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[–] Ardyvee@europe.pub 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

People keep saying that they verify your age at the super market and I keep trying to remember the last time that happened to me and I just cannot. Nor, for that matter, at bars or coffee shops (for after lunch chat chilling before returning for the afternoon stint).

It may just be my corner of the European Union being much more lax than others.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

I'm sorry you look so old. I do too, I basically never get carded, and really never did. My friend that's actually a year older than me still gets carded every single time, and he's 36.

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The only time they verify your age at the grocery store in America is if you're buying alcohol

[–] myplacedk@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Here they also do it for tobacco.

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[–] YerLam@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Lotta internet users are going to suddenly be from outside the EU, just like the UK population suddenly all moved to the Netherlands after their own version of this.

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[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Unless I'm reading this incorrectly, this seems far more invasive than the California law.

[–] webkitten@piefed.social 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Democracies: Hey we have to stop the onslaught of right wing populism

Also Democracies: Let's push moral policies that right wing populists thrive on.

[–] oh_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Gaaaarbaaaaage.

[–] kubofhromoslav@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Sure nothing wrong can result from that. /s

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 day ago

Don't give palantir your biometrics

[–] vane@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Because nobody cares about offline children. Why don't they spend this money on them ? Because they support rich people.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

🤦‍♂️

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