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Nope. If your age minimum for a partner y is determined by your age x with the function:

y = 1/2 x + 7

then the point where y = x is at y - 7 = 1/2 x. Setting y to x leads us to x - 7 = x / 2, which happens at x = 14.

At x = 18, y = 18/2 + 7 = 9 + 7 = 16.

Relatedly, if we invert the function, y - 7 = 1/2 x, thus 2y - 14 = x, which gives us the theoretical maximum for a possible partner. If a possible partner is older than that, you’d be understood to call them a cougar, or whatever the male equivalent is.

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Puffymumpkins@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
My favorite feature of the x/2+7 rule is that it implies you shouldn’t be dating below the age of 14. Run any number lower than 14 through it to see what I mean. You can’t reasonably say a 6 year old should only date people older than 10 and also younger than -2.

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- Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Don’t you hate it when your 6 year old starts dating those people from the negative morrorworld? No child of mine I say!
  
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- dos_user@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah 14 is fine. 6 year olds shouldn’t be dating anyone anyway
  
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  - Risk@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    But she wanted to borrow my truck???
    
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- Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  And a newborn should be dating nobody younger than seven, while also dating nobody older than yet to be born in 14 years 😛
  
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ALostInquirer@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How might this apply to calculator relationships?

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eestileib@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

whatever the male equivalent is

Dirty Old Man

Daddy

Lothario

Creep

Giuliani

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Resol@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I guess this makes more sense.

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