• Carighan Maconar
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    655 months ago

    I wish Germany would bring its sugar tax that we abolished in 1973 back. To be fair a lot of people are agreeing it has to come back by now, so chances are good that we’ll soon have one again.

    • @[email protected]
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      75 months ago

      I think with Lauterbach as minister we have quite good chances. I was honestly kind of surprised to read that they are attempting to ban supervised drinking. Didn’t think the CSU of all parties would support that

      • @jaybone
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        25 months ago

        What is supervised drinking?

        • @[email protected]
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          75 months ago

          In Germany teenagers between the age of 14 and 16 (which is the legal drinking age) may drink beer, wine and pearl wine in public places such as restaurants as long as they’re supervised by their legal guardians. Obviously in a “reasonable” manner

          • @crank0271
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            25 months ago

            Oh neat, a German AMA. What’s pearl wine?

            • @[email protected]
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              5 months ago

              What nodiet said, sorry about that. Thought I had heard or read it before

              Edit: I do find some uses. A few wine sellers use it, for example this Spanish one

              Also dict .cc list it as a rare noun

      • Flying Squid
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        35 months ago

        Not being German, I maintain I am still accurately guessing that it’s because corporations waved money under politicians’ noses and their brains turned to mush and they said, “yes, masters.”