<p>The problem with such laws is that, since they’re essentially expected to be broken, they often aren’t enforced, leading one to question why they’re even put into place.</p>
<p>This isn’t to say I’m in the knee-jerk “lower the age like in Europe!” camp. Read post #29 to see why I think that’s a really ill-thought suggestion.</p>
<p>^The problem with such threads as these is that they bring out the fail in everyone (except for me, I’m made of win), who probably do fail IRL.</p>
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<p>Nope same meaning. We never set a limit on how to use the word “bad.” I’m not saying murder is bad, but 99% of the people here who say drinking isn’t a bad action would say that murder is bad, because they are hypocrites who set their own arbitrary bounds but are quick to cry over other people’s arbitrary limits over when they can enjoy their favorite drinks in peace. </p>
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So you condone murder too…well, a lot of other people might disagree, but I applaud your consistency.</p>
<p>Ah yes, arrogance is such a redeeming quality…</p>
<p>OT: Interesting discussion, I’ll keep watching it.</p>
<p>Lol the arrogance by people who justify wine drinking but not other “harder” beverages is also humorous. Wine swaggerjacks green tea, the only difference is that it has alcohol and sugar (lol, Godfather).</p>
<p>^ I don’t remember anyone saying that wine is okay but not harder alcohol. If you are talking about me, I used wine as an example. I’ve had shots at home before. It’s no different in principle than drinking a glass of wine.</p>
<p>Oh ok, then I misread something. It seems no one respects the ultra-disciplined bodybuilder type anymore. </p>
<p>“If you drink or smoke you don’t respect your sport.”</p>
<p>^That’s the real mother****in’ truth right there.</p>
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<p>Just kinda off topic, but one drink of my mom’s white zyfandel, nice wine, i don’t know if I spelled it right, gets me drunk off my ass. It takes other alcohol longer.</p>
<p>alcohol doesnt taste so good but my cousin (24) say taht playing video games while drunk is alot more fun.
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<p>Because you don’t care that you are getting utterly pwned?</p>
<p>As people get older they tend to like more ‘bitter’ things, such as alcohol. It is simply an acquired taste.</p>
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<p>LMAO !</p>
<p>I’m serious. Whenever I am playing BF2 or CoD4, and someone mentions they are drunk, they are usually in the bottom half of scores.</p>
<p>I don’t know what either of those things is, but if it makes it more fun for them what do they care about their ranking?</p>
<p>That being said, getting drunk and playing video games all alone basically screams “alcoholism” at me…</p>
<p>if you don’t know what BF2 or COD4 is and think that playing video games while drink =s alcoholism than I hope you are a 40+ year old mother. Otherwise, I am very concerned about your social life.</p>
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<p>CoD4 = Call of Duty 4; BF2 = (I think) Battlefield 2. Both are normally played online where players compete against each other and whatever. So you’re technically not “playing all alone.” So yeah…</p>
<p>I think underage drinking is more trouble than it’s worth. I really, really want to know why people do it, and I’ve asked a few, and they all don’t seem to know. Does anyone actually have an answer?</p>
<p>i drink because it’s fun. you can say that you can have fun w/o alcohol, but i have more fun with.</p>
<p>But, why is it more fun? </p>
<p>I’ve been in instances where we’d been having lots of fun, laughing and making jokes and being silly and what-not. Then someone would bring out the alcohol, and it would be either the same amount of fun as before or not as fun because people were worried about getting found out. Which they almost always are, actually.</p>
<p>i’d say lowered inhibitions is the main factor.</p>
<p>eh i abhor wine. it tastes like cough syrup or somethin. i used to think beer’s nasty. now i’m okay w/it…i’m not a drinker tho. obviously i don’t attend parties that welcome drinkers who think it’s “cool” to get wasted and stuff. yea that’s it… it’s the COOL factor that compels ppl (teenagers and college students) to drink. that’s what i think</p>