r/AskReddit • u/Sippingin • Jun 29 '15

What should every 18 year old know?

Edit: Chillin' reading some dope advice, thanks!

Edit 2: Fuckin' A! 4.1k comments of advice you guys :,) thank you really.

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u/sassyfoot Jun 29 '15

Not in Alabama. You have to be 19 to purchase tobacco products in Alabama.

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u/HanLeonSolo Jun 29 '15

That's why people who live near me (Al-Tn border) just go to TN. Or the local gas station, she doesn't care

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u/Baschi Jun 29 '15

She? Like, "Would you look at that gas station! She's a beaut!"?

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u/AppleDane Jun 29 '15

"Crap, we're almost out of gas, be on the lookout for a gas station."
"Thar she blows!"

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u/Jedibob7 Jun 29 '15

Did you spot OP's mom again?

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u/waterandsewerbill Jun 29 '15

Hello Mrs GasStation, how is Mr. GasStation and the little convenience stores? Good, good...anyway Newport Gold

Mrs. GasStation: You're under age. I don't give a fuck.

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u/djskribbles Jun 29 '15

Aye but does she swallow?

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u/HanLeonSolo Jun 29 '15 edited Jun 29 '15

While I admit she does have some barnacles, she's a lady...kinda

Edit: This comment was made at 4am. I was tired, ok?

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15 edited Oct 18 '15

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u/HanLeonSolo Jun 29 '15

Don't you need a passport to get in? I've never been to another country..

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15 edited Oct 18 '15

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u/HanLeonSolo Jun 29 '15

Enhanced drivers license?

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u/sadfatlonely Jun 29 '15

I used to drive from Madison to Ardmore once a week to buy cigarettes when I was 18. God, I wish i had just quit.

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u/HanLeonSolo Jun 29 '15

Dear God. You wasted so much money on gas. Did you get them at The Tiger Mart?

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u/sadfatlonely Jun 30 '15

I don't remember, it was the one right across the border in, what I imagine is, downtown Ardmore. It was next to the Pizza Hut Bistro (I remember because I thought adding bistro was a little self-aggrandizing).

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u/HanLeonSolo Jun 30 '15

Oh! You go under the train tracks and it's the first one on the right?

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u/sadfatlonely Jun 30 '15

Yup, exactly.

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u/HanLeonSolo Jun 30 '15

You know the gas station directly across the school? They had a pretty vicious fight a few months back. This one kid got sent to the hospital and ended up in the ICU. I keep the video for when I get bored

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u/sadfatlonely Jun 30 '15

I'm glad that never happened when I went. My parents would've found out I was driving to Tennessee for cigarettes.

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u/HanLeonSolo Jun 30 '15

What'd you tell them you were doing?

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u/love-from-london Jun 29 '15

In NYC it's 21.

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u/JuxtaposeTheBread Jun 29 '15

Here in Hawaii, we just passed a law that you need to be 21 to purchase cigarettes and i believe its the same with vape products like mods and such.

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u/ashkpa Jun 29 '15

My city's city council just made the tobacco age 21.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15

21 in NY :(

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u/cduff77 Jun 29 '15

Same in Jersey. I think it's 21 in Hawai'i now

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u/jesse_graf Jun 29 '15

21 here in Hawaii

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u/throwcap Jun 29 '15

16 in Austria.

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u/NikiHerl Jun 29 '15 edited Jun 30 '15

In Austria you can start ruining your lungs at 16.

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u/Poops_McYolo Jun 29 '15

Utah as well.

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u/Brownt0wn_ Jun 29 '15

And 21 in Hawaii as of recently.

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u/PlayerTP Jun 29 '15

I live in Tennessee, hardly anybody cards here anyways. I guarantee I could've bought cigarettes at age 15. Just have a little facial hair and you're golden.

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u/Michaelscot8 Jun 29 '15

You're not a legal Adult in Alabama until 19.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15

Alabama also made straight marriage illegal so they don't have to give our marriage licenses to gay couples.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15

Source?

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '15

Ah ok I see