# The “Geez, am I really half that old?” Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 19, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017 "2024-03-19T03:50:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/1 "2024-03-19T03:50:55Z")
1. Subtract your current age from the year of your birth 2. Perform a Google image search for that year [![](http://www.gogmsite.net/_Media/1896-alexandra-and-nicholas-2.jpeg) ](http://www.gogmsite.net/_Media/1896-alexandra-and-nicholas-2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/2 "2024-03-19T04:04:29Z")
Spyridon Louis, Winner 1896 Olympic Marathon [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Spyridon_Louis_1896.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Spyridon_Louis_1896.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/3 "2024-03-19T04:42:44Z")
Never mind ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/4 "2024-03-19T04:56:12Z")
Wait. What? What would this number have to do with my half age? I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/5 "2024-03-19T08:29:49Z")
The Flatiron Building was only half-built. [![](https://images.discerningassets.com/image/upload/c_fit,h_1000,w_1000/c_fit,fl_relative,h_1.0,o_100,w_1.0/v1455642245/loc0101_vcshq5.jpg) ](https://images.discerningassets.com/image/upload/c_fit,h_1000,w_1000/c_fit,fl_relative,h_1.0,o_100,w_1.0/v1455642245/loc0101_vcshq5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/6 "2024-03-19T10:46:05Z")
Not sure this counts, but it’s all i’m getting … [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/1899NetflixPosterEnglish.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/59/1899NetflixPosterEnglish.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/7 "2024-03-19T11:49:37Z")
This may be the biggest thing in the thread. 🕶 [When Krakatoa Blew: How the 1883 Eruption Changed the World | HowStuffWorks](https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/krakatoa.htm) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/8 "2024-03-19T12:30:53Z")
Some obscure German patent office clerk released a series of papers he wrote on a wacky scientific theory. I think he had some special relatives, or something. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Einstein_patentoffice.jpg/459px-Einstein_patentoffice.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Einstein_patentoffice.jpg/459px-Einstein_patentoffice.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/9 "2024-03-19T12:43:14Z")
Cars were pretty basic back then… [https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNdzBES0Ava-sXOlx4F-k3M5hgAQFmljP-hpKzH](https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNdzBES0Ava-sXOlx4F-k3M5hgAQFmljP-hpKzH) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/10 "2024-03-19T12:49:07Z")
Some folks were having a good old time, despite prohibition: [![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Po0AAOSwKXdafddN/s-l1600.jpg) ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Po0AAOSwKXdafddN/s-l1600.jpg) Closer to my interests and well-being however, things weren’t so great: [![](https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/06197.jpg) ](https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/06197.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/11 "2024-03-19T13:16:01Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/rIGmTcV.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/rIGmTcV) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/12 "2024-03-19T13:26:49Z")
You have to scroll farther down. I got this hot babe, LOL. [![](https://i.imgur.com/1xbm5Ba.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/1xbm5Ba.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/13 "2024-03-19T13:28:29Z")
Broken link. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/14 "2024-03-19T13:30:26Z")
Later on he’d find some general relatives of his. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/15 "2024-03-19T13:33:02Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Wait. What? > What would this number have to do with my half age? > > I don’t get it. Your current age is half of what you’d get as a result of doing the subtraction. Wait, I’m putting that awkwardly. When you do the subtraction, if you were born that year you’d be twice as old as you are today. ---
**Author:** ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/16 "2024-03-19T13:48:12Z")
[![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.14be11ccc9f3e3473b5340470c36e222?rik=axAvA%2fk7eXhMlg&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sarahsundin.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2018%2f07%2fSchweinfurt-8-17-43-1024x816.jpg&ehk=EvyDB7H0x25cMyHJzS7q91HYCR7fQOvCBIBMX7q8uBg%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) ](https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.14be11ccc9f3e3473b5340470c36e222?rik=axAvA%2fk7eXhMlg&riu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.sarahsundin.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2018%2f07%2fSchweinfurt-8-17-43-1024x816.jpg&ehk=EvyDB7H0x25cMyHJzS7q91HYCR7fQOvCBIBMX7q8uBg%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0) There was some minor skiffle going on. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/17 "2024-03-19T14:13:25Z")
Another. Bad blizzards in the USA, and snow ball throwing in Tallahassee FL where it was below zero. [![](https://i.imgur.com/cxiZK8h.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/cxiZK8h.jpeg) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/18 "2024-03-19T16:04:29Z")
Colonel Roosevelt and the Rough Riders [![](https://www.onthisday.com/images/articles/colonel-roosevelt.jpg?w=390) ](https://www.onthisday.com/images/articles/colonel-roosevelt.jpg?w=390) ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/19 "2024-03-19T16:08:43Z")
No notes but this came up for me. I’m guessing a visit of Polish luminaries to London? [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/UK_1931_Krakovo.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/UK_1931_Krakovo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017/20 "2024-03-19T16:31:19Z")
[![](http://www.gutenberg-e.org/gordon/details/images/Academic-Graduates-1892.jpg) ](http://www.gutenberg-e.org/gordon/details/images/Academic-Graduates-1892.jpg) Class of 1892 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geez-am-i-really-half-that-old-thread/999017.md?page=2)