This morning I received an email from Microsoft Xbox.

“As part of our compliance program for the UK Online Safety Act and our ongoing investments in tools and technologies that help ensure age-appropriate experiences, we need you to verify your age so you can continue enjoying social features on Xbox.”

This amused me a lot, since apart from December when I dusted off and used my old Xbox after the winter storms blew up my PS4. my Xbox has been collecting dust for over a decade. The account itself is old enough in the UK to go to the pub and get pissed, since it is over 20 years old.

I believe if I was actually under age, I would either need a time machine, or a past life to be able to create the account many years before I was born.  Twitter had the right idea by saying anyone who has an account older than X (see what I did there) number of years is obviously old enought.

Some of the things in the UK my account is old enough to do :-

• Buy Alcohol (18 or 21 depending where in the UK)
• Buy Fireworks (18)
• Have Botox (18)
• Buy offensive weapons (18 previously you could only get none offensive weapons)
• Get married (18)
• Join the army (16)
• Drive a car (17)

Some of the things in the UK my account is NOT old enough to do :-

• Avoid age verification