# What % of your life have you been a doper **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205 "2008-12-30T12:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/1 "2008-12-30T12:05:43Z")
for me, 30%. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/2 "2008-12-30T12:13:24Z")
It will be 20% in March as I celebrate my 10th year. 10 years? Holy crap! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/3 "2008-12-30T12:20:31Z")
An astonishing 21%. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/4 "2008-12-30T12:25:19Z")
Just under 4% for me. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/5 "2008-12-30T12:29:03Z")
I hate doing maths, but this was fun. I have now been a doper for 0.0023% of my life. I hope that it continues for much, much longer. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/6 "2008-12-30T12:51:30Z")
3,5% - but I’m getting there! ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/7 "2008-12-30T13:43:17Z")
I’ve been a Doper for 91 months out of the 284 that I’ve been alive. So, 32%. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/8 "2008-12-30T13:46:02Z")
About 28% of my life, and basically all of my adult life. Pretty strange, really. But thanks all of you for being there! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/9 "2008-12-30T13:53:37Z")
Over 19%. Scary. Time does go faster when you get older, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/10 "2008-12-30T13:55:16Z")
Looks like 23% for this guy. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/11 "2008-12-30T13:56:41Z")
18%. Holy shit. What an incredible waste of my resources. I could have written a novel or two by now if not for this place. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/12 "2008-12-30T14:03:22Z")
Rounding numbers a bit, I’m 48, and I’ve been active 7 years, with a year of lurking before I joined. That comes out to 17% of my life so far. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/13 "2008-12-30T14:08:22Z")
17.7%. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/14 "2008-12-30T14:23:24Z")
Almost 24% (65 months out of 271). ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/15 "2008-12-30T14:25:21Z")
21% (3078 days out of 14740) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/16 "2008-12-30T14:26:26Z")
11.111111111% (6 years out of 54). ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/17 "2008-12-30T14:33:48Z")
.003 I just got here. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/18 "2008-12-30T14:36:34Z")
21.7% ---
**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:** [December 30, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/19 "2008-12-30T14:43:26Z")
Excel says 27.57%. … just over a quarter of my life. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/20 "2008-12-30T14:45:30Z")
5% (1 year out of 20). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205.md?page=2)