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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

IMO steam does a reasonable job of age verification - if you've registered a credit card, you're obviously old enough to have one.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

But they still ask for my DoB when I open a store page for a horror game.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

1/1/however far back the wheel scrolls before I click the year.

And it's distressingly common for it to under-report my age - stupid march of time.

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I am a baby with an 800 credit score. I undersigned my parents home mortgage so they'd get a good rate. The bank knows I'm a reliable lender.

Googoogaagaa

[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I think I saw a movie about you