# Christmas Alertness Test, do you have the reaction times of a drunk, hungover, OAP or an Athlete? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414 "2017-12-13T18:03:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/1 "2017-12-13T18:03:27Z")
Using my phone, I mostly got rated as a hung over person. I got the tipsy mark one time. That’s considered better. .298 I could get my score lower with my practice. I think I’d do better on a PC. The phone’s touch screen doesn’t react as fast as a keyboard or mouse. I’ll try it later with my pc. Give it a try yourself. It’s harder than it looks. 😃 Click when Santa gets shot out of the cannon. [https://www.web-blinds.com/resources/christmas-alertness-test/game.html](https://www.web-blinds.com/resources/christmas-alertness-test/game.html) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/2 "2017-12-13T18:10:33Z")
btw, did you catch the misspelling on their web site. LOL You’ll get a faster time loading the web site directly. I noticed my time went up a full tenth of a second playing through Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/3 "2017-12-14T03:56:10Z")
Mine is consistently a full 0.200 slower on Chrome, than on Firefox. On Chrome, I’m getting .600, that’s more than a half a heart beat – in that time, I can set a cup of coffee down without spilling it and click it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/4 "2017-12-14T04:25:39Z")
If I actually wait until I see the Santa, I’m as slow as someone with a hangover. If I really try, and use the motion of the canon as my trigger, I can just barely get to “normal person.” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/5 "2017-12-14T07:08:20Z")
Here’s another with completely different results. On the OP’s test, I get .400 on Firefox, .600 on Chrome. With the one below, I easily get under .300 on either browser. [https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/redgreen.html](https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/redgreen.html) Internet fails again, as a truth-teller. But, as usual, it’s cute and catchy. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/6 "2017-12-14T08:06:22Z")
What does OAP stand for? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/7 "2017-12-14T08:08:46Z")
Ordinary Average Person? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/8 "2017-12-14T09:32:04Z")
Given the art and the talk about not quite being a senior, I took it to me “old-ass person.” Which, yes, I just converted to “old ass-person” and internally giggled. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/9 "2017-12-14T10:35:11Z")
Old Age Pensioner ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/10 "2017-12-14T12:39:33Z")
I’d rather watch Santa bounce around. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/11 "2017-12-14T13:31:35Z")
I got “well-rested person”. .238 StG ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/12 "2017-12-14T16:14:24Z")
.276 on the first try. And I’m a geezer. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/13 "2017-12-14T17:00:00Z")
Turn your head and use your perephrial vision to watch for it. I improved my score from “well rested person” to “Usain Bolt”. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/14 "2017-12-14T17:11:45Z")
Trying to improve from hungover, I repeatedly fired too soon. Where have I heard that before? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/15 "2017-12-14T18:02:57Z")
I got a rock… ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/16 "2017-12-15T01:21:17Z")
Its categories are a good deal more stringent than [this one](https://www.justpark.com/creative/reaction-time-test/) which ranks a .4 second delay as 30-year-old territory … .3 is firmly OAP in the christmas version ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/17 "2017-12-16T03:29:51Z")
I got a bunch of hung overs, one tipsy, and FINALLY one well rested person. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/18 "2017-12-21T01:35:43Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > If I actually wait until I see the Santa, I’m as slow as someone with a hangover. If I really try, and use the motion of the canon as my trigger, I can just barely get to “normal person.” Wait… I think that there’s something wrong with my browser, then. The canon doesn’t move and Santa just appears from the side of the screen. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/19 "2017-12-21T01:52:50Z")
The best I could manage in ten or so tries is .262. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414/20 "2017-12-21T02:48:40Z")
I got .269, well rested person, on my only try. ETA: OK, .233 on my second try. And I do wait until I actually see Santa. So far, all my tries are in the same general range, .218-.269. I’m also a few beers in, so it’ll be interesting to see tomorrow if they’re any faster. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-alertness-test-do-you-have-the-reaction-times-of-a-drunk-hungover-oap-or-an-athlete/804414.md?page=2)