• jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I guess technically there are people who are still 25 that were born in the 1900s. So not completely unreasonable.

      But yeah, as someone born in the 1900s and not anywhere near my 20s, I just wanted to share what hopefully is a common experience:

      Like many people, I got a new driver’s license when I turned 21. Being 21, I was in the best shape of my life, looked nice and fit, still had hair, etc.

      Fast forward 10 years when I need a license renewal, and I can just do it all online, no need for a new picture. Fast forward another few years when life has taken it’s toll a bit - no longer in good shape, hair is a distant memory, etc. I went out to a restaurant and ordered a beer, and the waitress goes “this ID doesn’t look like you at all.”

      Oof.

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I teach an underwater photography class at a university. One night a few years ago, we were going to do a night dive and a thunderstorm rolled in. Scuba diving and lightning don’t mix, so we had to cancel the dive.

    Students were all 21 or 22, and decided they wanted to go to a local pub for dinner, and asked me to join. I decided to go, and when we got to the pub the door guy was taking his job really seriously. He was examining their IDs super close, bending them and shining a flashlight through them, etc. It was taking a while because he was doing this for each of my students.

    When I got to him and started handing over my ID, he just looked at me and said, “You’re good, man.”