# How old are you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 25, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037 "2006-06-25T01:33:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/21 "2006-06-25T02:57:38Z")

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Just turned 46 last Sunday.

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**Author:** ![mambocrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mambocrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mambocrow)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/22 "2006-06-25T02:58:20Z")

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56

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**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:** [June 25, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/23 "2006-06-25T03:00:43Z")

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39 in early August.

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**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/24 "2006-06-25T03:03:01Z")

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1. Old enough to vote, too young to drink.

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/25 "2006-06-25T03:08:00Z")

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> [@adam yax](#):
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> 39 in early August.

I too will be 39 in early August.

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**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/26 "2006-06-25T03:08:01Z")

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53 and the further I get into this thread, the older I feel.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/27 "2006-06-25T03:11:51Z")

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1.

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**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/28 "2006-06-25T03:16:38Z")

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My birthyear is in my username. You can do the math.

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/29 "2006-06-25T03:16:39Z")

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1. 

Some days I feel 20. I had a dentist appointment yesterday, so today I feel about 90.

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**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/30 "2006-06-25T03:18:24Z")

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I’ll be 44 in… 41 minutes. 😃

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**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/31 "2006-06-25T03:29:46Z")

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I turned 20 in May and am just starting to stop feeling old about it.

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**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/32 "2006-06-25T03:30:56Z")

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Following **Hal Briston** ’s example, I am currently 27.221917808 years old, give or take.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slip_1)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/33 "2006-06-25T03:33:39Z")

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37 … 38 in August

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**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/34 "2006-06-25T03:34:55Z")

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Same age as **booker57** …49

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**Author:** ![bubble\_pop\_electric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bubble\_pop\_electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubble_pop_electric)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/35 "2006-06-25T03:55:01Z")

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1. Is that some kind of record?

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**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:** [June 25, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/36 "2006-06-25T04:05:44Z")

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37 this past January

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**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/37 "2006-06-25T04:06:01Z")

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Hey hey, I’m the first 23-year-old to post to this thread. I am special.

[hijack]  
**SnakesCatLady** , did you change your name quite recently? Cos I distinctly remember it having less capitalization, making it more ambiguous, like you had a low-key snake scat fetish or something. Or am I just disgustingly insane?  
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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/38 "2006-06-25T04:06:54Z")

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A marvelous 47. Just like a fine wine… 🙂

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/39 "2006-06-25T04:08:29Z")

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Almost 31.

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**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/362037/40 "2006-06-25T04:08:51Z")

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> [@Mbossa](#):
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> Hey hey, I’m the first 23-year-old to post to this thread. I am special.

Nuts. If I’d posted five minutes ago when I was looking at the thread, I’d have been the special one!

23.5

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