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[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Are they going to ban children from drinking tea while they're at it?

[–] OttoboyEmpire@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

surely there's not a difference between the toxic sludge marketed to minors and a cup of tea?

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

The amount of people on this website who display zero dialectical understanding of the world is disturbing for a supposedly communist platform

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Now you accidentally tripped over very based idea, tea embargo for all Brits.

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Energy drinks are way worse than tea though. 55g of sugar per can and some kids will drink two or three of these a day.

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

presumably they're not taking their coffee black either

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Probably, but do most coffee drinkers add 100g+ of sugar to their daily coffees?

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

given the popularity of starbucks i'm gonna guess it's way more

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

given the circumstances of the situation ☝️🤓

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

Okay yeah, regulating the manufacturers of these drinks is a better idea than banning kids from buying them.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

considering how coffee tastes like shit right out of satan's bunghole if you don't? i must imagine so

[–] tim_curry@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

I don’t think the children are drinking tea. Because of woke. I used to mix tea and instant coffee together when I was a kid cos I’m weird

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 13 points 2 weeks ago

The Briton Wrestling Federation is not ready for "Matcha Man" Randall Civilized

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

I drank tea as a kid. But I don't know if kids today drink tea...

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

I used to mix tea and instant coffee together when I was a kid cos I’m weird

Pretty sure brewing tea using hot coffee has been a trend in Asia for a little while now

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] tim_curry@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago

It's Britain. The majority of the people there might actually put a cultural cornerstone like tea on a higher moral pedestal than your average adult liberals put state sanctioned ridiculous restrictions on children on. Anywhere else, you could attempt that, and people would laugh, and teenagers would protest, but ultimately no massive resistance would take place if laughing it out didn't work. Because when authoritarian and pointless nonsense only affects children, no one actually sees it as a fundamental violation of freedoms and civil liberties. But in the UK, people might actually do something if the government tried to restrict who's allowed to buy, brew, and drink tea. Because Brits love their tea and see British tea stereotypes as a Valued Cultural Institution.