# Twenty one

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-one/665539>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 6, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-one/665539 "2013-08-06T22:50:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-one/665539/21 "2013-08-07T12:52:19Z")

</div>

> [@aNewLeaf](#):
>
> You still have to listen to your mom until you move out, if that’s what you’re asking.

I like you, **Leaf**. You get right to the point. 😃

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-one/665539/22 "2013-08-07T15:27:56Z")

</div>

> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
>
> Oh come on, people. Even if the question was phrased a bit naively, it’s a valid topic with a factual answer:

But that doesn’t appear to be what the OP was asking. If I told a sixteen year old they had to do something because they are under eighteen, that obviously wouldn’t be true.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-one/665539.md?page=1)