# Are you more average than average? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 10, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405 "2005-11-10T15:46:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ProTem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@ProTem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProTem)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/1 "2005-11-10T15:46:18Z")
Are you more average than average? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/2 "2005-11-10T15:56:06Z")
Nope. I’m just average as average. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/3 "2005-11-10T15:57:48Z")
I like to think I’m less average than average – but suspect that’s an average delusion. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/4 "2005-11-10T16:12:21Z")
Moved from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/5 "2005-11-10T16:35:53Z")
Hard to say. I’m probably more or less average than average. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/6 "2005-11-10T16:37:33Z")
I think I’m more than some but less than others. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/7 "2005-11-10T17:34:18Z")
I would say I’m about average for above-average. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/8 "2005-11-10T17:34:38Z")
On a more serious note: I’ve heard that _half_ of the people in the U.S. are below average! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/9 "2005-11-10T17:47:33Z")
I’m **extremely** average, although I am only moderately ambivalent about that fact. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/10 "2005-11-10T17:51:32Z")
no, but I’m median as all get out! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/11 "2005-11-10T17:57:11Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > no, but I’m median as all get out! I thought you were mean. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/12 "2005-11-10T18:46:31Z")
This reminds me of the best direction I ever saw on a piece of sheet music: _molto moderato_, which means “very moderate.” You know, right down the middle. _To the extreme!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/13 "2005-11-10T18:58:41Z")
I would have to go with “run of the mill” rather then “average”. ---
**Author:** ![ProTem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@ProTem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProTem)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/14 "2005-11-10T19:25:20Z")
This is a surprising group. You always see posts where the SDMB crowd is assumed to be above average, but nobody has admitted that so far. Well, I’ll admit it: I’m above average. So I’m less average than average. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/15 "2005-11-10T19:28:16Z")
My weight’s above average. My IQ? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/16 "2005-11-10T19:29:26Z")
No, but I’m more human than human. ---
**Author:** ![ProTem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@ProTem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProTem)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/17 "2005-11-10T20:36:02Z")
That should help balance all the inhumanity to man we hear about. ---
**Author:** ![ProTem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@ProTem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProTem)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/18 "2005-11-10T23:56:01Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Moved from IMHO to MPSIMS. Not sure why that would be. I read the forum lists and polls are supposedly in IMHO. Well, live and learn. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/19 "2005-11-11T00:02:34Z")
My wife says I’m above average, so that’s good enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405/20 "2005-11-11T00:43:18Z")
I’m not average. I’m just mean. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-average-than-average/330405.md?page=2)