I'm not sure I'm a large proponent of dropping the drinking age, most people show they can't handle alcohol responsibly even at 21, much less at a younger age. Perhaps if we adopt most of Europe's practice of introducing it at a younger age to where it isn't suddenly new and interesting at a later age.

You can't draft a bill that fits everyone, but it is always better to err on the side of caution, especially with peoples' tendency to do things in excess.

Well, I suppose. Talking about blackouts show that people use it in excess. I'm just surprised that something that can make you not even function or know what you are doing is legal, but marijuana isn't legal. How many deaths from too much alcohol? A ton. How many OD's on marijuana? None. Oh well, entirely different subject.

Edit:

Having a couple of cold Michelob Golden Light's. It's dishwater, but it's what the family got.

I never drank in high school so this episode was probably my 3rd or 4th time drinking (I was 19 at the time). Now (After 3 years of college) i can do at least twice that still not feel anything. When i entered college, i was 5'5" 180 pounds- about 13% body fat. Now i am 5'8" 174 pounds- about 6% body fat.

Oh, makes sense. Not bashing your drinking ability at all, just wondering why such a minute amount. Hmm, I don't measure body fat. I guess I'll have to start working on my hippieish figure. Wait, I'm already a thin, tall, shaggy haired kid.

I know dude you didnt mean anything by that. You were just wondering. I am also Italian and we cannot hold our booze lol.

If I'm low on cash, we'll get a dirty thirty of some Busch..... If I've got the cash though.... SoCo, Miller High Life, and 191 EverClear... w00t w00t

Good beers: Blue Moon, Tommyknocker (lots of different kinds "Maple Nut Brown" is my fav, they are local Colorado brews), Corona (fukken classic), Newcastle, and the beer I get teh most often though is the cheap ($14 for 24!) Honey Brown ale but it is so good.

Liquor: I like dark liquors and rum is my favorite. The best rum I've found is interestingly enough the cheapest and highest percentage: Sailor Jerry's. Seriously fucking try it!

As a side note I've never blacked out and that seems like a sign that you probably shouldn't drink so much! My body tells me pretty early when it has had enough. (I can comfortably enjoy 5-8 beers or 4-6 shots. of average strength.)

Drinking a couple of Miller Chills, and they are a tasty light beer. Thanks to whoever mentioned/suggested it.

Maybe if I get a few extra bucks, I'll give em a shot.

How are you youngins always getting beer?

Edit: Nevermind that's a dumb question. When I was 18, I had boozing buddies. Now that I'm 20 though it's worse.

If you think 20 is bad, wait til your 21. Every other night is somebody's 21st and your expected to go out. Thank god that period in my life is over. I will say though, that drinking isnt what it use to be. By that i mean its not all about getting drunk anymore. Its about having a good time with close friends, or friends that you can be around when you want a drink. Get retarted on a regular basis loses its appeal when you can buy it legally. I guess thats why the Europeans have it right with the young drinking ages. Most study abroad students (at least at my school) can hold thier liquor and understand limits, unlike most American college students.

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I'm 24, mate.

Man, I hated the 21st birthday expectations. Then there was my birthday, which always fell during finals. Four irritating birthdays in a row.

Hand of Heaven.

I already am not about "getting retarded/fucked up". I just like to relax and have a few with some friends or even family. I just want to be able to go buy a bottle of something to have around or get a few beers when I'm having a stressful day. It would be pretty damn annoying to have friends that just want to blackout all the time and I'm really not into the party scene.

To Hand of Heaven: Eight shots for a "decent buzz"? Holy hell boy, you have a serious tolerance. Eight shots and I'd be pretty damn drunk maybe even bobbing and weaving. I am 6'3" and 180lbs.

I used to drink Corona but I've always been a fan of hard liquor. But theres this new energy drink that just came out with Lots of Caffiene and 8.0% Alocohol level. Its pretty fucking sweet, i think it was called titt.

Well, then you fell into the right crowd early because my friends just want to get retarted. I use to be like that when i first entered college, but learned quickly that shit can really hit the fan when you are really messed up. I still drink with my friends, but im alot more cautious to my surroundings and how much i have been consumming. In reguards to drinking with family memebers, i think thats awesome. I drink with my family and its all very casual. Actually, i like drinking with them better sometimes then with friends because there is no pressures being pushed onto you.

Told ya you'd like it!

Man, I need to hang out with you guys, then, cuz my friends are all about getting extremely wasted and blacking out. That's really fuckin pointless, if you ask me. I used to party all the time and now I've cut back a lot because I have a lot of responsibilities in my life now, but my friends still carry their immature ways and they expect me to follow suit. When I tell them no, they get all upset.. I about got in an altercation with a good friend of mine Saturday night. It was like 1:30 in the morning, I wanted to watch 300 and pass out, while he wanted to continue being loud as fuck and playing beer pong. That's not gonna fly, especially in MY house.

I hate it when people can't just chill. One of my housemates in college used to blast (I'm talking top volume setting) various forms of southern rock from his room at 4am when he got wasted. I can't believe the neighbors never called the cops on us. It was pointless to try to stop him, though. The only thing he would respond to at that point was somebody turning down the volume, and his response was just turning it back up. He was catatonic, staring at his wall, singing along with Skynyrd. It was fucking creepy.

Beer pong is good. I'm really good once I get toasted. Lucky for me, I already have a party house lined up at college, and there are no neighbors nearby. Loud music, hear I come!

I never liked the whole party scene and getting drunk myself, but then I'm not a social kind of person.