well I've only seen the first episode and it was pretty good
only downfall for me is that they're in high school and I know that's the way it's supposed to be, but I just don't think real teens are that way at all
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:32, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I dunno
the original UK series was set in the city I live in, and the first series came out when I was about that age (A-levels) and it was pretty similar for a lot of people
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:34, Reply)

maybe I'm just out of touch
I don't live in the city so I guess my perspective is a little skewed
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:39, Reply)

Also I guess maybe America is different
harder to get hold of booze.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 20:46, Reply)

true
do they prosecute when you're caught contributing to minors over there?
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:19, Reply)

I think you're allowed to give
a certain quantity of alcohol to your own child within the house, and I can't think of anything I've heard about people being prosecuted for buying alcohol for those younger than them. The law comes down like a ton of bricks on supermarkets and pubs caught selling alcohol to the underage though
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:33, Reply)

that's how it used to be here I think but I think the problem is that most kids are forbidden and we have to wait so long
that when we get it we go crazy, at least that's what I did
my cousin died from alcohol poisoning and they prosecuted the guy that bought the booze for the party he was at
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:36, Reply)

From chatting to several American exchange students
apparantly even at university we drink a lot more than American counterparts do, and nearly everyone I know drank well before the legal age of 18
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:37, Reply)

I think the majority of people where I'm from tend to start drinking around prom and graduation

( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 4 Feb 2011, 21:43, Reply)