So they lowered the earliest buying age from 21 to 18? You can join the military at 18 (not that I think that’s a particularly sane thing either), so this makes a vague amount of sense.
Why are there comments here acting like they removed the age minimum entirely?
I understand that, but it’s literally in the preview text of the article (at least in the Jerboa app for android), and more importantly it’s stated in the fucking body text of the post.
I didn’t read the article either (this time). There’s no excuse here.
People get upset about “tone policing” lately, but I can’t just stay silent when it’s this blatant that people are complaining about something that isn’t even true.
Edit: I’m not seeing the comments that were talking about this as if they had removed the age minimum entirely now. Guess they’ve either been deleted or I blocked those users earlier and don’t remember that I did that.
I’ve always thought it stupid that you could join the military and go kill people at 18, but had to be 21 to drink or smoke. The obvious solution would be to make gun ownership and military service require you be 21 though.
So they lowered the earliest buying age from 21 to 18? You can join the military at 18 (not that I think that’s a particularly sane thing either), so this makes a vague amount of sense.
Why are there comments here acting like they removed the age minimum entirely?
Because the title doesn’t specify, and most people only read titles.
I understand that, but it’s literally in the preview text of the article (at least in the Jerboa app for android), and more importantly it’s stated in the fucking body text of the post.
I didn’t read the article either (this time). There’s no excuse here.
People get upset about “tone policing” lately, but I can’t just stay silent when it’s this blatant that people are complaining about something that isn’t even true.
Edit: I’m not seeing the comments that were talking about this as if they had removed the age minimum entirely now. Guess they’ve either been deleted or I blocked those users earlier and don’t remember that I did that.
Hey, I’m with you. Anyone commenting on an article without reading it deserves to be called out for it.
I’ve always thought it stupid that you could join the military and go kill people at 18, but had to be 21 to drink or smoke. The obvious solution would be to make gun ownership and military service require you be 21 though.
It’s 18 for military so they can get people right out of high school before they’ve had a chance to live life.
So 21, and include 2 year college degree as part of the tax supported k-12 education. Make it preschool-14.
Yes yes, I also know they want you to join for college costs too but fuck that.