# Poll: What percentage of your life have you spent as an SDMB member?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431>\
**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:** 6\
**Page:** 4

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/61 "2007-10-30T11:58:35Z")

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**bla** \*\* \*\*\_\_\_\_\_  
17.07317%

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**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/62 "2007-10-30T14:36:05Z")

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0.48 %

Ha! I guess I’m one of the newer, older members…

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/63 "2007-10-30T16:10:20Z")

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6.8% paid member and before when it was free  
34.4% lurking

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/64 "2007-10-31T01:01:48Z")

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20.51%

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**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/65 "2007-10-31T09:37:45Z")

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Wow.

I just did my calculation. Unfortunately I can’t find my exact join date because I once had another screen name which has now been lost to the ages.

I am somehwere between 29.17% and 33.33%. of my life.

Cheers to the SDMB.

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-percentage-of-your-life-have-you-spent-as-an-sdmb-member/424431/66 "2007-10-31T11:41:13Z")

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20%

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