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Originally Posted by Sliver
My friends and I have always just drank wherever we want. I know that's not cool or anything, but it's not like we do it all the time on non-party nights. If we're walking to a bar, C-training to the Stampede, walking around Banff...whatever, we just drink as we go. I used to put beers in the drink holder of my mobility scooter and just toodle around drinking. Only one time did a cop ever hassle me, and he just dumped my beer. As soon as I was around the corner, I just opened another one from my pocket.
So yeah, it's "illegal," but really nobody cares. Same with cannabis. I'll just puff away wherever I am and have never been confronted. The "don't get fataed up" rules are just to give cops an excuse to legitimately investigate what you're up to if you're being a tit. If you're acting like a normal human being and having a beer, nobody cares.
I get that the midway is different, but I have those fake Coke beer wraps for those instances.
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I personally agree and have had many similar experiences, but it has come to my attention that this is certainly an element of privilege and that, just as an example, indigenous people do not have the same experiences.