So apparently you have be 21 to buy certain movies now

2011-12-24 19:40:15

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_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7156|Riva, MD

And I'm not even talking about porn, went to Best Buy today to do some last minute Christmas shopping and I got my dad The Good, The Bad and The Ugly on Bluray($14.99), and so I get to the cashier and it takes a bit because she says the computer thinks I'm not 21 and I was thinking she must've meant 18 but sure enough a prompt comes up on the register screen asking: "Is customer date of birth after: Some month and some day in 1991?" I was born 4/26/92, still about a year and half away till 21, but luckily she thought I was above 21 anyway and she didn't even card me, pretty sure she thought I was cute too in addition to that.

But what the fuck is this shit? You lose more and more benefits now as an 18-year old(I've seen porn sites now recently where they tell you turn back if you're younger than 21), you're not an adult at 18 anymore by people's standards, you're just a child who can get drafted, get married, get the death penalty, and buy tobacco, then at 21 everyone can take you seriously. Pretty soon there probably isn't gonna be any benefits to being 18, all of the stuff you can buy will be moved up to 21 and meanwhile you can still get drafted and tried as an adult

2011-12-24 22:04:41

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unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,072|7210|PNW

I've never heard about that. Are you sure it isn't just a company policy in regards to "R" films?

2011-12-24 22:07:23

#3

HITNRUNXX: Member; +220|7148|Oklahoma City

I have been arguing this for years. Either you are an adult at 18 or you aren't. If you aren't accountable enough to drink yet, how are you accountable to sign your life away to the military or stand trial for a serious crime? I would be in favor of lowering everything down to 18 and raising the drivers license age to 18 before I would be in favor of leaving it like it is.

Not saying I am in favor of raising the driving age, BUT, you HAVE to have insurance to drive, insurance is a legal document, how can a minor sign for a legal document?

It is ridiculous.

2011-12-24 22:08:31

#4

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5797|London, England

Makes sense

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2011-12-24 22:09:54

#5

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|7098|BC, Canada

meh, getting your license a few years before being able to drink allows your drunk driving antics to come with some experience behind the wheel.

2011-12-24 22:11:28

#6

HITNRUNXX: Member; +220|7148|Oklahoma City

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I've never heard about that. Are you sure it isn't just a company policy in regards to "R" films?

If that were the case, is it not illegal to discriminate against someone because of age?

Might as well ban Muslims, Gays, and women from buying R rated films also...

I am *HOPING* this case is like the tobacco rules (I say rules because I don't know if it is EVERY store's policy, or a law somewhere)... Where you have to be 18 to buy it, but they have to card you if you LOOK under 21 to be on the safe side... For tobacco products, I think places HAVE to card if you look younger than 36, and 36 is TWICE the legal age of 18...

2011-12-24 22:13:10

#7

HITNRUNXX: Member; +220|7148|Oklahoma City

-Whiteroom- wrote:
meh, getting your license a few years before being able to drink allows your drunk driving antics to come with some experience behind the wheel.

lol, that is the argument I usually hear, actually... Only usually it is "By starting to drive at 16 you get a couple years practice in before you can be held accountable for manslaughter."

2011-12-24 22:13:17

#8

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,072|7210|PNW

I'm pretty sure I've bought R films at 18, but that was over a decade ago...

2011-12-24 22:13:57

#9

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6140|College Park, MD

yeah and i've bought rated M games since turning 17.

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2011-12-24 22:14:44

#10

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|7098|BC, Canada

HITNRUNXX wrote:
-Whiteroom- wrote:
meh, getting your license a few years before being able to drink allows your drunk driving antics to come with some experience behind the wheel.
lol, that is the argument I usually hear, actually... Only usually it is "By starting to drive at 16 you get a couple years practice in before you can be held accountable for manslaughter."

let em drive freely and enjoy it for a few years before sending em off to jail?

2011-12-24 22:15:57

#11

HITNRUNXX: Member; +220|7148|Oklahoma City

-Whiteroom- wrote:
HITNRUNXX wrote:
-Whiteroom- wrote:
meh, getting your license a few years before being able to drink allows your drunk driving antics to come with some experience behind the wheel.
lol, that is the argument I usually hear, actually... Only usually it is "By starting to drive at 16 you get a couple years practice in before you can be held accountable for manslaughter."
let em drive freely and enjoy it for a few years before sending em off to jail?

Exactly! ROFL

2011-12-24 22:44:58

#12

HaiBai: Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me; +304|5923|Bolingbrook, Illinois

everyone starts drinking at about the same time they get their license in america and before they get their license in europe so it's not like it really helps

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2011-12-24 23:07:11

#13

Roger Lesboules: Ah ben tabarnak!; +316|7016|Abitibi-Temiscamingue. Québec!

HITNRUNXX wrote:
I have been arguing this for years. Either you are an adult at 18 or you aren't. If you aren't accountable enough to drink yet, how are you accountable to sign your life away to the military or stand trial for a serious crime? I would be in favor of lowering everything down to 18 and raising the drivers license age to 18 before I would be in favor of leaving it like it is.

Not saying I am in favor of raising the driving age, BUT, you HAVE to have insurance to drive, insurance is a legal document, how can a minor sign for a legal document?

It is ridiculous.

This does make perfect sense, here in Canada the age to be able to drink and everything is 18, the only thing that we can have before that is a driver license, and there is some restrictions until you are older. And you also need to get driving course.

2011-12-25 09:01:49

#14

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|7178|Toronto | Canada

Roger Lesboules wrote:
HITNRUNXX wrote:
I have been arguing this for years. Either you are an adult at 18 or you aren't. If you aren't accountable enough to drink yet, how are you accountable to sign your life away to the military or stand trial for a serious crime? I would be in favor of lowering everything down to 18 and raising the drivers license age to 18 before I would be in favor of leaving it like it is.

Not saying I am in favor of raising the driving age, BUT, you HAVE to have insurance to drive, insurance is a legal document, how can a minor sign for a legal document?

It is ridiculous.
This does make perfect sense, here in Canada the age to be able to drink and everything is 18, the only thing that we can have before that is a driver license, and there is some restrictions until you are older. And you also need to get driving course.

No, it varies from province to province. Drinking is 18 in Quebec, 19 in Ontario. We can get our full license quicker here than you, but gambling is 18 there and 19 here. Basically all of it varies pretty widely.

2011-12-25 09:22:45

#15

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|7120|Disaster Free Zone

Pretty much everything here is 18.

Drinking
Smoking
Gambling
Porn
Voting
Marriage
R rated films
Firearm licence

The exceptions are:
Age of consent - 16
Joining military - 17
Drivers Licence - 17 or 18 in Victoria (learners @ 16)

2011-12-25 09:53:57

#16

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|7092

stop being under 21

#problemsolved

2011-12-25 12:08:14

#17

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6936

this would have been a problem for me. half my life ago

2011-12-25 12:42:15

#18

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7282|Alberta, Canada

It's probably just company policy.

2011-12-25 17:37:51

#19

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,072|7210|PNW

HITNRUNXX wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I've never heard about that. Are you sure it isn't just a company policy in regards to "R" films?
If that were the case, is it not illegal to discriminate against someone because of age?

I don't believe so. Plenty of age discrimination is scribed into law.

@OP: you could've tried target or amazon.

2011-12-25 21:30:19

#20

HITNRUNXX: Member; +220|7148|Oklahoma City

unnamednewbie13 wrote:
HITNRUNXX wrote:
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I've never heard about that. Are you sure it isn't just a company policy in regards to "R" films?
If that were the case, is it not illegal to discriminate against someone because of age?
I don't believe so. Plenty of age discrimination is scribed into law.

@OP: you could've tried target or amazon.

So a little further investigation:

Any business that is open to the public have to follow the same anti-discrimination laws for their customers that are defined for employees. Age *IS* a factor that it is illegal to discriminate against int he United States... HOWEVER, looking deeper into that, it comes from the Age Discrimination Employment Act of 1967... And THAT only seems to protect people who are over 40 years old...

Which explains a lot... I always wondered how it was illegal to discriminate against age, but you have to be 21 in most states to carry a gun as a police officer all the way up to having to be 35 to be president.

So I guess this is more of a law against forcing people to retire instead of a law to protect the young workers...

Feel free to double check me though, I didn't get terribly in depth in my searching... Another document made it look like the "over 40" clause only applied to federal government jobs. At that point, I got tired of reading.

2011-12-25 23:20:10

#21

Nappy: Apprentice; +151|6668|NSW, Australia

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2011-12-26 01:43:27

#22

Benzin: Member; +576|6437

That's ridiculous. Maybe Best Buy has to adhere to come new code that your State has put in, j. Makes no sense otherwise.

I totally agree, though: either you're an adult at 18 or you aren't. My brother got married at 18 and couldn't even drink at his own wedding, much less go to Vegas afterwards. Signing up for the Air Force at 17, though (he graduated HS at 17 and my folks signed the docs for him)? No problem. Absolutely ridiculous. I had my 21st here in Austria after having already lived here for a year, though, so it was rather anti-climatic for me.

2011-12-26 08:33:44

#23

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7156|Riva, MD

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised, Maryland makes a habit out of trying to be as much of a Liberal nanny as it can be. The "Free State" my ass, that's why we're ranked dead last(50th) in personal freedoms in the country.

2011-12-26 09:05:35

#24

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6902|cuntshitlake

Finland wrote:
Pretty much everything here is 18.

Drinking
Smoking
Porn (might be 15 I'm not sure but yeah who the fuck buys porn anyways)
Voting
Marriage (17 for women)
R rated films
Driver's License
Joining the military (compulsory)

Notable exceptions are:
Gambling - 15
Firearm License - 15
Age of consent - 16
>125cc Motorbike License 20
>22% liquor - 20

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2011-12-26 10:13:27

#25

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|6024

Sounds like the man is keeping you down j5689

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