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This exactly. The drinking culture in the UK is out of control.
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Hmm, I wonder if this is more a reflection of a small sub-segment of American kids overseas with the novelty of a lower drinking age? My niece and nephew just graduated from UK universities and neither one drinks. In fact, drinking is down overall for Gen Z. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220920-why-gen-zers-are-growing-up-sober-curious[/quote]

No, my Cambridge kid says it’s the entire drinking population at all ages. It’s the lifestyle of pubs, free beer in college, port of sherry after events, etc.  he says it’s culturally wide[/quote]

I thought you had an Oxford kid. My Cambridge undergraduate student speaks neither of free beer nor port or sherry after events. She does, however, speak of "pres" which is, I guess, what we would call "pre-gaming" in the US. Students pre-game in their dorms not because they can't acquire alcohol legally but because it is a lot cheaper than drinking at bars/clubs. As far as I can tell, the drinking she describes is largely analogous to what goes on on US college campuses. There are some that don't drink, some that prefer low-key pub drinking, and still some others that join "drinking societies," which are like fraternities/sororities without the veneer of service and scholarship. One notable difference, however, is the almost complete absence of weed from the party scene. [/quote]

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