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If you were born in 19XX and are somehow still getting ID'd then you're one of the lucky ones.
Many places in the US make it mandatory, of course even then you have places that give a shit and some that don't. Where I lived twenty years ago the cops were getting 20 year old girls made up and wigged to look like old ladies, send them in to try to buy a bottle, and if the employee didn't check ID they were guilty of a crime, with the employee and the business fined thousands of bucks.
I don't know if cops still pull that shit or they'd rather use their time to physically abuse people.
I guess technically there are people who are still 25 that were born in the 1900s. So not completely unreasonable.
But yeah, as someone born in the 1900s and not anywhere near my 20s, I just wanted to share what hopefully is a common experience:
Like many people, I got a new driver's license when I turned 21. Being 21, I was in the best shape of my life, looked nice and fit, still had hair, etc.
Fast forward 10 years when I need a license renewal, and I can just do it all online, no need for a new picture. Fast forward another few years when life has taken it's toll a bit - no longer in good shape, hair is a distant memory, etc. I went out to a restaurant and ordered a beer, and the waitress goes "this ID doesn't look like you at all."
Oof.
True, I guess I was being a bit Eurocentric when I made my comment and completely forgot about the US drinking age. I don't even know if that applies to all states or not...?
Haha that's definitely an oof 💀
I'm from Europe and somehow I got carded like 3 or 4 times in my life and I was 18+ at the time even though I bought stuff like alcohol before that. It feels so weird to me but now that I'm older I'm shocked of all the things I got away with
True, it feels like places are a lot more strict about it now than they used to be.
When I was younger, despite it technically not being legal, it was normal to let teenagers drink in pubs, because it was seen as better to have them there where adults could keep an eye on them than out on the street at night. That just isn't a thing in pubs anymore in my experience.
(My experience is based on the UK and Ireland, I'm not sure about elsewhere)
Yeah, it is more strict. Parents are bombarded with pedophilia news 24/7, same as kidnappings, bullying, deaths...
Meanwhile buisnesses are under constant threat of checks from authority and a lot of legal threat in case shit goes down the drain.
We made world safer, but also...dry and constricting. And then people wonder what's up with generations becoming less social.
Yeah if theres a control and 1 kid buy alcohol the business is done for and the owner is in for a lot of troubles too
It's all for The greater good.
For me it's the weird ones. I never get ID'd buying alcohol, and it's got to the point where I often don't bring it out (I don't drive). But then I'll be buying a wood file where I need to be 16+ and get ID'd.