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[–]theytookourjerbsXX only. 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Disagree. There's literally no difference between a 17 and 18 year old. They're still developing and I think we should raise consent to 20. EightTEEN guys, eight TEEN.

[–]reluctant_commenter 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Disagree. There's literally no difference between a 17 and 18 year old.

I never said an 18 year old wasn't a child, either. Developmentally, a human is not fully adult until 25.

I think we should raise consent to 20. EightTEEN guys, eight TEEN.

Honestly, I could get behind that.

[–]theytookourjerbsXX only. 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

For the first one, my bad; I read the comment too fast. But, anyone 13-19 is an adolescent, which is INBETWEEN childhood and adulthood, and it annoys me when people (not you, because I misread) call anyone 13-17 a "LiTeRaL cHiLd" and an 18-19 year olds a "GrOwN aSs AdUlT", because those groups are BETWEEN both like I said prior. For the second one, your response is based.

[–]reluctant_commenter 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, I feel ya. Honestly having the legal age be 18 as a "magic number" when someone is now adult is pretty bullshit. It is a shame that laws are not really informed by what we know of human development, but at least in the US we have trouble passing any laws remotely common-sense, let alone something as nuanced as different age rules according to different capabilities of that age. Lol.

For the second one, your response is based.

Haha, thanks lol. I'm not 100% sold because of implementation, but honestly I can see a case for it. I still think it's ludicrous our driving age is 16. That should be like 21 IMO.

[–]theytookourjerbsXX only. 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah teenagers are not very smart on the road that for sure!