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9mo ago

Might as well be wearing a neon sign

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"No, please, ask me for my ID. I need this!"

In my state, you have to ask for everyone's ID unless they "appear to be over 90."
Really adds insult to injury here.
- Meanwhile in Oklahoma
  Also I couldn’t find a cool infographic of “ask for ID“ laws
  
  Honestly I'm kinda OK with that.
  A) the legal drinking age, age of consent, voting age, and age of Draft/ military eligibility should be the same. Whether that's 21 or 18 or whatever is up for debate, but if you're old enough to kill people at your country's behest you should be old enough to decide what goes in your body.
  B) Lots of countries are pretty lax about kids drinking small amounts of alcohol, and it doesn't lead to increased negative outcomes.
  
  Really is turning into a christofascist state over there, huh?
  (I was born in Oklahoma but moved away in the early 2010s. Still got a ton of family out that way.)
- Back when I was in a customer facing job, it was "unless they appear to be over 27." I just asked everybody in order to be safe.
  edit: add "in order." I didn't ask anyone to be safe when I was in that position.
  
  My state goes for a card everyone approach. I don't love it, but I get it.

eventually you start thanking them for asking for ID.

Cashier is nicknamed "Gruntmaster."

So either this person has back problems in their twenties or the cashier is asking people in their forties for their id?
- I'm 42 and I regularly get carded.
  
  ok but even then it shouldn't be surprising when they say "you're good"
  
  I'm 18 and I don't? Wtf?

I remember getting out of bed, feeling my lower back was stiff, putting my hand on my hip and kind of stretching with a little groan, and realizing that was something I'd seen my dad do multiple times when I was little.

Hey Dad

Where I live they just let anyone buy alcohol.

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