• space_comrade [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Leo is definitely guilty of being a complete fucking manchild but I don't see why you would make being a manchild illegal.

      Like what are the options here exactly? Codify the "half your age + 7" rule into law?

            • trucknuts [none/use name]
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              2 years ago

              A broken clock is right twice a day. One is teatotaling and the other is promoting literacy.

              • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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                2 years ago

                they also popularised vaccines, invented anarchism (the puritians were way cooler in England than America), and cut off Charles the 1sts head

          • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
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            2 years ago

            Im pretty sure Ive read stuff that proves that Europe's attitudes about alcohol and young people actually lead to LESS alcoholism and binge drinking among the youth. Surprise surprise.

          • space_comrade [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            It's 18 in most places.

            Also it's not like the law ever stopped teens from getting hammered.

            You're approaching this from a very US centric perspective. The age of consent is pretty low in most EU countries, it doesn't mean old creeps fucking 16-19 yo girls is at all acceptable.

        • trucknuts [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Maybe for low alcohol content beer but hard liquor should require a higher age, so should smoking and driving. 18 isn’t the magic number, neither is 21. The idea that there’s a single age we consider someone an adult is outdated.

          • usbgen4 [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            Practically speaking driving is a necessity to get around in a lot of places. Like work and school

            And anyways I think teen drivers are bad primarily due to lack of experience. I started driving in my 20s but I don't I was better than where everyone else started out at

            • trucknuts [none/use name]
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              2 years ago

              Driving is a necessity in places like the United States where public transportation has been purposefully gutted by the white population to stop racial integration. Yes young people would economically suffer, but it would disproportionately affect young white people the most, the demographic that already has too much shit to begin with.

              Look, if there’s a large amount of people that are suddenly disenfranchised because they can’t drive no more and getting the right to drive again back isn’t an option, they will change their way of living, a lot will struggle. BUT MAYBE THATS THE PRICE TO PAY FOR YOUR FUCKING ANCESTORS ENSLAVING BLACK PEOPLE YOU CUMSKIN FREAK!