# 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:** 3
**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, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/41 "2007-10-29T18:43:19Z")
Wow. That one makes me feel almost . . . parental, on behalf of the board. Like we helped raise the lass. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/42 "2007-10-29T18:45:52Z")
23.7% Been lurking for a bit longer than that, though. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/43 "2007-10-29T19:10:58Z")
25.4% ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/44 "2007-10-29T19:30:30Z")
20.4% ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/45 "2007-10-29T19:37:02Z")
15.17% ---
**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, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/46 "2007-10-29T19:49:13Z")
Are we talking about “months of life as board member” / “total months of life”? Or are we talking about “months of life actually spent here ON the SDMB” / “total months of life”? Let’s see… ten years & two months since August 1997… 122/585 = 20.8% That would be the answer to the first version of the question. No way I’m estimating the second! ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/47 "2007-10-29T20:22:03Z")
Interesting. I’ve never thought of it this way. 21.62% seems like a lot, but the math checks out. I’ve been married for 20.94% of my life I’ve been a mom for only .042% I’ve been in my current profession for 41.21% :eek: ---
**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/48 "2007-10-29T20:30:19Z")
[QUOTE=VarlosZ] Wow. That one makes me feel almost . . . parental, on behalf of the board. Like we helped raise the lass. [/QUOTE] Y’know, I kinda feel that way about myself. I think I’d be a different person these days without Unca Cecil being around even longer than this board. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/49 "2007-10-29T21:05:29Z")
28.9% Crazy! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/50 "2007-10-29T21:38:11Z")
4.4% ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/51 "2007-10-30T00:13:31Z")
(Scratches head) Ok, I joined the AOL board in about August 1996, so that’s 134 months and change, call it 134. And I’m a couple of months shy of 52, so that’s about 622 months. 134/622 = 21.54 % Huh, about a fifth of my life. Good lord you people are addictive. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/52 "2007-10-30T00:28:32Z")
I’m 30, June 2001 was the month I joined… 24.3% ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/53 "2007-10-30T00:35:27Z")
19.83% Wow ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/54 "2007-10-30T01:33:58Z")
17.0 % --\> 101/593 months. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/55 "2007-10-30T01:35:54Z")
10.7% Do I win a pony? ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/56 "2007-10-30T01:58:36Z")
16.6% ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/57 "2007-10-30T04:38:31Z")
14.68% Almost exactly three out of twenty one years. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/58 "2007-10-30T07:23:46Z")
**29.2%** Though I took a vacation from the boards for a year or two in there. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/59 "2007-10-30T09:49:11Z")
20.9% ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/60 "2007-10-30T11:02:44Z")
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