Every time I talk to my European friends, they bemoan that the drinking age is 21 in the United States where everyone else in the world can go to a bar and order a pint by the time they're 18 (or younger in some places (hey Germany!)). I can see their point, especially when the allure of drinking can drive our young kids to hit the bottle at such an early age. Check them all out below!

Look at this dad, just standing by while his child spirals into a TOTALLY INEVITABLE AND UNAVOIDABLE BOUT WITH ALCOHOLISM.

If it weren't for the fact that this baby just lost her Jedi mind-powers that beer would already be in her tiny, fragile hands:

The newest future-headcase star of Toddlers and Tiaras, Honey Boo-Boo the "Diva Queen," is a veritable hippogryph of reality television tropes: The lifestyle of a dolled-up child pageant queen and parents that go overboard with extreme coupon-ing. The result is just as terrifying as you would imagine.

Meanwhile, the clever folks over at I Am So Sorry have done what any self-respecting person would do and doctored screencaps with quotes from everyone's favorite misunderstood proto-existentialist philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Twilight of the Tiaras indeed.

Check out the rest of them here!

Finally, two things I love in one picture: Money and comfy blankets.