# A few questions about moderators **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 5, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459 "2018-06-05T13:16:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/1 "2018-06-05T13:16:35Z")
I’m curious who the youngest current mod is. An exact age isn’t necessary, a range encompassing \< 5 years would be fine. Was Spice the youngest during her stint? [I’ve never seen Rico before.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21001107&postcount=23) Hither whence thou didst hibernate, I gather? I noticed there is no header below Idle Thoughts’s name, and of course the circumstance was he transitioned from moderator to self imposed exile. I was wondering if anyone else in Dope lore has no header below their name. Danke. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/2 "2018-06-05T13:24:32Z")
Huh. You know, I don’t honestly know. I don’t think we’ve ever discussed our ages. The one thing I’m certain of is that it’s not me. That feels pretty solid. For what it’s worth, I’m 51. I started here when I was 33, just before my first child was born - about 2 weeks before - and she’s just graduated high school this week. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/3 "2018-06-05T15:07:02Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > For what it’s worth, I’m 51. I’m older than you (not by too much), so I’m definitely not the youngest. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/4 "2018-06-05T15:21:41Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > I started here when I was 33, just before my first child was born - about 2 weeks before - and she’s just graduated high school this week. Congratulations on a successful parenting journey! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/5 "2018-06-05T15:28:36Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I’m older than you (not by too much), so I’m definitely not the youngest. Huh. I would have thought you were younger. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/6 "2018-06-05T15:40:14Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Huh. You know, I don’t honestly know. I don’t think we’ve ever discussed our ages. 42 --------- you are all 42. Now if we can only come up with … > [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Huh. I would have thought you were younger. I would have thought he was taller too. I’ve looked up several of the Mods in the old portrait gallery over the years; more for what they did/said as posters than as Mods and out of curiosity. But for some reason I always picture them in my brain as something like the old School Safety Patrol with the white belts and hopeful smiles. Sort of like [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0c/c1/ad/0cc1ad02299bd762e65a7ade9af52418.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0c/c1/ad/0cc1ad02299bd762e65a7ade9af52418.jpg) I probably also beat the snot out of a couple of them back in Junior High --------- but I am hoping they forgot about that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/7 "2018-06-05T15:45:51Z")
> [@Covfefe](#): > > [I’ve never seen Rico before.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21001107&postcount=23) Hither whence thou didst hibernate, I gather? Huh. Stealth ninja newbie mod who got no ATMB introductory thread in his honor. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/8 "2018-06-05T15:51:42Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > I’ve looked up several of the Mods in the old portrait gallery over the years Ugly mod warning, click at your own risk: [https://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/13769.html](https://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/13769.html) That pic was probably taken about 10 or 15 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/9 "2018-06-05T15:55:50Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Ugly mod warning, click at your own risk: > [https://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/13769.html](https://www.nouilles.info/sdpix/13769.html) > > That pic was probably taken about 10 or 15 years ago. Why did I assume you were Asian? Did you live in China or something? Speak Japanese maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/10 "2018-06-05T15:59:10Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Huh. Stealth ninja newbie mod who got no ATMB introductory thread in his honor. Or Mod who goes so far back he was before we did announcements? ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/11 "2018-06-05T16:01:29Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Huh. Stealth ninja newbie mod who got no ATMB introductory thread in his honor. Rico has been a [Moderator since 2005](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6704009#post6704009), starting in GQ. He stepped down from GQ in 2014, however remains as a Moderator-At-Large. I have an idea of how old we all are, but each can reveal if they desire. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/12 "2018-06-05T16:09:58Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > Why did I assume you were Asian? Did you live in China or something? Speak Japanese maybe? Asian? My father was Greek and my mother was English. The only languages I speak (other than English) are French and Greek, and both rather poorly these days. I have never been to any country in Asia. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/13 "2018-06-05T16:31:16Z")
I am 66. As far as I know, I am the third-oldest mod. I will leave it to my seniors to reveal who they are. 🙂 **Gukumatz** was the youngest mod I can recall during my tenure. I believe \*\*Idle Thoughts \*\* was the youngest of the more recent mods. I don’t know who is the youngest at present. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/14 "2018-06-05T16:57:31Z")
I am the second youngest, IIRC. Take that you fogie! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/15 "2018-06-05T18:25:26Z")
Not saying. Especially since in a couple weeks whatever I say will be wrong. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/16 "2018-06-05T18:38:50Z")
I’m willing to bet that **Rico** is the largest Mod. Sucker is built like a brick wall. Or he was the last time I saw him. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/17 "2018-06-05T19:55:09Z")
I am fairly certain I’m the [del]least mature[/del] youngest mod, though Spice was younger than me, to answer an earlier question. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/18 "2018-06-05T20:05:44Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I am fairly certain I’m the [del]least mature[/del] youngest mod, though Spice was younger than me, to answer an earlier question. You’re not the youngest current mod 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/19 "2018-06-05T20:29:26Z")
I feel like this thread is turning into one of those logic puzzles where we’re given a series of random clues and we need to figure out everyone’s age. But we need more categories like everyone’s favorite football team and ice cream flavor. “The youngest moderator cheers for the Patriots.” “The person who likes vanilla ice cream doesn’t cheer for the Steelers or the Bears.” "Asimovian is younger than Jonathan Chance and neither likes strawberry. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459/20 "2018-06-05T20:32:26Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > You’re not the youngest current mod 😛 Maybe. Maybe not. But Mom always liked me best. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-moderators/815459.md?page=2)