# What's the average age of a straight doper? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612 "2001-08-28T22:13:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dentarthurdent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dentarthurdent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dentarthurdent)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/21 "2001-08-29T00:44:21Z")
The big 25 ---
**Author:** ![Marc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Marc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/22 "2001-08-29T00:57:37Z")
Not yet 38. (That’s 37.) ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/23 "2001-08-29T01:16:08Z")
87 21 30 10 37 Um… [sub]I lost track[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/24 "2001-08-29T01:52:27Z")
Presently tied for the top at 48 here. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/25 "2001-08-29T01:56:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*Another new 38. \*\* Me, three (as of last Friday). ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/26 "2001-08-29T01:57:15Z")
35 ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/27 "2001-08-29T01:58:47Z")
12 NO WAIT…29. I always forget. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/28 "2001-08-29T02:08:52Z")
53 :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/29 "2001-08-29T02:22:57Z")
I am 112. Oh, you wanted _human_ years? 1. ---
**Author:** ![urban1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d07c76/32.png) [@urban1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/30 "2001-08-29T02:27:07Z")
My average age is 62. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/31 "2001-08-29T02:29:13Z")
and **imthjckaz** turned 40 today (but he wouldn’t let me start a birthday thread). So don’t say “Happy Birthday” to him. ----:p/ ----///\\ ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/32 "2001-08-29T02:34:28Z")
1. (19 on September 12.) ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/33 "2001-08-29T02:35:59Z")
Happy birthday, **imthjckaz**! 😃 Oooh, I’m bad. Also: 23. ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/34 "2001-08-29T02:37:53Z")
My average age is probably about 10 🙂 But I have been in this world for 19 years. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/35 "2001-08-29T02:40:28Z")
Oooyyy, I’m beginning to feel like I’m in the “over-40-minority” 🙂 That would be 42 human years for me. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/36 "2001-08-29T02:55:33Z")
[hijack] Happy f…f…f…fortieth birthday, **imthjckaz**! 😉 [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/37 "2001-08-29T03:01:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omniscient \* > \*\*This has been done in the past, it went many many pages IIRC. > > Just too prove that I’ve been here too long, while reading the subject of the OP I was really curious what everyone’s sexuality had to do with the poll. \*\* I thought the exact same thing. What a bizarre poll. Just to spite him I considered starting a “What’s the average age of a queer doper?” poll. Straight, I’m about 9. Gay, I’m 22. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/38 "2001-08-29T03:22:12Z")
I am 48 years-old as of yesterday. **Cajun Man** is 49. If it matters, we are _not_ straight. If you want to see the previous thread on this subject see: [average age](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=20969) Oh yeah, Happy Birthday, **imthjckaz**. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/39 "2001-08-29T03:32:17Z")
**Glee, beatle, DrMatrix,** (happy b-day) and **CajunMan** , I love you guys. (snort, choke, giggle) **Spidey** , 47 is a great age. 47 And happy birthday to **imthjckaz**. And thank you to whoever invented cut and paste so I didn’t have to spell that. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/40 "2001-08-29T03:35:19Z")
I’m in my early twenties (I’m 17). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612.md?page=3)