Well, "coming of age" in the cultures emulated in the PA society, and in the part of the world where it takes place, doesn't mean "18" (even today in the traditional culture). And, other than right at the beginning where the disclaimer says everyone is at least 99, actual ages are never really discussed. Given the disclaimer, they must have a really good skin care regime.
They are mentioned but you never see them. unlike Ain's..I don't remember any twins (well, other than Ain's...
Well, 18 is, by the way, a totally arbitrary age. I presume it was set in accordance with the school cycles. In the 70's in italy adult age was still 21, just to say. In ancient Rome the age in which a girl could get married away was 12, if i don't recall wrong and even today in Rom culture (romenian nomads) the usually marry at 14.
I don't know how much science/psychology is behind it, but the school aspect of it probably has something to do with it to some degree and life expectancy increases has certainly played a role. Anyone not mature enough to be considered an adult at 21 will never be mature enough to be an adult; people thought I was mature enough in my mid teens. Every human is a little different, but innate intelligence and nurture play a significant role.
Did some googling about this: It's pretty arbitrary and sources conflict a lot. Some said because of WW2 and the draft, others because of voting. The US making 18 the age and it's position in the world led to it spreading and become de facto. Due to laws around it no company will touch anything with even a hint under 18 the penalties are extremely severe. They don't care if you say this fictional person is 18, any hint of crossing the law is forbidden.
It’s not; it’s just a sacred unquestionable age in puritanical America, and everyone else has to put up with it. The restricted age of consent in most of Europe is either 15 or 16—restricted usually just meaning that one party cannot be in an obvious position of power over the other (e.g. legal guardian, schoolteacher). It’s also 16 in Canada and in most of Australia. (Unrestricted age of consent seems to be 18 mostly everywhere.)
You’d push back the age of consent to 21?
Honestly, I agree.
Wouldn't expect them to.
Drinking age in Texas was 19 when I was young; I turned 19 and then they changed the law to 21 with no grandfather clause - a bunch of 19 year olds bought a lot of booze that August 31st and the days leading up. It was all in response to the Feds withholding highway funds if a state didn't do it, and Texas caved because, well, we probably have more federal highways than any other state in the US and probably drive more (paying more fuel taxes) than any other state, and we wanted to get our money back.
I thought of that after I posted but decided to leave it in case someone wanted to make something of it.Beer is drafted as well
I'd be surprised if it wasn't considering Zetan and the other devs were running test playthroughs this past week.
