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Grounded for three years (lemmy.world)
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I guess the 21 being equivalent to 100 years is just an assumption

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    it's a generally accepted assumption in many post-Tolkien fantasy works.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Gennerelly accepted where ?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    In the USA probably because it's their drinking age

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I get the 21 , but I'm not clear about the 100.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    before the Internet killed my attention span, I used to read a lot of science fiction and fantasy novels by a variety of authors. Since then, I've watched a lot of anime and read a lot of amateur writing. I don't have specific sources to cite, but the trope is common enough and recurring enough that I stand by my claim of "generally accepted".

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Which kinda makes the math meaningless cause 73 < 100 requires no calculation.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    only if you assume the drinking age is 21 or the equivalent. An assumption that is true for a small percentage of population of the world for a small fraction of human history

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    only if you assume the drinking age is 21 or the equivalent.

    Which is exactly what the character is doing

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    No the character just confirms that an equivalent age of 15 is too young. 21 is just the baseline age they use to do the calculation, because it lines up with 100 years in elf years. But the bartender wouldnt have to do the second part of the calculation at all if the drinking age is 21. It could easily be 16 or 17 and the elf would still be too young.

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