Because adulting is hard and also, honestly, who cares?
It's not like we're trying to be rebels or anything, we just really don't feel like doing it.
Maybe we'll just pretend we're in a world where mandates are optional, like that time we pretended to be adults in college.
See also: The Totally Unjustifiable Reasons for Ignoring Mandates (Subsection 1)
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