Eighteen Can Be Painful

Just as painful as it can be running Windows sometimes (and all the frustrating BS you have to put up with compared to the Mac - why does it have to be the de facto majority) makes this Vista preview look a little less painful.

Ah, but what does that have to do with eighteen? Very little, so let's get into the number first:

In many parts of the world, 18 is the age minimum for being allowed a driver's license and/or for purchasing alcohol or tobacco. It is also the voting age in many countries. During the Vietnam War, Americans could be drafted at an age as low as 18, but were not allowed to vote in most states until they were 21. A movement spread to lower the voting age, and in 1971, the Twenty-sixth Amendment extended a guarantee of suffrage to anyone 18 years or older in all states. The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in the U.K. and many other nations around that time.

Eighteen is also the age in most countries at which a person may appear in a pornographic video, if pornography is legal at all, or have sex with a person in a position of authority over them (a teacher, athletic coach, or employer, for instance, or in general anyone else over the age of 18).

In addition, eighteen year-olds in the United States have the right to bear arms, own property, marry without parental consent, get an abortion, donate their body to science, obtain a passport, and serve on a jury. With these new privileges comes responsibility: eighteen year-olds are tried as adults in court.

In many countries 18 is the age of majority.

So, the majority? Probably in a big majority of places Santa (or St. Nicholas) rules, but keep in mind that Swag Man is trying to move in. So, in most cases the majority rules, right? Everyone loves fruit cake right? Oh wait, I said I wasn't going to go there. Errr... Okay. Everyone loves eggnog right? Maybe not if you are lactose intolerant. Hmmmmmm. Well, I guess that the term majority doesn't mean everyone. Technically, the majority of the USA voted for George W. Bush, even though many won't admit it these days. Sounds like the voting thing and yep, the voting thing is something you get to do when you turn eighteen.

So, where is this going? On the eighteenth day of Christmas, you, yes you, get to vote on what this day should be all about! Is it the:

-Official time to start the week before Christmas freak out frenzy?
-The day that means you should watch Twas The Week Before Christmas in the same way you always watch It's A Wonderful Life?
-The last safe day to mail your fruitcake because bulk shipping is slow after all?
-The first day to start officially rubbing your nose at all the procrastinators who haven't started their shopping while you are all done?
-A bad day to start your extreme diet?

Well, since it's the day of the majority, if you don't vote, your opinion doesn't mean squat. So, vote.

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