[quote=@Ellri]
It must not be forgotten that "underage" actually isn't the same everywhere. To make an example: US drinking age is 21. Norwegian drinking age is 18 (20 for strong stuff). In Norway the rules concerning sex are based around the age of 16. (yes, that means a fifteen-year old can't have sex with his/her sixteen-year old partner until he/she is also sixteen.

A better question, we think, than the "are you 18+?" is "do others consider you mature?"
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Well, mahz is in the US, and so are most of the mods, so we're mostly concerned with whatever is under 18 as US federal law stipulates that for any sort of interstate commerce (like the internet) and that is a hard and fast age of consent rule with the federal government.

But you're right, we're using the term 'underage' interchangeably with 'under 18'.

To clarify, our rules are predicated on the laws of the US, rather than say, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Federal law at that, because state laws do not generally cover the situation with the internet, unless both parties were in, for example, the State of New Jersey or something.

Rule of thumb; US federal age of consent.