IIN most age limits don’t make sense to me?

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  • SkullsNRoses
    3 years ago | pl

    In the UK you can get married and join the army aged 16, but you cannot legally buy scissors.

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    • charli.m
      3 years ago | pl

      Same here. I had to get an ID check to buy plastic forks. Plastic. Fucking. Forks.

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    • [Old Memory]
      3 years ago | pl

      That's one of those depressingly stupid restrictions. I've probably been using scissors without a problem since I was 5.

      This reminds me of how a while ago, I wasn't going to be able to buy an air duster to clean my electronics, because I was under 18.

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      • charli.m
        3 years ago | pl

        Why on earth was that restricted?

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        • [Old Memory]
          3 years ago | pl

          They're worried about kids intentionally inhaling the compressed air to get high, which is dangerous. Apparently, not all retailers prevent minors from buying air dusters, though (except in Califorlornia).

          People also like to huff glue, hand sanitizer, and air freshener to get high, but I've yet to hear of minors not being able to purchase those. The inconsistency makes it even stupider.

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          • Hubbard
            3 years ago | pl

            I actually tried sniffing glue once but it didn’t do jack shit

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            • [Old Memory]
              3 years ago | pl

              Maybe you used the wrong brand? I actually watched a documentary about homeless kids in Ukraine, and many of them bought glue to sniff, and appeared to be high.

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          • McBean
            3 years ago | pl

            Wow man, huffing hand sanitizer. That's so desperate it's fucking absurd. Interesting and pathetic material for our sick, sad world. Lol.

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          • charli.m
            3 years ago | pl

            Jesus christ :/ I can't understand why anyone woukd do that...

            Yeah...thats a good point. Ugh. Guess it's like TSA - the illusion of protection.

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