• 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.

        • trucknuts [none/use name]
          hexagon
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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

      • 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.