• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    The only slightly suspicious thing here is that both grandpa and pop had kids at exactly age 20. Not only is that a little younger than average, it’s also a very convenient number for a made up but easy to calculate scenario.

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      13 hours ago

      Maybe but it’s not crazy. My father in-law had his first kid at 17. His second son also had a kid at 17. Crazier still is that second son’s baby mama was 16 and she was born to a 16 year old.

      I wish I was making this shit up.

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      16 hours ago

      On one hand it’s suspicous, on the other hand it’s a convenient number if your parents and grandparents were around that age but you don’t want to put in their actual ages because you have a habit of not giving out personal information.

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        That’s when the word “about” is useful. My grandpa is “about 60” and my dad is “about 40”, he got the PS1 when my dad was a kid. My dad had me when he was “about 20”…

        I don’t think people tend to make up specific ages that are not accurate when they’re trying to obscure someone’s exact age.