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June 1

The age of 25

Go to Four-quadrant movie. What's special about the age of 25?? Georgia guy (talk) 16:02, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Age of majority in ancient Rome. 80.44.94.255 (talk) 16:30, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

More seriously, when things are marketed to people in specific age groups, 25 is commonly used as a convenient dividing point between groups. That's all. --76.71.5.208 (talk) 19:45, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

I'd recommend the demographic profile article but it's rather clunky and frankly unreadable.--WaltCip (talk) 20:08, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

You got that right WaltCip. In fact this is my reaction to trying to read it. MarnetteD|Talk 20:17, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

It's probably a good approximation of when most people are really "grown up". After that age, most people have to start worrying about "real life". Paying their own bills, maintaining their own homes and cars, making their own doctor's appointments, etc. Even at 24, there are still many people enrolled in universities full time, living in dorms, living with their parents, etc. --Khajidha (talk) 14:14, 2 June 2020 (UTC)