Alabama, I had a Walmart cashier who wouldn't sell to me because she thought my ID was fake. I went to 'put it back,' and just checked out at another register.

          It's asinine