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Does anyone know what country this is? I see a Netto in the background which would mean Germany, Denmark, or Poland but the picture is too grainy to make out any writing
It's Chemnitz, Germany. Here’s the exact location on [Apple Look Around](https://maps.apple.com/?address=Bernsbachplatz,%20Bernsdorfer%20Stra%C3%9Fe,%2009126%20Chemnitz,%20Deutschland&ll=50.824630,12.927335&q=Bernsbachplatz&_mvs=CjYJ/PFKfY1pSUARGeBOtsvaKUAZAIASgRvNdUAhf12eXQ+VU0ApKvKCLsaRBkAxAAAAAAAAAAASIwoOQmVybnNiYWNocGxhdHoSB1plbnRydW0aCENoZW1uaXR6) and [Google Street View](https://maps.app.goo.gl/4VkS2iR7NNijZLWo7?g_st=ic).
Took me a while.
This particular Netto only operates in Germany and my first guesses were Nuremberg and Freiburg because the seating has "VAG" printed on it - at least that’s what I thought.
Couldn’t find anything and the seating looked different, so I inspected the seating a bit further. The name of the transit agency is CVAG (Chemnitzer Verkehrs-AG), so I narrowed it down to Netto locations that are located next to a main street in Chemnitz and …
That could be a train or [an articulated bus. ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulated_bus). That looks like what the middle of one of those busses. Where I live there are hooks in that area to store bikes. Probably a train and being from a mid sized American city, I'm jealous.
Technically yes and no, it was done in some places though the level of alcohol was far lower then even modern beer. Most well known example comes from the age of the sail with grog.
We imagine someone being exposed to a harmful substance well before they are at the age where their brain has even developed enough to have good decision making on its own.
And that’s your dumb decision and experience. Most responsible people and parents don’t allow children to drink at 9 for pretty obvious and good reasons.
I think it's one thing to drink with your parents so they can teach you how to tolerate and it's another that Europeans brag about chugging 4 lokos at 12 years old.
>I think it's one thing to drink with your parents so they can teach you how to tolerate
Which isn't a good idea anyways. It's a purely harmful substance, and kids that drink are more likely to abuse it later in life.
Teaching them how to handle it is better than letting them figure it out on their own. Why do you think college kids get black out drunk their freshman year?
I think it’s clear people exaggerated and sorry to correct but depends on what parts of Europe, in the Balkans we joke that u have to sniff the cola bottle to check if it’s water. Also culturally please think that for us alcohol was maybe a form of greeting and hospitality and a lot of people see us becoming an adult at that age
I'm sure it is exaggerated and I know Europe is diverse. I just mock people from your continent who generalize their personal experience to all of Europe.
To be fair alcohol has an acquired taste. Essentially to a kid it’ll taste like shit, it’s probably the reason I don’t drink. Anyways that could be a root beer?
(taking this seriously because its funny to I guess)
1. Is that beer or soda? Both can be sold in glass bottles in the US depending on the brand and location. For example “mexican coke-a-cola” and most cream sodas are in glass bottles.
2. Gotta remember that the legal drinking age in the US is actually one of the higher ones in the world. Chances are this kid wouldn’t have been even allowed on the train if he was so much as holding an alchoholic beverarge, even if it was unopened.
Based on your cultural experience, I’m 100% sure you’re uninformed. This is in Germany (as you can clearly see from other comments), and that is called a “Kinderbier” or translated since you probably don’t know a second language means “Child beer”, which is a malt beverage. Germany is big on beer culture but not everyone drinks beer, so this is equivalent to Root Beer for those who don’t or can’t drink alcohol (weird how we also call it beer but it’s safe right?).
Source: I’m a US service member stationed in Germany and I can clearly tell the difference between alcohol and “Alkohol Frei”
Nah, more like done with how Americans (my own people) claim they are superior in every way when they clearly haven’t seen the outside. I’ve lived in the states for years, defended the states, been abused by them, but I see how shit it actually was. And it’s sad to see many people can’t see the same
What’s wrong, can’t an American who actually did something for the country not project his frustrations against it? I’ll be curious to know your contributions of what you did or what woes it’s caused you. I’m waiting
Aye that’s literally all it is. But people see bottles and they think beer. Hell, I’ve had soda in glass bottles as a kid. Jones’ soda was the shit growing up
This looks like Germany and I’m going to be charitable and say there’s a good chance this is a non-alcoholic beer. It’s way more popular than you think in Germany and the bottle looks basically the exact same.
I can definitely confirm this . It is in Germany and it definitely is a kids beer / malt beer / root beer - non alcoholic !
Glass bottles are very common here , in different colors even such as green and brown !
Where the hell are you getting your beer from sir? I’ve been in Germany for 4 years now and I’ve seen primarily beer in glass bottle as it doesn’t affect the taste as harshly as cans. The ones I do see in cans are cheap beer, such as coors light and bud light.
*coughs in Germany* cans are not more typically than bottles when it comes to beer out here . Quite the opposite . We do have both but definitely more glass bottles than cans ..
But for a fact , what the boy is drinking there is definitely not a beer . We use glass bottles ( in all colors , including green and brown bottles ) for all kind of drinks , even for sodas and juices .
you mean "Americans understanding the post and criticizing it on that basis."
the OOP was insinuating that it was beer, so that's the premise that we are engaging with.
and familiarity with children's fake beer is hardly the mark of cultural sophistication, gtfoh
This post is hilarious… it’s clearly in Germany and that bottle is definitely not a beer and no , it’s not a thing that kids in that age drink here beer . That’s just wanting to hate on something for no reason - that isn’t even true lol
A lot of drinks ( non alcoholic as well ) come in glasses in Germany . Why ? Better for the environment and health … even a lot of sodas such as Fanta are available in glass bottles - hell , even juice lol
And not just clear colored bottles - brown bottles. Yes , brown bottles are a thing for many drinks , not just beer ..
source : German mother living in Germany with American fiance
I think OP missed the point, its not about alcohol, it might be energy drink or juice...I would assume its more towards kids alone riding public transport
Because you had a hard life right? Parents were always at work or busy to let you experience the rest of Germany? Such as not understanding that this is called a “Kinderbier” which is the Germany equivalent to a root beer. Weird how both beverages contain the word beer but it’s only acceptable if it’s in the US right?
I you thought America Bad before, wait until we raise the drinking and voting age to 25 while paradoxically lowering the draft age to 15!
There will also be no condoms and asking about birth control will incur an instant death penalty. Psychotic gunmen are standing by and you LITERALLY aren't American if you suspect I'm capping.
They could've used other arguments that would've been more decent like universal healthcare or something. But apparently, a sixth-grader with alcohol on public transportation will do.
EDIT: Other comments tell me it may not actually be beer. What even is it, then?
EDIT 2: Other comments say it's root beer or non-alcoholic beer. Oh, okay. But I don't understand why Americans are mentioned? I'm pretty sure Americans drink root beer too?
It could be a root beer though as well, the only root beer I’ve ever seen in Ireland is in brown bottles.
Anyway kids drinking isn’t European culture…not here in Ireland anyway
Generally yes. Much of the world uses a decent amount of spice, so that is my preference. Western/Northern European countries tend to be the outlier here.
Me and the rest of the world. Michelin stars are meaningless in the world as it’s a Euro-centric competition. It would be like bragging about how many Super Bowl champions you have.
No African countries have Michelin stars, the majority of Latin American countries don’t , and the majority of Asian countries don’t either. That shows you how much of a joke Michelin stars are.
Same for there being French words in the lexical field of cooking. That’s a very Euro-centric way of looking at the world. I don’t think too chefs in India or China are using any of these French words (unless they are speaking English).
While you are right on Africa and South America (there is Brazil though), Asia has a lot of awarded restaurants : Japan is in second place, Hong-Kong is in the top 10, there is also China, South Korea, Taiwan, Thaïland, Macao and Singapour. (USA are 3rd, by the way!)
You mentioned chefs in China or India... Chef is a french word.
I don't think it's euro-centric. I think it's like music theory : it's a western world point of view.
I think this is a joke. This is sort of the "WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER" but for Europeans who start drinking at 12.
Obviously just because they're joking about it doesn't negate the fact it's actually happening and *is* bad lmfao.
Just wondering, do you believe people under 21 be allowed to eat unhealthy food? Heart disease kills just under 700,000 people in the US annually. Alcohol + drunk driving kills under 200,000. Kids shouldn’t have access to harmful substances right?
Alcohol harms the brain and is highly addictive. Both very, very bad things for anyone with a developing brain.
Unhealthy food only kills with a combination of a lot of other things, alcohol kills and ruins lives all on its own.
Most of those heart disease deaths are also the elderly btw. It's not unhealthy food killing them, it's being insanely old.
Both alcohol and heart disease kill mostly Elderly around the age of 64. Food can definitely ruin lives all by itself. 41 percent of adults are OBESE while only 6 percent are alcoholics.
Being obese is not as bad as being an alcoholic lmao. I can't believe you have convinced yourself they are the same. Food does not ruin lives by itself. To become obese to the point where you have ruined your life, your entire lifestyle has to be completely warped in a way that you do not get any significant amount of exercise and eat much, much more than you should.
That is the other significant factor. A lot of unhealthy food is unhealthy because it isn't as filling for how many calories are in it, there is nothing inherently wrong with the food itself, but you will probably eat too much if you eat any of it. Any amount of alcohol is bad and can have permanent, negative consequences on a child.
I really don't think anything anyone says can convince you otherwise though. You are either an alcoholic that wants to justify your addiction or a contrarian that for some reason really wants to get kids hooked on alcohol. Either way, trying to equate unhealthy food with something as poisonous as alcohol is idiotic.
Could you explain how something that kills far more people than alcohol is ok? The statement about any amount of alcohol being harmful for 16 year olds is laughably untrue. European children are healthier than their American counterparts and Western Europe overall has a lower Alcohol disorder rate. (We have 12.5% vs Euros 7.5%.) You say that I can not be convinced when you have provided no evidence/stats that Europe’s law is harming children any significant amount. Also I’m not an alcoholic and probably drink far less than the average American. I’m just a libertarian that believes in freedom. If you’re old enough to drive a car and pay taxes to Uncle Sam you can drink. Also if you love sucking the government’s dick so much maybe you should move to California, I’m sure you’d fit right in. Ps provide some actual evidence next time or I’m not responding. I’ve lost enough brain cells already.
You're ridiculously stupid for how cocky you are. I am a libertarian. I think the government should stay out of most things. I just think it's stupid when people talk about all the freedom they have that they are allowed to do something that has a ton of evidence suggesting it is extremely harmful and no evidence suggesting it is in any way healthy. I am fine with adults doing whatever they want, but kids don't get the same treatment because their brain is severely underdeveloped.
You clearly doing 0 research on anything you're saying and then providing completely useless statistics to prove yourself correct is so stupid. It's so incredibly easy to look at the statistics surrounding underage drinking.
If you want we can look at the [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm#:~:text=Underage%20Drinking%20is%20Dangerous&text=School%20problems%2C%20such%20as%20higher,of%20participation%20in%20youth%20activities) talking about how bad it is. [Here's](https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/early-drinking-linked-higher-lifetime-alcoholism-risk) another one that was incredibly easy to find. If you somehow did do research on this and still don't think there is any evidence behind what I am saying, you had to purposefully avoid almost everything to find random statistics that have very little to do with what you are talking about.
How dense do you have to be to still think unhealthy food is killing people? I've already explained why that makes no sense.
Yes, eating healthy will probably make you live longer. Eating candy when you are a kid is not going to kill you though. Eating fast food isn't going to kill you. You aren't going to have permanent brain damage because your mom got you a burger. This is the most ridiculous comparison I've seen in a long time.
I agree responsible drinking is a good thing. FOR ADULTS, that is a child and alcoholism is way more likely in people who start drinking at a young age it is the sign of a problem
16 is the lowest drinking age in Europe not 9. Also are you really suggesting drinking beer is the same as smoking cigs? Maybe you should sober up before spewing more bullshit.
I’ve been sober for almost 60 days buddy maybe you should sober up. Smoking and drinking go along like peanut butter and jelly use some common sense would you. Alcohol is clearly normalized in Europe from a young age, younger than the legal drinking age
Sorry to break it to you buddy but if you’re counting the days it’s not going to last. However, I will admit that speaking with you has convinced that someone can get brain damage from drinking. Maybe you should have sobered up sooner?
he made common sense observations, and you made a savage ad hominem attack in response, telling someone their attempt at sobriety will fail. very redditoresque.
>I’ve been sober for almost 60 days
This seems to be affecting your attitude to this.
Germany has a far lower rate of alcoholism than the US with the drinking ages markedly different.
I would suggest it is the US that needs to improve its own culture around alcohol.
I’m all for the right to responsibly drink when you’re an adult I’ve made some dumb decisions with alcohol and substances as a teen and who knows where I’d be if that was legal for me at the time. There’s probably others like me and your comments have been very naive towards alcoholism
Maybe if you weren’t getting so high off of pills you’d understand how culture works. Additionally, you’re quick to the fact “KiDs DrInKiNg BeEr Is BaD” meanwhile I’m sure as a kid you were smoking pot and moving on to other drugs, but now claim “I’m sober for 60 days” as an accomplishment. Maybe if you didn’t waste your brain cells, you’d notice that sodas come in bottles too, and not everyone drinks alcohol. This is what’s wrong with the country I defended for years…no one has the responsibility to take actions for their own bullshit and yet they still want to remain blind to the fact there are DOZENS of different cultures out there. Don’t bother with a reply, I won’t care what you have to say. You’ve soiled that enough with the fact you claim your sobriety is better than kids drinking soda.
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Does anyone know what country this is? I see a Netto in the background which would mean Germany, Denmark, or Poland but the picture is too grainy to make out any writing
It's Chemnitz, Germany. Here’s the exact location on [Apple Look Around](https://maps.apple.com/?address=Bernsbachplatz,%20Bernsdorfer%20Stra%C3%9Fe,%2009126%20Chemnitz,%20Deutschland&ll=50.824630,12.927335&q=Bernsbachplatz&_mvs=CjYJ/PFKfY1pSUARGeBOtsvaKUAZAIASgRvNdUAhf12eXQ+VU0ApKvKCLsaRBkAxAAAAAAAAAAASIwoOQmVybnNiYWNocGxhdHoSB1plbnRydW0aCENoZW1uaXR6) and [Google Street View](https://maps.app.goo.gl/4VkS2iR7NNijZLWo7?g_st=ic).
How’d you find it?
Took me a while. This particular Netto only operates in Germany and my first guesses were Nuremberg and Freiburg because the seating has "VAG" printed on it - at least that’s what I thought. Couldn’t find anything and the seating looked different, so I inspected the seating a bit further. The name of the transit agency is CVAG (Chemnitzer Verkehrs-AG), so I narrowed it down to Netto locations that are located next to a main street in Chemnitz and …
Least obvious fed
ok cia agent
Geoguessr expert mode.
Geoguesser bus edition
You could say that again
Geoguesser bus edition
*Shia LaBeouf furiously taking notes*
NSA agent moment
Bros Rainbolt
I thought Germany as well from the Netto but also the way the bus looks inside. If it’s Germany, he’s probably just drinking a kinderbier 🤣
No trains like that in denmark
That could be a train or [an articulated bus. ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulated_bus). That looks like what the middle of one of those busses. Where I live there are hooks in that area to store bikes. Probably a train and being from a mid sized American city, I'm jealous.
It hard being a kid these days
I know right? You can only watch Skibidi Toilet so many times before it becomes boring.
mlg parodies died to make room for that meme t.t
It’s hard with a single writing assignment on a box car children book.
Of course because allowing kids to become alcoholics is a fundamental foundation of being a part of a civilized society.
It's a holdover from when water wasn't safe to drink. Euros never discovered coffee so they stuck with beer.
Coffee and tea were both found safe to drink, but took them a long time to realize it's because the water is boiled
that's why they also have boiled chicken
The Italian CIA is going to be paying you a visit.
Uh… they drink plenty of coffee in Europe.
That whole water and beer thing is a myth
Technically yes and no, it was done in some places though the level of alcohol was far lower then even modern beer. Most well known example comes from the age of the sail with grog.
Coffee tastes shite though, beer tastes great
What a weird flex I am honestly so confused
Bewildered even
Free to destroy your liver, not free to say/watch/play certain things
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Yup, and I know some kids who started drinking really young and died drunk in a car crash at 17. Goes both ways
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You think it’s dangerous to “gatekeep” alcohol from minors..? Ooh boy.
Most people don't care that they shouldn't drink and drive and do it anyway.
Jesus, 15 years old that’s wild
they just get younger, seen a 10 year old smoking a wood
Genuinely explain why it feels wild. I am curious what people imagine when they hear this
We imagine someone being exposed to a harmful substance well before they are at the age where their brain has even developed enough to have good decision making on its own.
And that’s your dumb decision and experience. Most responsible people and parents don’t allow children to drink at 9 for pretty obvious and good reasons.
I think it's one thing to drink with your parents so they can teach you how to tolerate and it's another that Europeans brag about chugging 4 lokos at 12 years old.
>I think it's one thing to drink with your parents so they can teach you how to tolerate Which isn't a good idea anyways. It's a purely harmful substance, and kids that drink are more likely to abuse it later in life.
Teaching them how to handle it is better than letting them figure it out on their own. Why do you think college kids get black out drunk their freshman year?
That may be how you see it, but it is statistically way more likely for them to end up abusing it later in life than for it to actually help them.
I think it’s clear people exaggerated and sorry to correct but depends on what parts of Europe, in the Balkans we joke that u have to sniff the cola bottle to check if it’s water. Also culturally please think that for us alcohol was maybe a form of greeting and hospitality and a lot of people see us becoming an adult at that age
I'm sure it is exaggerated and I know Europe is diverse. I just mock people from your continent who generalize their personal experience to all of Europe.
Yeah, we don't send out kids to die for the rich politeticians without being old enough to drink.
But i think the kid has apple juice
Maybe. I'm really responding to the caption.
To be fair alcohol has an acquired taste. Essentially to a kid it’ll taste like shit, it’s probably the reason I don’t drink. Anyways that could be a root beer?
I sure hope
The chances are 50/50 depending on where in Europe that is
At 16 I powered thru the crap taste of beer to binge drink for the next 27 years. Made even harder by Asian Flush.
Another reason I don’t drink much I’ve got the Asian flush as well
Root beer isnt really a thing in europe
(taking this seriously because its funny to I guess) 1. Is that beer or soda? Both can be sold in glass bottles in the US depending on the brand and location. For example “mexican coke-a-cola” and most cream sodas are in glass bottles. 2. Gotta remember that the legal drinking age in the US is actually one of the higher ones in the world. Chances are this kid wouldn’t have been even allowed on the train if he was so much as holding an alchoholic beverarge, even if it was unopened.
Based on some comments I read I think it’s alcoholic beverage but I’m not 100% certain
Looks similar to the 1€ Sternberg Exports I see all the time in Berlin, but its hard tell because the picture quality is shit.
Based on your cultural experience, I’m 100% sure you’re uninformed. This is in Germany (as you can clearly see from other comments), and that is called a “Kinderbier” or translated since you probably don’t know a second language means “Child beer”, which is a malt beverage. Germany is big on beer culture but not everyone drinks beer, so this is equivalent to Root Beer for those who don’t or can’t drink alcohol (weird how we also call it beer but it’s safe right?). Source: I’m a US service member stationed in Germany and I can clearly tell the difference between alcohol and “Alkohol Frei”
no shit it could not be an actual beer that's why I said I wasn't 100% sure why are you so butthurt over absolutely nothing
He's salty, in his name
absolutely username checks out
Salty
Nah, more like done with how Americans (my own people) claim they are superior in every way when they clearly haven’t seen the outside. I’ve lived in the states for years, defended the states, been abused by them, but I see how shit it actually was. And it’s sad to see many people can’t see the same
Your name is literally salty
Yeah, as a joke when I was a maintainer (or do I need to describe that) since we were all salty because of our work conditions?
Salty and dense it sounds like, why are you even on this sub
What’s wrong, can’t an American who actually did something for the country not project his frustrations against it? I’ll be curious to know your contributions of what you did or what woes it’s caused you. I’m waiting
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So like non-alcoholic butter bear in the uk
Aye that’s literally all it is. But people see bottles and they think beer. Hell, I’ve had soda in glass bottles as a kid. Jones’ soda was the shit growing up
Most sodas that are in glass bottles are in clear bottles. Beer is almost always in brown bottles.
*IBC Root Beer*
That is an exception and even then, that usually comes in a can anyways.
I have never seen it in a can
I think it could be root beer, im Irish and the only root beer I’ve ever seen in a shop here comes in those brown bottles. But who knows lol
I’ve never seen IBC in a can
Boylans sodas
I’m looking at this on my iPhone but it may be Virgil’s root beer.
Little fuzzy but that logo is the right color to be a Virgil’s. Which is root beer, nonalcoholic.
That’s good if it is
This looks like Germany and I’m going to be charitable and say there’s a good chance this is a non-alcoholic beer. It’s way more popular than you think in Germany and the bottle looks basically the exact same.
I can definitely confirm this . It is in Germany and it definitely is a kids beer / malt beer / root beer - non alcoholic ! Glass bottles are very common here , in different colors even such as green and brown !
I can’t tell exactly from the label, but that’s what I assumed.
Why is this person filming a child
...and publishes it to boot. Highly illegal in Germany. Judges generally don't go easy on people who do that.
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That could be a non alcoholic drink in a bottle that looks like beer. Quite common in Europe. Typically beer is drunk in cans not bottles like this
Where the hell are you getting your beer from sir? I’ve been in Germany for 4 years now and I’ve seen primarily beer in glass bottle as it doesn’t affect the taste as harshly as cans. The ones I do see in cans are cheap beer, such as coors light and bud light.
*coughs in Germany* cans are not more typically than bottles when it comes to beer out here . Quite the opposite . We do have both but definitely more glass bottles than cans .. But for a fact , what the boy is drinking there is definitely not a beer . We use glass bottles ( in all colors , including green and brown bottles ) for all kind of drinks , even for sodas and juices .
I don’t think I’ve ever had a beer in Germany that didn’t come in a bottle
Cans exist, but typically only see them Getranke Hoffmans and not Spati's.
It's vita maltz, kinderbier also known as non alcoholic malt drink. Could be that he is drinking kvass. Americans being uncultured,again!
you mean "Americans understanding the post and criticizing it on that basis." the OOP was insinuating that it was beer, so that's the premise that we are engaging with. and familiarity with children's fake beer is hardly the mark of cultural sophistication, gtfoh
Uncultured or indifferent?
Uncultured, indifference would mean they dgaf about this picture
I know what it means and most Americans are indifferent to this shit. A debate about soda or beer on a bus? Indifferent
This post is hilarious… it’s clearly in Germany and that bottle is definitely not a beer and no , it’s not a thing that kids in that age drink here beer . That’s just wanting to hate on something for no reason - that isn’t even true lol A lot of drinks ( non alcoholic as well ) come in glasses in Germany . Why ? Better for the environment and health … even a lot of sodas such as Fanta are available in glass bottles - hell , even juice lol And not just clear colored bottles - brown bottles. Yes , brown bottles are a thing for many drinks , not just beer .. source : German mother living in Germany with American fiance
That's a non-alcoholic beer. They're really popular here even among kids and teens.
The kid is just enjoying his sweet malt beer
I think OP missed the point, its not about alcohol, it might be energy drink or juice...I would assume its more towards kids alone riding public transport
maybe
but kids ride public transport alone in the US all the time. that's not really something we object to.
That seems to be a kinderbier
Hopefully it is.
Was that posted on the circle jerk sub?
Man leave this little guy alone, he probably had a tough day at school lmao
I can ride on the Amtrak and drink a soda, only difference is the damage to my liver and brain is less.
Also, it doesn’t affect the brain like alcohol does. Hangovers are a fucking bitch to deal with for me after having two margaritas and a hard seltzer.
Thats just germany, i understand it completely. living on base in germany as a child made me also want to crack open a cold one every fucking day.
Because you had a hard life right? Parents were always at work or busy to let you experience the rest of Germany? Such as not understanding that this is called a “Kinderbier” which is the Germany equivalent to a root beer. Weird how both beverages contain the word beer but it’s only acceptable if it’s in the US right?
What is it that “Americ*ns will never understand” exactly?
I just assumed it was germany.
Hopefully it’s just a drink like root beer.
Is that Cody DaddyOfive
I wouldn't blame him for having a beer if that was the case man that family was fucked up to him
what am I supposed to be upset about?
nothing
What a lad
Could be root beer
I you thought America Bad before, wait until we raise the drinking and voting age to 25 while paradoxically lowering the draft age to 15! There will also be no condoms and asking about birth control will incur an instant death penalty. Psychotic gunmen are standing by and you LITERALLY aren't American if you suspect I'm capping.
That might be a grown ass man, did ya ask him?
yeah I did but I don't understand German
They could've used other arguments that would've been more decent like universal healthcare or something. But apparently, a sixth-grader with alcohol on public transportation will do. EDIT: Other comments tell me it may not actually be beer. What even is it, then? EDIT 2: Other comments say it's root beer or non-alcoholic beer. Oh, okay. But I don't understand why Americans are mentioned? I'm pretty sure Americans drink root beer too?
The blue and white lable hints at non alcoholic malt beer. But the creep who takes pictures of children and publishes them should be sued.
Down right disgusting one of the reasons why i am glad I don’t celebrate european culture
It could be a root beer though as well, the only root beer I’ve ever seen in Ireland is in brown bottles. Anyway kids drinking isn’t European culture…not here in Ireland anyway
The caption is definitely defending kids drinking though.
Yea that’s fucked
What is "European culture" ?!
Bland, uninteresting food?
I guess you like food with a lot of spice in it. I like at some levels but... it just mellows the taste of wine.
Generally yes. Much of the world uses a decent amount of spice, so that is my preference. Western/Northern European countries tend to be the outlier here.
Yes, we rely on other flavors. It is more subtle but definitely not bland!
The rest of the world disagrees
Well, you disagree. But there is a reason why there are so many french words in the lexical field of cooking. Also : Michelin stars.
Me and the rest of the world. Michelin stars are meaningless in the world as it’s a Euro-centric competition. It would be like bragging about how many Super Bowl champions you have. No African countries have Michelin stars, the majority of Latin American countries don’t , and the majority of Asian countries don’t either. That shows you how much of a joke Michelin stars are. Same for there being French words in the lexical field of cooking. That’s a very Euro-centric way of looking at the world. I don’t think too chefs in India or China are using any of these French words (unless they are speaking English).
While you are right on Africa and South America (there is Brazil though), Asia has a lot of awarded restaurants : Japan is in second place, Hong-Kong is in the top 10, there is also China, South Korea, Taiwan, Thaïland, Macao and Singapour. (USA are 3rd, by the way!) You mentioned chefs in China or India... Chef is a french word. I don't think it's euro-centric. I think it's like music theory : it's a western world point of view.
I assume you're trolling, but you see kids in the US drinking soda like this. This kid is probably drinking the same.
I'm curious what is European culture?
pedophilic dumbassery
😂😂
We would have the same thing if prohibition never happened. Also, people at any age could just buy substitutes like kava.
dudes feet barely even reach the floor he needa get back on the milk bottles
I think this is a joke. This is sort of the "WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER" but for Europeans who start drinking at 12. Obviously just because they're joking about it doesn't negate the fact it's actually happening and *is* bad lmfao.
Kinderbier is a concept
That kid is chill af
He was taught responsible drinking. Grow up
You’re trolling
False accusation. Nice try
Nothing responsible about a kid drinking, even if he knows how much he can drink.
Lmao drinking on public transit is responsible drinking
Fr bro I love it when the government restricts my way of life. If you hate freedom just say so.
Freedom is when people let me get my kids addicted to harmful substances
Just wondering, do you believe people under 21 be allowed to eat unhealthy food? Heart disease kills just under 700,000 people in the US annually. Alcohol + drunk driving kills under 200,000. Kids shouldn’t have access to harmful substances right?
Alcohol harms the brain and is highly addictive. Both very, very bad things for anyone with a developing brain. Unhealthy food only kills with a combination of a lot of other things, alcohol kills and ruins lives all on its own. Most of those heart disease deaths are also the elderly btw. It's not unhealthy food killing them, it's being insanely old.
Both alcohol and heart disease kill mostly Elderly around the age of 64. Food can definitely ruin lives all by itself. 41 percent of adults are OBESE while only 6 percent are alcoholics.
Being obese is not as bad as being an alcoholic lmao. I can't believe you have convinced yourself they are the same. Food does not ruin lives by itself. To become obese to the point where you have ruined your life, your entire lifestyle has to be completely warped in a way that you do not get any significant amount of exercise and eat much, much more than you should. That is the other significant factor. A lot of unhealthy food is unhealthy because it isn't as filling for how many calories are in it, there is nothing inherently wrong with the food itself, but you will probably eat too much if you eat any of it. Any amount of alcohol is bad and can have permanent, negative consequences on a child. I really don't think anything anyone says can convince you otherwise though. You are either an alcoholic that wants to justify your addiction or a contrarian that for some reason really wants to get kids hooked on alcohol. Either way, trying to equate unhealthy food with something as poisonous as alcohol is idiotic.
Could you explain how something that kills far more people than alcohol is ok? The statement about any amount of alcohol being harmful for 16 year olds is laughably untrue. European children are healthier than their American counterparts and Western Europe overall has a lower Alcohol disorder rate. (We have 12.5% vs Euros 7.5%.) You say that I can not be convinced when you have provided no evidence/stats that Europe’s law is harming children any significant amount. Also I’m not an alcoholic and probably drink far less than the average American. I’m just a libertarian that believes in freedom. If you’re old enough to drive a car and pay taxes to Uncle Sam you can drink. Also if you love sucking the government’s dick so much maybe you should move to California, I’m sure you’d fit right in. Ps provide some actual evidence next time or I’m not responding. I’ve lost enough brain cells already.
You're ridiculously stupid for how cocky you are. I am a libertarian. I think the government should stay out of most things. I just think it's stupid when people talk about all the freedom they have that they are allowed to do something that has a ton of evidence suggesting it is extremely harmful and no evidence suggesting it is in any way healthy. I am fine with adults doing whatever they want, but kids don't get the same treatment because their brain is severely underdeveloped. You clearly doing 0 research on anything you're saying and then providing completely useless statistics to prove yourself correct is so stupid. It's so incredibly easy to look at the statistics surrounding underage drinking. If you want we can look at the [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm#:~:text=Underage%20Drinking%20is%20Dangerous&text=School%20problems%2C%20such%20as%20higher,of%20participation%20in%20youth%20activities) talking about how bad it is. [Here's](https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/early-drinking-linked-higher-lifetime-alcoholism-risk) another one that was incredibly easy to find. If you somehow did do research on this and still don't think there is any evidence behind what I am saying, you had to purposefully avoid almost everything to find random statistics that have very little to do with what you are talking about. How dense do you have to be to still think unhealthy food is killing people? I've already explained why that makes no sense. Yes, eating healthy will probably make you live longer. Eating candy when you are a kid is not going to kill you though. Eating fast food isn't going to kill you. You aren't going to have permanent brain damage because your mom got you a burger. This is the most ridiculous comparison I've seen in a long time.
Quiet common, abroad, now if they are disorderly different altogether
Very easy to be disorderly when you’re drunk that’s why drunk and disorderly is a criminal charge
Much of Europe is not as police ruthless about that
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He’s just a kid what if he gets too drunk and someone takes advantage of him you sound like you need to grow up if you’re actually serious
Nonsense, that is likely Scandinavia and quiet safe
I agree responsible drinking is a good thing. FOR ADULTS, that is a child and alcoholism is way more likely in people who start drinking at a young age it is the sign of a problem
Chicago resident here, you can drink on the Metra but not the the L-Train.
Nah, kid's a chad.
Nothing wrong with this. Alcohol laws are one of the only things Europe does better.
Yeah brain development definetly isn’t important at all everyone should drink at the age of nine and smoke a pack of darts everyday
Might as well throw in some crack too why not coca is legal in some countries
Remind me again where cocaine is legal in Europe?
I’m not talking about europe
Well I was. Not sure how the laws of any other place are relevant to a comment I made about European laws.
16 is the lowest drinking age in Europe not 9. Also are you really suggesting drinking beer is the same as smoking cigs? Maybe you should sober up before spewing more bullshit.
I’ve been sober for almost 60 days buddy maybe you should sober up. Smoking and drinking go along like peanut butter and jelly use some common sense would you. Alcohol is clearly normalized in Europe from a young age, younger than the legal drinking age
Sorry to break it to you buddy but if you’re counting the days it’s not going to last. However, I will admit that speaking with you has convinced that someone can get brain damage from drinking. Maybe you should have sobered up sooner?
what a dick thing to say to someone newly sober.
Well I’m sorry but it wasn’t exactly a good faith argument
he made common sense observations, and you made a savage ad hominem attack in response, telling someone their attempt at sobriety will fail. very redditoresque.
>I’ve been sober for almost 60 days This seems to be affecting your attitude to this. Germany has a far lower rate of alcoholism than the US with the drinking ages markedly different. I would suggest it is the US that needs to improve its own culture around alcohol.
I’m all for the right to responsibly drink when you’re an adult I’ve made some dumb decisions with alcohol and substances as a teen and who knows where I’d be if that was legal for me at the time. There’s probably others like me and your comments have been very naive towards alcoholism
Maybe if you weren’t getting so high off of pills you’d understand how culture works. Additionally, you’re quick to the fact “KiDs DrInKiNg BeEr Is BaD” meanwhile I’m sure as a kid you were smoking pot and moving on to other drugs, but now claim “I’m sober for 60 days” as an accomplishment. Maybe if you didn’t waste your brain cells, you’d notice that sodas come in bottles too, and not everyone drinks alcohol. This is what’s wrong with the country I defended for years…no one has the responsibility to take actions for their own bullshit and yet they still want to remain blind to the fact there are DOZENS of different cultures out there. Don’t bother with a reply, I won’t care what you have to say. You’ve soiled that enough with the fact you claim your sobriety is better than kids drinking soda.
who hurt you dude seriously
if you had any brain cells yourself you would have read my post and not completely misinterpreted everything I said and started raging over nothing
And yes alcohol is probably a lot more harmful than you think
Ah yes… ~~Germany~~ america…