@Roadtripgirl So do you think the drinking age should maybe be 30 then?
LOL at people over 30 not doing these things. Just… LOL
People don’t get better about drinking. They just drink better quality stuff 
jimmyboy23, thanks for responding, since it is making me reconsider what I think. You do make a good point. And I do support eventually lowering the drinking age.
iwannabe_Brown, I think if anything the drinking age should be lowered. But people should learn to limit themselves to 2 or 3 drinks.
Romanigypsyeyes, I guess now that I really think about it I’m basing my assumptions on a very small sample size. My parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents are well over 30, and most of them don’t get drunk, or at least not very drunk. But of course, I only see them at family events, and no one wants to be drunk around their kids. And they all have to drive home. They have “gotten better about drinking.” But I can see how some people wouldn’t have to. And I did see one of my relatives drunk one time, though she later admitted it was an accident.
Underage drinking is not a problem. By your recent threads I’m guessing you’ve just had a bad go at college beyond the academics. It sucks and it happens, but it doesn’t mean your school or things at your school are the problem. It may not fit you but it obviously fits lots there. For many on CC it wouldn’t fit them either.
You do a lot of generalizing about how the people at your school are immature, all partiers, need to be protected from themselves, etc type stuff. You may have seen a small sliver where that’s true, maybe more. But at any big party school you’re going to have plenty of mature and responsible students. Stop worrying about the partiers, they will find their way if they need to: some are probably already doing very well.
In agreement with everyone here that lowering the drinking age would be best. Honestly, it practically is already unofficially. My first night in the dorm I drank with my RA. He had a policy of safety first, as did the school (medical amnesty etc) and everything was just fine.
Cracking down in any fashion, by the school or the police, would just be silly IMO. Stiffer penalties or raids are a terrible idea.
Yeah, I don’t really don’t do the social scene outside of clubs and dorm activities. Which I guess means that since I don’t know that many people, I can’t get an idea of how many are really partying. And last Spring there was a riot during one of the top party weekends at my school. And I guy I know through a club got drunk one night even though he had homework due the next day. So since I’m not part of that scene, maybe I’m just hearing about the worst of it instead of seeing all the times that everything turns out fine. And I’ve also just been in a mood to complain lately, but I don’t want to do it in person with people I know.
Underage drinking is a problem. There are set of issues that stem from underage drinking, but I will not get into that. I believe it can be curbed quite easily. Change the age. Boom. Now you have a large set of your “problem” population suddenly not breaking the rules anymore.
I disagree that the drinking age is “practically lowered unofficially”. Underage drinking is not something the majority turns their head to. Yes, many parties are thrown where underage drinking occurs. Yes, some clubs look away when they see someone underage drinking. But all this changes when the authorities are involved. If the drinking age was “practically lowered unofficially”, I would imagine the authorities wouldn’t enforce the laws, but what is seen on the streets this is anything but.
On the topic of OP making generalizations, I will throw in my experience. My family drinks very little. I rarely see a beer around unless it’s for a holiday or large family occasion. But I do know many people drink and that is ok. It’s not a fair assumption to jump from “those who drink” --> “immature”. It’s a conclusion built on pseudo-facts. Expand your horizon. The guy in your class who is in the top of the class? He drinks after every test as a celebration. The girl across from you loves a strong mojito and just finished a volunteer effort in a developing country. There are many factors besides the fact that someone drinks that go into a person’s character.
I think I should clarify, I’m mainly thinking about underage binge drinking. I drink a little myself, just usually not more than one drink. So by “immature” drinking I’m thinking about drinking in order to get really drunk,which could lead to vomiting, passing out, and massive hangovers. So while I still think that underage people should obey the law, I do not think that all drinking is immature. I consider having a limited number of drinks, when one is of legal age, to be very mature.
You really do have a limited experience. In the nicest possible way, you seem to have been very sheltered. I know a total of zero parents who drink and don’t ever get drunk around their adult children. Some shield their minor children of course.
Personally my parents taught me how to drink and drink responsibly. I am grateful. I absolutely think binge drinking is a problem. I don’t think the problems are quite what you describe though (in regards to immaturity).
Please excuse typos while I drink and CC.
Yeah, I guess I am sheltered. I saw my mom drunk only once. I’ve seen my Dad have a few drinks so he was buzzed, and I guess that counts as a little bit drunk, but I’ve never seen them stumble or pass out or anything.
And what I consider immature is getting really drunk on purpose. Not getting a little drunk on purpose (when you are legally of age), or getting really drunk by accident.
How does one go about getting drunk “by accident”?
I’ve heard it can happen if you don’t know how strong the drink is. Then after only one you start losing your judgement and think you can have more. This actually happened to someone I know.
You don’t get drunk by accident. You can get drugged but you don’t get drunk by accident.
You know you’re getting buzzed before you get drunk and you can choose to stop unless you’re an alcoholic.
I’m not going to dispute that most people do not get drunk by accident. But I do know a family member who accidentally got drunk because she ordered a mixed drink that had more servings of alcohol than she expected.
But regardless of whether or not that is common, what I am trying to say is that I would not consider it to be as immature as getting drunk on purpose or illegally. And again, when I say drunk I mean noticeably drunk, not just a little bit drunk, aka “buzzed”.
Sorry to have started off on the wrong foot on this forum.
Just in general, you’re going to rub people the wrong way because you think that doing things differently than you makes them immature.
Getting drunk once in a while- even noticeably drunk- while done in a safe manner (ie no driving, etc) is not hurting anyone or yourself. Just because you don’t think it’s “mature” doesn’t mean that everyone holds the same viewpoint.
And gosh darn it, if getting drunk once in a while is immature than I hope I never grow up. Growing up sounds boring. I’m so glad my parents never grew up either (by the way, I think I’ve seen my dad drunk twice in my life but my mother… considerably more) 
To clarify, I don’t think that people who binge drink, or drink underage, are completely immature. I think they are immature in that way, but not in other ways. Some of them have jobs, and many have apartments, which are ways in which they are more mature than me. So, I basically think someone can be mature in general but immature in some specific ways. And limiting their drinking can make them more mature.
I try not to say these things to my classmates in person. I vent here because it is anonymous.
Why do you see this behavior (underage drinking) as immature?
Because it seems that most underage drinking in college is binge drinking, which I hear a lot of people either stop doing or do less often once they are out of college. So, if someone who is out of college does it less often or not at all, it is likely something that they have outgrown. Or, they have too many responsibilities to do it even if they want to. And I think college should be about preparing to have more responsibilities, not putting them off.