# Straight Dopers - Who are they? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240 "2009-10-09T21:48:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/1 "2009-10-09T21:48:08Z")
Is there any information available as to the demographics of this site’s users? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/2 "2009-10-09T21:51:50Z")
There are a bunch of threads and polls on it. What are you looking for exactly? There are ones for age, geographical breakdown, educational status and lots of others. Most users are from the U.S. but there are lots of other countries and regions represented as well. Most people are somewhat well educated and the jobs that people have are pretty diverse although IT seems to be overrepresented a little. There are an awfully disproportionate number of game show winners on this board, Jeopardy in particular. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/3 "2009-10-09T22:05:53Z")
A disproportionate number are smartasses. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/4 "2009-10-09T22:28:52Z")
We have met the board and they are us. ---
**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 9, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/5 "2009-10-09T22:49:50Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > A disproportionate number are smartasses. Whyever would you say that? ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/6 "2009-10-09T22:58:51Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > Whyever would you say that? I’m a smartass myself, and I feel like I have found my people. There’s more quasi-intelligent sarcasm and snark here than anywhere I’ve ever posted on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/7 "2009-10-09T23:12:26Z")
As a relative new comer it’s comforting to know that sarcasm is alive and well. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/8 "2009-10-09T23:43:06Z")
The polls and threads are meaningless in the same way that all self-selected data is meaningless. None of the threads is in the least bit a representative sampling. Lots of people have favorite forums they stay in and others they stay out of, so no reporting inside a forum can get at the whole. There is no data that gets at Dopers overall. That’s as it should be on an anonymous board. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/9 "2009-10-09T23:49:29Z")
I also think a disproportionate number are science fiction fans, but that may be true of the internet as a whole. It sure seems that way when I look at tvtropes. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/10 "2009-10-09T23:59:12Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > A disproportionate number are smartasses. Oh, thank you man! I haven’t had a good laugh in days. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/11 "2009-10-09T23:59:21Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > A disproportionate number are smartasses. got a cite? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/12 "2009-10-10T04:29:48Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > got a cite? I’d say about 85%-90% of Dopers consider themselves “straight,” the rest gay, bi or asexual. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/13 "2009-10-10T05:57:12Z")
It’s not a big sample size, and as you said, it’s biased. But here ya go: 😃[Sexuality](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533463&highlight=SExuality) ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Handsome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Gus\_Handsome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Handsome)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/14 "2009-10-10T06:02:18Z")
> [@SanDiegoTim](#): > > Is there any information available as to the demographics of this site’s users? I’m Gus, I drive cab and love women with big honkin breasts. I’m just here for the gals 😛 Oh, demographics, sorry my bad. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/15 "2009-10-10T06:50:47Z")
I’m chowder and like **Gus** I’m also love women with large tits. I’m also rather fond of cats and I do not like dogs. I’m just here for the witty repartee and jolly banter ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/16 "2009-10-10T09:05:35Z")
The question can’t really be answered because most of us have been assimilated into the CecilMind. We may appear to be individuals, but that’s just a façade to fool the unwary and entice more victims. Get out while you can! It’s too late for me, but save yourself! ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/17 "2009-10-10T10:15:09Z")
Is there a way to do a search that just lists all the recent polls? Or better yet, maybe someone can start a thread that lists all the SD demographic polls in one place…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/18 "2009-10-10T10:22:00Z")
Women have large tits? Cite and pictures expected. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/19 "2009-10-10T11:00:10Z")
Since the OP is looking for specific information on the denizens of this Board, let’s move it from GQ to ATMB. **samclem** Moderator, General Questions ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240/20 "2009-10-10T12:16:51Z")
Almost all current Dopers use the internets in one way or another. A few post directly from Ed Zotti’s office, using his stolen password. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-who-are-they/513240.md?page=2)