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Or 18 years old today (2016)

• donohoe 11y ago
  I was unsure whether to have that as headline or not. Odd situation
• Nux 11y ago
  Old enough to drink alcohol. :-)
  • fgandiya 11y ago
    Not in the US.
    • maxerickson 11y ago
      Depends on the state and circumstance. (Many states have parental permission exceptions, some extending to restaurants)
      • lostcolony 11y ago
        But none of those (that I know of anyway) specify you have to be 18; the exception is some combination of parental consent, private location, medical or religious reasons, etc.
        • maxerickson 11y ago
          That's the point. You can't purchase alcohol in the US prior to being 21, but there are lots of situations where consumption by someone under 21 is allowed. I've seen people proposing that allowing children to consume alcohol with their parents permission would help with the binge drinking culture, but that's already legal in 35 states[1]. So I posted my (slightly pedantic) earlier comment out of a belief that this is something that is not widely understood. [1] http://drinkingage.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=002591 http://drinkingage.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=0...
    • rakoo 11y ago
      Old enough to go to war, then :)
    • xorcist 11y ago
      Not in Afghanistan either. Is it really that important to point out?
      • coltonv 11y ago
        Well yeah. Lots of people on HN from America. Very very few live in Afghanistan.