# Click on the dots; they guess your age **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224 "2013-04-20T16:33:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/61 "2013-04-20T23:03:42Z")
Guessed 35 Actual 51 ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/62 "2013-04-20T23:11:52Z")
29 and 29. I left them the insightful comment: “Dag, yo.” Of course, after reading through the thread, I’m decidedly less impressed. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/63 "2013-04-20T23:17:54Z")
My age 52 Its Guess 53. I feel old. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/64 "2013-04-20T23:17:59Z")
Guessed 46 and I’m 38. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/65 "2013-04-20T23:35:32Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Among those of us who are middle aged (or older), most of us skew toward jobs / careers that involve spending more time on a computer than, say, people who have spent their work lives sewing gloves, digging ditches, filling potholes or inserting tab A into slot B on the assembly line. Mouse and keyboarding skills are something we not only use outside of work, but a tool that we make our living with. Part of the test was the qualifier Qs. That was one of them. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/66 "2013-04-20T23:49:23Z")
I’m 45 and it guessed 29. Reading the respnses, apparently (insert any age here) is the new 29 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/67 "2013-04-20T23:54:16Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Part of the test was the qualifier Qs. That was one of them. It wasn’t a very good one since the test demonstrates no ability to discern the ages of the subjects any more accurately than a folded paper fortune teller. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/68 "2013-04-21T00:28:47Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It wasn’t a very good one since the test demonstrates no ability to discern the ages of the subjects any more accurately than a folded paper fortune teller. I agree. Just pointing out that they did give me the impression that such factors should’ve been part of whatever equations they’re using. Anyone try any of their other tests? One of them was something like “Are You Japanese or American?” ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/69 "2013-04-21T00:42:24Z")
Guessed 35, I am 57. Given all the under-guessing, I wonder what it is really testing. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/70 "2013-04-21T00:46:56Z")
And this using my laptop’s touchpad, it guessed 40. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/71 "2013-04-21T00:50:44Z")
Actual 63, guess was 45. I’m so proud. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/72 "2013-04-21T00:52:23Z")
It thinks I’m 30; I’m actually 42. ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/73 "2013-04-21T00:53:18Z")
29 and it guessed 29 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/74 "2013-04-21T01:03:54Z")
It guessed 59, I’m 44. First time in my life I have every been guessed to be older than I am. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/75 "2013-04-21T01:14:31Z")
Wow, I’d say the app is almost 100% effective – I now know the age of just about everyone in this thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/76 "2013-04-21T01:28:31Z")
They guessed 27, and I’m 43. But I use a Wacom tablet, so I can move my mouse pointer really quickly and accurately. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/77 "2013-04-21T01:32:35Z")
It guessed 29 the first time when I played fair. I tried it again making a big fast circular motion around the screen before each click (thus going slower in terms of clicking, but faster in terms of mouse speed) and it guessed 26. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/78 "2013-04-21T01:37:30Z")
This app is bogus IMO, I think one poster was right when they said this is probably gathering age related data, not actually guessing in any accurate way. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/79 "2013-04-21T02:00:19Z")
Guessed 40 I’m 42 ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224/80 "2013-04-21T02:15:23Z")
Guess 32. Actual 54. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/click-on-the-dots-they-guess-your-age/656224.md?page=5)