Hurray! I'm 16 today! ........So?

[Sonicron]

Yay! You can now buy beer!
...in Germany.
Sorry, dude.

Actually, that's been changed... since January 1st this year, no beer until you're 18.
And before you say anything, yes, I agree, it's retarded. xD

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

I don't know why any age besides 20 is special. To me 20 is when your an adult. Other than that no specific age has meaning to me.
And happy birthday.
And for my worst birthday: I have no idea, they're all interchangeable...

 

[n00beffect]

Hey guys, its my birthday today and at 12:31 this morning, I was officially 16!

Now, I've gotten tons of people to be excited for me and its because of this age in particuallar. But I want to know why.

I don't get the big deal with 16. I get that you finally are able to drive (I am probably the only teenager who doesn't give a fuck about driving) and that in most other places besides America, you become "legal age" and are able to do everything you can do at 18 here, but, I live in America and that don't mean shit now.
So, I ask, whats the big deal with this age? What makes it different? I didn't wake up today and feel completely different (I didn't expect to) and I don't look any different than I did a week ago, so whats the deal?

And, for discusion's sake, what was your best/worst birthday?

Well dude,Happy birthday at first.And the answer to your question: Well.. i ain't got one i just wanted to say happy birthday ah and my best birthday ? 15th one... i pissed from my balcony (cause i was wiped) directly onto 2 policeman's heads it was ff*** awesome!

 

[KarumaK]

Your one year deeper into responsibility and one year closer to death.

Happy Birthday.

 

[Skeleon]

Actually, that's been changed... since January 1st this year, no beer until you're 18.
And before you say anything, yes, I agree, it's retarded. xD

Really? Wow, didn't know that.
I mean, it doesn't affect me, not by a long shot, but I'm still very surprised. Do you happen to have a link on this?

What was their reason for changing it? I mean, those "flat-rate parties" everybody's been complaining about were mostly with Jägermeister or Vodka or other stronger stuff. What harm did the beer do?!

 

[lizards]

I don't know why 16 is so special.
My worst birthday was when I got completely hammered and broke my leg in 2 places after jumping off of my roof.

and you didnt sue a wrestling game?

ot: because generally being 16 means that you can drive which means you can have a car which means that you can now get chicks in that car

 

[SnakeF]

Because Frankie Boyle (scottish comedian) said this "Congratulations, you're 16, you can now wear this badge saying 'I'm Legal'"

 

[Sethzard]

In the Uk, intercorse

 

[Sonicron]

Actually, that's been changed... since January 1st this year, no beer until you're 18.
And before you say anything, yes, I agree, it's retarded. xD

Really? Wow, didn't know that.
I mean, it doesn't affect me, not by a long shot, but I'm still very surprised. Do you happen to have a link on this?

What was their reason for changing it? I mean, those "flat-rate parties" everybody's been complaining about were mostly with Jägermeister or Vodka or other stronger stuff. What harm did the beer do?!

Eh, false alarm, I just did some research on it and I confused it with the laws concerning smoking. Beer (and beer-mix drinks) is still available at 16, it's only the hard stuff and smoking that's been pushed to 18. Sorry. ^^°
As with you, none of these restrictions bother me anyway.

 

[BrownGaijin]

There's always cake. unless it comes from GLaDOS.

 

[The Rockerfly]

You've lived another day year of your life without dying, well done ^-^
Also you can buy lottery tickets, get a job at minimum wage, get married with parents permission, ride a scooter, drink with a meal and finally (leaving the best till last) you can have sex
Assuming you live in Britain

 

[Skeleon]

Eh, false alarm, I just did some research on it and I confused it with the laws concerning smoking.

Heh, didn't here about that, either, but I really don't care about smoking.

As with you, none of these restrictions bother me anyway.

Well, it wouldn't have bothered me personally, but I would've felt bad for all those poor people that would've been deprived of it.
And, really, it wouldn't have made any sense to me.

The laws are good enough, I think. The problem is the lack of controls and enforcement.

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

I remeber when I turned sixteen,
Well im not a girl so i didnt make a big deal outta it, things like Sweet 16 is over-rated in my book

 

[Guitar Gamer]

Because long ago, someone came up with the phrase "sweet 16," it stuck, and now we are burdened with this idea that turning 16 is some wonderfully glamorous event.

I think my best birthday was my 18th. Only partly because I turned 18, which meant that I no longer needed parental approval to get games. It was mostly good because I spent it with my girlfriend, rather than a large group of people I only know from the periphery of my life.

now that sounds great and all but isn't your girlfriend from the periphery of your life?

my best birthday was my first, the whole "getting shoved head first out of a vagina" kinda sucked but at least I didn't die
my other ones were all a big "meh", exept maybe the last one I had since I got dethklok tickets

 

[bcponpcp27]

17 is better. You can buy M games (without going through your friends at Target) and watch R movies at the theater (without getting your older friends to buy you a ticket). 18 is coming up for me, and the only real changes are voting, and gambling (yay). I seriously don't get the arbitrary 21 drinking age we have.

 

[SultanP]

I don't get the deal with any age. Didn't have a best or worst birthday either, except for when I was a kid, I guess those were good because I care. What I do for my birthday now is to visit my parents and let them cook for me, because they care and it makes them happy, and I do like visiting them. But they mean nothing to me.

 

[Neonbob]

Because long ago, someone came up with the phrase "sweet 16," it stuck, and now we are burdened with this idea that turning 16 is some wonderfully glamorous event.

I think my best birthday was my 18th. Only partly because I turned 18, which meant that I no longer needed parental approval to get games. It was mostly good because I spent it with my girlfriend, rather than a large group of people I only know from the periphery of my life.

now that sounds great and all but isn't your girlfriend from the periphery of your life?

my best birthday was my first, the whole "getting shoved head first out of a vagina" kinda sucked but at least I didn't die
my other ones were all a big "meh", exept maybe the last one I had since I got dethklok tickets

No, she's from within the periphery.
Much closer, and she actually means something to me.

 

[Flamezdudes]

17 is better. You can buy M games (without going through your friends at Target) and watch R movies at the theater (without getting your older friends to buy you a ticket). 18 is coming up for me, and the only real changes are voting, and gambling (yay). I seriously don't get the arbitrary 21 drinking age we have.

Drinking age is 18 i think in the Uk. MWHAHAH.... i guess you will still drink anyway right?

 

[The_Echo]

I get that you finally are able to drive (I am probably the only teenager who doesn't give a fuck about driving)

No, you're not. I turn 16 in November, and I have yet to so much as read the first page of the packet from the DMV. I don't go places often, and when I do, it's either within walking distance, or I'm being dragged along with someone who can drive. Yet my dad keeps telling me I have to start driving as soon as possible. Makes no sense to me.