# How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122 "2011-06-02T20:33:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/21 "2011-06-02T20:53:08Z")
1. But some days I feel older than god. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/22 "2011-06-02T20:56:40Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > No – we are all getting older individually, but the population will probably stay at the same average age. We old folk die (or go senile, which has much the same effect), and young folk discover the virtues of the SDMB and join the population. Good heavens. In one year? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/23 "2011-06-02T20:57:24Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > No – we are all getting older individually, but the population will probably stay at the same average age. We old folk die (or go senile, which has much the same effect), and young folk discover the virtues of the SDMB and join the population. I was being facetious (mainly prompted by having to do a study for work on customer lifecycle today). Though I suspect the SDMB gains more long-timers than it loses. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/24 "2011-06-02T21:06:17Z")
I’m 47 … but, you know 50 is the new 40. So I’m not even 40 yet. \ ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/25 "2011-06-02T21:18:41Z")
Older than I look - at least according to everybody that matters 🙂 37. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/26 "2011-06-02T21:29:05Z")
I’ll be 50 on Dec 1st. Send cards! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/27 "2011-06-02T22:04:37Z")
60 years, 6 months, 1 week ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/28 "2011-06-02T22:19:49Z")
1. But I’ve accomplished as much as a man half my age! – This had better not be followed up by ‘what sex are you’ and ‘what’s your location’ polls. ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/29 "2011-06-02T22:35:52Z")
“I’m too old for women to care, not old enough for Medicare.” I have not been able to say that for years now. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/30 "2011-06-02T22:43:21Z")
23 years, 8 months. ---
**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 2, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/31 "2011-06-02T22:47:56Z")
43, for a couple more months. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/32 "2011-06-02T23:02:45Z")
I’m as old as Sputnik. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/33 "2011-06-02T23:11:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m glad the bracket is 41-50. That gives me another year before I move. I just joined that bracket 🙂 41 and lively with it. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/34 "2011-06-02T23:15:04Z")
31 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/35 "2011-06-02T23:21:46Z")
1. I’ve been a member since I was 20. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/36 "2011-06-02T23:25:23Z")
Turned 64 three weeks ago. Still purty, though. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/37 "2011-06-03T00:03:41Z")
I’m turning 26 this month. > [@Giles](#): > > No – we are all getting older individually, but the population will probably stay at the same average age. We old folk die (or go senile, which has much the same effect), and young folk discover the virtues of the SDMB and join the population. I think demographics on the internet are going to change hugely as today’s tech-savvy generations age into seniors. If I get to retire in 2050, you can bet I’ll spend all day every day on the net. By then they’ll have built in access from every hospital bed. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/38 "2011-06-03T00:24:40Z")
I’m 71 but I feel like a 21 year old with something damn bad wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/39 "2011-06-03T00:33:02Z")
I first read the Straight Dope book when I was about 14. I’m 37 now. That’s a long-ass time. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/40 "2011-06-03T00:36:53Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Turned 64 three weeks ago. Still purty, though. I pictured you at around 35 or something. I guess I just forgot how cool and funny 64 can be. **studio audience** “awwwwww!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122.md?page=3)