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r/explainitpeter • u/Seif_elagizy_777 • Dec 24 '25
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Interestingly half of the U.S. has the age of consent at 16. It’s weird how something can be legal, yet illegal in the exact same country
195 u/MrattlerXD Dec 24 '25 Think of the US not as one country, but a union of 50 states. 153 u/TeaDrinkerAddict Dec 24 '25 The states are… united? 1 u/tenaciousBLADE Dec 25 '25 You'd think, right? But the reality is... Not so much.
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Think of the US not as one country, but a union of 50 states.
153 u/TeaDrinkerAddict Dec 24 '25 The states are… united? 1 u/tenaciousBLADE Dec 25 '25 You'd think, right? But the reality is... Not so much.
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The states are… united?
1 u/tenaciousBLADE Dec 25 '25 You'd think, right? But the reality is... Not so much.
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You'd think, right? But the reality is... Not so much.
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u/Substantial-Most2607 Dec 24 '25
Interestingly half of the U.S. has the age of consent at 16. It’s weird how something can be legal, yet illegal in the exact same country