How old are you?

[armyowalgreens]

Poll question: How old are you?

I've been wondering the general age of DUers for a while because I feel that at the age of 19, I am not a fair representation of the population.

So, how old are you you old fogies?

[Warpy]

1. You're a fair representation of your age cohort

and have as much a right to be here as any of us.

While life experience confers a lot of benefits, so does youthful exuberance and the ability to ask why ingrained patterns of thinking should exist.

We need young folks here to shake us up sometimes.

[Believing Is Art]

2. So much for the party of the youth

:P

[Warpy]

Oh, please, they're out there

They just have better things to do than hanging out in front of a computer screen, like sports, clubs, and getting laid.

Once they put on the ball and chain and have a kid or two, they'll be here too.

[Believing Is Art]

7. Eh, most of us are working through our collective hangover right now

We still have perfectly healthy livers to destroy.

[armyowalgreens]

19. unfortunately I have no alcohol to consume.

:-(

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. old enough to call you a whippersnapper

whippersnapper

get off of my lawn

[Wwagsthedog]

23. Old enough to call your father a whippersnapper. nt

[JitterbugPerfume]

49. My father who lived to be 95?

WOW!:hi: :fistbump:

[BlooInBloo]

4. I heart gaussians.

[Believing Is Art]

5. I concur. They make me feel . . . tingly. n/t

[Buzz Clik]

6. You're old enough to know better than to ask people their age.

I lied about mine in your poll.

[armyowalgreens]

8. haha

[Divine Discontent]

9. well of all the NERVE

teenager!!! (that's as bad as old fogy)

ah... that felt good.

anyhow, good poll question! :applause:
it's weird that I'm about double your age, but as I've learned, the people I thought were old, really weren't that old, because when I'm nearly 40 they'll just be in their late 50's and 60's and that's not much different, but when you're in school and not full grown everyone over 25 seems 'old'. ha

[armyowalgreens]

10. hmmm looks like it's almost a normal distribution centered around 45-55

[Graybeard]

16. Weekday numbers will differ from a week-end poll.

Teen-agers are at school study hall with laptops open, 20 somethings cheating at work with their computers checking out latest news on DU. Someone will kick this tomorrow to see if that's right. ;-)

[Demeter]

41. You Are Observing the Famous Pig in the Python

otherwise known as the Baby Boom.

[beac]

56. I was born in the last year of the baby boom. Does that make me the pig's

snout or it's rump? ;)

[Demeter]

67. You Can Be Anything You Want--You're a Boomer!

[beac]

69. Huzzah! I'm off to ruin the world for the generations behind me!!

;)

[Divine Discontent]

11. Skinner's gonna sell this data now to google for 10K. ;)-

[armyowalgreens]

15. I want a cut.

:bounce:

[Divine Discontent]

12. hats off to the 76+ DUer - you rock! I hope I'm still able to be up reading the net in my

golden years.

[Mike 03]

13. 36-45. NT

[dustbunnie]

14. I'm in the semi-younger crowd, and am always amazed at how older people are so sexist -

racism isn't an issue, Much. Many people claim to be homo-fine, but you realize it's just a political stance and many haven't ever met a gay person. You can tell by the way posts are worded. But women on this site... wow! Many times I feel like I'm back in the stone age, Victorian era, and can understand the backlash in society in general. Hugely anti-sex.

[BlooInBloo]

18. What are you talking about?

[dustbunnie]

25. It's like this on DU.

There are a lot of older people on here who have fought for gay rights, womanly rights, issues of color. But mostly the older crowd is just working off some talking platform thing.

On the topic of women's rights, oh MY GOD. I've never seen such 50s opinions. Maybe early 60s. All women are victims of men. We get beaten and have no recourse. Endless threads about how everything a man does is abusive. eyes:

I like men. I want to live and have sex with one.

On the topic of gay rights, everyone is in tune with accepting gay people, but on DU it's mostly in theory: I'm not sure how many DUers actually know someone who is gay. I think it's limited.

As for black and white, well, we sag the world map. Blech.

[Bobbieo]

30. Okay kid!!! I am 86 and one of my very best friends is a "two-spirit "- a gay male

[Matariki]

57. womanly rights?

:rofl:

who's in the 50's?

[chatnoir]

84. "Womanly rights"??

Whoa, who's a part of Victoriana now?

[Mike 03]

21. Huh? I want to understand what your complaint is, but you have not phrased it very coherently. NT

[blaze]

22. Huh? nt

[dustbunnie]

26. You weren't around for the rihanna threads?

When every woman was a vulnerable, bruised and walking abused woman? All men sucked?

[JitterbugPerfume]

52. before the womans rights movement

a lot of women WERE abused and vulnerable . That is why there was a movement

[Demeter]

39. Well, Dearie, If You Don't Like What You Hear From the Women on this Site

Then you better be prepared for a lot of disappointment as the innocence and smugness fall off your infant soul.

It's a report from reality, by those who have survived it thus far. Get ready to deal with it. Yes, things have changed a lot since the 50's, but only grudgingly, and with periodic backsliding. And equality is nowhere in sight, and not likely to be unless swine flu wipes out one sex entirely.

[JitterbugPerfume]

51. and just where did you get this

priceless information!? If you open your mind just a teeny bit , I promise your brain wont fall out.

[Quantess]

79. I can't read what everyone is replying to!

I guess it's no big loss, huh.
;)

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. I like the '76 to age infinity' category.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. "Young wolves show us your teeth." John Steinbeck

Said to a group of young writers in the Soviet Union.

[onethatcares]

24. fogies?????fogies????

you just want to be lucky enough to become a fogie.
:toast:

[sakabatou]

27. 22

[Canuckistanian]

28. Man, I'm so old, I fart dust

But that puts me right in with the majority here. :rofl:

[yy4me]

31. Great comment, made these old bones laugh. I'm so old I

have to think about how old I am, lets see, born in 1942, that makes me.....

Geeze, old age in not for the faint of heart.

[JitterbugPerfume]

55. you are the same age as my

LITTLR brother!:rofl:

[TahitiNut]

58. My late uncle used to often say "Old age isn't for sissies."

He was right.

[LeFleur1]

63. My late uncle used to often say "Old age isn't for sissies."

Then either he swiped that line from Bette Davis or she swiped it from him. :)

[TahitiNut]

64. That's entirely possible.

:shrug:

[Mollis]

29. 18...and a half

the half counts right now. lol

[Muttocracy]

37. Hah! Trying to remember when I stopped paying attention to halves :)

[Divine Discontent]

43. I think they stop when you hit mid-life (40). I'm still counting halves - please don't take them

LOL

[TahitiNut]

47. For me (and everyone I know), it was somewhere in the mid single digits.

:eyes: ... or younger.

[Muttocracy]

78. I'm sure there were no halves after age 21, probably earlier

Heck, now I barely remember my age (mid-thirties). When I was in a car accident a few years ago and the cop taking the report asked me my age I had to do the math in my head to be sure :rofl:

[armyowalgreens]

42. Yeah I guess it does count right now. I'm 19 and a half then.

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[Graybeard]

36. How old are you Grovelbot?

Could it be that you visit us from the future via a Time Machine? We''ll have to add a new category: not born yet?

[Union Yes]

71. Grovelbot is eternal and can't be reasoned with...

:rofl:

[FailureToCommunicate]

33. I'm younger than Pete Seeger... but, hey! GET OFF MY LAWN! Dang whipper snappers...

[H2O Man]

34. other

[sharp_stick]

35. Wow I'm below the median

I like it here. ;-)

[Golden Raisin]

38. Somewhere between 40 and death.

[Demeter]

40. Don't Date Yourself Like That!

We'll always be bosom buddies, friends, sisters and pals!

[omega minimo]

44. Who the fuck wants to know and why?

:hi:

[Lucian]

45. 27

[Siyahamba]

46. I love these threads

The one place on the Internet where I can feel young :D

[Jennicut]

50. Seriously. I am 33 and feel like a kid now.

:)

[TahitiNut]

59. You are a kid. (I have underwear older than 33.)

:silly:

[yy4me]

66. Beautiful. I think we all have something hanging around from our

youth that we cannot throw out. Get this, I have 2 pair of Wrangler knee length bermuda shorts(with leather back pocket label). They are about size "one thigh". I tried them on for the fun of it a few weeks ago and could pull them up to my knees. I'm only 128 pounds now but it sure isn't in the same places.

Since they are in style again, I really wish I could wear them and tell everyone I still fit in the clothes I wore in high school and college.

Oh well, Sure wish I had my Poodle skirt.

[bdamomma]

74. oh to be 33 again!!

but that's alright I like being 50 something!!

[Jennicut]

80. I am looking forward to my 50's. I love my little ones but I am dead tired every night.

A 3 year old and 4 year old will do that to you. Plus my husband works two jobs, I am finishing getting a CDA to teach preschool. We are both exhausted. My parents are 61 and seem to be having more fun then us. LOL. Hey, my Mom always says she gets to send them home at the end of the day. She gets all the love. There is nothing harder then your 4 year old telling you she is angry with you because you said no to her. I have a feeling it only gets harder. My Mom says I was LOVELY at 15.

[bdamomma]

83. hang in there, kids grow up quickly, charish each day with them.

and don't worry about saying NO, one day your kids will thank you for saying it.

[Graybeard]

48. kick

Who's out there in the daytime?

[proteus_lives]

53. I'm on the edge between the first two groups.

I really should not be answering internet polls but I work from home and the temptation is sometimes too great! ;-)

[lisa58]

54. wow 19 - I forgot you could be 19

[Vidar]

60. 53.

[madmom]

61. UM, do you want mental or physical age? Physically I'm 55 mentally about 35 ,Old age SUCKS!

[bamacrat]

62. 15-25, but in August I make the transition to 26-35.

[northernlights]

65. older than the trees, younger than the mountains

flowin' like a breeze.

not quite old 'nough to be a :hippie:

[Fuzz]

68. Physically? Much, much older.

Ouch, it hurts.

[kimmylavin]

70. 33

Looking forward to my fogie-hood! :)

[Obamanaut]

72. 66 here. I remember 19, but there are several blank spots in the 20's. nt

[bdamomma]

73. the 46-55 range seems to be increasing

there is quite an age range here. Hopefully we can learn from each other!!!

[ccharles000]

75. I am 20

[armyowalgreens]

76. Bumpity umpity for the weekday crowd.

[bigwillq]

77. 31 (nt)

[mnhtnbb]

81. Another old fogie checking in.

[Odin2005]

82. 23

Born April 28, 1986

[dysfunctional press]

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