Haha, I wasn’t giving you homework and didn’t expect a response, but THANKS.
I was just trying to highlight the arbitrary legal ages for a number of activities.
For example in USA their legal drinking age is 21 but they can legally fight and die for their country at 17/18. WTF ???
18 to buy a firearm…
In the UK like you pointed out, you can get your ears pierced at 5; one could argue that a 5yo hasn’t given INFORMED consent, and you could also argue that a piercing carries twice the risk with 2 openings.
one thing the video link i suggested doesn’t cover, is the bevel of the needle; that is something you should add to your information .( I will insert a couple of links at the bottom of this.)
You sound like you are A LOT more sensible than I was at 16, and as long as you have all the CORRECT information and make an INFORMED decision, I wish you the best of luck
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