I have some wild guesses, but they're all made-up. ^_^
1. Never? Everyone's pretending. Some people are pretending so well that they've forgotten they're pretending, that's all.
2. Mu? There is no switch, merely self-image which includes some sort of connection between the notions of "self" and "responsible adult"; and that connection varies widely in both degree *and nature*.
3. Age fifty-seven?
4. About a tenth of a second after full realization of one's own mortality?
5. After some cumulative degree of other people one respects and looks up to repeatedly identifying/affirming one as responsible/an adult?
6. On at nine, off at fourteen, on at twentyish, off at twentytwoish, random numbers thereafter?
7. It's actually a prize you find in the bottom of a Cracker Jack box?
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1. Never? Everyone's pretending. Some people are pretending so well that they've forgotten they're pretending, that's all.
2. Mu? There is no switch, merely self-image which includes some sort of connection between the notions of "self" and "responsible adult"; and that connection varies widely in both degree *and nature*.
3. Age fifty-seven?
4. About a tenth of a second after full realization of one's own mortality?
5. After some cumulative degree of other people one respects and looks up to repeatedly identifying/affirming one as responsible/an adult?
6. On at nine, off at fourteen, on at twentyish, off at twentytwoish, random numbers thereafter?
7. It's actually a prize you find in the bottom of a Cracker Jack box?