# Teenage Dopers. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 6, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729 "2011-08-06T13:55:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/1 "2011-08-06T13:55:35Z")
I have frequent this message board for some months now and from what I have observed, dopers are more or less in their 30’s or 40’s. From this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=196098) only one, if I’m not mistaken, was on his/her teen. But that was three years ago so he/she’s probably 21 by now. So, any teenage doper out there? Well I’m 19. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/2 "2011-08-06T22:42:54Z")
A whole two of us I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/3 "2011-08-06T22:59:17Z")
I recently turned twenty. But up until then, I was a teenage doper! And, of course, there’s always **Qin Shi Huangdi**. There’s more, but I can’t think of who they are right now. They’ll pop up, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/4 "2011-08-06T23:39:48Z")
There may be more than a few who enjoy not being known as teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/5 "2011-08-06T23:51:42Z")
I joined when I was a teenager. That was … a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/6 "2011-08-06T23:54:31Z")
I’m a teenager in every sense but the chronological one, in which I’m 24. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/7 "2011-08-06T23:55:09Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > I joined when I was a teenager. That was … a while ago. I was a teenager when I joined as well. In my head, I’m still a teenager but chronologically, I’m a few years past it. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/8 "2011-08-07T00:00:47Z")
I started lurking on this board when I was 14. Now I’m 20. That was a short 6 years. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/9 "2011-08-07T00:31:01Z")
I didn’t think I was that old, but this board didn’t even exist when I was a teenager, not even on AOL. I was 20 in 1999. Now I feel old. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/10 "2011-08-07T00:51:20Z")
> [@chowching](#): > > I have frequent this message board for some months now and from what I have observed, dopers are more or less in their 30’s or 40’s. From this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=196098) only one, if I’m not mistaken, was on his/her teen. But that was three years ago so he/she’s probably 21 by now. So, any teenage doper out there? > > Well I’m 19. 🙂 Naw, there are Dopers in all age ranges. I’m in my 50s, but we have plenty in their 60s and 70s. We even have quite a few Dopers who are over 80. I don’t think members in their 30s and 40s predominate. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/11 "2011-08-07T01:31:03Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > I joined when I was a teenager. That was … a while ago. Same here. 🙂 We’ve never had a ton of teens, or even early-twentysomethings, but I’m pretty sure there are a few college students and a couple of high school students currently active. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/12 "2011-08-07T02:38:12Z")
Well I’m 14, so probably the youngest here. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/13 "2011-08-07T02:59:56Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Naw, there are Dopers in all age ranges. I’m in my 50s, but we have plenty in their 60s and 70s. We even have quite a few Dopers who are over 80. I don’t think members in their 30s and 40s predominate. As I remember from when I was 19, “30s and 40s” is shorthand for “full adults”. The group includes people up until their 80s. The OP may be making more subtle distinctions than I was at that age, but that’s certainly how I would have meant it. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/14 "2011-08-07T03:16:08Z")
Joined when I was 16, lurked since I was 15. Alas, time cannot be stopped and I am in my mid-20s now. Thankfully, my more embarrassing teenage posts seem to have been forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/15 "2011-08-07T03:24:37Z")
Also joined as a teenager. But that was more than 10 years ago, and now I’m almost 30. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/16 "2011-08-07T03:29:39Z")
I would like to see some numbers on this because I was 27 when I joined and now I am ummm…much older (38). The age distribution of this board has seemed to have shifted upwards with me and others. There used to be a number of teenage dopers when I started but now they are in their mid to late twenties with few new ones to replace them. I know there are a few dopers in their teens and early twenties but 20-something and 30-something Dopers used to be the norm and now it is 30-something and older. Did anyone else notice this or am I just imagining it? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/17 "2011-08-07T05:05:22Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > As I remember from when I was 19, “30s and 40s” is shorthand for “full adults”. The group includes people up until their 80s. > > The OP may be making more subtle distinctions than I was at that age, but that’s certainly how I would have meant it. Get off my lawn! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/18 "2011-08-07T05:25:39Z")
The numbers are [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554352) (March 2010) and [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610944) (June 2011, but still open I think). The 30s-40s set is about half the population, or a little more. More 60s than teens. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/19 "2011-08-07T12:21:08Z")
One of my favorite things about this board is watching people change over time. I especially love seeing plans come to fruition, when “Tell me about Law School” threads lead to someone being a lawyer years later and such. ---
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/20 "2011-08-07T12:38:58Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > As I remember from when I was 19, “30s and 40s” is shorthand for “full adults”. The group includes people up until their 80s. > > The OP may be making more subtle distinctions than I was at that age, but that’s certainly how I would have meant it. Yes. That is quite what I meant. I observed that majority here are adults and I wanted to know if there are also active members who are in the same age bracket as mine. (so I won’t feel alone) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729.md?page=2)