# average doper age?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![wei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@wei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wei)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/141 "2002-12-07T01:27:41Z")

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**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/142 "2002-12-07T02:12:17Z")

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21… if there is a better age to be I haven’t lived it yet. 😉

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/143 "2002-12-07T02:17:43Z")

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Another 46 year old checking in.

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**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/144 "2002-12-07T02:32:15Z")

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I am 27.

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**Author:** ![Melandry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/145 "2002-12-07T02:35:52Z")

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23 years old here.

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**Author:** ![Ranma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Ranma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranma)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/146 "2002-12-07T02:53:22Z")

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I’m a 21 years old guy.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/147 "2002-12-07T02:56:30Z")

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I’m number dyslexic. Could someone run an average?

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**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/148 "2002-12-07T04:33:53Z")

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46, 47 in another month.

Pushing up the average just a bit.

Ugly

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**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/149 "2002-12-07T06:06:25Z")

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25 in 11 days

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/150 "2002-12-07T06:19:02Z")

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I am 22 years old, and will be 23 in January.

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/151 "2002-12-07T06:39:52Z")

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Please, just remain seated when I enter the room…

sunstone, this is going to be close. I’m almost **59 and a half**. My birthday in in July. How about you?

Do I hear 60? Give me 60? A bid of 60?

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**Author:** ![LadyAvalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6a8cbe/32.png) [@LadyAvalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyAvalonian)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/152 "2002-12-07T06:48:42Z")

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**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/153 "2002-12-07T07:01:48Z")

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J’ai vingt-deux ans.

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**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/154 "2002-12-07T07:24:15Z")

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**Author:** ![Huemr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eada6e/32.png) [@Huemr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huemr)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/155 "2002-12-07T07:31:26Z")

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**Author:** ![maybelze05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@maybelze05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maybelze05)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/156 "2002-12-07T11:38:55Z")

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19 here

And so far, if my calculations are right, the average is  
**drum roll please**

31.592857

i would have guessed it would be somewhere in the mid 20’s…

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**Author:** ![auliya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@auliya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auliya)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/157 "2002-12-07T12:48:20Z")

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Another boomer here to push the mean up further… I am 50 and female.

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**Author:** ![tramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tramp)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/158 "2002-12-07T15:47:55Z")

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My name is tramp. I am 21 and a Dave Matthews stalker.

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/159 "2002-12-07T15:51:23Z")

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Well, at **32** , I’ll be keeping the average right about at the average.

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**Author:** ![white-tigeress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@white-tigeress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/white-tigeress)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-doper-age/140625/160 "2002-12-07T16:05:46Z")

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