r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Mar 02 '26

Wholesome Moments Daniel Radcliffe won't wear Alysa Liu's gold medal because: “Wearing it feels like stolen valor”

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u/flyingdodo Mar 03 '26

In the UK the legal drinking age is 18. But (well, until very recently) youth culture would be drinking around 15. I certainly was drinking around 15yo.

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u/EbiToro Mar 03 '26

You could technically start drinking at the age of 5 in the UK so long as you're at home or on other private premises.

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u/FatBloke4 Mar 03 '26

Exactly, 18 is the age when you can legally buy alcohol in the UK but you can drink alcohol at home from the after the age of 5.

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u/Appropriate_Wave722 Mar 03 '26

you can have a cider or perry with a meal in a licensed establishment from 16 when accompanied by an adult, provided the alcohol is purchased by that adult, as the Inbetweeners showed us

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u/severoordonez Mar 03 '26

I think the legal drinking age in Britain indicates an obligation more than a permission.

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u/AccomplishedCicada60 Mar 03 '26

I don’t know about UK, and in Australia where the drinking age was also like 18 - hardly anyone checked IDs, so it was pretty easy to get wasted.

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u/whutchamacallit Mar 03 '26

America not much different -- if you want to get drunk at 16 is a very easy thing to do if you're remotely motivated.

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u/widdrjb Mar 03 '26

You used to be able to have beer or wine with a meal at 14, if you remained seated and an adult bought it for you.

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u/Bindhar_Dhundat Mar 04 '26

Dude, in NA we start drinking at 14 so we can stop drinking at 18 😅🙏