Valve: “We need a credit card on file to prove you’re 18”

Me: “My account is 23 years old”

Valve: “That just proves your account is old”

Me: “A credit card just proves you know someone with a credit card”

@SecurityWriter meanwhile this one has had a card long before turning 18
@maia aren't you, like, not British?

Steam requiring a credit card is only in the UK. where people under 18 cannot get a credit card by law. they can have a debit card, but Steam demands specifically a credit card for age verification.
@sodiboo ah
(this one is not british; also didn't know that, sorry)
@maia now u know !! ^.^