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[+] -10 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Everywhere, stuff should have a knowledge or “maturity” test. People age and mature differently, they shouldn’t be limited due to arbitrary distinctions like an age.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Problem with that is different people have different ideas as to what's "mature enough," or even "mature" at all.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 days ago

    and since the point is the tracking and not the age at all there's no reason to even try a maturity test. it's about your identity, nothing more and nothing less, every single time it's brought up. If they cared even a shred about kids we'd have universal healthcare so as usual it's just flat out lies to our face.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 days ago

    Do… I need to point out why this is a dumb statement?

    “She may be 10 but she passed the maturity test!”

    “Yes officer, I’m nine, but I passed the maturity test so it’s fine that I’m smoking and drinking.”

    Age isn’t a great indicator in all respects, but “maturity” is arbitrary and subjective, and makes no damn sense in so, so many instances.

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