# Guess the Doper's age **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656 "2006-02-15T17:42:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 15, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/21 "2006-02-15T19:15:26Z")
gabe is 18 ---
**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:** [February 15, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/22 "2006-02-15T19:17:14Z")
you the number of my age, but don’t know the actual question ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/23 "2006-02-15T19:17:51Z")
[slight hijack] What age do you guys assume any given doper is? Your average doper? I always picture someone in their 40s or early 50s. This thread was a nice slap in the face. [/slight hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/24 "2006-02-15T19:24:48Z")
**No Clue Boy** : You have turned me into your screenname with that spoiler box. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/25 "2006-02-15T19:25:38Z")
I deleted my clue! 😮 At some point in my school career, Hanson was all the rage. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/26 "2006-02-15T19:34:36Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > I deleted my clue! 😮 > > At some point in my school career, Hanson was all the rage. you are in your early 30’s - I’m thinking 33. I remember when gas went all the way up to _\>gasp\<_ 67.9¢/gallon :eek: 47 ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/27 "2006-02-15T19:36:01Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > I deleted my clue! 😮 > > At some point in my school career, Hanson was all the rage. Agh nooooo…the little twit-brother-boy band Hanson? 25? Wild ass guess & I’m new here so whaddayI know. I don’t know how to make a spoiler box. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/28 "2006-02-15T19:39:14Z")
[bonobo]: Here’s how you make a box. Type open bracket [, followed by the word spoiler, followed by a closed bracket,]. To close the box, type open bracket [, followed by /spoiler, followed by closed bracket. Or, click reply below & check out my coding: Like this. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/29 "2006-02-15T19:43:01Z")
I’ll guess that my age would be hard to guess. I am wise beyond my years and at the same time still a little immature. However, I have posted my age in at least one thread, if anyone feels like combing through 6,000+ posts to find it. FTR, I am Thirty eight. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/30 "2006-02-15T19:47:02Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > you are in your early 30’s - I’m thinking 33. > > I remember when gas went all the way up to _\>gasp\<_ 67.9¢/gallon :eek: I’m guessing 42. _Peeks at spoiler box_ Oh, kind of close. A clue as to my age? Well, I can’t remember a time without the nintendo. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/31 "2006-02-15T19:53:23Z")
Aha! Thanks **Birdmonster.** I wondered how spoilers worked but felt too dumb to ask. 48. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/32 "2006-02-15T19:58:16Z")
**Bouv** : Must be young…ish. Twenty? I recall Atari being around when I was a little skip and, as **Cynical Gabe** correctly guessed, I’m 24. I’m subtracting four and hoping for the best. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/33 "2006-02-15T19:58:35Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > A clue as to my age? Well, I can’t remember a time without the nintendo. :smack: Forgot to spoiler my age! I’m 23. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/34 "2006-02-15T20:00:05Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I’m guessing 42. > > _Peeks at spoiler box_ > Oh, kind of close. > > A clue as to my age? Well, I can’t remember a time without the nintendo. Wow. Spring chicken, huh? I’m guessssssssing…20. As far as I am concerned: Vietnam was a major problem for people my age, which was 57 last December ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/35 "2006-02-15T20:00:45Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > you are in your early 30’s - I’m thinking 33. I am at once flattered and alarmed 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/36 "2006-02-15T20:05:08Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Vietnam was a major problem for people my age, which was… Hmmm…that means…55? The first time I got to vote for President, I voted for somebody other than Jimmy Carter. I’m almost 51. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/37 "2006-02-15T20:12:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Hmmm…that means…55? > The first time I got to vote for President, I voted for somebody other than Jimmy Carter. I guessed 50. I’m not sure if I’m a Gen-X-er or Gen-Y-er. Nobody that has met me IRL can guess, that’s cheating right? 😉 -foxy ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/38 "2006-02-15T20:14:01Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > I’m not sure if I’m a Gen-X-er or Gen-Y-er. Nobody that has met me IRL can guess, that’s cheating right? 😉 Hmm…26? ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/39 "2006-02-15T20:14:59Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > Hmm…26? Oops, I forgot to put my spoiler. I’m 20. -foxy ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656/40 "2006-02-15T20:23:57Z")
Hmm, since ladyfoxfire gave hers up! I’ll guess BirdMonster to be 35. I’m 30 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-dopers-age/344656.md?page=3)