• Watermark710@piefed.social
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    10 hours ago

    When I was little, my mom used to send me to the store with a note that said to sell me cigarettes, and that they were for her. When I started smoking, I used to reuse the notes to get my own smokes. I got my first fake ID at 13 so I could buy beer.

    • i078@europe.pub
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      10 hours ago

      When I was 13 I could just buy beer, the trick was to make it look like you are helping your parents with groceries. So also pickup stuff like a carton of eggs, potatoes and milk. I never had any issue, but it was a different time and in Europe

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        6 hours ago

        Yeah, that last bit is key.

        In German I think we were drinking in the clubs at that age. No “helping the parents with the eggs and milk” lol

    • Teknikal@anarchist.nexus
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      9 hours ago

      My mum did the same thing she stopped when I used the £20 note to buy sweets, that was a lot of sweets back then.