# Poll: What percentage of your life have you spent as an SDMB member? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 29, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431 "2007-10-29T11:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/1 "2007-10-29T11:23:45Z")
Just worked mine out for the sake of the poll about age: about 27.1%. That should be one of the higher numbers, but I’m curious. For the sake of accuracy, please calculate using months instead of rounding off to the nearest year. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/2 "2007-10-29T11:29:21Z")
20.2%, if I haven’t screwed up the math. ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/3 "2007-10-29T11:37:48Z")
21.9% And I have a join date that can be bragged about (without the annoyingly high post count). ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/4 "2007-10-29T11:39:20Z")
16%. I thought it’d be more, actually. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/5 "2007-10-29T12:55:38Z")
10.32% And I thought it would be lower. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/6 "2007-10-29T12:57:53Z")
I’m at 21.5%. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/7 "2007-10-29T13:24:11Z")
19.09% Which is lower than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/8 "2007-10-29T13:30:29Z")
21.1% ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/9 "2007-10-29T13:30:54Z")
15.9%, which is higher than I expected, given my age (\>50). And pushing a quarter of my adult life. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/10 "2007-10-29T13:45:01Z")
5.0725%, although I wasn’t active for many 30% of that. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/11 "2007-10-29T14:04:45Z")
21.6% ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/12 "2007-10-29T14:27:58Z")
23.8% ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/13 "2007-10-29T15:05:16Z")
7.14% ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/14 "2007-10-29T15:23:35Z")
9.6% ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/15 "2007-10-29T15:24:35Z")
2.5% ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/16 "2007-10-29T15:25:01Z")
17.6% ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/17 "2007-10-29T15:25:17Z")
~5.6% for me. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/18 "2007-10-29T15:27:38Z")
Interesting question. It doesn’t feel like I’ve spent a full 10% of my life here, but I guess I have. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/19 "2007-10-29T15:28:06Z")
5.6%, although, like **TokyoPlayer** , I’ve had periods of inactivity (mostly due to lapsed subscriptions.) ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/20 "2007-10-29T15:30:15Z")
5.68475% [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431.md?page=2)