# average doper age? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625 "2002-12-05T03:59:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/61 "2002-12-05T15:48:12Z")
I’m 33 and 1/2.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/62 "2002-12-05T16:07:13Z")
wow, with all these responses and **booklover** using his calculator, I also should have asked about median, mode, and range. This is interesting. Still, I haven’t noticed many massive post count dopers checking in. As someone has already suggested, that would probably raise the post-count-weighted average age. Keep those ages coming in. thanks, Pab ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/63 "2002-12-05T16:13:45Z")
**45** (but I’m telling people I’m 65, so they’ll say how wonderful I look—it’s like a free, nonsurgical face-lift!). ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/64 "2002-12-05T16:18:27Z")
17 and counting… ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/65 "2002-12-05T16:22:25Z")
37 From the dopefests I’ve been to, the average of attendees seems to be late 20s/30ish. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/66 "2002-12-05T16:28:17Z")
26 ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/67 "2002-12-05T16:36:48Z")
**garius** is playing with fire here!!! I’m approx 25, but I tell people I’m 90 so they think I’m better looking than **Eve**. ---
**Author:** ![Tehanu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Tehanu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tehanu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/68 "2002-12-05T16:39:53Z")
Just turned 29 last month. ---
**Author:** ![cichlidiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cichlidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cichlidiot)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/69 "2002-12-05T16:52:18Z")
I’m 31. ---
**Author:** ![kitarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kitarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitarak)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/70 "2002-12-05T17:11:50Z")
I’m 19 1/2. I would have guessed that the average age around here would be late 20s or early 30s, but I could be wildly wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/71 "2002-12-05T17:13:06Z")
Today I turned ~31.7553. ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/72 "2002-12-05T17:20:44Z")
I just hit 26 eleven days ago. Does that mean people will round me up to 30 now? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/73 "2002-12-05T17:30:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nerrie \* > \*\*I’m 28. > > Can I add something else into the mix? I imagined, judging from their posts that **Twist** and **Antares** , to name but two, would be older than they are. Maturity beyond their respective years I guess. I am still pretty much a newbie though, so maybe I’m more easily surprised. Any surprises for anyone else? > > N. \*\* Thank you very much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/74 "2002-12-05T17:32:51Z")
25, and I feel a bit on the young side here. I would have guessed the average age here to be in the mid-thirties. I usually think people are older than me unless I know for sure (maybe it comes from living / working in an environment where I am one of the youngest?) ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/75 "2002-12-05T17:36:27Z")
34, married, 2 kids (surprise), mortgage, two cars (and payments), pathetically common-place and uninteresting. (and not really hoping for any compliments… 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![swingchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@swingchick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swingchick)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/76 "2002-12-05T17:41:08Z")
23 and counting ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/77 "2002-12-05T18:13:20Z")
27 here. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/78 "2002-12-05T18:38:11Z")
34 here, and getting older by the second… ---
**Author:** ![jellen92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@jellen92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellen92)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/79 "2002-12-05T18:41:46Z")
Just turned 29 on Monday! ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/80 "2002-12-05T18:58:37Z")
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