I think almost all of Europe. Have you ever tried teaching a room of 30ish teenagers all high on quadrupled RDI of caffeine? It makes distributing software on macOS seem like a walk in the park
replyI was also taken aback by this, but apparently it's a real trend.
replyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_restrictions_on_energy_dri...
Author is from Latvia (and so am I). You do actually get carded for energy drinks if you look under 30.
replyHowever, more relevant to the post, is that when you're ordering groceries online, you need to verify your age at checkout if you're buying stuff like alcohol (or energy drinks). It's trivial, and for a lot of people it uses the same authentication service that they already use to access their bank.
Under 16s can’t buy energy drinks in the UK
replyEdit: currently a voluntary but widespread scheme by retailers, proposed to be law. TIL
can they also not buy tea, coffee or coca cola then? oh no, they might drink the caffeination amount of... 2 cans of pepsi!
replyThe UK also has a big issue with "corner shops" (tiny stores operated usually by one person) that are fronts for organised crime and will sell you a lot more than energy drinks without checking your ID. Cash payment usually preferred.
replyAlso things are going to get hot at the next general election if you're following what just happened in this week's council elections.
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replyOnly if you look 12
replyanother feature of UK dystopia
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replyYou and I have very different ideas of dystopia.
replyPersonally I enjoy the basic human rights of privacy and freedom of speech which are deeply lacking in the UK system.
replyThat I can agree on. The right for children to by energy drinks is something different for me.
replyOther people enjoy their children not being shot.
replyBoth systems can be bad for different reasons. I'm not making any comparisons.
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