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    Abbeyrhode - 46-50 years old - female

    Posted by Abbeyrhode Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:09PM

    Most, actually. By law, one has to be a certain age to do just about anything,but society always favors the young. Once one reaches a certain age, they are deemed undesirable.

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  1. MyNameIsQ - 22-25 years old - male

    Reply by MyNameIsQ Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:24PM

    Society always favors the young? No, that's a modern, mostly Euro-American phenomenon.

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  2. Abbeyrhode - 46-50 years old - female

    Reply by Abbeyrhode Feb 4th, 2012 at 9:49AM

    I agree, and it's shameful how people with experience, wisdom, and so much to offer are simply ignored, or worse, pushed aside.

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  1. narrator - 51-55 years old - male

    Posted by narrator Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:37PM

    Online (and above legal age where appropriate), minds can share many things and age often becomes irrelevant. I have shared wonderful discussions with old souls in younger minds and young souls in older minds. I've also seen the lack of mutual understanding when the young lack the wisdom of age, or the old become intolerant of the young. Online, minds can often connect without the predisposition that comes from meeting face-to-face. But in the real world, age can matter when it comes to the practical and the practicable. Each situation is unique and those involved should be respected for their choices.

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  2. Ketsan - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by Ketsan Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:07PM

    When they're too wrinkly or not wrinkly enough.

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  3. dorianblue - 51-55 years old - male

    Posted by dorianblue Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:06PM

    When the police officer cards the girl I just walked out of the hotel room with and it turns out she was 4 years younger than the 21 years she told me.

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  4. Shuhak - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by Shuhak Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:31PM

    * When lying on you drivers license renewal (you’ve been 39 for the past 25 years now)
    * When joining the Boy Scouts (sorry ma’am, you want the Lady Scouts – oh, I’m sorry, sir)

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  5. toistory - 41-45 years old

    Posted by toistory Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:30PM

    Voting (legally) marriage, driving, retirement, and some other limits like relations etc..

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  6. Theshepherdess - 56-60 years old - female

    Posted by Theshepherdess Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:15PM

    I think age is one thing but maturity another; for example, having children and raising them, I wish we had a meter than could tell whether someone is responsible enough. If we did, we could use it for drinking, voting, license to drive.

    Until that's invented, ( ha) we need to set an age limit to protect all of us from them and them from themselves.

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  7. DeathOfCuHullian - 31-35 years old - male

    Posted by DeathOfCuHullian Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:14PM

    death

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  8. 2EPcurious - 70+ years old - female

    Posted by 2EPcurious Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:10PM

    **********

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  9. tassiedave66 - 41-45 years old - male

    Reply by tassiedave66 Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:42PM

    what about Hebephilia?

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  10. inthebelljar - 26-30 years old - female

    Posted by inthebelljar Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:09PM

    when you have to figure out how many candles to put on the cake...

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  11. MorningBreeze - 56-60 years old - female

    Posted by MorningBreeze Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:08PM

    old enough to know better.

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  12. forthebest36 - 51-55 years old - male

    Reply by forthebest36 Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:12PM

    but, too young to resist

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  13. BamPow - 41-45 years old - male

    Posted by BamPow Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:07PM

    When negotiating a professional sports contract. It's why so many of the baseball players from the Caribbean lie about their ages. It means more money for them, and they can get away with it if they are from places that have shoddy and suspect record keeping.

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  14. lollyluv101 - 13-15 years old - female

    Posted by lollyluv101 Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:07PM

    getting pregnant and drinking alchohol

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  15. DaemonicCoyote - 13-15 years old - male

    Posted by DaemonicCoyote Jun 28th, 2012 at 3:29AM

    Physical maturity, education, law and legality of drug use.

    Anywhere else, it doesn't matter no matter how much people say it does.

    Though in my opinion you should be able to be arrested and put in jail from the moment you're a teenager.

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