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Up to 800,000 Brits going to Euro 2024 warned: German beer is stronger (www.standard.co.uk)

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[–] hOrni 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I see a lot of American soldiers in my home city in Poland. These guys can't legally drink in their country, and our beer has twice as much alcohol on average. It's normal to see them passed out on a lawn in fron of a bar, at 9pm on a weekday.

[–] jordanlund 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's largely a problem of being able to enlist at 18 (and being targeted to enlist as young as 16!) but not legally being allowed to drink until 21.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Having considered the military, I think enlistment should absolutely remain at 18 so you have time to rise in grade and get special training if your going to be a pilot etc. The problem with alcohol is Americans are too stupid at 18 (and even 21 in some cases) to drink responsibly... Which is a problem with Americans, not alcohol at 18 (or at least it doesn't seem to be a problem in Europe). If America made the drinking age 18, a quarter of our dumbass population would be drunk within 24 hours...