# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/21 "2008-12-30T15:04:41Z")
24% ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/22 "2008-12-30T15:05:34Z")
39/9 = 23% I always thought I joined before I moved to Australia, but the records disagree. ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/23 "2008-12-30T15:09:14Z")
Around 20.6%, going by days. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/24 "2008-12-30T15:09:41Z")
22% of my 50 years have been spent as a Doper. ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/25 "2008-12-30T15:11:39Z")
25% for me :eek: Although that’s only 0.64 posts per day which isn’t so excessive 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/26 "2008-12-30T15:34:42Z")
17%. Eight and a half years! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/27 "2008-12-30T15:45:32Z")
Well, I’ve been here almost exactly 3 years, so about 8%. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/28 "2008-12-30T15:51:27Z")
5.46% 17 out of 311 months. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/29 "2008-12-30T15:57:54Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > 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. Yeah, but if you weren’t on here, you’d have found some other way to waste it.😉 ~19% for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Ice\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Machine)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/30 "2008-12-30T16:01:26Z")
15% from when I first joined not including lurking before that even though I’m still a lurker with less than a couple hundred posts. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/31 "2008-12-30T16:08:40Z")
About 8 years out of 35. That’s around 20%. Damn. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/32 "2008-12-30T16:11:44Z")
24% That’s nearly a quarter! Sh…oes. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/33 "2008-12-30T16:16:54Z")
About 28%, give or take a few days. Whoa. I also lurked for a bit before joining, but I don’t remember any more if it was a few weeks or months, so I’m not counting that. I’ll probably hit 1500 posts right around my eight year mark, so I’m more of a lurker than a poster, but I like hanging around y’all. ---
**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, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/34 "2008-12-30T16:26:14Z")
I’m the biggest lurker of them all! ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/35 "2008-12-30T16:33:45Z")
16% out of 61 years. Longer than my first marriage. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/36 "2008-12-30T16:46:19Z")
24% on the SDMB. If you count when I first started reading the books, then it jumps to 65%. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/37 "2008-12-30T16:56:57Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > 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. But imagine all that intelect you’ve…oh look! A dog with a fluffy tail!! ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/38 "2008-12-30T16:58:51Z")
I think I won this thread the last time we did it: 41%. Somewhat concerning. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/39 "2008-12-30T17:06:39Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > About 28% of my life, and basically all of my adult life. > > Pretty strange, really. But thanks all of you for being there! Me, too. Actually, mine is 30%. Sometimes, I can’t believe that I joined up when I was in high school, and now I’ve completed my MA degree. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/40 "2008-12-30T17:09:18Z")
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