# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **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/424431/21 "2007-10-29T15:30:45Z")
12.2% (56 years old - member for 6 years, 10 months) ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/22 "2007-10-29T15:35:58Z")
Let’s see, I signed up in 1999. That’s eight years out of 35, round it to 8/36ths. That simplifies to 2/9ths. That would be 22.2% or thereabouts. Good god. What have I done to myself? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/23 "2007-10-29T15:54:07Z")
8.3%, but I’m working towards double-digits, baby! ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/24 "2007-10-29T15:58:40Z")
19.51219512195121951219512195122. Roughly. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/25 "2007-10-29T16:00:01Z")
I have spent just over a third of my life as a member of the SDMB. 103 months out of 306 total. I… win? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/26 "2007-10-29T16:13:28Z")
59/310 or 19% ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/27 "2007-10-29T16:39:29Z")
27.0% 79/293. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/28 "2007-10-29T16:57:17Z")
2710 days / 9153 days, so… A whopping 29.6%. I think that makes me ranked second so far. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/29 "2007-10-29T17:01:42Z")
15.9%. Plus a few extra decimals … ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/30 "2007-10-29T17:07:10Z")
About 14%, but for 60% of my life the Internet didn’t exist. Ya know, I got a lot more reading done back then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/31 "2007-10-29T17:10:35Z")
11.34% ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/32 "2007-10-29T17:14:01Z")
I have a whopping 4.4%, which means that I have to spend around 10 years here to get past 20%, which reminds me of the the Disney movie “Hercules”; can I go the distance? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/33 "2007-10-29T17:16:13Z")
Interesting question indeed. Me = 23.1%. ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/34 "2007-10-29T17:19:34Z")
21.5% 58/270 Hmm. Not the number I’d thought it would be. I thought it would be higher. I’ve been here since my senior year in high school, but I think I lurked from junior year onward. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/35 "2007-10-29T17:21:46Z")
22.03% ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/36 "2007-10-29T17:29:47Z")
Not counting the months of lurking I did prior to joining up, 14.588% ---
**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, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/37 "2007-10-29T18:13:10Z")
Oops, missed where I was supposed to count by months and not years. 11.25%, not 10%. Now that you have my updated information, you may breathe a sigh of relief and get on with your life. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/38 "2007-10-29T18:18:24Z")
20.9% ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/39 "2007-10-29T18:25:33Z")
5.65% Judging by my join date, that makes me 115 years old! ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/40 "2007-10-29T18:39:09Z")
Holy crap. 37.3%. Checks math. Yep. 37.3% [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431.md?page=3)