# Think I will become a member + One Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 8, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223 "2004-05-08T21:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/1 "2004-05-08T21:08:48Z")
My membership is up real soon but this a pretty cool message board I think I will become a member…I am not the only person in my family who likes it…it’s good for when you get bored…most message boards will not answer stupid questions or respond to personal problems but on this one they do which is cool. So I may be away for a short time until I get a credit card or if I find another way to pay but I am most likely coming back to the boards. Peace How many people are 25 years old and under on this board? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/2 "2004-05-08T21:12:39Z")
Take a look in the About This Message Board forum. There’s a sticky or two about alternate payment methods, such as sending a check or other form of payment to one of the members who would then use their CC to pay your fee. A large proportion of members are over 25. I’m 38. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/3 "2004-05-08T21:15:03Z")
I am 25. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/4 "2004-05-08T21:19:13Z")
I’m still 21. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/5 "2004-05-08T21:21:20Z")
It’s really quite hard to put down a number of people under 25 on this board, but it should suffice to say that a fair majority of them are above 25 and working. That said, there are quite a few young’uns here, it’s just that without all the 3L337 5P34K and LOLOMFG L8er d00d!!!1111oneoneoneeleven, you can hardly tell if someone is under 25. Although I’d like to credit that to intelligence rather than board atmosphere, but hey - it works. I’m 21. Glad to have another Charter Member. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zcrysis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zcrysis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zcrysis)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/6 "2004-05-08T21:23:16Z")
I think there is a pretty good age distribution on these boards, but that is off course anecdotally. We seem to have as many threads on mid life crisises as we do on ‘help me pick a university’. I think the majority seem to be between their late 20s and 30 somethings. FWIW I’m 19. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/7 "2004-05-08T22:13:27Z")
Some of my assumptions about gender, race and age have been shaken by this message board – a lot of times you really can’t tell from context. Several times I’ve been very surprised to learn that a poster who seems old and wise is actually quite young. I hope you’ll join us. Since the subscription fee went into effect, we’re being extra nice to newbies. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/8 "2004-05-08T22:15:00Z")
I’m 17, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/9 "2004-05-08T22:37:39Z")
I’m 18. I agree with **lainaf** - often you can’t tell much about a person’s age (or gender, in some embarrassing cases :o ) by their behavior on the Board. Take the plunge, I say. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/10 "2004-05-08T22:49:24Z")
I’m 59. Dumb questions answered every day. The dumber the better. Remember our motto. If everyone were as smart as the board members, we’d shut down. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/11 "2004-05-08T22:49:40Z")
What’s scary is, I almost said I’m under 25. I’m not. I’m clearly having a little trouble adjusting to the idea that I turned 25 several years ago. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/12 "2004-05-08T23:29:33Z")
I am 27! Whee. I still tell people I am 28 though… strange. I am 28! Err… Nevermind. Welcome to the boards! ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/13 "2004-05-08T23:33:09Z")
> [@robgruver](#): > > I am 27! Whee. I still tell people I am 28 though… strange. > > I am 28! > > Err… > > Nevermind. Welcome to the boards! You just made my head hurt. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/14 "2004-05-09T00:17:40Z")
I’m 50 and my 18 y/o daughter is also a member. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/15 "2004-05-09T00:43:40Z")
I’m 23, though I act 12. I think we have a good mix. I’d put the average age here as mid-20s, but we have quite a few younger and a good chunk of older people. ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/16 "2004-05-09T00:45:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind; it is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over love of ease. > Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear, and despair – these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust. > Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every being’s heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement at the stars and the starlike things and thoughts, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what next, and the joy and the game of life. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair. > So long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer, courage, grandeur and power from the earth, from man, and from the Infinite, so long you are young. > – Samuel Ullman Oh hang it all, I’ve only been on this planet for 23 years, and already I find comfort in quotes like this? ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/17 "2004-05-09T02:02:11Z")
18 here. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/18 "2004-05-09T02:06:57Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/19 "2004-05-09T02:08:01Z")
I am under the age of 25. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223/20 "2004-05-09T02:15:40Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > That said, there are quite a few young’uns here, it’s just that without all the 3L337 5P34K and LOLOMFG L8er d00d!!!1111oneoneoneeleven, you can hardly tell if someone is under 25. I take offence to that. I am under 25, but I NEVER use that chat lingo. It has gone way too far. I am growing up too fast. I complain about how teens act, and I AM a teen. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-i-will-become-a-member-one-question/244223.md?page=2)