# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/101 "2002-12-05T22:13:45Z")
I’m 46. and a geezer. ---
**Author:** ![Curate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Curate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curate)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/102 "2002-12-05T22:59:33Z")
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**Author:** ![lothos2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lothos2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lothos2002)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/103 "2002-12-05T23:19:06Z")
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**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/104 "2002-12-05T23:42:16Z")
That’s not good. I’ve read all the posts, and I’m the youngest! I’m 15. And apparently the baby of the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/105 "2002-12-05T23:44:17Z")
I’m 16. As an added note, I wonder what percentage of Dopers are teenagers/still in high school. A pretty small percent, I’m guessing. ---
**Author:** ![Gopher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gopher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gopher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/106 "2002-12-06T00:18:22Z")
I’m 17 and enjoying senior year in high school. At least I wish I was. _mutters about applications_ ---
**Author:** ![Crescent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Crescent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crescent)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/107 "2002-12-06T00:27:20Z")
43 for another 26 days.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/108 "2002-12-06T00:30:33Z")
53, a Boomer, wouldn’t you know it ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/109 "2002-12-06T00:36:30Z")
I will be 22 in Feb. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/110 "2002-12-06T01:08:39Z")
47, till New Year’s Eve. I’m surprised – I thought I was massively older than everyone else. (Must be all those sex threads y’all were starting up there for a while…) ---
**Author:** ![Crescent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Crescent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crescent)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/111 "2002-12-06T01:42:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by twickster47 \* > \*\*47, till New Year’s Eve. > > I’m surprised – I thought I was massively older than everyone else. (Must be all those sex threads y’all were starting up there for a while…) \*\* Hey… we share a birthday. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/112 "2002-12-06T01:44:57Z")
OK…time to fess up that I’m 59…so my personal average age is 29.5. Oh…that’s not what you mean? Anyway, I’m the oldest so far(t) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/113 "2002-12-06T01:51:10Z")
49; I’m feeling like a punk on this page. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/114 "2002-12-06T02:11:44Z")
High school. Oyh. A young schmuck. But I try to behave myself and act in a mature, adultry manner. ---
**Author:** ![Stccrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Stccrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stccrd)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/115 "2002-12-06T02:20:06Z")
I am 17, and soon to be 18…woohoo! And like **Blackeyes** , I try to act in a mature, adulterous manner… ---
**Author:** ![Lyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Lyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyra)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/116 "2002-12-06T02:30:35Z")
26 I never would have thought **KarlGrenze** was only 19!! He definitely surprised me. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/117 "2002-12-06T02:37:11Z")
Oh, wait! This _is_ the Internet. I can be, like, 29…right? Right? [sub]Just kidding.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/118 "2002-12-06T02:41:53Z")
Hey, some of us really are 29. Like me. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/119 "2002-12-06T02:42:14Z")
I’m a 236 month old baby. I was born on the 8 minutes of the 8th hour of the 8th day of the 8th months during 8th week of the summer in '82 exactly 8 years after Nixon resigned on 8/8/74. To put it simply: I’m 20, male, college student ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/120 "2002-12-06T02:45:09Z")
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