• prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Age for legal purposes generally begins counting at birth, even for people whose cells have been active, and whose organs and such have been growing and maturing for longer than that.

    If you could put a baby into suspended animation of some form, and return it to usual biological function 25 years later, there might be a real legal issue. As it stands, I don’t see it.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      When someone asks me my age and I feel like being a smartass, I tell them I’m “younger than my tongue, older than teeth”. Sometimes I sub “asshole” for “tongue” depending on my mood