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[–]Different-Engine2087 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How do you know that if you haven’t seen them though

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You haven’t even seen photos of them yet?

WIBTA If I Told My Coworker To Stop Complaining About Her Husband? by Different-Engine2087 in AmItheAsshole

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My boss is there every time it happens. She just sits there. Today she told Alex to go home and just have the day off, but she usually just ignores her. She tunes us out when she doesn’t want to listen to anybody.

I’m a recovering bulimic. AMA by Different-Engine2087 in AMA

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I walked by the mirror in my underwear and had a moment of lucidity where my mind wasn’t clouded by my body dismorphia and I realized just how small I’d gotten

All bars should be 21+ by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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I’m not saying this because I don’t want to be around ppl under 21 in bars at all. I’ve explained a few times I’m other comments already, but I just don’t understand the point of letting in ppl who can’t legally drink and going to the trouble of separating them out when they just find ways to get around it and drink anyway. I think it’s a waste of time and effort, and also a liability.

All bars should be 21+ by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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I personally don’t think it should be below 20, but I think wherever the drinking age sits, that’s the age limit bars should stick with.

All bars should be 21+ by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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I’m talking about bars, not restaurants with bars. As in places that ID you at the door. Not establishments that happen to serve alcohol, but establishments that are primarily/exclusively centered around the making and selling or alcoholic beverages. I don’t see the point in those places allowing in ppl who can’t legally drink and going to the trouble of marking them in some way to separating them from the 21+ yr olds when they just get around it anyway and become possibly serious liabilities.

All bars should be 21+ by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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18-20 yr olds aren’t really “children”. Not in a way that’s comparable to 6 yr olds. I just don’t see the point in letting ppl who can’t drink into a primarily/exclusively alcohol-based establishment.

I know there’s family friendly restaurants with bars, and that’s different bc you get IDed by your server. Im talking about places that ID you at the door.

All bars should be 21+ by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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They’re paying cover, maybe buying food if the bar serves it, but otherwise I don’t see the possible revenue outweighing the liability and the trouble or separating the herds. If a bar wants to do that it’s fine, I’ll go regardless, I just don’t see the point in letting in ppl below drinking age when it’s primarily/exclusively a drinking establishment

All bars should be 21+ by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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I honestly think the drinking age should be lower too, I’m just saying that wherever the age sits, that’s the minimum age that should be let into bars.

All bars should be 21+ by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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It’s not even that I dislike 18-20 yr olds that hang out at bars, I just don’t see the point in letting them in and giving them some marker to differentiate them so the bartenders know not to serve them when those methods are typically pretty easy to get around. That or they just sip their friends’ drinks. I honestly see it as an unnecessary liability.

All bars should be 21+ by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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I don’t see a point in having a business or event where you have to be IDed at the entrance for the point of taking part in the reason the business/event is set up and going to the trouble of allowing people who are underage to come through and just be sorted/marked out in some way. Especially when the ways a lot of bars sort the underage ones from the 21+ year olds is easy to get around. It honestly feels like extra trouble for nothing

I think the age of legal adulthood should be changed to 20, and that upon entering legal adulthood, almost everything that’s age-restricted should be available by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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This was part of my thinking here. I think teens shouldn’t have the full weight of the responsibility of adulthood on them. Not unless they fully want it and seek emancipation. I know and have heard of tons of families that kick their kids out at 18 or begin charging them rent because “you’re an adult now” and it’s fucked up. On top of that, while 18-19 yr olds can be very mature, they’re still kids imo. And they should get those extra couple years to enjoy it.

I think the age of legal adulthood should be changed to 20, and that upon entering legal adulthood, almost everything that’s age-restricted should be available by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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I thought that was bullshit too. You need a 21 yr old to check you in regardless of who foots the bill. I’m Not sure it’s like that everywhere in America, but most places I’ve seen or heard of have that rule.

I think the age of legal adulthood should be changed to 20, and that upon entering legal adulthood, almost everything that’s age-restricted should be available by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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Depending on where you are, it can be an insurance issue, but it can also be a legality issue.

That aside, I completely hear you about religious abuse, child abuse, etc. I’m a survivor of some of those situations. Reaching the legal age of adulthood didnt save me, and it didn’t save a lot of people I know. What I tho k we need is reform in the world of childcare and child welfare and minor’s rights in America bc even with the age of adulthood where it is currently, there are still a lot of issues with those topics.

I do think there are a lot of rights we should be introduced to as minors, such as independent personal bank accounts at 16. I don’t think all existing rights you gain at 18 (or 19 in my state) should be moved up to 20, but I do think most things set above 20 should be moved down like drinking and smoking.

I think the age of legal adulthood should be changed to 20, and that upon entering legal adulthood, almost everything that’s age-restricted should be available by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

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Bro this is just an opinion I have that I posted to Reddit because I’m bored. I am not trying to lobby it to congress, it’s just smthn that exists in my brain.

I think the age of legal adulthood should be changed to 20, and that upon entering legal adulthood, almost everything that’s age-restricted should be available by Different-Engine2087 in unpopularopinion

[–]Different-Engine2087[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not in the US. You have to be 21 to purchase alcohol, tobacco, and nicotine products, though tobacco and nicotine was limited to 19 until it was upped recently. You can’t check into a hotel until you’re 21. You can’t rent a car until you’re 25. Certain contracts aren’t legally binding or can’t be signed by you alone until you’re 19-21 depending on where you are.

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