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@spacebluelily language

coward, me?

As for evidence, I don’t have any. But come on he can’t be real. Unless I see him, I won’t accept that he’s real.
It’s also like saying La Llorona is real.

@croccin-champagne

plenty of people believe both of those figures are real. and belief that strong and long lasting often comes from at least a shred of truth, so like. what was the truth. was the truth exactly that? was it something masquerading as that?

also personally. while i don't know how much i believe the story is real, i love the one that one woman told about how she saved her baby from mothman or whatever. incredible. so fun

@berlioz

new debate topic: mothman. real, or made up?

Imma be honest, I have next to no idea who mothman is. But I've seen the memes.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that one day when my sister was driving to work around 3AM, she saw something like a giant moth wing fly away from her car and like off into the field by the road. She only really saw it in peripheral and it was dark out, but she described it looking like a prehistoric bug. I don't remember if she saw another glimpse in her side mirrors, but iirc I think she did. She said it was mothman jokingly, but she isn't lying about seeing whatever the thing was.

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I don't care if he's real or not, I love him and will be gifting him my firstborn child

@AutoGrim

What should the age of consent be, in your own opinion?
For reference, where I live in Poland the age of consent is 15 :P I know it can vary from area to area, so feel free to include that.

@croccin-champagne

15/16, but that's only for relationships in your age range. as in, a 16 year old could date a 15 year old(not that they want to) and anywhere up to seventeen or so, but the age of consent shouldn't include adults being able to have sex with teens. they're adults. kids should not be appealing

@Becfromthedead group

That one's always weird… because I think teens should be able to consent to each other(like 16+-ish? Maybe 15? But honestly it depends on the person as for when they're ready), but they SHOULDN'T be able to consent to a 40-year-old. Or hell, even a 20-year-old. A minor cannot consent to an adult (unless we're talking like a 17 and 18 year old or something like that)

@croccin-champagne

That one's always weird… because I think teens should be able to consent to each other(like 16+-ish? Maybe 15? But honestly it depends on the person as for when they're ready), but they SHOULDN'T be able to consent to a 40-year-old. Or hell, even a 20-year-old. A minor cannot consent to an adult (unless we're talking like a 17 and 18 year old or something like that)

exactly! and if an adult is pursuing a minor, that says a lot about them. a lot

@AutoGrim

And again, in your opinions, should the age of drinking be the same as the age of consent? In Poland its 18 :P in my opinion I think it shouldnt be the same, but it should be lowered.

@Becfromthedead group

That one's really tricky, because irresponsible behavior around alcohol in the United States is so rampant. It's like… does raising the age even help anything?

@croccin-champagne

the issue with that age cap in like, america primarily, is because it's not allowed, kids want to do it even more. and then they do stupid shit while drunk and bad things happen. i think that honestly, we need to better teach the dangers of alcohol. like its not super dangerous itself, but what you do while using it can be dangerous, and we need to teach safe drinking first. they're obviously gonna drink. teach them how to do so responsibly

@Becfromthedead group

Yes, for sure.
Haha, I definitely never drank underage, ever, because why would anyone ever do that???
But I've always been well aware of safety, and tested the waters because I don't know my limits. But a lot of people don't understand how much is too much- especially since it varies by person- and bad things happen.
Honestly all they tell you in school is "don't drink! Especially don't drink and drive!"
It's not helpful.

@berlioz

In America the age to drink is twenty one, and the age to enlist in the military is eighteen, and I think that doesn't make sense. Either lower the drinking age or raise the age to enlist

Not enough people talk about this. The military can do as much damage to the brain as alcohol can. They need to raise the age to enlist.

@Becfromthedead group

The only issue I see with raising the age to enlist is that people coming out of high school who know they want to be in the military will not be able to do so anymore. But I also think a lot of US military recruitment stuff, especially regarding high school kids, is straight up predatory though, so I wouldn't be against rasing the age too.

@Pickles group

They're not gonna raise the enlisting age because so many people join right out of high school so they don't have to pay for college and they need to keep getting recruitments to intimidate everyone else but they probably should raise it

@AutoGrim

I disagree on it being a scam, but I realize the situation difference between Poland and the States is very drastic :P In Poland the age is 18, which I think is fair.

@Becfromthedead group

For reference, my brother is 14 and in JROTC, and he's planning on using ROTC to help with college scholarships. But he literally doesn't know what he's getting into. They say recruitment age is 18, but actually the US military is targeting recruitment at children.

@berlioz

I don't know anything about the Polish military, I can only speak for the US when saying it's a scam. I have many family members in the military, and some closer family members work for the military. I've only had to move once, and the military was the main reason. I live right next to a base. The ROTC is strong in my school. These kids are getting scammed. It's just that. They don't know what they're getting into. Recruitment officers lie. Another one of America's great faults.

@Moxie group

I think the US spends too much money on the military and should focus on using that ta money to do stuff that actually helps its people.

@berlioz

Absolutely no disrespect towards our veterans though. They're still heroes even though the government lied to them. It's not their fault war is a thing. They know more than anyone that war is bad.