• Iron Lynx
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      You speak English because it’s the only language you know.

      I speak English because it’s the only language you know.

      We are not the same.

  • @[email protected]OPM
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    Ok, I’m getting some reports about potentially xenophobic comments and insults in this thread. I’d like to remind everyone to be nice and abide by the rules. I’m going to lock the thread now because I’m the only mod and I need to go to sleep. Have a good weekend everyone, and remember, it’s just a stupid post on the internet.

  • @[email protected]
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    22 years ago

    I know it’s not the point of the post but in what way is that ballsy and sincere? There has to be a name for this kind of post, it’s either a gross glorification of a completely uninteresting interaction, or just completely made up because it sounds… I don’t know, heartwarming or something?

    • @[email protected]
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      Considering the price of drinks at some pubs it sounds true to me. Not something that one generally does but I can definitely see a teenager trying to get their money back

  • @[email protected]
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    282 years ago

    This isn’t even true in all 50 US States. Bro was getting teased for only knowing only one country…he actually knows zero.

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        None that I know of that’s for sure

        I’m fairly certain if a state tries to lower it they lose government funding

        • @[email protected]
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          Some states have weird exceptions though where you can drink at home or sometimes even in a bar with parents permission

    • TheLowestStone
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      32 years ago

      You’re incorrect. The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 made the minimum drinking age 21 in all 50 states.

      • @[email protected]
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        There is no minimum drinking age in Wisconsin if you are with a parent or guardian. Minors can order, possess, and consume alcohol legal at any age, under the discretion of the bartender, as long as they are at the alcohol establishment with their parents or a legal guardian.

    • @[email protected]
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      In what states is this not true? The National Minimum Drinking Age Act said that states needed to make the age 21 or else they would lose federal funding. Looks like they all complied from my quick research into it.

  • Undearius
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    There are 3 countries in the world. The United States, Alaska, and Hawaii.

  • @[email protected]
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    Wow, people are still posting this ancient history. Imagine owning someone who’s probably in middle school. Glad I stayed off Twitter from the start.

    • @[email protected]
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      United States states, yeah that makes sense. States within the boundaries of the United States. How else would you say it? If you just say “states” it doesn’t necessarily clarify them to be American states but could be ones in other countries.

  • Objectionist
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    whaddaya mean, the united states is the entire world!

    hell, look at every alien sighting and you have your proof.

    just, yknow, ignore the 7.7 billion other people on the planet

      • @[email protected]
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        Funny, I’m an American and I also blame it on the military industrial complex.

        Specifically, fucking planes and now drones.

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          One could certainly note that America also spends by far the most on things like stealth bombers and fighters, or that the most common types of sightings oh-so-coincidentally end up matching the profiles of those stealth planes once they become common knowledge.

          • Jay
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            122 years ago

            I don’t remember where I read it (this was years ago) but The US had purposely experimented during the cold war with making people think they’ve seen ufo’s to gauge their reactions and to feed the frenzy to make russia think they have more tech than they actually do.

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              I’ve read they do this with our own military too so they can gauge the reaction of military personnel elsewhere in the world without exposing them to our secret technology. I’m like 99% sure that’s what all the recent UFO video stuff was that had been circling the Internet.

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    Why should the restaurant/ bar take a loss though. Should just chalk this up to a lesson in responsibility- being responsible enough to know when to quit drinking, and responsible enough to not ask someone to pay for your mistake.

    • @[email protected]
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      because it’s vodka and coke and why does owning a business mean god forbid you take a loss? what about the 19yo kid? why should he lose $15?

    • @[email protected]
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      Because if they refuse and then if the person downs the drink, gets too drunk and injures someone the bar and bartender are held responsible. Bar tenders are supposed to cut you off at a certain point to avoid this.

      • @[email protected]
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        That does raise a good point. The sale shouldn’t have been made in the first place, which is a good reason to refund it.

        • Joe
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          Easy to say if you’re not 19 and broke.

    • JoYo
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      It’s not that much different than getting free sodas when you’re clearly the DD.

      Sure it’s small loss but if there’s more people that are buying overpriced drinks as a result of a DD it comes out in the wash.

      Bars aim for return customers and safe environments for their patrons.

      • @[email protected]
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        Yes, I’m not arguing that the bar shouldn’t have given the patron a refund. That was incredibly sweet and good business. I’m arguing that the patron shouldn’t have asked in the first place.

      • @[email protected]
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        I didn’t say it was a big loss. But it’s still a loss. The bar is taking a loss because a customer over ordered.

        • @[email protected]
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          92 years ago

          Yes, and there should be no grace in this world for changing your mind or thinking better of a decision.

        • @[email protected]
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          Okay, let’s look at this from a purely economical perspective and disregard that people, including workers and owners, sometimes have pity on people.

          This person will remember the kindness and prefer to go to that place in the future. They’ll even bring their friends. Therefore, potentially, making it a profitable move.

          • @[email protected]
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            I 100% agree. I think that it was rude for the customer to ask for refund in the first place. If I go to a restaurant and order dessert after dinner and then decide that I don’t want it, I don’t ask for my money back. Why is it different just because of alcohol?

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              Because alcohol has greater liability for the establishment supplying it. They’re legally required not to over serve alcohol while no such requirement exists for food. That’s because overeating once in a while just results in a stomach ache, maybe vomiting if you really overdo it whereas over drinking can result in death.

              • @[email protected]
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                I’m not so sure that EU bar laws are similar to American laws as far as liability is concerned. But even if they are, there no reason that an establishment’s liabity would excuse the patron’s fiscal responsibility. He ordered the drink, he’s responsible for paying for it. Just because the customer decides he’s done drinking, I don’t see why then the bar owes him his money back. And there’s no law that says that drink has to be drank. Just put the drink down and go home.

  • quarrk [he/him]
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    Sorry buddy, the 21 years drinking age is international law per the rules-based order you agreed to.

  • @[email protected]
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    I feel like this subreddit didn’t need bringing over from Reddit, it’s clearly just as weak as the original