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@Pickles group

so people just make it more important than your other birthdays?

also looking back on it, it's something that i've seen touched on in media? but only for girls.

Yeah it's a weirdly girl-centric thing
Maybe because it's an easy way to get a fancy party scene/sleepover/celebration?

i was gonna make a comment on how a lot of people wait for girls to turn sixteen because that's when they're legally able to have sex with adults but that too

i thought the age of consent was 18??

For kids to have sex with kids, in the US, the age of consent is 16, but I think you have to be 18 to have sex with like, an Adult Adult (like, 30), but I think there's some extra junk about 16 year olds and 18 year olds. Not really sure and I'm not particularly invested

@berlioz

I'm a materialistic ho who likes having things (and has a special interest in collecting Star Wars figures) and that's my favorite part of my birthday, plus the fact that I get attention, which I do occasionally like.
Otherwise it's just a general sort of existential dread.

What kind of figures? I only know of Pop figurines.

Long inhale
Well I've collected the Hasbro 3.75 inch scale since I was six (so over 10 years now, which is crazy!) and if I had to guess, I would say I have around 400 of them? And I've been slowly building up my Black Series collection (6 inch scale) for 4 years and have probably around 50. I play my coupons and giftcards well lol.

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That's impressive.

@Pickles group

so people just make it more important than your other birthdays?

also looking back on it, it's something that i've seen touched on in media? but only for girls.

Yeah it's a weirdly girl-centric thing
Maybe because it's an easy way to get a fancy party scene/sleepover/celebration?

i was gonna make a comment on how a lot of people wait for girls to turn sixteen because that's when they're legally able to have sex with adults but that too

Yeah that as well
I guess when you said "girl" my mind went to little girls and how almost every book/tv series for that demographic has some sort of birthday story (American Girl, for example, always has a book where the girl has a birthday, and in the older doll's books they would specifically have one devoted to a birthday. My sister was big into the Rainbow Fairies, and they specifically had 5 books dedicated to the birthday fairies).
Most of the books with male characters didn't seem to have this focus though? Like in Harry Potter and Percy Jackson we don't ever have chapters dedicated to what gifts their friends give them and what they're wearing and their party and everything (though HP kinda does that at Christmas instead)

Omg Rainbow Fairies!

@HighPockets group

I'm a materialistic ho who likes having things (and has a special interest in collecting Star Wars figures) and that's my favorite part of my birthday, plus the fact that I get attention, which I do occasionally like.
Otherwise it's just a general sort of existential dread.

What kind of figures? I only know of Pop figurines.

Long inhale
Well I've collected the Hasbro 3.75 inch scale since I was six (so over 10 years now, which is crazy!) and if I had to guess, I would say I have around 400 of them? And I've been slowly building up my Black Series collection (6 inch scale) for 4 years and have probably around 50. I play my coupons and giftcards well lol.

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That's impressive.

I'm extremely proud of it

@Pickles group

16s are good cause that's when you can drive and get a job and start living your life

It's not that great

Also Mir, a lot of places you have to be 16

@berlioz

you can work at 14 here

lucky

Same with where I live

While I don't think it's legal here, plenty of 13-15 kids get paid under the table at restaurants and garages

@HighPockets group

16s are good cause that's when you can drive and get a job and start living your life

It's not that great

Also Mir, a lot of places you have to be 16

I can't drive or live my life lmao

@Pickles group

My brain just focuses on a single thing for a few weeks and then abandons it for something else or nothing at all. And I have too much stuff and I kind of want to get rid of it, but I don't know what to do with it

@HighPockets group

so people just make it more important than your other birthdays?

also looking back on it, it's something that i've seen touched on in media? but only for girls.

Yeah it's a weirdly girl-centric thing
Maybe because it's an easy way to get a fancy party scene/sleepover/celebration?

i was gonna make a comment on how a lot of people wait for girls to turn sixteen because that's when they're legally able to have sex with adults but that too

i thought the age of consent was 18??

For kids to have sex with kids, in the US, the age of consent is 16, but I think you have to be 18 to have sex with like, an Adult Adult (like, 30), but I think there's some extra junk about 16 year olds and 18 year olds. Not really sure and I'm not particularly invested

Romeo and Juliet stuff too, I remember that my teacher gave us a lecture on it when we saw Hamilton (long story).

@Pickles group

16s are good cause that's when you can drive and get a job and start living your life

It's not that great

Also Mir, a lot of places you have to be 16

I can't drive or live my life lmao

My 'life' consists of "MOM CAN I GO TO THE DOLLAR STORE" and sometimes Walmart or Target. Usually whenever I have money. For earbuds and candy. And during marching band season, sometimes "can I get food with the clarinets" but a lot of times I don't ask and go anyway

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Obligatory Don't Have Sex message from Dad.

Obligatory Don't Have Sex message from Mom.

@Pickles group

Romeo and Juliet stuff too, I remember that my teacher gave us a lecture on it when we saw Hamilton (long story).

>what I meant about the extra junk but didn't remember what to call it. Also I'm still insanely jealous that you got to see Hamilton