# I was thirteen when I started out here!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thirteen-when-i-started-out-here/341138>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 22, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thirteen-when-i-started-out-here/341138 "2006-01-22T19:49:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thirteen-when-i-started-out-here/341138/1 "2006-01-22T19:49:59Z")

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I was doing a search for my old posts, and I was reminded of something I’d forgotten–just how young I was when I began. Strangely, the first threads I found were sexual–I guess that says something about my budding priorities.

Anyway, this is pretty pointless. I just wanted to share my amazement that I’m now 19 and still here!

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thirteen-when-i-started-out-here/341138/2 "2006-01-22T20:33:16Z")

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Coincidentally, _I_ was nineteen when I _started_ posting to the SDMB (although it wasn’t it its current form at the time).

Now I’m 27.

Oy. I’m old.

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thirteen-when-i-started-out-here/341138/3 "2006-01-23T06:08:31Z")

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Heh… it’s bizarre how time flies… I’ve spent almost six years here now, not an insignificant amount of time to spend at any one ‘place’.

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**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-thirteen-when-i-started-out-here/341138/4 "2006-01-23T12:48:45Z")

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> [@Speaker for the Dead](#):
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> Strangely, the first threads I found were sexual–I guess that says something about my budding priorities.

I sincerely HOPE you managed to misspell “eternal”.