re: I have started to believe, the age to vote should be bumped up

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I agree, though my point was that if you want someone to be an adult at 18 but have to wait another 7 years to vote, it's a bit ridiculous.

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First, I disagree with your statement as written as it presupposes that all adults should vote. I don't think that's necessarily true at all. Why is it that you think so? Why should living long enough to be considered an adult (at whatever age that happens) be the sole criteria used to confer arguably the most powerful civic power the average citizen possesses?

Secondly, shouldn't legal adulthood bear some resemblance to people actually acting like adults? Do you think the average 18 year old in 2024 acts like an adult? Can take care of him or herself and be independent from his or her parents? That's what adulthood means, right? I can see 18 year olds acting like that 100 years ago or 200 years ago, but today?

So even though I disagree with the idea that it's an all or nothing proposition, I don't disagree with your suggestion to raise the legal age of adulthood. I don't know what that has to do with SingTFU about young adults, as if redefining young adulthood somehow places those in that group above criticism, but I have no problem with raising the legal age of adulthood. Or at least calling it something else. Maybe you could be an adultolescent between 18-24 and an adult after that.