# How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 2, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053 "2010-03-02T22:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/81 "2010-03-09T21:10:53Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I thought only women did that: or are you a woman using a man’s name Jack? I’m just very secure with my sexuality. And I’m old. It happens to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/82 "2010-03-10T01:51:42Z")
Wow, it tails off sharply after 49, doesn’t it? I mean the poll, not life itself. I can’t comment on life itself yet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/83 "2010-03-10T01:54:24Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > And I’m old. It happens to everyone. If they’re lucky! > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Wow, it tails off sharply after 49, doesn’t it? I mean the poll, not life itself. I can’t comment on life itself yet. 🙂 Probably has to do with the online generation. Many old fogies can barely turn on a computer. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/84 "2010-03-10T01:56:16Z")
41, child of 68. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/85 "2010-03-10T02:00:48Z")
I’m 45. I’ll be 46 on 19 May. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/86 "2010-03-10T02:01:45Z")
48 and damned glad to know I’m not the only one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LIONsob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/76d3ee/32.png) [@LIONsob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LIONsob)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/87 "2010-03-10T02:06:06Z")
Sputnik baby here, born in 1957, age 52 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/88 "2010-03-10T02:11:36Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > \ > Probably has to do with the online generation. Many old fogies can barely turn on a computer. But my generation (Gen X, basically) weren’t introduced to computers until we were almost adults - how come we’re so online? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/89 "2010-03-10T02:15:53Z")
I’m not up on many of these terms. What age group exactly is Gen X? 40s? I’d say that’s close enough. It’s dropping off from the 50s on, and those are the people who are not much into computers. Sure there are some, but many more may not be. I’ve known people in their 80s who were online, but they were a minority. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/90 "2010-03-10T02:23:44Z")
Born in July of '81. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/91 "2010-03-10T15:08:31Z")
I am 60. As of today, I have been married 31 years. I was born on August 24, 1949, in Indianapolis. By the time I asked my parents what time of day I was born, they did not remember. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/92 "2010-03-11T01:00:37Z")
1. I first started on these boards when I was 23. My how time flies! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/93 "2010-03-11T04:25:08Z")
> [@lezlers](#): > > 1. I first started on these boards when I was 23. My how time flies! Yo **lezlers**! How’s my favorite left coast female legal eagle? Good to see you’re still here. I haven’t been around the computer much lately. I’ve been spending more and more time outside, riding horses, kayaking, fishing and the like. At the age of 67 I’m trying to kill myself in a horse or boating accident so I don’t have to head for the old folks home! Y’all hang tough. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2010, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/94 "2010-03-11T07:38:34Z")
63, why do you ask?\* 😃 \*Homage to Rock skin care ad. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/95 "2010-03-12T00:35:04Z")
> [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](#): > > Yo **lezlers**! How’s my favorite left coast female legal eagle? Good to see you’re still here. > > I haven’t been around the computer much lately. I’ve been spending more and more time outside, riding horses, kayaking, fishing and the like. At the age of 67 I’m trying to kill myself in a horse or boating accident so I don’t have to head for the old folks home! > > Y’all hang tough. Hey hey, good to _see_ you too! Glad you haven’t keeled over from old age yet! Make sure to take out a hefty life insurance policy before getting too active out there! hugs ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/96 "2010-03-16T02:29:56Z")
Glad to see that there are so many “very mature” folks here. It is interesting that I’ve never been able to tell the age of a poster by content (with a few exceptions), and gender is usually not evident unless it is on a gender based topic or the poster’s name reveals the sex. And sometimes that is wrong! ---
**Author:** ![Lestrade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Lestrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lestrade)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/97 "2010-03-16T12:43:46Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’m not up on many of these terms. What age group exactly is Gen X? 40s? [Wikipedia:Generation\_X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X) > [@](#): > > Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the baby boom ended, with earliest birth dates used by researchers ranging from 1961 to the latest 1981. It’s a pretty wide range, but 40s will do. It appears that [“they”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generations) have run out of letters and are planning to go Greek for the next batch of kids. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/98 "2010-03-16T15:16:39Z")
It would appear to me that the Over 49 group is growing as a percent of total. Compare these snapshots of the graph: ```auto View Poll Results: How old are you? This poll will close on 04-02-2010 at 05:56 PM 13-19 years 5 0.96% 20-29 years 120 22.94% 30-39 years 130 24.86% 40-49 years 145 27.72% 50-59 years 88 16.83% 60-69 years 31 5.93% 70-79 years 2 0.38% 80-89 years 1 0.19% 90 years and older 1 0.19% Voters: 523. 13-19 years 5 0.91% 20-29 years 124 22.67% 30-39 years 137 25.05% 40-49 years 151 27.61% 50-59 years 93 17.00% 60-69 years 33 6.03% 70-79 years 2 0.37% 80-89 years 1 0.18% 90 years and older 1 0.18% Voters: 547 13-19 years 5 0.89% 20-29 years 130 23.09% 30-39 years 139 24.69% 40-49 years 152 27.00% 50-59 years 99 17.58% 60-69 years 34 6.04% 70-79 years 2 0.36% 80-89 years 1 0.18% 90 years and older 1 0.18% Voters: 563 ``` If you take the Over 49 group as a whole, it’s the third largest group. ---
**Author:** ![Lestrade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Lestrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lestrade)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/99 "2010-03-16T15:50:58Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > It would appear to me that the Over 49 group is growing as a percent of total. > > Compare these snapshots of the graph: > > [snipped] > > If you take the Over 49 group as a whole, it’s the third largest group. True, but the under 29 group as a whole ties it (modulo the two votes over 80, which I view as potentially suspect). That group is also growing at roughly the same rate. Our tails seem to mirror each other. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053/100 "2010-03-21T15:07:28Z")
52 Ya know…(starts to say something, loses train of thought, shuffles away) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/531053.md?page=6)