How Old Are You?

[NashVegas]

I'm curious about the demographics of this forum. Thanks for playing.

[Levgreee]

1. everyone here is 18-24 because we support Obama

[gateley]

2. Emotionally, early twenties, but my birth certificate tells me I'm 55. nt

[Clovis Sangrail]

6. I've got one of those mistaken birth certificates too /nt

[Name removed]

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[Jazzgirl]

26. My birth certificate doesn't seem right.

I'm sure I'm 24.....for the 30th time.......

[27inCali]

30. I'm emotionally still in my early 20s too.

[rebel with a cause]

46. That is something you learn as you grow older.

your body ages but emotionally and mentally you are forever young.

On days when I can barely walk, I still want to run.

Edited to add that I am 62.

[Madam Mossfern]

59. Where did you get that photo of me?????

Seriously, I think that we had the same person style our hair. I called them Mamie Eisenhower bangs..my big sister cut mine the same exact way as she fell on the floor hysterically laughing.

[rebel with a cause]

64. My mother cut mine.

I guess it was a sign of the time. My hair was worn in long banana curls (stretched out my hair reached my waist, but only hit my sholders in the curls with no bangs) until my mother cut them off and gave me a shorter verson of this look. My bangs were even shorter in the beginning, looking about a little over an inch long. I thought it looked good at the time but I was not brave enough to post that earlier photo. ;)

[grantcart]

58. ditto

[Imagevision]

93. After 27 it never seemed to matter...?

[Raine]

106. LOL, same here! nt

[Connie_Corleone]

3. I'm 36, going on 25.

[Blondiegrrl]

40. Ha! Me too. n/t

[mdmc]

62. same

here

[lynettebro440]

100. Glad to hear the rest of you tell it

I'm knocking on 50 but feel like 24.

[Submariner]

4. Boomers Rule DU

[Faygo Kid]

7. Yer damned right, and as we get older, we are gonna get even crankier.

Wait till we make Hendrix's version of the national anthem the Official One.

[scarletwoman]

13. "Wait till we make Hendrix's version of the national anthem the Official One." Right on!

:D
:toast: From one boomer (age 58) to another.

:hippie:
sw

[Faygo Kid]

15. You? 58? Why, no one would have guessed more than 34.

57 in September myself, and still painfully charming.

[Jawja]

38. 57 in October.

:party: :hi:

[Faygo Kid]

53. Younger than springtime, are you. . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfxFd_GA8As&feature=related

[Jawja]

83. Absolutely!!

:hippie:

[blogslut]

57. Louie Nye

Without looking it up. 47 here. :hi:

[gateley]

9. I'm always heartened to see there are several young (late teens - early twenties)

people here and showing an interest.

I credit Obama with instilling an interest in politics in people in that age group.

[loveable liberal]

14. Boomers ... Pah! You brought us this situation!

Jerks. :p

[1monster]

20. Jerk! According to my sixteen year old son, that's my name.

:-( ;( :evilfrown: :mad: :eyes: :grr: :nuke: :cry: :cry:

[loveable liberal]

28. I have a 10yo and a 8yo....and am anticipating being called...

a number of different and colorful names in the near future. Where does the time go? It was just yesterday it seems I was jamming a bottle in their mouths......

[1monster]

89. Enjoy the last of the "sweet" years. You now have preteen, early teen, mid teen, and late teen

years coming up.

I'm sure there's some fun in those somewhere... but it's damned hard to find.

[highplainsdem]

27. Boomers rule, period. :) But I'm glad there are younger DUers as well.

I remember (vaguely, lol) a number of these polls here over the years, and there were always more DUers over 40 than under. This one seems even more slanted toward older DUers, though -- unless the kids are just away enjoying the weekend and will check in later. :)

[billyoc]

5. 45 and ready to kick ass!

Help me up.

[DavidDvorkin]

8. We've had these polls before, and they vanish quickly

It would be interesting if DU kept track of such information and made it available. Of course, responses would be voluntary and so the data might not be representative. Still, there'd be more answers than there are to posted polls like this one.

[NashVegas]

22. I'll Try to Think To

kick it in the morning, catch the work week crowd

[Popol Vuh]

10. 42

n/t

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. 28.

[Bluzmann57]

12. I'm 50

I'm fat. I'm bald. I drink too much beer. I like sports. I am a blue collar worker. And yet I support Obama. Someone alert the big media people! How can a guy like me support an elitist like him? It's easy. I read and do research. In other words, I am reasonably intelligent I guess. Just venting a bit. Sorry.

[NorthCarolina]

87. Are you venting

because you're bitter? :hide:

[TechBear_Seattle]

16. As old as my tongue and a bit older than my teeth

Alas, I have outlived much of my hair. :hi:

[Faygo Kid]

19. Edmund Gwenn weighs in.

Wonderful movie, wonderful actor and human being.

You could do worse (I know about that hair thing).

[TechBear_Seattle]

24. I'm glad I'm not the only old movie fan here

That is exactly where I got the quote :toast:

[ruggerson]

17. Old enough to spend an evening arguing with people here

instead of carousing.

[cbc5g]

18. 24

[terrya]

21. 52 n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. I'm 64...(nt)

[Jazzgirl]

25. Older than dirt but not as old as rock.

[BlooInBloo]

29. I think you have that reversed. :P

[TechBear_Seattle]

39. Rocks came first, as the primordial lava cooled

Dirt came latter, after rock had weathered into fine particles. Or even latter, as dirt is distinguished by the presence of organic materials that would not have existed (on land, at least) for the first three billion years or so.

[Jazzgirl]

54. Okay, then I'll reverse it. Older than rocks but not quite

as old as dirt.

[Writer]

31. 33 going on 63...

I'm getting tired.

[BlooInBloo]

32. Wonder if the reason for the skew is because it's a Sunday in summertime....

Usually this poll is a nice normal distro.

[highplainsdem]

33. That's my guess, as I mentioned upthread. I recall these polls usually showing more

DUers over 40 than under 40, but I don't recall any others being this skewed toward older DUers.

[scarletwoman]

49. In all the age polls I've seen over the years, the 40-60 groups have always been the largest.

Some polls go by 1/2 decades, in which case the 35-55 groups skew largest.

Been that way for seven years that I've seen.

sw

[highplainsdem]

70. The older DUers have outnumbered the younger in the polls I remember too, but this is the first poll

I can recall where more than 70% of those responding were over 40.

Here's a poll from May 2004:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1145427

That showed almost equal numbers over 40 and under 40, which showed more young DUers than usual for these polls, but possibly the fact that was done in the Lounge had something to do with more young members responding.



Okay, just found (googling this) another poll from November 2004, in GD, and that poll's results had 71% of the respondents over 35:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2725459



Another one from GD, but this is from April of this year

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3169791

and it shows only 14% of DUers who responded were 35 or under.

LOL.

One reply there called DU "a liberal AARP."

[scarletwoman]

72. "a liberal AARP" *snarf*

:rofl:

Good point that it probably makes a difference which forum such a poll is posted in. In all the years I've been on DU, I could probably count the times I've posted in the Lounge on one hand. It's just never been my thing, old curmudgeon that I am. :)

Thanks for going to the trouble of looking up those older polls.

sw

[Sheltiemama]

34. 40.9

I'm 40 today, but my birthday's on the 27th.

[Madam Mossfern]

36. I'll be 60 in September

Will I have to change my answer in the poll? 'Cause on September 19, 2008 I'll be 60+ :wow:
Funny, like the rest of those in my generation, my brain is still about 25...younger than most of my children....and they let me know it!

[Thirtieschild]

37. 73

[yy4me]

42. Hi Disorganized, I thought I won the prize but no brass ring for

me, you beat me and between the two of us,I bet we could whip the pants off of all these young whippersnappers.

[RNdaSilva]

84. 74 in September,

but pass for 44, think 24.

Before:

After:

[Thirtieschild]

99. You beat me by five months. 74 in February

[emilyg]

41. I'm in my third childhood.

[BlueStater]

43. So it seems the old farts dominate this forum.

:P

[NancyG]

44. 58 soon

[Kermitt Gribble]

45. 37

[jenmito]

47. I'm on the cusp-I'm 41. :)

[cbc5g]

48. I guess us young people are too busy chasing tail to take part in politics =/

[a la izquierda]

50. 30 for a couple more weeks.

I will be celebrating my 31st on 8-8-08, in Mexico City. How weird.

[rasputin1952]

51. HEY...Get off my lawn!!!!!

[CakeGrrl]

52. 43, but I don't look it.

B-)

[bigwillq]

55. 30 (nt)

[rox63]

56. I'm 45, but wishing I was 25

sigh...

[Madam Mossfern]

60. Silly

You ARE 25.

[Adelante]

61. 60 nt

[thewiseguy]

69. and you are still cool!

B-)

[Adelante]

85. Aw, you sweetie

:hug:

[tekisui]

63. 28 in 2 weeks. nt.

[Igel]

65. You post a poll Saturday afternnon

and you expect those under 40 to reply in significant numbers?

[DainBramaged]

66. Us old-times outnumber you young whippersnappers big time

:rofl:

[nc4bo]

67. 46 at the end of September. nt

[Major Hogwash]

68. 52

Next month.

[H2O Man]

71. other n/t

[highplainsdem]

73. See reply #70 for links to a few other DU polls like this, with results varying from

about equal numbers over and under 40, to only 14% under 35.

[crankychatter]

74. I can only measure time from the last time I got laid or had a good meal

so I'm nine month old twins

[panader0]

75. all I can say is: youth is wasted on the young.

[vaberella]

76. 28 and lovin' it. I can't wait until I'm 30!! ^_^

I love aging. It's just my thing.

[thewiseguy]

77. You love aging?

:D

Thats odd.

[vaberella]

79. I know. My mum always said older is better.

No laws to live by if you play your cards right.

[Katha]

78. 24!

Right in the middle of the Obama demographic - but I've been politically active since my teenage years.

[Errrica]

80. Damn

I'm only eighteen! But it's true, really- Obama really sparked my interest in politics.
Although everything I've read & heard has had me thinking that most of Obama's support was from younger voters, so I'm glad to see that a lot of older voters support him as well. You guys rock :)
I proudly display an Obama pin on my Myspace. Lolll.

[Eyes_wide_ open]

81. 51 and still

fighting the establishment :bounce:

[nam78_two]

82. 30-I could say 29 till very recently :-/ .nt

[my3boyz]

86. Shocking! I thought only young people supported Barack

:sarcasm:

[raebrek]

88. I don't plan to be middle aged until I'm 80.

I guess I am trying to say that 45 is the new 25.

Raebrek!!!

[madwivoter]

90. 37

I play a 23 year old sometimes :)

I'll be 38 in September.

[riona]

91. 60+

But I photoshop way younger

[scarletwoman]

92. Kicking this up to get a bigger sample. (nt)

[swishyfeet]

102. Does your avatar represent the body type of most people here?

Saggy!

Where are the pointy-boobed fertility gods?

[swishyfeet]

103. self delete

[proud patriot]

94. 39

eek

[sniffa]

96. I've been waiting for the 30's to show up on this thread

:woohoo:

[proud patriot]

108. I just realised my 30s were spent fighting bushco

:think:

[Alexander]

95. 24

[Imagevision]

97. George Burns once said to me, kid, there's nothing wrong with aging, gettin old? that's your choice

[Imagevision]

98. Question: do you think the majority of boomers support Obama?

[LiberalPersona]

101. 29 in October, the dreaded 30 next year. /nt

[swishyfeet]

104. 39 nt

[jcla]

105. My son says that I still owe Moses

5 shekels....

[jarjarbing]

107. i am about to turn 31, in August n/t

[madamesilverspurs]

109. 60.

But I'm told I don't look a day over 82. Hmmmm.

[Duder]

110. It's the internet...

How old do you want me to be? :)