====== A* (Age) ======
Like many foods, the process of aging develops your flavor... one way or another. Have you aged like bourbon, like pickles, or like lettuce?

===== Standard spectrum =====
The traditional descriptions are included in italics. As with other tags of a similar format, these should probably not be taken //too// literally or seriously, at least not unless one's real age is specified.

==== A+++! ====
//Ancient//

==== A+++ ====
//Venerable//

==== A++ ====
//Old enough to know better!//

==== A+ ====
//You've been around.//

==== A ====
//Mature Adult//: The sources define this in human terms as 20-30 years or so; essentially, the prime of life.

==== A- ====
//Young Adult//: The sources define this in human terms as the teenage years. Adolescence, essentially.

==== A-- ====
//Still under Mom's (or Dad's) wing.//

==== A--- ====
//Hatchling//: Presumably the equivalent of at least infancy and possibly toddlerdom.

==== A---! ====
//An egg (nearly hatched)!//: If you're a fetus, I assume you would choose this.

==== A? ====
//I have no idea how old I am .. I lost count years ago!//

===== Modifiers =====
As Wyrm notes, "This was the first tag in the [[dc:|original code]] to be 'distributive', i.e. to allow real and virtual ages to be specified without using two Age tags."

==== r ====
Put after the A, this indicates that one is specifying one's "Real Life" age. For example, **Ar-** indicates: "I am a young adult in real life."

==== v ====
Put after the A, this indicates that one is specifying one's "Virtual Life" age. For example, **Av+** indicates: "I've been around on the internet!"

==== ( ) ====
You can use both of the above in separate tags to specify both ages, but you can also use a short-form method by just putting the [[#r]] and [[#v]] parts within parenthesis. For example, **Ar-Av+** and **A(r-v+)** both indicate: "I am a young adult in real life, but have been around on the net."