France bans alcohol consumption at music festivals under red heatwave alert (www.reuters.com)
from Valuy@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 21:38
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Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 21:44 next collapse

Surely that doesn’t include wine. Can we still smoke?

SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world on 20 Jun 22:28 next collapse

No and no Jambon-Beurre either!

Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 00:19 collapse

Sacre bleu!

taj@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 15:53 collapse

This is exactly what I said when I heard. Surely wine is ok!! Right?!?!

Jessicat@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 23:02 next collapse

I understand the reasoning but I genuinely doubt this will hold and be applied. Sure, they can ban sales but there will be many bringing their own beverages.

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world on 20 Jun 23:45 next collapse

It’s expected to be 98-108F / 36-42C.

So yeah, water and weed is probably the better choice.

That said, people that attend Coachella every year are going to look at this and think “first time?”

bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip on 21 Jun 02:29 next collapse

French authorities do not find weed funny in the slightest.

lennybird@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 02:34 next collapse

Well I’ll be. For the first time in a while I’m proud of America for being progressive on this.

bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip on 21 Jun 02:41 collapse

Indeed. It does appear that the tide of public attitudes is slowly beginning to turn on it, and Marseille is kinda leading the charge on it. From what I heard, a bunch of people in France smoke, but when I was there last month, we didn’t find anything, even in Paris.

Brummbaer@pawb.social on 21 Jun 07:25 collapse

Kinda everyone smokes in France, it’s just not legal so people are not open about it.

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 02:39 next collapse

True. But at a concert or festival anywhere in the western world, weed will find a way.

If you’re in France, just look for a chill guy named Zephyr or something. He’ll hook you up. If you’re in the Americas, a Shane will do.

RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 05:35 next collapse

Last time they tried stopping me for weed I was too dumb for them to arrest 🤣 (I’d traveled non-stop from a festival in Spain my brain was so fried i forgot I had hash (known as chocolate in France) in my pocket)

Brummbaer@pawb.social on 21 Jun 07:23 collapse

Only if you are not white enough. If you are white they don’t care at all.

timochka@lemmy.zip on 21 Jun 08:26 collapse

People that attend Untold, Neversea, and no doubt a whole host of other festivals around the world would look and think “first time?”

The point is very much that yes, for Paris, it is indeed the first time.

That’s kinda the point of climate change. Lots of places will be getting “first times” they’re not prepared for. “Herp derp but Death Valley is hot” is the Fox News formula for dismissing that.

Tujio@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 03:13 next collapse

I was at a festival in Austria a few years ago when it was about this hot. Like, you stepped on the asphalt and left a footprint hot.

The only thing to drink was beer. If you needed something refreshing you had to drink radler (beer+lemonade, 3%).

I saw 3 people leave in an ambulance. Tons of sunstroke and dehydration. It was a fucking problem.

CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works on 22 Jun 02:26 collapse

No water is definitely a major problem, but I’ve been to plenty of 95F festivals with plenty of free water and have seen dozens of people taken away in ambulances (and even life flight).

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 21 Jun 04:37 next collapse

Omg halal France.

nosuchanon@lemmy.world on 21 Jun 08:44 collapse

So you have to be sober and hot at a rave? What’s the fucking point?

driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br on 22 Jun 03:22 collapse

Drugs?