# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/81 "2001-08-29T19:24:28Z")
1. And I _did_ have a life in my thirties. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/82 "2001-08-29T21:22:12Z")
26 ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/83 "2001-08-29T22:07:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mercutio \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Esprix \* > > **Yeah, what about us gay dopers?** > > Esprix is gay?! :eek: > > Put me down as 15 \*\* He means gay, in a happy, Fred Flintstone kinda way…Right? I am, by the way, 36 ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/84 "2001-08-29T22:42:51Z")
36 ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/85 "2001-08-29T22:51:57Z")
35 years, 9 days, 11 hours and 14 minutes. Give or take a little. ---
**Author:** ![Pepper\_Mill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Pepper\_Mill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pepper_Mill)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/86 "2001-08-30T00:29:10Z")
I’m 45. I’ll be 46 on Nov. 21. CalMeacham is also 45 and will be 46 on Dec. 1. ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/87 "2001-08-30T00:40:39Z")
**32** Fred Flintstone’s gay? ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/88 "2001-08-30T01:38:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bafaa \* > \*\ ***32** > Fred Flintstone’s gay? \*\* Just happy, in a non-same sex relationship kinda way… ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/89 "2022-09-30T15:44:15Z")
52 in base 13! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/90 "2022-09-30T15:48:39Z")
Oh, shoot - I just noticed the age of that thread… sorry. Not sure why it showed up in the top of my feed!? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/91 "2022-09-30T15:49:40Z")
WAG spammer bump. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/92 "2022-09-30T15:51:34Z")
That’s probably it. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/93 "2022-09-30T16:17:54Z")
This thread is now old enough to drink. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/94 "2022-09-30T21:54:00Z")
Never mind ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/95 "2022-09-30T21:55:21Z")
Sixty Nine ---
**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:** [October 1, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/96 "2022-10-01T02:01:47Z")
1. Doubtless my last geometrically constructible (next such number is 96). ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/97 "2022-10-01T13:53:30Z")
1. Weird. I was about to top the list, then the last two before me blew me away. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/98 "2022-10-01T15:23:59Z")
I’m really surprised by the ages in the first 20 or so posts (I didn’t read past that) and the different attitudes (some poster is gay? eek!) 21 years ago. My average age, by the way, is 1. Calculated by taking my age now and dividing it by the number of years I have been alive. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/99 "2022-10-01T16:47:45Z")
(Casually scanning post) Holy Crap, Ginger of the North is back! (Looks at dates) Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612/100 "2022-10-01T16:53:51Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > My average age, by the way, is 1. You sure that isn’t you _actual_ age? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-average-age-of-a-straight-doper/78612.md?page=6)