Man, 69, loses legal battle against temporal reality in effort to become 49
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Re: Man, 69, loses legal battle against temporal reality in effort to become 49
#2If he looks as young as he feels, then he doesn't need to legally change his age to say he is 49 on Tinder.
Re: Man, 69, loses legal battle against temporal reality in effort to become 49
#3This made me laugh, but unless I'm mistaken, he's quite serious. Luckily, however,
> An Arnhem court ruled in favor of the fourth dimension.
Re: Man, 69, loses legal battle against temporal reality in effort to become 49
#4For a second I thought I was reading The Onion.
I do however like the philosophical nature of the question: If people can change their gender based on they feel, why can’t they change their age?
Re: Man, 69, loses legal battle against temporal reality in effort to become 49
#5I don't see why one can change sex, but not change age, race, etc.
Re: Man, 69, loses legal battle against temporal reality in effort to become 49
#6This brings up a valid point about health technology and "biological age". As (usually wealthy) people are increasingly able to delay the onset of senescence, the law is going to have issues with time defined "age" which represents capability.
For example having to retest every 5 years maybe unneeded if people are living to 125 and remaining healthy along the way.
Re: Man, 69, loses legal battle against temporal reality in effort to become 49
#7This brings up a valid point about health technology and "biological age". As (usually wealthy) people are increasingly able to delay the onset of senescence, the law is going to have issues with time defined "age" which represents capability. For example having to retest every 5 years maybe unneeded if people are living to 125 and remaining healthy along the way.
Agree and was thinking that in the future, this snarky article will seem in poor taste, representing a time when fixed identity began unspooling.
Re: Man, 69, loses legal battle against temporal reality in effort to become 49
#8For a second I thought I was reading The Onion. I do however like the philosophical nature of the question: If people can change their gender based on they feel, why can’t they change their age?
Because neither of them actually work that way?
Re: Man, 69, loses legal battle against temporal reality in effort to become 49
#9I don't see why one can change sex, but not change age, race, etc.
Because words have meaning and none of those things are arbitrary.
Re: Man, 69, loses legal battle against temporal reality in effort to become 49
#10I don't see why one can change sex, but not change age, race, etc.
i think the important difference with age is that there are hard legal implications that go along with it, that SHOULDN'T exist over the dimensions of sex and race. The one that flies out at me is retirement or senior benefits. There may be some options only available to people of color, or women, but not as widespread as the implications of age. If this passed, could I become 65 and start withdrawing my 401k penalty-free?