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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Why? What's the motivation?

From my own experience I'm much less likely to get shitfaced if I have a joint - just happily buzzed.

And are people smoking a bit of grass really that worse than the vomiting, comatose people these events normally produce?

Deutschland, help me understand!

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ah, same as here in the US. Fuck.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    With the difference that you are allowed to buy and consume beer and wine at the age of 16 (hard liquor with 18).

    So the whole "protecting the youth"-spil is idiotic ...

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago*

    Not surprising at all. It is Bavaria -the land of the lederhosen- we re talking about, also referred to as the "Texas of Germany". They have their heads so far up their asses that they consider alcohol to be a harmless staple food and at the same time think that cannabis is a drug as dangerous as heroin and crack. Many of those clowns even believe cannabis is administered by injection, lol.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well for one, the governing party in bavaria (CSU) is heavily against cannabis so that might play its part. But also, if you’re happily blazed you won’t buy the absurdly expensive beer at the Oktoberfest. If you aren’t high they can sell you beer for 15€/litre so you can get drunk instead and make them lots of profit.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    they can sell you beer for 15€/litre

    holy fuck I've been to some pricy oktoberfests but that shit is bonkers

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Well in 2023 it was between 12,60€ and 14,80€ in 2023 for a Maß (1l) so it might just crack the 15€ mark this year. But the Oktoberfest in Munich is legendarily expensive. Like, that’s basically double what you pay in a regular Biergarten in Bavaria, outside of the cities. And there are more than enough willing to pay that price.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    That's the point. People buy less beer when they're high. That mean less money. Bavaria has many breweries and they're all lobbying against another legal drug other than alcohol because they fear that sales will go down. Sales will go down though, and that's a good thing because alcohol actually makes people sick and even kills people

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Money. If you smoke weed you'll be less likely to drink copious amounts of beer. At least that's what I do when I want to save on overpriced drinks. Why should I drink 3 beer steins when 1 puff of weed makes be just as buzzed with no hangover?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah, it seems this is the consensus. I'd hoped the .de was somehow more mature / realistic about this dynamic. Sorry, haven't been to visit since before the wall came down. It's on my hopes to return one day but......

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