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You have to show ID to buy beer?

• subscribed 8mo ago
  If you aren't obviously adult then yeah. Where do you live so there are no laws on selling the alcohol to children?
  • notpushkin 8mo ago
    There are laws, but in many countries they are not strictly enforced. In Japan, buying beer in the self checkout lane will just give you an “are you over 20?” prompt, no verification: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46227987 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46227987
    • subscribed 8mo ago
      Interesting, thank you!
• michaelt 8mo ago
  Store doesn't get to photograph your ID, share it with 548 of their advertising partners, and leak it to 7 different hacker groups.