# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/41 "2011-08-10T19:33:20Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > 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. Baby. I was born in 1960. ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/42 "2011-08-10T19:52:08Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > Yep, I joined back in the AOL days when I was about 14 (1997ish), but had to sit out all the paid years. Yes, I joined as a teenager _before_ the paid years. This thread leads me to realize that I’ve been reading this board for half my life. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/43 "2011-08-10T20:50:51Z")
\ > [@BobLibDem](#): > > You’ve been around for a couple years, and your age has always been given as 14. What gives? _cough_ You’re right, it is. Whassup wid dat? \ - **purplehorseshoe** , who still forgets she’s officially “in her thirties” ---
**Author:** ![uoadgx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/49beb7/32.png) [@uoadgx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uoadgx2)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/44 "2011-08-11T04:22:35Z")
i am a 28 yeas chinese live in beijing. english is hard to me. u little pet. and u dopers always discussing HIGH DIFFICULTLY QUESTION MADE ME IN TROUBLE。 I DONT GET IT WITH OUT DICTIONARY ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/45 "2011-08-11T07:45:10Z")
For some reason, I saw the thread title and sang, “Teenage dopeeeeeerrrrrrs! There’s nothing else to eat…” 😃 But Shar Dressed Man was on the jukebox, so. ---
**Author:** ![PlanetCharlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@PlanetCharlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanetCharlie)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/46 "2011-08-11T17:27:14Z")
I’m in my mid twenties now, but I’ve been lurking, stealing your thoughts and bright ideas and presenting them to others as my own since I was about 16 or 17. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/47 "2011-08-11T17:28:39Z")
> [@PlanetCharlie](#): > > I’m in my mid twenties now, but I’ve been lurking, stealing your thoughts and bright ideas and presenting them to others as my own since I was about 16 or 17. 😉 Thattaboy! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/48 "2011-08-11T18:09:42Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > You’ve been around for a couple years, and your age has always been given as 14. What gives? People keep saying this but I clearly remember him identifying as 13 last year. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/49 "2011-08-11T18:16:28Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I can’t speak for the others, but I thought there would be dope here. 😃 You wanted to be weeded out too? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/50 "2011-08-11T22:16:09Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > People keep saying this but I clearly remember him identifying as 13 last year. i don’t know about that. i’ve seen teh age 14 even back when he was still going by curtis lemay. \*i’m not saying he’s a sociopath… just a quirk that i’ve noticed and it doesn’t keep me up at night. i read the columns when i was a teenager and stayed off the boards because i thought: “hey. randos with opinions? i’ll get my dope from cecil thank you very much.” then i revisited it when i was 21-22ish and fell in love and i virtually never read the articles anymore and i get most of my op/ed from the SDMB. ---
**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 11, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/51 "2011-08-11T23:36:45Z")
I’d like some evidence of claims that he’s always presented himself as 14. My recollection is that he was 13 when he joined and has aged appropriately as time passed. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/52 "2011-08-12T01:28:25Z")
> [@uoadgx2](#): > > i am a 28 yeas chinese live in beijing. > english is hard to me. u little pet. > and u dopers always discussing HIGH DIFFICULTLY QUESTION MADE ME IN TROUBLE。 > I DONT GET IT WITH OUT DICTIONARY Assuming this isn’t a whoosh, I didn’t know the Dope was accessible in the PRC. I could not access it when I was in Russia. ---
**Author:** ![punch\_line\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@punch\_line\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/punch_line_loser)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/53 "2011-08-12T03:30:29Z")
Well despite the reality of the situation, many here seem convinced that I’m 12. Perception is reality, I guess? ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729/54 "2011-08-12T23:01:44Z")
Yeah, I distinctly remember being surprised when **Curtis** changed his name and casually dropped the fact that he was 14, because of all the times before that he casually mentioned he was 13. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenage-dopers/591729.md?page=2)