I would bet their DWI rate is very low.
That is the entire reason for the drinking age in the US. And it worked. Most countries that have a lower drinking age either have a lower per se level for DWI or much higher penalties or both. A small Caribbean island probably has a low rate of car use compared to non-island countries.
Their school truancy rates are very low as well. (I saw a little jail/prison with barred windows. It only had 4 cells and it was for truants.
Honestly, their roads were just glorified goat paths. I loved that island.
I meant the age at which you become a voting citizen- which is 18 in the USA.
Sorry if I wasnt clear.
A person dying more than once! LOL
In, “The Violence Action”, Kei (Kanna Hashimoto) is tasked with penetrating a Yakuza den and rescuing a kidnapped female pop star. In doing so, she kills this henchman with blond hair and distinctive facial features. Two thirds of the way through the movie, she is in another battle when, lo and behold, that same actor, playing a Yakuza soldier, once again dies by her hand.
We did. It wasn’t as fun as it looks on TV and in the movies, but we certainly drank often and heavily.
Maybe they were identical twins?
What? Can you give some more information on this? I looked but couldn’t find anything.
Along with this is the trope of someone calling the cops or somebody and saying “I know who the killer is!” And instead of just saying the name , they tell the other person to meet them some place isolated with dark corners or the killer to hide in.
I just saw this is a cop show last week, and it pissed me OFF.
The usual line is “I can’t tell you on the phone…” Why not?
That is the option that doesn’t belong. I was just trying to contrast the difference between “you can’t drink until 21” which is a law the government has been allowed to make, and a hypothetical law that will be struck down as soon as it is challenged.
I guess I should have used the non-hypothetical example of Internet age verification laws, which have really been passed, and have really been struck down by courts.
These are all topics for GD, Politics, or most likely, the Pit.
Not sure how to bring this one back around to the topic.
Because it was a party line and the killer might be listening.
If the killer is listening, then you’re patiently explaining to said killer that you’ll either make your I Know Who The Killer Is announcement right now or after giving the killer this heads-up right now, plus a timetable for when to kill again, and I’m not sure what delaying after that half-assed exposition would gain you — and if the killer isn’t listening, then I’m also not sure what delaying after that half-assed exposition would gain you.
This one may have already been mentioned.
Someone getting out of a soapy bathtub and just toweling off without rinsing off first.
I noticed something similar in The Last of Us:
For context, Joel and Ellie are driving from Massachusetts to Wyoming.
Joel: “It’s a long story.”
Ellie: “Is it more than 25 hours? Because that’s how much time we’ve got.”
Granted, that was more of a sarcastic response to Joel’s reluctance to talk about his past, than a subversion of the “No time to explain!” trope.
Or a guy stopping halfway through a shave and wiping the unused cream off his face. As if nobody will notice the patches of whiskers left here and there.
When you enter a room where everyone is looking horrified or surprised in the same direction, face each and everyone of them face to face before slowly turning round to see what they’re looking at.
I’ve been watching a lot of murder mystery shows, and I’m amazed by how many victims (or investigators who are getting “too close to the truth”) walk into darkened rooms and don’t turn on the light. There’s a reason most rooms have light switches by the door!
A semi-related subset of this is the couple who leave an event (movie, school play, presidential inaugural ball, etc.) and don’t begin talking to each other about said event until they walk in the door of the house. If they had a good time, they’re giddy when they walk in – were they sullen and silent during the drive home, only to be all smiles and laughing as soon as they open the door?
I’m always yelling “Turn the light on!” at those shows. No, your flashlight is not enough, hit the switch for the overhead. But then they wouldn’t be able to have a Thrilling Chase Scene when the suspect runs out of the dark room.