# Youngest Doper in 2021
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 4, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020 "2021-08-04T09:06:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/21 "2021-08-09T21:07:06Z")
> [@Velocity](#):
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> Similar here. I joined at 26 and I’m 33 now. Hard to believe that the Dope has already accounted for 1/5 of my life.
It’s been more than half of mine.
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### Author:  [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/22 "2021-08-09T23:35:07Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> I don’t think we can assume that because somebody doesn’t post in this thread that they aren’t here.
It’s not just this thread though, it’s apparent from reading through the boards generally.
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### Author:  [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/23 "2021-08-09T23:57:51Z")
I was 16 when I joined in on the AOL message board version. 21 when the Board went live in its current(ish) incarnation. I’m 43 now.
More than half my life on the SDMB. Yikes. Kinda scary when you look at it that way…
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### Author:  [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/24 "2021-08-10T00:24:59Z")
> [@needscoffee](#):
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> There’s a teen doper (17?) who posted about wanting to get a covid vaccine but her(?) family was hesitant. I think the username began with a B.
That would be me!
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/25 "2021-08-10T00:27:53Z")
> [@CorpusNeptune](#):
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> That would be me!
Hey, how ya been?
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### Author:  [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/26 "2021-08-10T00:28:35Z")
> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Hey, how ya doing?
Not too bad! How are _you_?
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/27 "2021-08-10T00:37:28Z")
Doing well, got the family vaccinated, and glad to hear you’re still hanging out with us!
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### Author:  [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/28 "2021-08-10T00:40:15Z")
Glad to hear!
Perhaps I should give a backstory on how I discovered this board.
I was in class trying to find stories of awful/stupid classmates. As I went through the Google results, I found a thread on here dating back to September 2000, and, well, the rest is history.
As of now, I don’t post too much around here, as I’m more interested in sites like Newgrounds, but I like to pop in every now and again to see how y’all are doin’.
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### Author:  [@Happytree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happytree)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/29 "2021-08-10T01:03:38Z")
I’m in my late 30’s now and joined a couple years ago, but I’ve lurked on and off since i was a teen.
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### Author:  [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/30 "2021-08-10T01:10:35Z")
If I told you I was a teenager, would you believe me?
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### Author:  [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/31 "2021-08-10T01:15:37Z")
Yes, I would believe you **were** a teenager.
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/32 "2021-08-10T01:31:04Z")
Wait, you’re older than your picture?! That explains a lot!
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/33 "2021-08-11T01:51:53Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> > [@digs](#):
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> > There was a Doper who was clearly a student asking how to order a drink in a bar, and how to be attractive to “girls”. Then he was approaching the end of college and unsure of how to look for a job…and girls. Then he was just out of college and unsure of how to live in an apartment and cook and clean and invite girls over.
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> > Not sure of the name… **sta** and then a number?
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> @sta3535?
Yes, that was him. I often wonder how he’s doing. I’ll bet he’s more confident now (CEO of his own startup, and trying to decide which gorgeous PhD to propose to).
_…hmmm,_ did he stop posting when he read my snarkiness in this thread?
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Come back, @sta3535, I’ll be more supportive!
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### Author:  [@leavesoflight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leavesoflight)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/34 "2021-08-11T04:59:34Z")
24 here! I used to check this site more often in college but haven’t had much time to read since I’ve started post-school-life. I can’t remember exactly how I found the Straight Dope. It was probably from a Google search that lead me to a Cecil answer, and I found the message board from there. It looks like I joined in 2015, but I was probably reading it before then.
I kinda like how the audience here is older. People are more experienced and replies are more in depth. Reddit and Twitter are much more toxic and don’t have a “pit” section lol
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### Author:  [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/35 "2021-08-11T15:40:30Z")
Yeah, I actually remember which column introduced me to the main site. It was this one, which I read in high school:
> **[What would it be like walking around on a cube-shaped planet?](https://www.straightdope.com/21344101/what-would-it-be-like-walking-around-on-a-cube-shaped-planet)**
~Max
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### Author:  [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper-in-2021/948020/36 "2021-08-11T16:12:52Z")
I remember that one! I wonder if the atmosphere in the centre of the cube’s faces would be dense enough to allow people to strap on wings and fly?
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