# Youngest doper **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540 "2002-06-17T16:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a\_gherkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@a\_gherkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gherkin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/1 "2002-06-17T16:06:26Z")
ok it may have been done before but i havent seen it anywhere, so i will ask, who is the youngest doper here? to get the ball rolling, i’m sweet 16 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/2 "2002-06-17T16:22:20Z")
Well the rules say a poster must be 13. I’m sure a few have snuck in before that, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/3 "2002-06-17T16:25:43Z")
IIRC, there were a few 12 year olds when we called AOL home. This was due to a glitch in their software. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/4 "2002-06-17T16:28:07Z")
The youngest posting age allowed is 13, so there won’t be anyone below that age (that they’ll admit). Some of our notirously young-but-supersmart dopers are getting all growed up now. **Jester** is nolonger our favourite minor, having gotten all mature and gone to college, and **Mercutio** , also 16, hasn’t been around for a while due to computer problems. I’m sure there are quite a few 15/16/17 year olds around though. I think at 23 I’m too old to be considered young any more. _sigh_ [insert requisite joke about mental age of certain dopers here] ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/5 "2002-06-17T16:36:46Z")
notoriously ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/6 "2002-06-17T16:42:58Z")
Hmmm… if we go for youngest looking, **Serendipity** looks about 12. tee hee. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/7 "2002-06-17T17:01:15Z")
I held my daughter up to the key board, and she banged on the keys and then I hit submit. She was about 6 months old at the time, iirc. I think that mkakes her the youngest. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/8 "2002-06-17T17:07:53Z")
The Littlest Doper[sup]TM[/sup] is now 20 months. Even Littler Doper[sup]TM[/sup] is now 2 months. See sig to see TLD and ELD. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/9 "2002-06-17T17:12:01Z")
i act like im 7 alot. does this count? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/10 "2002-06-17T20:41:59Z")
**Vanilla** ’s son had his own account on Fathom as **Mango** ; he was seven at the time, IIRC. Are there any active posters who are 13 at present? I know there have been (and sometimes posting some quite cogent comments) in the past. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/11 "2002-06-17T21:43:18Z")
Yes, this has been done before, a couple times, in fact. and I’m far from the youngest, I’m 17. ---
**Author:** ![Lost\_In\_Reality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Lost\_In\_Reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lost_In_Reality)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/12 "2002-06-17T21:57:54Z")
I think the winner was 14 last time this contest was held. Just for the record, I’m 16 though I’m probably not as sweet as a\_Gherkin. ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/13 "2002-06-17T22:01:45Z")
I think I was one of the younger ones the last time we did this, which was awhile ago. I know I was close, but not the youngest doper. I’m seventeen now, but I’ve never been sweet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![acicadasings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@acicadasings](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acicadasings)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/14 "2002-06-17T22:16:17Z")
Another sixteen-year-old checking in… Post count **still** lower than my age. :rolleyes: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JBERGES](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@JBERGES](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBERGES)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/15 "2002-06-17T23:07:12Z")
Also 16. Hey, by the way, who is _Everyone’s Favorite Minor_[sup]TM[/sup] now that **Jester** is an adult? (I have an odd feeling that it’s not me.) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/16 "2002-06-17T23:59:26Z")
I’m 48. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*\*JBERGES \*\* > > (I have an odd feeling that it’s not me.) Yeah, I know the feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/17 "2002-06-18T00:10:19Z")
I think I win. 14. But go back to assuming I’m 20+ or something. I’ve come to realize its somewhat hard for a 35yr old (for instance) to take someone almost half their age seriously. I’ve had some bad experience in the past as you may be able to tell. Damn NRA, thinking I’m to young to host a meeting _grumble grumble_ 😃 . Wearia ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/18 "2002-06-18T00:20:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JBERGES \* > \*\*Also 16. > > Hey, by the way, who is _Everyone’s Favorite Minor_[sup]TM[/sup] now that **Jester** is an adult? > > (I have an odd feeling that it’s not me.) \*\* But it is you, **JBERGES**! Everybody’s gotta’ love a guy that first gets locked in a closet at a party, next gets involved in nekked twister with a 20 something girl, and then takes the hostess’s Jaguar on a spin and trashes it, right? You _Da’ Man_ , dude! Rock on! 😃 According to earlier threads/comments, there’s a couple of 13 year olds currently posting, but they should be allowed to reveal this themselves if they so desire. (It ain’t me, I’m old as dirt) ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/19 "2002-06-18T00:48:40Z")
I keep thinking the next post is going to be: > [@](#): > > Hi. I’m a fourteen year old Catholic School girl. Are there any older men out there that can teach me about sex? ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540/20 "2002-06-18T00:59:42Z")
Hi. I’m a fourteen year old Catholic School girl. Are there any older men out there that can teach me about sex? _sorry 🙂_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youngest-doper/114540.md?page=2)