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Posted December 30, 2016
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blotunga: I never understood Muricans. You're allowed to drive at 16, buy a gun at 18 but aren't allowed to drink until 21.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-map-of-the-weirdest-sex-laws-in-the-united-states-1485053434
http://observationdeck.kinja.com/the-complete-list-of-weird-sex-laws-in-the-u-s-a-1485048155
Post edited December 30, 2016 by Painted_Doll
Posted December 30, 2016
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Breja: I had no idea kinder surprise is banned in the US, and it's one of the saddest things I heard. What a joyless place it must be.
The relevant law states something similar to "Anything you put in a baked good must be edible", which the Kinder Surprise does not adhere to. In paper, the law does make sense, but Kinder Surprise is one of the case where the law is inadequate.
But if you had suffered through cakes with paper printed images on them, you might give them a pass.
Posted December 30, 2016
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hedwards: It's become a sort of cultural short hand. They only come in a few colors, but for some reason, the red ones tended to get used by college students for parties.

They're synonymous with underage drinking to the point where drinking anything out of them in a picture on social media can lead to problems. There's been teachers fired over pictures of them drinking out of the cups, even in the absence of information about what they were drinking, because underaged drinking is a no-no.

It's not really a western thing, it's a developed world thing. It happens in places where people grow up expecting to more or less live out their entire life expectancy and die of some sort of illness decades down the road.

I highly doubt that folks in ISIS controlled areas would be thinking about random inventors and famous people dying unless they had a specific reason to. Whereas, in areas where the mortality rates are lower, we have the luxury of thinking about a famous person dying as rare.

For the Americans, that's probably roughly analogous. Those candies have been banned in the US for so long that they lack any cultural significance to us. But, I'm guessing that if you're from a place where those were available, that they probably have some fond memories.
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blotunga: I never understood Muricans. You're allowed to drive at 16, buy a gun at 18 but aren't allowed to drink until 21.
The gun thing makes no sense, but we have enough alcoholics in this country without lowering the age back to the 18 it used to be.
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Breja: I had no idea kinder surprise is banned in the US, and it's one of the saddest things I heard. What a joyless place it must be.
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JMich: The relevant law states something similar to "Anything you put in a baked good must be edible", which the Kinder Surprise does not adhere to. In paper, the law does make sense, but Kinder Surprise is one of the case where the law is inadequate.
But if you had suffered through cakes with paper printed images on them, you might give them a pass.
I wouldn't say the law is inadequate, there shouldn't ever be things inside of food that can't be eaten. What happens if there's ever a manufacturing problem at the plant that people don't notice? We have enough children being maimed by ingesting non-edibles as it stands without introducing them into food.
Post edited December 30, 2016 by hedwards
Posted December 30, 2016
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Tarm: It is a western thing to go to the extent we're at and to keep the momentum. We simply have better and better access to information about others. Soon we citizens will take over the role the state has in 1984.
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hedwards: It's not really a western thing, it's a developed world thing. It happens in places where people grow up expecting to more or less live out their entire life expectancy and die of some sort of illness decades down the road.

I highly doubt that folks in ISIS controlled areas would be thinking about random inventors and famous people dying unless they had a specific reason to. Whereas, in areas where the mortality rates are lower, we have the luxury of thinking about a famous person dying as rare.
It's not only a developed world thing. The easier information about people is spread the more people get interested in humanities (Soft/social sciences.) in the western world. Humans are getting more and more central everywhere compared to the hard sciences.
This is much a cultural thing. Look at Japan for example. There they can as easily get their kicks on anime characters as human ones. The western world on the other hand is much more focused on humans.
Posted December 30, 2016
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blotunga: I never understood Muricans. You're allowed to drive at 16, buy a gun at 18 but aren't allowed to drink until 21.
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Painted_Doll: http://io9.gizmodo.com/a-map-of-the-weirdest-sex-laws-in-the-united-states-1485053434
http://observationdeck.kinja.com/the-complete-list-of-weird-sex-laws-in-the-u-s-a-1485048155
I almost forgot that it's ok to show crimes however horrible in media, but nipples are a no-go. I wonder what their babies suck on (j/k).
Posted December 30, 2016
If this thread turns into another "Europe is Burning" thread I'm going to duct tape explosives to my spine and take out....well just me. But I'm sure when I do you are all going to feel REALLY BAD about driving me to it!
Posted December 30, 2016
And what amused me the most were he warnings on packaging that you should open it and not eat it...
Posted December 30, 2016
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Breja: What a joyless place it must be.
It was, until Robert Hulseman invented the Red Solo Cup.
Posted December 30, 2016
What's more impressive to me, is that even a single human being knows who the person was who invented a particular type/colour of disposable plastic glass. Maybe kiss a girl or something, just saying... :)
Posted December 30, 2016
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Breja: What a joyless place it must be.
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HereForTheBeer: It was, until Robert Hulseman invented the Red Solo Cup.
Look what he has done for us, he filled us up with cheer!
Posted December 30, 2016
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HereForTheBeer: It was, until Robert Hulseman invented the Red Solo Cup.
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Breja: Look what he has done for us, he filled us up with cheer!
I love that song.
Posted December 30, 2016
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HereForTheBeer: It was, until Robert Hulseman invented the Red Solo Cup.
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Breja: Look what he has done for us, he filled us up with cheer!
Haha - well, sort of.

Basically, through traditional use it's become a symbol of good times with friends.

Guessing that a lot of places around the world have objects like this, where they're fairly simple but have come to be associated with parties and get-togethers. Another example I can think of is the piñata - you see one and can safely assume there's going to be some sort of party fun.

Anyway, that's the significance of it. It's not earth-shattering, putting red on the outside of a plastic cup. But it has come to be a symbol over here, of having fun with friends - and strangers.
Posted December 30, 2016
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blotunga: I never understood Muricans. You're allowed to drive at 16, buy a gun at 18 but aren't allowed to drink until 21.
I agree! We Muricans need to be drunk when we learn to drive and how to shoot!

:D
Posted December 30, 2016
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blotunga: I never understood Muricans. You're allowed to drive at 16, buy a gun at 18 but aren't allowed to drink until 21.
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tremere110: I agree! We Muricans need to be drunk when we learn to drive and how to shoot!

:D
I wonder if we are the only country that has drive-thru liquor stores, and YES, we do have them.
Posted December 30, 2016
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tinyE: With all due respect to the dead, how the fuck do you get credit for inventing a red cup!?

If I take one of those and paint it yellow, can I get a copyright and then when I die, get hedwards to make a fucking thread in my honor!? :P
You wish you were from Canada!
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