# Does this board trend older? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155 "2014-04-02T10:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155/41 "2014-04-03T16:56:10Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I know on this board I feel like a kid, really really young compared to everyone else. > > But on other boards I feel ancient, like really old. > > I mean people here remember being kids in the 50s:eek: > > For the record I am 30. Would you speak up, please? I can’t hear you. You must be mumbling. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155/42 "2014-04-03T17:28:04Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and Aerosmith are all contemporaries; they all started out playing blues in the early sixties. The Stones started in the fifties. U2 came a full generation later (formed in 1976), and Nirvana a full generation after that. I mean, in 500 years historians will probably say they were all from the same era, but given the sub-80-year span of popular music to date it would be weird to say that now. What on earth are you talking about? [Nirvana formed in London](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_%28British_band%29) in 1965, and released their first album in '67. I thought everyone knew that. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155/43 "2014-04-03T17:40:05Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > Does it bother anyone that the board isn’t attracting enough new members to maintain its age distribution? Or do they prefer growing old together? I wonder about pop radio stations, actually - as their listeners age, do they play different songs to keep them, or do they let their listeners leave and the stations look for new listeners? I think I’ve mentioned this before, but last year I switched on the car radio, assuming it was tuned to Radio 1 (the main BBC “pop” station") and was pleasantly surprised to hear two indie classics from my teenage years in a row: Supergrass and Elastica, IIRC. “Hmm, they’re still playing some decent tunes.” Then when the DJ came back on I realised I was listening to Radio 2. You know, the oldies station my dad always had on when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155/44 "2014-04-03T22:48:03Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > 30? 30?! I’ve got shoes that old. Looks down; I think I’m wearing them. Oh yeah? I’ve got eyebrows that many millimeters! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155/45 "2014-04-03T23:48:55Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I suspect the number of people attracted here by the books is a tiny fraction of those who arrived via Google, [bored.com](http://bored.com), AOL and the like. I did find this place by Googling, but I was specifically looking for it. In 1999, knowing the books, and having read my first column in 1983, I suddenly thought “Wait! I’ll bet it’s online by now!” Found it right away. ---
**Author:** ![mikecu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mikecu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecu)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155/46 "2014-04-03T23:54:21Z")
I’ve been 30 for the last 19 years. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155/47 "2014-04-04T14:03:03Z")
Older than what? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155/48 "2014-04-04T15:18:51Z")
> [@Inna\_Minnit](#): > > Older than what? Dirt. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155/49 "2014-04-04T17:15:29Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > There’s a saying common among expats in Thailand, and that is: “You’re only as old as the girl at the end of your arm.” I’ve got a response to that, but it’d have to be TMI. Oh, and simmer down out there; I’m taking a nap! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-board-trend-older/685155.md?page=2)