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theuniquejimmy t1_j57ecpz wrote

I too thought it was totally weird for a 14 or 15 year old to be drinking. It made sense in the 70s when the drinking age was 18 but in the 90s seems a little young but I could be wrong.

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Maninhartsford t1_j57j72u wrote

It's a reflection of reality. Teenagers that young are still drinking today, regardless of the drinking age. Some don't, of course. It all depends on the friend group.

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theuniquejimmy t1_j57kbnl wrote

I do agree but I don’t think it’s usually a nice group of kids like that more so a group of delinquents, kids who are getting in real trouble at school. My brother and his friends did drink at 15 or 16 but they were all also thrown out of high school because of other bad shit they pulled. Two friends of mine also started at 16, both alcoholics currently and one also a drug addict so it just doesn’t feel right. Plus in that 70s show drinking was way more common with young people back then especially with guys like Hyde around.

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official_bagel t1_j580fla wrote

Counterpoint: My friends and I drank at that age, all got good grades and are now fully functioning members of society. Can't speak to the 90s specifically as I was a teenager in the 2000s, but your personal antecedents are hardly a hard and fast rule.

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EDIT: Looked it up and between the years 1991 - 1993 the median age for teenagers to start drinking was 13.65 years, so a 14 - 15 year old drinking is right in line.

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theuniquejimmy t1_j5818bd wrote

I’m just kinda saying to me it’s pretty mind blowing my peers would have been doing that while we were that young but I consider it fortunate I wasn’t around people like that back then to have known because damn that’s sad.

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DeviousOne420 OP t1_j59g5lx wrote

You should, because parents who allowed their kids to drink and party and all of that other stuff aren't real parents.

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Herramadur t1_j57mff5 wrote

You should read up on Wisconsin, this is completely normal.

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KeyLimeGuy69 t1_j59wpvh wrote

lol, you must be sheltered. Although, apparently less teens are doing drugs and drinking nowadays... but back in the 90s? nah

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theuniquejimmy t1_j59x5qc wrote

Sheltered? No it’s called having good parents and good friends who didn’t want to do stupid shit. Assuming you are an adult if you think that not drinking as a teen means your sheltered says it all and the cycle continues if you have kids I guess but fyi kids shouldn’t drink.

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KeyLimeGuy69 t1_j5azrgn wrote

It goes without saying that kids should not drink, but you were 100% sheltered if you think other teens didn't drink in the 90s. I was a teen in the 90s and was in the minority of those not drinking.

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theuniquejimmy t1_j5b2lra wrote

First of all I really think the minority were non drinkers, but this discussion really matters on social class in an area and many other factors to really be discussed. Since were both in our 40s you should probably know you are using the world sheltered wrong, it makes no sense. If you would like to say anything slightly insulting I’d use the word naive.

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DeviousOne420 OP t1_j57ehml wrote

I had the same reasoning as you. That's how I seen it. We may be a minority though. Idk.

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