# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/161 "2011-10-27T18:52:17Z")
Over a month since last post and we still haven’t beat the 600 votes in that other thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jaxnative1210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Jaxnative1210](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaxnative1210)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/162 "2011-10-28T01:56:39Z")
40 on December 10… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/163 "2011-10-28T02:21:43Z")
1. I was 20 when I joined! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/164 "2011-10-28T15:08:41Z")
I’m 49 now. I joined 03-14-1999. Almost 13 years ago; and was on the AOL board before that. So I’ve been a doper since my 30s. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/165 "2011-10-28T15:29:32Z")
I’m 42, but I act far older and more curmudgeonly most of the time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![YourAdHere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@YourAdHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YourAdHere)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/166 "2011-10-28T21:20:22Z")
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/167 "2011-10-28T23:29:49Z")
Turning 41 shortly so I just squeaked in to boost the 30s’ numbers. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/168 "2011-10-29T06:29:50Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I’ve spent 1/4 of my life as a member here. > > [sub]eek[/sub] I’ve spent a bit more than 1/4 of my life as a member here. And I’m in my 50s. You do the math. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/169 "2012-04-24T01:49:12Z")
I keep seeing people say “this board skews old.” Best I can tell, most Dopers are 30 to 50. Is that _ **old?** _ I’m 52. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/170 "2012-04-24T01:55:37Z")
How old am I? Well, pretty lady, how old do you WANT me to be? (This only works if \*\*Anaamika \*\*is female, by the way.) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/171 "2012-04-24T02:10:30Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > How old am I? > Well, pretty lady, how old do you WANT me to be? > > (This only works if \*\*Anaamika \*\*is female, by the way.) Last I checked, I was. Oh, and about 8-10 years older than me will do nicely, thank you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/172 "2012-04-24T02:14:37Z")
What a coincidence! I was looking for someone about 8-10 years younger than I. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/173 "2012-04-25T16:03:30Z")
I squeaked in the 41-50 group… > [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I’m 47 … but, you know 50 is the new 40. So I’m not even 40 yet. I heard 50 was the new 20, so I’m still a teenager! > [@GameHat](#): > > Ditto. I still get carded, and one friend still says I have a baby-face, while a client of mine was astonished that I wasn’t in my mid-30s (hopefully because of my demeanor and professionalism, and not my appearance.) I was carded everywhere in America when I was 35. I had no idea why they were asking me for ID, and my 10 years younger cousin was laughing herself sick. I dunno why she was laughing no one carded her. _Hah you look older than me!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/174 "2012-04-25T16:12:16Z")
So the original question was “Does this board skew old?” I’d definitely say it skews to the _mature_ crowd (physically not mentally!) but not old, per se. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![secretsmile36](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@secretsmile36](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/secretsmile36)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/175 "2012-04-25T16:24:23Z")
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**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/176 "2012-04-25T17:27:23Z")
> [@](#): > > This was somebody whose username I wasn’t familiar with. I may go looking for the thread. You’re still hunting for old dope(r)s, **Zeldar**? That’s meee! Four score and five (sounds better than eighty-five :)). And still kicking, dammit. Klondike Geoff is a contemporary. Almost. He’s 4 months younger. Kisses from Switzerland. And this is my 1000th post, by Zeus ! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/177 "2012-04-25T17:36:54Z")
> [@Gymnopithys](#): > > You’re still hunting for old dope(r)s, **Zeldar**? > > That’s meee! Four score and five (sounds better than eighty-five :)). > And still kicking, dammit. > > Klondike Geoff is a contemporary. Almost. He’s 4 months younger. > > Kisses from Switzerland. > > And this is my 1000th post, by Zeus ! Thanks for that answer and update, **Gymnopithys**. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/178 "2012-04-25T17:58:29Z")
I tell my friends “51 is the new 49”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/179 "2012-04-25T19:13:26Z")
30, but I’ll be 31 in about 3 months, so I voted 31-35. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122/180 "2012-04-25T23:43:46Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Like fine wine. > > Who’s the 90 year old? I truly don’t think we have one. I think someone lied. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/584122.md?page=10)