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"Deviance" is probably the word to focus on here, as in "deviation" from the mean. Drinking underage is a deviation from the norm of following the law. Moving
by yesfitz 1y ago
"Deviance" is probably the word to focus on here, as in "deviation" from the mean.
Drinking underage is a deviation from the norm of following the law.
Moving is a deviation from the norm of staying (as evidenced by the census data showing that in the 1950s ~20% of people lived somewhere different than they had the previous year, in 2023 it was 7.4%. In 1950 3.5% of the population lived in a different state than they had the previous year, in 2023 it was 1.4%)
- watwut 1y agoMy point is, drinking was not deviation from the mean. It was "the mean". There was no real norm in following the law in that one. Like I said, adults would wink wink look away or directly give you alcohol. If you was not drinking at all, you was the weird one. Literally. The mean is shifting toward drinking less. But that does not say much about how many people are "weird".
- xboxnolifes 1y agoI get the moving away portion, but if underage drinking was >50% of the population in the past, isn't that the norm, not the words on the law? That would mean now is more deviation not less. Of course, that's entirely down to how you want to frame it.