• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Well, the princess is downing a bottle of fortified wine, so it would seem that’s just par for the course.

      • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
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        When I was 14, my parents ordered a bottle of wine in a restaurant and asked, if I wanted a glass. Nobody thought twice about it.

        • ValenThyme@reddthat.com
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          all around the world including in most US states minors are legally allowed alcohol with their parents consent.

          In 8 US states minors can drink at restaurants with their parents permission but in practice you very rarely see it!

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      I was smoking at 12 in France in 1999, I told tobacconists I was buying them for my mom. Pulled the same thing off in the states when I moved there 2 years later. And I was far from alone. These are far more recent (terrible, obviously) habits than you might think.

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      In 1955, basically everyone smoked. Like 65% of Europe were smokers, and I do mean 65% of living humans of all ages.

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        Yah, my uncle lived to 94, smoked for 89 of those years. Pretty sure if we’d had a nuclear war in the 60s, that fucker would have still made it into his 80s.