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IMO steam does a reasonable job of age verification - if you've registered a credit card, you're obviously old enough to have one.
But they still ask for my DoB when I open a store page for a horror game.
1/1/00 baby!
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.
I was born back on jan 1st 1900
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.
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