Is age a concern when trading?

Usually you're trading beer for beer. Not too many underage people out there looking to trade beer they have for beer they want.

At first I thought you were asking about the beer and I thought "hell yes it's a concern."

But no, you probably don't need to worry about other traders being underage.

To actually answer the question... I just assume that the people trading me beer for other beer are people who are in legal possession of the beer they're starting with. I have no idea what the possible result (legally) would be of taking beer from a minor and then giving them a different beer.

 

Well, it's already illegal to ship beer across state lines, right? What does it matter if I'm breaking yet another law when I'm already breaking it in the first place?

 

I suppose, but when I think about two possible headlines in the local paper:
#1) Owen charged with shipping alcohol across state lines
vs.
#2) Owen charged with shipping alcohol to minor

#2 seems substantially worse. I'm concerned about both headlines, and only trade in person. Of course, I might be overly paranoid.

 

never send old ipas. carry on.

 

I find that I'm becoming more and more forgetful in my daily life, and I'm only 26 years old. Therefore, I've decided to stop trading with anyone over 40, as the risk that they will completely forget our trade after I've already sent my box is far too great.

 

I never said I'd stop drinking with my elders. I can tell my one story over and over again and get the same shocked reaction every time!

 

old balls? alas i am still a child...


I think the real solution is to make sure you win all trades.... if you are getting more, bigger beer in return and the guy turns out to be a minor, you are really reducing his/her overall access to alcohol. Be sure to not send extras, too.

One more reason to DOMINATE trades.

 

do you even middle age?

 

Pretty sure you end up on a list if you traderape someone not of age.

 

traderape... i love it.

I'm going to start putting notches in my beer shelf, one for every traderape I execute

 

There have been a number of times I've told Mongo something beer-related and he's like, "Fuck, seriously? I totally don't remember that." It's a miracle that he remembers that he even trades beer. I bet there has been at least one time when he woke up, walked into his home office and thought, "Where did all of these boxes come from?"