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This isn't entirely /lit/erature, but if I post it on /his/ I will get /pol/-lite and if I post it on /pol/ I will get brain damage.

One of the interesting things that stood out to me from Lord of the Rings was the fact that hobbits aren't really considered adults until 33. Would this, in a way, be better for our society as well? It does not put as much pressure on still developing minds and will allow rational choices to be made about the future as opposed to snap decisions which lead back to the pressure.

Hobbits and humans have pretty much the same lifespan, so I wonder if this could work as something more beneficial than what we have now?

>> No.9358914

>>9358902
>female humans not considered adults until near the end of their fecundity
hmm...

>> No.9358938

>>9358902
look up citizenship in Rome and Attica and Sparta. all that shit is fascinating. Rome and Attica are closer to that model, but Sparta educated their pre-citizens harder and there used be jokes that when the boys got old enough to marry around 30, they had to dress up the women in boys clothes because they'd been trained out of straight sex before marriage.

there's also problems in this system. a lot of title used be related to marriage, as used citizenship. no wife, no vote, no inheritance, even if you're 30 at some points.

read some solon and pericles and shit about heterati too. you could hit up /tg/ or a fantasy/sci-fi thread too if you want to keep it strictly hobbit based.

>> No.9358939

>>9358914
Maybe it's better that way since there are way too many people on earth as it is.

>> No.9358986

>>9358938

I will take a look at this stuff at more than a cursory glance.

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>>9358902
>This isn't entirely /lit/erature, but if I post it on /his/ I will get /pol/-lite and if I post it on /pol/ I will get brain damage.

look, lil babby needs a safe space

did the meanies on pol trigger you????????? lmao

>> No.9359028

>>9358902
>Hobbits and humans have pretty much the same lifespan,
But they don't. Are you aware of Frodo's age at the start of the books? And Bilbo's?

>> No.9359047

>>9359028

He was 33 at the start of the book. Bilbo's age is kind of different since he was affected by the ring.

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>>9359010
>safespaces