TIL one has to be 18 years old to buy RainX Windshield Wiper Fluid

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Drinking windshield wiper fluid should never cross the mind of anyone.

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You could always boof it.

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Drinking windshield wiper fluid should never cross the mind of anyone.

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Maybe it helps them see more clearly when they’re feeling blue.

If kids wouldn't have tiktok challenges drinking it, wouldn't be an issue.

Just drink mouthwash instead

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Pretty sure wiper fluid is safer than the bottom shelf liquor I drank in college.

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Regular wiper fluid is fine.

It's the RainX version you have to show proof of age for.

What’s the minimum age to drink mouthwash with alcohol in it again? Oh, yes, zero, although it’s not recommended below age 2.

And what’s the minimum age to drink alcohol at a Catholic mass again? Oh, yes, zero. Or I guess whenever you get your first communion, which I think is about age 7.

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It supposedly contains large amounts of alcohol so you have to verify your age when buying it.

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a few months back i had a sick kid at home and my wife was working so i bought alcohol for me at home and a bunch of sudafed and nyquil and it would not let me buy the three of them at the same time.

There are ways to extract alcohol from that stuff. Viktor Belenko’s biography describes how MiG-25 maintenance crews in Siberia would extract alcohol from antifreeze fluid by pouring it into pans filled with bread. The bread would soak up the toxic stuff leaving drinkable booze behind. HQ in Moscow was always asking why they were going through so much antifreeze.

Almost all wiper fluids have methanol as a main ingredient, BUT there is one RainX formulation that has ethanol instead. This may be the reason that all RainX versions are ID-required purchases.

I bought a lighter and they wanted my ID...........No way. I have to be 18 to start a fire in the back yard???????