# How Old Are You? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946 "2009-10-07T15:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/1 "2009-10-07T15:58:56Z")
This is a public poll - your answers will be visible. I just turned 39 a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/2 "2009-10-07T16:03:23Z")
So far half of us are over 50 and all of us are over 30. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/3 "2009-10-07T16:08:22Z")
The 20-somethings are still asleep. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/4 "2009-10-07T16:12:49Z")
And the teenagers are at school. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/5 "2009-10-07T17:02:44Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > And the teenagers are at school. Heh. Well, that explains it. I was pretty surprised, at first, that my age bracket was in the majority (I’ll be 48 next month). ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/6 "2009-10-07T17:04:29Z")
I would have thought that everyone under 30 would be out Mybooking and Facespacing and twittering and and texting. This modest family of forums is - how would they say “obsolescent”. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/7 "2009-10-07T17:08:05Z")
Not a surprise. We already knew that most of this board has lived past their usefulness and are just waiting to die. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/8 "2009-10-07T17:54:32Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > The 20-somethings are still asleep. > [@HeyHomie](#): > > And the teenagers are at school. 😃 You old fogeys are all right. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/9 "2009-10-07T17:58:19Z")
You know, this board’s average age is unusually high for the Internet. The Internet: where the men are men, the women are also men, and the children are middle-aged FBI agents. I’m 21. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/10 "2009-10-07T18:07:43Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > You know, this board’s average age is unusually high for the Internet. > > The Internet: where the men are men, the women are also men, and the children are middle-aged FBI agents. > > I’m 21. I get the joke and all, but in all seriousness I think the age thing will even out a bit by tomorrow, after the teenagers have gotten home from school, the college students have slept off their hangovers, and those people who actually work at their jobs have come home from work. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/11 "2009-10-07T21:14:27Z")
41, today! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/12 "2009-10-07T21:42:21Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > 41, today! Wishing you a good day, a good year and a great life! Happy Birthday. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/13 "2009-10-07T22:11:29Z")
I’m 22. And I really need to stop going to bed at 3 AM. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/14 "2009-10-07T22:20:04Z")
> [@Maiira](#): > > I’m 22. And I really need to stop going to bed at 3 AM. ☹ That’s an early night for me. I’m 30 btw. I hate the idea of 30, because I feel like I am supposed to act more grown-up than I probably do. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/15 "2009-10-08T00:22:23Z")
I’m thirteen. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/16 "2009-10-08T00:37:06Z")
Well that explains a lot. 😃 Man, I’ll be 30 in 13 months. I can’t believe it. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/17 "2009-10-08T00:42:34Z")
1. **Justin Credible** , the key to not feeling old when you turn 30 is to have a significant other who is at least a decade older than you. …well, it works for me, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/18 "2009-10-08T00:52:44Z")
I bet you’re learning a lot, Curtis! I’m almost exactly 31 and a half. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/19 "2009-10-08T00:57:45Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > We already knew that most of this board has lived past their usefulness and are just waiting to die. What time is it? ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/20 "2009-10-08T00:59:06Z")
Old enough to know how; young enough to enjoy practicing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946.md?page=2)