# Poll: How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729 "2012-02-23T14:32:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 23, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/21 "2012-02-23T19:31:23Z")
Old enough to know better, young enough not to care. Or to be more specific, 30, at least until July. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/22 "2012-02-23T19:32:14Z")
> [@Michael63129](#): > > 26 > > I thought it was interesting that 42-49, followed by 50-57 (so far) is the most common age range, since I would expect to see more younger people, given that they grew up with the Internet and all. And just how do you think this internet you grew up with got there in the first place? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/23 "2012-02-23T20:42:15Z")
51 I’ll be 52, come October 7. Get off my lawn! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Slippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/24 "2012-02-23T20:53:45Z")
I’m 66. Been using a PC since the mid 80s, been on the internet since the mid to late 90s. Geeks come in many ages. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/25 "2012-02-23T21:29:24Z")
> [@Ruby\_Slippers](#): > > I’m 66. Been using a PC since the mid 80s, been on the internet since the mid to late 90s. _ **Geeks come in many ages.** _ (bolding mine) Same here. I’ve still got my first [computer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_Portable), it was 'the _ **Bomb’** _ and had just came out on the market. (I’m amazed at how much computer prices have went down since then.) 😃 Started out on the ‘interwebz’ with AOL when it was dial up only! (93 or 94, I think) I’ve had the same screen name since I first got on the ‘net’. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/26 "2012-02-23T22:02:26Z")
58 a month ago today. Retired since the end of July. My favorite color is red, and my turn-ons are… Oh, wait, never mind… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/27 "2012-02-23T22:14:08Z")
71 now, will be 72 next month (I hope) ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/28 "2012-02-23T22:18:37Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > 51 > > I’ll be 52, come October 7. Get off my lawn! 😃 Hey, you and I have the same birthday. But I’ll be turning 25. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/29 "2012-02-23T22:26:36Z")
\ Another age poll…? > [@Jasper\_Kent](#): > > …I have a theory about IMHO age distribution… Well as long as it’s something new. \ ---
**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:** [February 23, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/30 "2012-02-23T22:45:13Z")
64, turning 65 in May. Wow. . .Medicare already. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/31 "2012-02-23T22:58:56Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > \ Another age poll…? > Well as long as it’s something new. \ Forgive me. I haven’t been here in over 10 years, so I’m out of the loop. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/32 "2012-02-23T22:59:52Z")
I give my age in Celsius these days. By that reckoning, I’m only eleven and change. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/33 "2012-02-23T23:08:21Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I give my age in Celsius these days. By that reckoning, I’m only eleven and change. I used to do that when playing cricket - runs scored given in binary, runs conceded in hex. I stay in the same band but am one year older this time next week. ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/34 "2012-02-24T00:28:23Z")
44 in September. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/35 "2012-02-24T00:37:04Z")
I think the youngsters are all hanging out at cool, hip message boards. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/36 "2012-02-24T01:02:27Z")
46 a week from Saturday ---
**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:** [February 24, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/37 "2012-02-24T01:04:58Z")
48 in May. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/38 "2012-02-24T01:06:46Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > 44 and counting Me too. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/39 "2012-02-24T03:05:34Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > Just turned 42 yesterday. Amazing how the OP made the cutoff between two choices at 41-42. Tell me about it. I’m 66, and might as well be 99. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729/40 "2012-02-24T17:13:24Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Tell me about it. I’m 66, and might as well be 99. No offense intended. I predicted(accurately) that there would be very few folks under 18 and over 65. The age groups were designed for purely personal, nonscientific reasons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-old-are-you/613729.md?page=3)