Adulthood (i.e. it's my 18th birthday)

[Vaynor]

So, yeah, I am now an adult. Does the Playground have any advice on adulthood? (birthday wishes also acceptable).

[Thanatos 51-50]

So, yeah, I am now an adult. Does the Playground have any advice on adulthood? (birthday wishes also acceptable).

Make sure you ask for ID before dating her, now. The onus is on you. :smalltongue:
In other news: Happy Birthday.

[Lillith]

Congratulations! You are now completely accountable for every single (illegal) thing you do! People will expect you to pay for your own stuff now. Also depending on the country you're not allow to date minors anymore! Not even if they're 17! Have fun. :smallbiggrin:

(Really though, happy birthday)

[Serpentine]

Hoppy Boffday.
This is the best advice I've read on being an adult:
Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.

[Sneak]

Also depending on the country you're not allow to date minors anymore! Not even if they're 17!

Well, it depends on the state. But in most places, I believe, dating and having sex with a 17 year old when you are 18 is legal. Often, a "3 years difference minimum" is necessary before it becomes illegal (called a Romeo and Juliet law).

Um.

But yeah, happy birthday! :smalltongue: :smallbiggrin:

[Isak]

Well, it depends on the state. But in most places, I believe, dating and having sex with a 17 year old when you are 18 is legal. Often, a "3 years difference minimum" is necessary before it becomes illegal (called a Romeo and Juliet law).

Um.

But yeah, happy birthday! :smalltongue: :smallbiggrin:

It's called Age of Consent in most states, I believe. Over here, it's 16... But let's not get into that.


Go out, buy a Playboy, a Lotto Ticket, and a Pack of Cigarettes. Whether you use the first or last isn't an issue... The point is, you can legally buy them now :smallbiggrin:

[Eloi]

Congratulations, you are know considered 'Human' as opposed to your parent's property by the rest of society. How does it feel?

[Sneak]

It's called Age of Consent in most states, I believe. Over here, it's 16... But let's not get into that.

I know that. I was just assuming the age of consent as 18, but my point still stands.

EDIT: Although actually, it most places it doesn't actual make it legal, I don't think, just less illegal.

[Asta Kask]

Don't eat yellow snow.

[Serpentine]

Supposedly, there's the Age of Consent, and (often, I guess) some other law that fuzzies the line around Age of Consent. Supposedly.
Btw, in Aus it's 16, but 18 for homosexuals for some reason.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Btw, in Aus it's 16, but 18 for homosexuals for some reason.

Discrimination Strikes again!

[Jokasti]

Panel 1: Boy sleeping.
Panel 2: Boy wakes up.
Panel 3: "It's my birthday!"
Panel 4: Death moves one bead over, signifying he is closer to death.
Panel 5: Never gonna give you up.

[mrpitchfork]

Mr Pitchfork doesn't like Australian lawmakers.

Topicality! I turned 18 in November. Be warned: if your parents are total buttheads and are ruining your sanity (and because of that, your academic success), don't say anything about it. They will kick you out and they can legally do that now. Even if you think they would never do that, you'd be really freaking surprised.

Then they'll try to steal the stuff you couldn't pack in your suitcases and take to your stepmother's, and they'll try to sell it in a yard sale. Don't make my mistake: I made legal threats. Don't warn them, just go straight for the legal kill.

Be afraid. You will never escape them 'till you sever all ties.

[Serpentine]

Wow. That's... oddly specific advice :smalltongue:

Not that it makes it much better, but I think the law may specifically be about... certain specific "gay-associated" sexual activities, rather than homosexual relations exactly...

[MCerberus]

Panel 1: Boy sleeping.
Panel 2: Boy wakes up.
Panel 3: "It's my birthday!"
Panel 4: Death moves one bead over, signifying he is closer to death.
Panel 5: Never gonna give you up.

I've found the comic for you. Death has removed the Rickster however.

http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF032-Todays_My_Birthday.gif

Happy b-day.


might help if I put it in image tags.

[SDF]

Being an adult means eating as much bacon as you want for breakfast.
It is great!

[Trellan]

So, yeah, I am now an adult. Does the Playground have any advice on adulthood? (birthday wishes also acceptable).

Step 1: Hide under a rock
Step 2: Hope and pray the never-ending torrent of increased responsibilities doesn't find you.
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!

[Rothen]

Don't eat yellow snow.

THIS.

Happy B-day.

[Xyk]

Go vote, buy something and legally own it, buy something from tv.

There are other things you can do.

[Lycan 01]

Happy Birthday! :smallbiggrin:


Now go grow yourself a manly beard and/or mutton chops. :smallamused:

[TheMightyBanjo]

Banjo has no advice, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY! There will be clowns, jugglers and clown jugglers juggling clowns for you!

[742]

things every adult should always absolutely have

1. an always-on* BS detector with optional reality/fantasy separator
2. a contingency plan
3. a small cache of supplies and place to think for when that fails
4. knowledge of how to operate a residential kitchen
5. the ability to dispense BS (to clarify for male bovines im speaking about the figurative kind, although i suppose literal might be important too in that case)
6. some ability to judge what is and is not safe and correct errors
7. a well honed sixth sense; it comes in very handy for avoiding rickrolls and lion attacks but not much else. that doesnt seem like much now but you would be suprised how those pick up once you hit age 18.**
8. the good sense to use these things.

also that quote from the dead guy that serpentine dispensed, that seems like good advice.

*the always on function is only necessary if you ever plan to vote or buy stuff.
**this advice may be less relevant to guys, idk why but none of my male friends were attacked by lions very often and they seemed immune to the effects of sunlight and being rickrolled.

[shadow_archmagi]

http://media.funlol.com/content/img/birthday-skeleton.jpg

Oh, Death.

[Serpentine]

I had to wait for someone else's birthday to see that :smallfrown:

[Mauve Shirt]

Happy birthday!

[CoffeeIncluded]

Happy birthday! You can vote! :smallbiggrin:

[Froogleyboy]

Do everything you usually can't. Whether you like it or not, do it because you can! Go buy porn! Buy some cigars! Buy a prosti- where was I going with this?

[Tyrandar]

You can dri- go to other countries and drink! :smallbiggrin:

[Zeb The Troll]

Happy Birthday, oh Lord of the Iron Poets! :smallcool:

[Don Julio Anejo]

Happy birthday! :smile:

Usually my advice in these kinds of situations is "go out and get drunk!," but unfortunately it's not applicable in your state...

So my new advice is "go out and do whatever it is kids do in California that's legal or illegal but so close to being legal that most people don't even know it's illegal anymore.."

Oh wait.. :frown: Don't do that. Just, uhm.. have fun however you like :smallsmile: And remember! Don't do drugs.

[Brewdude]

Get a Passport.
Vegas is more fun at 21. Hit it then. For now, buy a lottery ticket.
Heed that advice about legal stuff, but vs anyone you are considering it. Once lawyers are involved, all contact should include them. Never threaten things, Do them. Also, big boy rules now apply, you can be sued for battery for getting into a fight, you can now create a credit score and own a credit card.

Establish a good credit record. Good credit is the most valuable thing you can have, as it allows you to make investments with other people's money (bank loans for cars, houses, etc).

Nobody tells you what the financial point of the game of life is. You win when your passive income is greater than your expenses. The point of going to school is to have a higher paying job later, but all that really matters once you are working is that your income is more than your expenses, and that you are accumulating a nest egg that will eventually generate enough income on it's own to replace your work income.

If you can convince your parents to cosign a loan for a house you pick out to live in while you go to school, while you rent out the extra rooms to other students, you will get ahead in the game. This also works for military renting rooms to fellow soldiers/sailors/airmen/marines. Sell the house and split the equity with your parents, use your half to buy your own house or houses, preferably houses.

Save 400 per month for a new car while using your old car for an additional 2 years. Use that nest egg to upgrade your car, never buying new, always buying two year old used, in all cash, with the car fund that you always put in 400 bucks per month. Do this rather than buying new.

Investigate new religions. Try a new church.

[Vaynor]

Happy birthday! You can vote! :smallbiggrin:

Unfortunately I had been under the false impression that my birthday was on Wednesday, so I was unable to vote in the election today. :smallfrown:

Oh well, next time!

To everyone else, thank you for the advice and birthday wishes! :smallbiggrin:


So my new advice is "go out and do whatever it is kids do in California that's legal or illegal but so close to being legal that most people don't even know it's illegal anymore.."

Oh wait.. :frown: Don't do that. Just, uhm.. have fun however you like :smallsmile: And remember! Don't do drugs.

There's a...err..."dispensary" down the street from me. For those with "medical issues". I personally do not partake. But thanks for the advice. :smallwink:


Happy Birthday, oh Lord of the Iron Poets! :smallcool:

It's hard being Lord of the Iron Poets, they are quite the unruly bunch. :smallwink:


You can dri- go to other countries and drink! :smallbiggrin:

Well, I'm going on a cruise this summer with the extended family, so I'll be able to celebrate my adulthood then. Being international waters and all.

[KoboldRevenge]

And you smell like one too.