# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/81 "2011-06-03T15:18:28Z")
Climbed aboard when I was 28, and now I’m 38. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/82 "2011-06-03T15:25:24Z")
You know, I was going to say something about all the youngins who’ve spent a quarter of their lives here, and then I did the math. I’ve been here for about 22% of my life. 😛 So far the poll skews as I expected, though – mostly 30s and 40s. (I am 30-something.) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/83 "2011-06-03T15:25:56Z")
1. Sex life is getting better by the year, though, so I don’t think I’m going to mind turning 30. 40 might be an issue ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/84 "2011-06-03T15:26:28Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I’m probably going to get jumped on, but I would guess that the largest age bracket for a general topic inernet forum is not normally the 40-50 age bracket. No, I don’t have a cite onhand. That’s why I said we’re mature, but 40 or 50 is not old, I’m sorry to say. It’s just middle-aged. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/85 "2011-06-03T15:35:35Z")
Back at post #17, **jjimm** speculated that dopers would be a year older than they were in my poll of a year ago. With 280 votes in this poll (and 600 from last year), the mean has in fact dropped: about 40.5 years last year, and 39.8 years this year. I don’t know how to check if that’s significant statistically, but it does suggest that young people are joining faster than old people are dropping out. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/86 "2011-06-03T15:35:53Z")
1. But it sounds better in Italian: _cinquantuno_. Heck, everything sounds better in Italian. I’ve spent about 22.3% of my life as a Doper. So anyway what do you suppose is the reason for 30- and 40-somethings to dominate so preponderantly? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/87 "2011-06-03T15:39:05Z")
I’m in great shape for a man of 70. Too bad I’m only 49. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/88 "2011-06-03T15:39:39Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I’m 40 years, 5 months. I was born at the end of December. My father, being a CPA, was joked about at the office saying that he induced labor to deduct me. 😃 My dad, being a CPA, always made the exact same joke about my sister, also born at the end of December. As a matter of fact, she _was_ induced. But I’m _pretty_ sure that the reason for it being a tax deduction was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/89 "2011-06-03T15:41:18Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > That’s why I said we’re mature, but 40 or 50 is not old, I’m sorry to say. It’s just middle-aged. I’m not middle-aged until I’m at least **fifty.** (I don’t care how irrational that is. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/90 "2011-06-03T15:42:53Z")
I’m 57. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/91 "2011-06-03T15:49:17Z")
I turn 29 in about 3 weeks. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/92 "2011-06-03T15:59:56Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > ETA: I am 35. Right. So like he said…old. You old timers may be amused that this summer’s hit dance, [the Shuffle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8) (Youtube), is basically a [Charleston](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_%28dance%29). You not-so-old timers may be amused that the other half of the dance is just a [Running Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Running_Man_%28dance%29). You really-not-so-old timers will recognize it as a modern version of the [Melbourne Shuffle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Shuffle). I giggle at the thought of the young side of this poll dancing off against the “more experienced” side of it and getting crushed. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/93 "2011-06-03T16:15:49Z")
50 But you know what they say, 50 is the new 49. ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/94 "2011-06-03T16:41:12Z")
Just turned 47. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/95 "2011-06-03T16:47:56Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > [A practically identical poll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554352) was started by me a bit over a year ago. It will be interesting to see how similar the results are on this poll. And some other data gathering on older Dopers, as well as links to other similar threads, can be seen at > **[Old Folks: Stand and be counted](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555195)** > > As of this hour 440 Dopers have responded to the Poll: How old are you? in In My Humble Opinion started 03-02-2010, 04:55 PM by Giles The breakdown of the Over 50 crowd is: 50-59 years 61 13.86% 60-69 years 23 5.23% ... Old Folks: Stand and be counted 03-09-2010, 07:15 AM ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/96 "2011-06-03T17:04:39Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > So the poll shows that most of us Dopers (who take polls!) are between the ages of 30 and 50. That is not _old_ no matter how you slice and dice it. We are a mature group, I suppose, but not old! Mature is just a synonym for old! When I first joined, I would’ve thought being between 30 and 50 was ancient. Now I am (barely) between 30 and 50. I’ll be 32 and 1/2 later this month, 33 before Xmas. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/97 "2011-06-03T17:10:19Z")
I’m 33. I was 22 when I joined. So a third of my life on the SDMB. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BTEzra04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/98 "2011-06-03T17:11:34Z")
19–I’ve been lurking here since…like…maybe 14? It’s taken me ages to register, haha. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/99 "2011-06-03T17:29:36Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Other fun ‘age’ threads: > > [What Dopers were born in the same year?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458574) > > [Who is the youngest user of the Dope?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10636088) > > 🙂 I came in here to post that first thread link, and I thought, “I bet that punk **NinetyWt** is gonna beat me to it!” 😛 😃 ETA: I’ll be 36 in a couple of weeks. Still trying to convince my fiancee that, given my family’s lifespan history, I’m well into mid-life crisis mode, and therefore, deserve a 70-inch television. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/100 "2011-06-03T17:33:32Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I was a lot younger when I joined the SDMB. > > It’s aged me. Like fine wine. Who’s the 90 year old? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122.md?page=6)