# THIS IS THE DOPER YEAR/MONTH/DECADE OF BIRTH POLL (ignore all others) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 13, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368 "2010-03-13T17:24:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/1 "2010-03-13T17:24:56Z")
A Poll: click your birth year/month/decade * * * Inspired obviously by the birth year poll, I’ve placed a poll here as a column to determine by completely non-scientific random sample the average and mode ages of Dopers. Please select the 2 year range in which you were born (1931-1932 means you were born between January 1, 1931 and December 31, 1932), the month your birthday is in, and the decade. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/2 "2010-03-13T17:40:06Z")
To any of our intellectually gifted, holistically wonderful, and alarmingly sexy mods: Any chance of getting a sticky on this one for a few days, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/3 "2010-03-13T17:43:27Z")
Um-- doesn’t the year indicate decade automatically? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/4 "2010-03-13T17:44:51Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Um-- doesn’t the year indicate decade automatically? Of course, but I’m just curious to see at a glance how 1960s babies compare to 1940s and 1980s. I’ll tab the results after a few days as well. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/5 "2010-03-13T17:48:35Z")
I’m curious to see if this ends up matching the spreadsheet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/6 "2010-03-13T17:50:39Z")
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/7 "2010-03-13T18:21:09Z")
Excellent idea, **Sampiro** , and a natural follow-up to the issues being addressed in at least three other active threads. Once this poll has drawn as many replies as the 500+ in **Giles** ’s thread and the 9 pages of birth years, the issue of “average age” ought to be pretty clear. Since I have a vested interest in one of the threads you’re wanting others to ignore, I’m going to ignore your warning and hope that others over 49 will do the same. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/8 "2010-03-13T18:26:38Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Excellent idea, **Sampiro** , and a natural follow-up to the issues being addressed in at least three other active threads. > > Once this poll has drawn as many replies as the 500+ in **Giles** ’s thread and the 9 pages of birth years, the issue of “average age” ought to be pretty clear. > > Since I have a vested interest in one of the threads you’re wanting others to ignore, I’m going to ignore your warning and hope that others over 49 will do the same. I was assuming he only meant the other one he tried that did not have a poll attached. And I like it. Two years isn’t bad, and lets you get in a bit more information with the months. BTW, I’ll be 25 in 3 days. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/9 "2010-03-13T18:40:37Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Since I have a vested interest in one of the threads you’re wanting others to ignore, I’m going to ignore your warning and hope that others over 49 will do the same. [QUOTE=BigT] I was assuming he only meant the other one he tried that did not have a poll attached. [/quote] What BigT said. Being dangerously inbred and gestated by a heavy smoker I do stupid things sometimes, such as poll threads without polls attached. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/10 "2010-03-13T18:41:13Z")
^^ I’m twice as old as you this year, Big T. You’re also close in age to my oldest child, who will turn 25 in May. Happy Birthday. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/11 "2010-03-13T18:49:22Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I was assuming he only meant the other one he tried that did not have a poll attached. Well, I’d like to assume the same thing, but just in case here are the three that I would hope Dopers would at least look at: [What Dopers were born in the same year?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458574) Started: 03-05-2008, 04:41 PM by Asimovian Latest: Today 12:05 PM by Zeldar 433 Replies 7,230 Views In My Humble Opinion [How old are you?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554352) Started: 03-02-2010, 04:55 PM by Giles Voters: 541 Latest: 03-11-2010 06:35 PM by lezlers 94 Replies 2,316 Views In My Humble Opinion [Old Folks: Stand and be counted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555195) Started: 03-09-2010, 07:15 AM by Zeldar Latest: 03-11-2010 09:12 PM by Zeldar 64 Replies 738 Views In My Humble Opinion Just noticing: > [@Sampiro](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > : > > Originally Posted by Zeldar > > Since I have a vested interest in one of the threads you’re wanting others to ignore, I’m going to ignore your warning and hope that others over 49 will do the same. > > > [@](#): > > > > : > > Originally Posted by BigT > > I was assuming he only meant the other one he tried that did not have a poll attached. > > What BigT said. Being dangerously inbred and gestated by a heavy smoker I do stupid things sometimes, such as poll threads without polls attached. Excellent. There’s more than one way to skin an alligator. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/12 "2010-03-13T19:06:28Z")
December 1st 1961. Send cards! ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/13 "2010-03-13T19:57:50Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I was assuming he only meant the other one he tried that did not have a poll attached. > > And I like it. Two years isn’t bad, and lets you get in a bit more information with the months. > > BTW, I’ll be 25 in 3 days. Happy Birthday Big T! I thought you were much older because you are so well read. My son will be 26 on May 2nd. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/14 "2010-03-14T00:21:55Z")
Oops, I selected them all. Just kidding. I left a couple unchecked. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/15 "2010-03-14T00:49:03Z")
Why is January ahead of September by 12-5? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/16 "2010-03-14T01:13:37Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Why is January ahead of September by 12-5? Patience. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/17 "2010-03-14T01:44:25Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > Why is January ahead of September by 12-5? Because those of us who are also Capricorn tend to be a bit anal about such things. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/18 "2010-03-14T14:14:21Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Because those of us who are also Capricorn tend to be a bit anal about such things. 😛 Eweeeeeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/19 "2010-03-19T18:11:46Z")
Bump ---
**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:** [March 20, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-doper-year-month-decade-of-birth-poll-ignore-all-others/532368/20 "2010-03-20T03:51:11Z")
We have someone before '29? He will see History repeat once more…