Poll: Ages of DUers, I'm sure this musta been done B4 but I don't recall

[karlrschneider]

Remember your votes are anonymous. :D

[napi21]

1. It has been, but it's good to do every so often.

If nothing else, it makes me feel good to know I'm not the only one in their 60's here on DU!

[Radio_Lady]

29. napi21, I'm 66 -- and damned proud of it!

Have a good week!

Making peace a priority,

Radio_Lady

[Jennos20]

30. 21 and loving it

I thought there would be more people in their 20's. Oh well Cheers to everyone on the DU! :toast:

[ThomWV]

2. I Am Very Much Suprised

I expected to see the majority of the people here to clock in in their 20's and 30's. So immagine my surpise to see so may other old farts like myself (58). Well, not so old, but old farts none the less.

[NMDemDist2]

5. yeah DU is a bunch of us old farts mostly LOL n/t

[Up2Late]

12. Remember, the "Baby Boom" years go until 1964, so 40's and 50's

does make sense, I guess.

[JHB]

77. By what idiotic rationale does the Baby Boom extend to 1964?

Is it some blind, deaf, and dumb statistical thing? Or was the "greatest generation" so great that almost 20 years after the war, they're still randy for normality and ready for boom-boom?

I happen to have been born in '64. My formative years were the '70s, and my first big "political awareness" was the Iran hostage crisis. I have never identified myself as a "boomer".

Personally, I like the "Generation Jones" concept for those of us born between 1954 and 1965:

If you were born between 1954 and 1965, ask yourself this question: "Do I feel like a member of The Baby Boom Generation, Generation X, or neither?" Ask other people of this age which of the two generations they feel a part of. You will quickly find that the vast majority of people in this age group do not feel like Boomers or Xers.

New generations typically assert their "differentness" when their oldest members hit their late teens and early twenties. Three times in the last 35 years, "new generation" choruses have appeared—in the early-60s(Boomers), the mid-70s (us), and early 90s(Xers). While the Boomer and Xer choruses resulted in media feeding frenzies, our attempts to assert our collective identity were largely ignored.
---more---
http://generationjones.com/files/weare/home1.htm

[teknomanzer]

76. Well you old farts are alright with this wippersnapper...

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. I think we found out where all the hippies went. *g*

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[OmmmSweetOmmm]

37. Lol! Ain't it great! :)

[Ladyhawk]

27. I'm not as surprised.

I don't think most kids are terribly interested in politics. :( :( :( :(

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

57. I'm 53 going to be 54 in Nov. & not surprised at all. I have discovered

being on the Internet now for 7 years that most of the people that I have attuned to, sight unseen were around my age, given a 10 year swing in either direction. Even my Internet based business! Most of my customers wind up within that age range. :)

[Up2Late]

3. I know we have some in their 70's and even a few...

...in their 80's I think. From a previous poll.

[PatrioticLeftie]

4. Well, I'm surprised

I appear to be the only one under 20

[Obamanaut]

6. Years ago, Johnny Carson asked a really old guest what was

her secret to longevity. The response was "Don't die, Johnny." Hang in there PL, and you too can become one of the 60+.

[wellstone dem]

7. 40's but just barely.

[tnlefty]

71. Hehe, I'm in the same group just more than just barely!

:kick:

[sniffa]

8. i turn 30 a week from tomorrow

so i don't wanna answer this just yet.

[movie_girl99]

54. we almost have the same b-day by one day

i'll be 40 a week form Thursday :)

[Rude Horner]

9. 41, to be exact.

For some reason, I remember when my dad was 46 years old and I remember thinking "man, that's old". Now....I feel like - where the hell did my 30's go? Hell, it doesn't seem that long ago when I was in my 20's!

[karlrschneider]

10. My dad died (in a car crash) at 47...I was 17 and recall thinking he was

"old", and now I'm 17 years older than he ever got to be. And I don't even "feel" old...weird how that works.

[MuseRider]

26. Odd isn't it?

My father died of cancer at 52, I was 19. I will be 52 in a couple of months. I gotta say, it is creeping me out a bit but I also gotta say, life has never been better than it has since I turned 50.

[tlsmith1963]

11. 40s Have the Most in Poll

Well, at least it was when I posted this. So my "Younger Boomer" group is well represented here. Cool!:)

Tammy

[phusion]

14. Do this poll in the Lounge

and I bet you'd get a totally different response.

[karlrschneider]

19. You're probably right...but I don't do the lounge.

:evilgrin:

[Mutley]

60. Actually, it was done in the lounge a month or so ago and

I think it was pretty close to this one. Maybe more 30s and 40s than 40s and 50s.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

65. That's what I recall

The lounge was on average a majority of 30-40 year olds.

[havocmom]

15. Hey, where's the 'older than dirt' choice?

Cuz that is how I feel today.

[TahitiNut]

34. It's right above "Remember when God was a child."

... which I chose, of course. :evilgrin:

[punkondrugs]

16. wow

i thought there were more under 20s. maybe i am a non conformist. i am big on :sarcasm:.

[darkism]

17. Welcome punkondrugs!

:hi: from another DU youngin'

[phusion]

20. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[PDittie]

22. Welcome to DU, punk

You shoot some pool last night?

[Faygo Kid]

18. Boomers rule; Xers, Millenials drool!

54 here. Ignore that hip replacement surgery, weight I will never lose, the loss of the Love Train from the early '70s (do I have to spell that one out?)and the fact that I am a peer of Mr. Oxycontin and Shrub. Good to see us old timers right there. And, we win on the music. Rock on! We won't get fooled again.

[lumberjack_jeff]

21. Done before? Yes, it has...

The result?

If you're 60, you'll be surprised that the average DUer age is 45.

If you're 22, you'll be surprised that the average DUer age is 45.

The moral? The average age of those who are politically active is 45.

Me? I'm 43, so I'm not very surprised. ;)

[karlrschneider]

23. LOL...well, I guess it's pretty representative of the normal distribution

curve of US citizens.
;-)

[lady lib]

33. I'm 43 also.

:hi:

[meow2u3]

46. I'm 45

That makes me an average DUer :D

[scarletwoman]

24. Kicking back up for more responses...

[Graf Orlok]

25. I'm a minority???

I'm 23...I thought there'd be more peeps here around my age!

[I_Make_Mistakes]

28. 45 here, and I am sorry for my late coming to politics. I was so busy

trying to do the education and corporate thing, my parents put on me, I truly didn't have time. My generation, I feel are late bloomers, and yet here we are. Growing in size more and more.

Just an explanation, my immediate peer group, is that of high school educated parents, who emphasized college and work success. It was somewhat of a guilt trip, we paid for your education (we never had) now go out on your own. Because of this, we were late in coming, but I expect more and more to come.

[TahitiNut]

35. That's not a real age. It's just a diaper size.

:evilgrin: :silly: :evilgrin:

[VolcanoJen]

31. Hanging on to my 30's, but just barely!

:-)

[I_Make_Mistakes]

32. No fear, 40 was easier than 30!

[ultraist]

41. I agree. I'm 41.

Besides, 40 is the new 30!

[MidnightWind]

70. Then why do I feel 70?

:crazy:

[progressiveson]

36. Just turned 50....

....not as bad as some were telling me....your only as old as you act...:P

[soup]

38. Welcome to DU progressive son.

:hi:

Last year I officially became younger than my oldest son. He turned 30, I haven't yet. :D

Unfortunately it may not last. My grandchildren are starting to question how that can be. Their first lesson in 'never trust anyone over thirty'? Shame, gramma, shame. LOL

[progressiveson]

39. Thank you....I have an 8 year old and sometimes I feel older when I have

to pick him up at the school or something....but like I said...your only as old as you feel / act.

:hi:

[in_cog_ni_to]

66. LOL. I told my son for years and years and years that I was 23 years old.

UNTIL the day he told some adults that I was 23 years old and they looked at him like he was NUTS! LOL! I had to confess. :) Bless his heart. :loveya: He believed me. :hug:

[sando]

40. Makes me wonder

The average age here makes wonder what the average age of the freeper is.

[blindpig]

42. 51, put the horses in the wagon...

it's all downhill from here:P. On the other hand I think old fartdom suits me, feels right. Being cranky and situationally forgetful feels good!

[Buns_of_Fire]

43. I'm enjoying my dotage at the grand old age of 54

And now I can tell MY grandkids how I used to have to walk 20 miles to school. In the neck-deep snow. Uphill. Both ways.

(BTW, they buy it about as much as I did when I was their age.)

[Faygo Kid]

47. Et tu, mein Boomer?

54 on Wednesday. See you in the Home in 25 years. When Hendrix comes on the stereo, I hope you will join me in insisting they crank it up.

[Buns_of_Fire]

75. Happy Birthday, and you betcha...

I figure to be as much of a pain in the ass about Hendrix and the Doors as my parents were about Rudy Vallee and Guy Lombardo ("They just don't make good music like they used to." Damn young whippersnappers with their naughty bits hanging out and everything...) :party:

[lonestarnot]

51. LOL yes works to our advantage.

[ClassWarrior]

44. Isn't this more like "Ages of DUers Who Respond to Polls?"

NGU.

[LuCifer]

45. 30 years, 9 months, 28 days, 14 hours, ? seconds, but WHO'S COUNTING!

Dec. 15, 1974...make a note of it, any of you gov't yambag munchers who are with the Dept. Of Incompitence And Fukuing Shit Up Homerland SUCKurity! And, suck my balls!

Wait just a second, did you want PHYSICAL or MENTAL AGE?! Cuz, if you want MENTAL, well, mark me down for 13! Hey at least I admit it! AND THAT'S STILL MORE MATURE THAT YOU DUMBASS BUSHitler SUPPORTERS! 38%! Is DUMBya's poll numbers down to 37% today!? Chripes if only...sack of crap!

Lu Cifer, for the record, the next person who even THINKS about getting me ONE present for BOTH my birthday AND yule (YES, THE PAGAN HOLLIDAY!) gets a swift kick in the yambag!

[MoonRiver]

48. Looks, almost, like a normal distribution. eom

[jody]

49. I believe the pdf is skewed to the left or negatively skewed.

:hi:

[MoonRiver]

52. It is.

I believe that's a good thing in this instance. Helps to have lots of youthful energy in the party. :)

[bigbadbo]

50. 48 young

:beer:

[PDX Bara]

67. Welcome!

You are a young thing.

[movie_girl99]

53. Big 40 next Thursday 23rd!!! n/t

[gauguin57]

63. Happy birthday!

:party: :party: :party: :toast: :toast: :toast:

[movie_girl99]

74. Thank you n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

55. Interesting.

:hippie:

[pointblank]

56. 29

:toast:

[Mutley]

58. There goes the theory that one is only a liberal until age 30.

I think Liddy said that on his little show one day.

[sabra]

59. 28. married with a 3 year old son, and 4 month old daughter.

peace.

[CityZen-X]

61. I am So Old

that as I sit here typing I am at peace knowing that I do not have to get up to go the bathroom. I can crap and piss right here in front of the computer! These Depends sure are a blessing.

[Roland99]

62. Rare for me to be a "youngun" on an internet board (I'm 38)

[Seen the light]

64. Whoa

I'm usually pretty old on boards I post on. My 20th birthday is coming up soon. I feel so young.

[GreenPartyVoter]

68. Welcome and happy B-day

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[NNadir]

69. Today is my birthday. I'm 53.

People ask me how I feel about getting old. I remind them that the alternative was dying young.

I am very sorry however, about the world I will be leaving my children who are 11 and 6. I wish I could do more for them.

[OC_Lars]

72. I'm curious to see...

...this same poll on freperville. I really wanna know who these people are

In fact, I bet a lot of their polls would be entertaining. I just don't have the stomach to wade through that site

[VOX]

73. Turned 56 this year. But Mick Jagger is 62 and touring with the Stones...

Being "old" sure ain't what it used to be!

I'm actually enjoying life far more now than I did in my 30s and 40s. I regret a lot of wasted time/efforts, but, like a shark, you gotta keep moving forward.

I don't mind becoming an old guy, it's being an old **sick** guy that scares me. So I work out, watch what I eat, etc., and control that end as much as I can.

And I can still act silly and horse around with the best of 'em! :bounce: