LadyButterfly she/her1d ago
Barrgghh
Show threadmerc1d ago

The Real World

A 29 year old is barely an adult. They’ve never really faced any hardships. They still turn to mom and dad for advice on any major decision. They diet is mostly products that advertise during kids’ cartoons. They haven’t saved a cent towards retirement, have no investments, and half their furniture is stuff they grabbed from the side of the road while they were in college / university.

The Sports World

The 21 year old rookie asks for advice from the wisest person they know, their 29 year old teammate.

Show threadNocturnalMorning
How is a 29 year old barely an adult? I swear the older someone is, the more they shift the age they think is considered “young”.
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Show threadAneb6h ago
I agree I turned 26 last month and anybody who is younger than 25 is a baby, especially if they went to college instead of being ground down by the workforce out of high school.
Show threadchatokun5h ago

Science does move on. I believe recent studies have pushed the brain development ending date past the previously thought 25 years old.

www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl6klez226o

This study suggests it lasts until 32, where you are generally a steady adult until 65.

We probably need more confirmation from more studies, but that’s one explanation.

Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study

Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.

Show threadNocturnalMorning4h ago
We’re not talking about brain development here. You’re well past the age where you’re considered a consenting adult, and have (in most cases) been in the work force at least a few years, if not more.
Show threadchatokun2h ago

Yeah, but that’s the traditional things that are arbitrary. Those decisions weren’t really made by scientific consensus, but more by societal needs and norms. In older times you were also considered an adult earlier because that benefitted society at the time.

As we learn more, and as society and its issues changes, so do these agreed upon lines. It’s less shameful to continue living at home into older ages because housing markets are harder now, and the brain development thing may not really affect work and the like, but some are arguing that it changes the effect of drugs/alcohol/trauma/life long decisions etc.

Whether this could change how we decide if those ages should affect the items you mention are yet to be seen, but keep in mind stuff like Insurance companies finding people under 25 more risky than above 25. Some industry could argue (probably unsuccessfully) that they may need to move it to 32, or people may start suggesting marriage etc should be later than the 20s, etc.

Show threadricecake39m ago

They’re still not talking what you’re talking about. They listed a set of specific activities and behaviors they believe 29 year olds engage in to say they’re not adults.

They eat children’s food, have no money saved, no proper furniture, no hardships, and they ask their parents for advice. (Having parents you respect the opinion of and asking for advice is evidently childish).

That’s an extremely patronizing view on 29 year olds.

You’re talking brain development studies. That has nothing to do with adulthood.