• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      4 days ago

      Well, the princess is downing a bottle of fortified wine, so it would seem that’s just par for the course.

      • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        When I was 14, my parents ordered a bottle of wine in a restaurant and asked, if I wanted a glass. Nobody thought twice about it.

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          all around the world including in most US states minors are legally allowed alcohol with their parents consent.

          In 8 US states minors can drink at restaurants with their parents permission but in practice you very rarely see it!

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      I was smoking at 12 in France in 1999, I told tobacconists I was buying them for my mom. Pulled the same thing off in the states when I moved there 2 years later. And I was far from alone. These are far more recent (terrible, obviously) habits than you might think.