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[-] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 173 points 6 days ago

This is particularly American sensibility about not drinking alcohol casually around children. It's very strange. In the UK and Europe, if a kid is having a birthday party at their house it's completely normal for the adults to be having a casual beer or wine and socialising whilst the children play, obviously not drinking to get drunk and within the legal limits for the driver.

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 89 points 6 days ago

Honestly it's just pearl clutching. The same people are probably sneaking wine at their 8 year olds little league game in the bubba 64 oz trucker travel tankard.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago

From people close the me, the ones that are MAGA/religious all were actually the most depraved ones when they were younger.

I don't know if they think of they have to make it up for those years to still be able to get to heaven or something.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Youth church functions were always more depraved than anything agnostic.

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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 38 points 6 days ago

Hiding it from kids obviously will prevent them from ever using it or being curious!

God forbid we have open and honest conversations with kids so they learn how to use things responsibly.

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[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago

They need to protect the children from alcohol and trans people because then they get shot at in schools.

[-] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's strange here in the US too. I don't know anyone that has a problem with that. That kind of puritanical attitude about drinking is not the prevailing sentiment here. Sure, my friends and I aren't getting plastered at BBQ's like we did in college, but it's not like we aren't having some beers at a cookout just because half of us have kids now. It's just a vocal religious minority making a lot of noise. Don't get me wrong, this country does have a different, more uptight, relationship with alcohol than Europe, but it's not nearly as extreme as it may appear online and in media.

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[-] Resonosity@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Bro it's perfectly normal for Americans to do this too...

I swear, the Twitter snowflakes want to use the lamest of dunks to own the Libs. Then they fail to realize that they might do this themselves.

Aww, who am I kidding. Twitter shills don't engage in family functions, or have kids for that matter.

[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

Nah, my Catholic extended family always had a jug of Carlo Rossi (garbage wine sold in gallon jugs, for those lucky enough to be unfamiliar) at every family gathering. No one was ever worried about there being kids. Evangelicals are just lame.

[-] alliswell33@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 6 days ago

Also Mexicans drink around their kids during social events all the time. It's a joke in my family that the only reason adults put on parties for their kids is so they can drink with their friends.

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

Where I live you can be absolutely sure the adults are getting drunk

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[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 144 points 6 days ago

Who leaves their wine glass on the floor next to excited kids? You’re almost guaranteed to be wiping up that puddle in ten minutes

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 35 points 6 days ago

That’s alcohol abuse where I come from

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 20 points 6 days ago

Won't someone think of the alcohol?

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago

This is the true crime in that photo.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I use similar glasses, and there are better odds that there would be apple juice in that glass than white wine. If so, it could even be the kids. I understand people fear kids around glass, but if the kids around it often, they probably don't flail

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 105 points 6 days ago

Its also a glass of wine, not a jager bomb.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 6 days ago

It could be a Jager bomb in a wine glass. The color looks about the same.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 45 points 6 days ago

Hot take but I'd have taken an alcoholic over a dictorial despot.

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[-] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 20 points 6 days ago

It might also be petrol. We will never know.

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[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 89 points 6 days ago

People also drink coffee while driving. It’s a depraved world out there.

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Omg one time I was in line at a Subway (food) this dude started small talking about how it sucks because he's so hungry and he has to wait until he gets home to eat. I say, "why not just eat half while you drive?" he says, "what are you crazy?! You can't eat while you drive! You will crash!" and went on this tangent about not being able to eat or drink anything because you're driving.

Thanks for unleashing this random ass memory.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 16 points 6 days ago

Random ass-memory; donkey walks past and remembers something random.

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[-] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 days ago

I eat cereal while I drive

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago
[-] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 days ago

I have a system

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[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 43 points 6 days ago

I wonder what Trump does when he's alone with underage girls

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 29 points 6 days ago

She's having a glass of wine, not getting shit faced. What the fuck is this tweet?

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

She's black, it's Obamas suit all over again

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[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 days ago

Only psychopaths drink wine while playing games with kids. Normal people drink vodka with light ice in that scenario.

[-] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago

I'm only the fun adult when I've had alcohol As in fun enough to play a game with a child and pretend it is a good time.

....And bitch like Republicans aren't the class of alcohol abuse..

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

The outrage should clearly be THAT SHE ISN'T USING A COASTER IT A TRAY AND THAT CHILD COULD EASILY KNOCK OVER THE WINE

[-] pfm@scribe.disroot.org 15 points 6 days ago

Finland's former PM Sanna Marin was accused of taking drugs during a party...

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[-] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 days ago

This is so irresponsible. I only smoke weed when playing with my kids.

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[-] EssentialNPC@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Yeah, this is wildly inappropriate. When I play board games with my kids, I find Old Fashioneds are the ideal way to deliver that numbing hit of booze. Wine requires too much fluid volume per unit alcohol, and the red varietals can stain your games.

[-] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

ITT: people who apparently despise spending time with their kids so much, that they need to drink to enjoy it.

like WTF people...it's not an issue to have a glass of wine (or whatever) while spending time with your kids. But it's a fucking problem that you don't enjoy it without it.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 17 points 6 days ago

ITT: people who apparently despise spending time with their kids so much, that they need to drink to enjoy it.

ITT: someone making shit up and pretending it's happening ITT.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Buddy, parents spend a lot of time with their kids, and kids are exhausting. You're just coming across as intensely judgemental of anyone who drinks to unwind.

it's not an issue to have a glass of wine (or whatever) while spending time with your kids. But it's a fucking problem that you don't enjoy it without it.

You just invented a person to be mad at.

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[-] answersplease77@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

You will need to pop xan and pump a line up your snots to enjoy babysitting my nieces

[-] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 6 days ago
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[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 13 points 6 days ago

Have you been around children?

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[-] zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago

Californian here. I used to do birthday parties as a clown or costume character, the parents were almost invariably drunk. Often incredibly so.

[-] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago

Wonder how they'd feel about Bill Mahr getting smashed while sexually harassing children.

[-] Magnetic_dud@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 days ago

one candidate must be perfectly immaculate and nit-picked on the smallest detail while the other can do and say what the fuck he wants

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