# Who's the youngest person here? How old are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 7, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888 "2026-05-07T13:23:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/23 "2026-05-07T18:26:05Z")
Yep! Thank you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/24 "2026-05-07T18:36:52Z")
I have the wisdom and maturity of a fifteen-year-old boy. But my driver’s license and knees tell me I am in my 60s. That just doesn’t seem right. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/26 "2026-05-07T19:02:23Z")
I’m 38. I know there are a few Dopers here who are, I think, also in the age 36-39 range. I’m not sure who else here is a frequent poster who’d be younger than 36. I joined the Dope at age 26. Man, times flies. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/27 "2026-05-07T19:26:03Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I’m 48 and I think I’m in the youngest 10%. I’m 64 yet according to the poll results I’m not in the oldest 25%. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/28 "2026-05-07T19:57:31Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > Probably Curtis Lemay. Originally Qin Shi Huang. (Or vice versa?) ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/29 "2026-05-07T19:58:59Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > Probably Curtis Lemay. That was quite awhile ago though, so he’s probably not still young. As I recall his original user name was of some of some ancient Chinese emperor. Then changed to Curtis Lemay who was a US Air Force general. I tried to search but all I get is Star Wars characters. A bit conservative so I doubt he is still here. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/30 "2026-05-07T20:02:05Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > We had a teenager join a few months ago. She stuck around for a few days but I haven’t seen her posts since, and forgot her name. Are you thinking of @melaniethewitch ? She posted about some goings on at her high school (rather vaguely, I might add, and a mod had to coach her about being clearer), and she’s posted in a few threads since then. I don’t know if she’s still active? ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/31 "2026-05-07T20:04:23Z")
Yep, that’s her! Hope she’s doing well. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/32 "2026-05-07T20:14:51Z")
I’ve jumped two levels since joining. I’ll be 79 in six days. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/33 "2026-05-07T20:17:32Z")
I often wonder, especially when someone posts a video filmed in black-and-white, if some Dopers’ _children_ know they’re using the Internet, and whether that’s OK with them. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/34 "2026-05-07T20:18:29Z")
There was the weirdo kid who was really into dead languages. They said they were 13, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/35 "2026-05-07T20:22:26Z")
I searched for his old name (Curtis) and it brought me to his new one. @Qin_Shi_Huangdi. Oddly enough, today is the seventh anniversary of his last time on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/36 "2026-05-07T20:31:02Z")
There is/was another recent teen-ish woman who’s not **melanie**. IIRC name started with L, but with 133K users, that’s very roughly 5000 per initial letter, so not to practical to page through. Search is not coming up with what little I remember about her teen laments. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/37 "2026-05-07T20:39:53Z")
What is the lower age limit here? I thought there was a poster here a few months ago who was 13 or so–and the mods threw him out. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/38 "2026-05-07T20:42:53Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Either makes for a good question and a good poll. But IMO the OP body & OP title don’t seem to agree on which question they’re really trying to ask. > > All our polls are statistically suspect due to self-selection effects. But this one is gonna be way off. I’ll also point out that the poll is flawed by overlapping boundaries. Anyone of age 35, 45, 55, or 65 has two different age groups they can select, one which starts with that age or one that ends with that age. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/39 "2026-05-07T20:44:08Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > What is the lower age limit here? I thought there was a poster here a few months ago who was 13 or so–and the mods threw him out. AFAIK it’s 13 according to the Terms of Service. Or was, when I signed up (I was well past being old enough at the time). If a teen got thrown out it was probably due to rules violations (posting nonsense, would be my guess) or failing to follow mod instructions or what have you, not necessarily his age. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/40 "2026-05-07T20:44:37Z")
There was Shockaholics, who posted here but had an inconsistent story: > [@The Most Weirdest Children's Show Ever Made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-weirdest-childrens-show-ever-made/699918/72): > > …oh jesus christ, THIS post. I was fucking 11 and faked my age just so I could post untrue things in front of a whole bunch of down-to-earth adults. I’m 13 now and I don’t do stuff like that anymore. Somebody delete this thread. It makes me cringe every time I read it. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/41 "2026-05-07T20:45:29Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > What is the lower age limit here? I thought it used to be fourteen and there were a couple of young posters that were just over that line. But that was good long while ago (literally decades), so I cannot recall if that ever changed. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/42 "2026-05-07T20:50:52Z")
Whoops. Well nothing that can be done about it now. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888/43 "2026-05-07T21:27:07Z")
Was 26 when I joined. I’m 51 now. I’m not the youngest or the oldest. Probably the middlest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-person-here-how-old-are-you/1029888.md?page=3)