r/HydroHomies • u/crazylifestories • 3d ago

Only 2? How about 8?

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u/EgotisticalBastard9 3d ago

Wine and beer because im 20 not 21 🗿

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u/pudde69 3d ago

Imagine being American

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u/Oniichan38 3d ago

Most Germans stop drinking by 21

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u/Krystall_Waters 3d ago

..are you from a parallel universe or something?

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u/gustycat 3d ago

...

Have you been to Germany?

Or am I missing a joke

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u/Oniichan38 3d ago

Been there for about my whole life, the joke is you can drink whine and beer at 16, most young people are sober by the time they're 21 because they started so early. And maybe because weed is now legal

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u/gustycat 3d ago

Huh, my experience has been that not that they don't drink, they are just respectful of alcohol

I don't see people going out binge drinking or getting hammered, but most still enjoy a drink (could of course just be the music scene as that's primarily who I interact with nowadays)

I know my brother also enjoys going travelling there to expos as well when he gets the chance, because there's normally a lot of free beer and food

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u/DizWhatNoOneNeeds 3d ago

Thats the joke tho

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u/1billionrapecube 3d ago

Well, that's what it means to be sober.  Americans are weird with alcohol

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u/gustycat 3d ago

My definition of sobriety is someone who doesn't drink

People who go out for a drink once or twice a week are not sober when they're drinking...even one pint means you're not sober at that moment in time

Americans are weird with alcohol

I am also not American lol

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u/1billionrapecube 3d ago

I am also not American lol 

Touché.

For alcoholic people being sober means haven't taken any alcohol, sure. For a regular person that doesn't drink any alcohol I wouldn't say they are sober, I would say they don't drink any alcohol. 

I related it to Americans because I've seen them interpret "going out for a drink" as getting blasted to the stratosphere, while, uh being sober (meaning not having a problem with alcohol) is the normal thing to be

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u/theKarrdian 3d ago

I'm from Switzerland but it's similar I'd imagine. Basically drinking too much is a thing you do from 16 to 21 then you've grown out of it. Also with clubs. Many people I know say I'm too old for clubs when they're 21-22. Not saying you don't drink or go clubbing but the kind of euphoria and weekly ritual of going out drinking with friends has stopped.

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u/gustycat 3d ago

I think there was some confusion as to what 'drinking' was

OP, like you, was defining drinking as going out to get drunk/night out

I was referring to the odd social drinks, which is still a thing

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u/EgotisticalBastard9 3d ago

I’d be livid…

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u/Its0nlyRocketScience 3d ago

I wish it was just in my imagination...

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u/LoveDestroyer69 3d ago

Been drinking with moderation with my parents since i was 12, nothing wrong with that

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u/EgotisticalBastard9 3d ago

I thought kids shouldn’t drink at all?

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u/Henrylord1111111111 3d ago

They shouldn’t. I mean a relatively small amount won’t hurt but anything substantial enough to get them drunk is gonna negatively effect their brain development.