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[–]renee_nevermore 4 points5 points ago

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This means I can drink (legally) already? I could have gotten drunk back in August then. Why did no one tell me this before?!

[–]oniontomato 0 points1 point ago

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my thoughts exactly

[–]renee_nevermore 0 points1 point ago

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I am willing to fake believing in this for a few months until I am old enough according to my birth certificate.

[–]oniontomato 0 points1 point ago

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police officers might have a different opinion

[–]renee_nevermore 0 points1 point ago

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Fuck the police.... not really. I know some very nice police officers, one actually invites me over for holidays all of the time because I used to baby sit his kids when they were little.

[–]oniontomato 0 points1 point ago

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yes and i like pancakes :)

[–]DESTROYallSPIDERS 0 points1 point ago

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suffering 20 year old's unite!

[–]Skwerl23 2 points3 points ago

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In china you are. Actually you are... You were alive for nine months before birth... However your birthday is still the day you were born... But you are nine months older than stated.

[–]rogueencampment 2 points3 points ago

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In China they round it up to 10 months in the womb, and round up to 1 year when counting age.

[–]Teflon_Samurai 4 points5 points ago

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[–]ak76422 3 points4 points ago

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However you look at it your birthday doesn't change, it's still the day you were birthed.

[–]CVBrownie[S] 1 point2 points ago

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Derp. "Life begins at birth" as to "Life begins at conception". Thank you for identifying the initial argument at hand.

[–]RapeMeUnderTheBridge 1 point2 points ago

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Maybe we can invent the Conceptionday. Two-fold increase in gifts. Just hope your parent will remember THAT moment..

[–]CVBrownie[S] 0 points1 point ago

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This sounds amazing...so hey, you wanna share a cigarrite under a bridge?

[–]ak76422 0 points1 point ago

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Hahaha! I was stoned for the first time in months, it seemed like such a philosophical statement at the time.

[–]Gravyness 1 point2 points ago

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Philosoraptor should not be used for answarable questions...

[–]mtldude1967 1 point2 points ago

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As we are all made up of sub-atomic particles that existed since the beginning of the universe, you can got still further back and say that life starts at the big bang.

[–]Razorwire_Dave 0 points1 point ago

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I think life begins at erection because a good Christian should only get an erection before sex with his wife in the missionary position to get her pregnant with another one of Jesus’ warriors.

[–]Howie_85Sabre 0 points1 point ago

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For the record, life technically does start at conception. That being said, I believe a growing clump of cells in your body doesn't get a free pass to birth, especially if that growing clump of cells begins to threaten the mothers health, or if the clump of cells was unwanted to begin with.

[–]woodensplint 0 points1 point ago

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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Birthday.

[–]weazy21 0 points1 point ago

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So our "true" one year old birthdays should be 3 months after we are born? What?

[–]emarsk 0 points1 point ago

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Hey, I didn't know raptor eggs have a nine months incubation period!