| ▲ | codedokode 8 hours ago |
| Why 18-20 are isolated from 21+? Aren't they all adult or in some countries children develop slower? |
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| ▲ | stebalien 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| They aren't: > Users only speak to other players ±1 age group I.e., 18-20 can speak to 16-17 AND 21+, but 21+ can only speak to 18+ |
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| ▲ | TheCoreh 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | This seems like a very reasonable system to ensure e.g. you and your classmate/friends can still interact as you grow up and switch age brackets. I wonder how families etc deal with it though? Can you play with your younger sibling/cousin? Is there some sort of parental approval/override? | | |
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| ▲ | dismalaf 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| US drinking age probably being used as a proxy for "adult-ness". |
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| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > Why 18-20 are isolated from 21+? We have 18-year olds in high school in America. The headline risk from a 40-something sleeping with a high-school student is probably something Roblox wants to get ahead of. |
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| ▲ | enceladus06 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes but an 18yo can also buy a gun, get drafted into the military, and produce OF/porn. But no alcohol. | | |
| ▲ | Insanity 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | That’s just a US quirk. In many countries you can buy alcohol when you’re 18+. It’s odd that you can do everything but drink. Like you can go to work, drive home to your wife and kids, but can’t have a beer lol. | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | > That’s just a US quirk My understanding is it’s because of car culture. Drunk-driving deaths drove up the drinking age [1]. [1] https://www.britannica.com/topic/Why-Is-the-US-Drinking-Age-... | | |
| ▲ | lokar 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Also it would increase illegal transfer of alcohol to underage peers, in theory. But high school kids who want beer have no major problems getting already. It’s up to each state, but the federal government threatens funding if they get out of line. | |
| ▲ | Aeolun 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | They could fix this by lowering the drinking age. Not by raising it. If you have two years of experience being drunk and then start driving you know exactly what you are in for. If you’ve been confidently driving for years and then suddenly pair that with alcohol… complete opposite effect. |
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| ▲ | breezybottom 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Sure. What does that have to do with Roblox? |
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