# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/41 "2008-12-30T17:12:02Z")
25% for me (89/356 months) I’ve spent my entire post-college life here, as I joined in 8/01 and graduated in 12/01. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/42 "2008-12-30T17:24:14Z")
Just over 19% for me… I gotta get a life! ETA: oops… make that 21%! I forgot what year I joined. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/43 "2008-12-30T17:45:35Z")
About 21%. About 85 out of 407 months. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/44 "2008-12-30T18:54:24Z")
22%. Six years ago as of this month, and I turn 27 next month. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/45 "2008-12-30T19:06:50Z")
24% Wow that’s more than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/46 "2008-12-30T19:08:12Z")
16% ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/47 "2008-12-30T19:08:38Z")
If I did the math right, and I’m not entirely certain I did, about 21 percent. 115 months of my 542 on this earth. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/48 "2008-12-30T20:38:57Z")
Edit: 14.5% actually. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/49 "2008-12-30T20:39:03Z")
25%. Interesting. I could make it sound like a bad thing but, hey, I also spent about 25% of my life as a smoker so at least this edumacated me. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/50 "2008-12-30T20:39:48Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > An astonishing 21%. Ditto. I’ll be 47 when my 10th year rolls around in May next year. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/51 "2008-12-30T20:43:46Z")
~21% ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/52 "2008-12-31T04:33:16Z")
I think I’m at 34%… 23 years old… Joined 1/1/01 (I think)… Well… wait… I turn 24 in March so that’ll throw things off… That and I wasn’t active for probably a total of almost 2 years all in all. Meh, a while. ---
**Author:** ![Kerrigan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/49beb7/32.png) [@Kerrigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kerrigan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/53 "2008-12-31T04:44:58Z")
32.4% Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/54 "2008-12-31T05:02:48Z")
13.2% (1993 out of 15124 days, according to Excel) ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/55 "2008-12-31T05:05:42Z")
7 out of 61 14.5% ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/56 "2008-12-31T05:40:56Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > 13.2% (1993 out of 15124 days, according to Excel) I was thinking of doing all that extra math but decided… No… This is why I’m always on the straight dope and not getting other things done. Did you account for leap years? ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/57 "2008-12-31T06:24:18Z")
2861 / 10961=26.1% ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/58 "2008-12-31T07:07:25Z")
36.67% of my life. It’s gonna be hard to break that, y’all. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/59 "2008-12-31T07:16:42Z")
33%. Wow. My calculations: 104 months since May 2000, I’m 26 years old (approx. 315 months). ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205/60 "2008-12-31T07:51:32Z")
30.1%. I had the idea for [this very same thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=441999) approximately 4.1% ago. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-of-your-life-have-you-been-a-doper/479205.md?page=4)