Age Survey

[Riddick]

How old are you?

[scribble]

This is Religion and Philosophy?

Granted, we're not too strict here.

[rustypouch]

I am as old as the fjords and as young as a newborn lamb.

[Cecil]

19.

My life is almost 1/6 over! *sob*

[evildave]

Turn it into days, and you will really have something to cry about. You've probably burned through 7000 days already.

Figure you get about 30,000 days on average (if you live to be 82 years old). Some people get bonus days. Some people get crushed by a bus.

How many days will you spend at the office?

[Suezoled]

Why is the child asking this at all?

[c4ts]

Originally posted by Cecil
19.

My life is almost 1/6 over! *sob*

You're going to live to be 120?

[Cecil]

Originally posted by c4ts
You're going to live to be 120? Of course. Better than living to 80, wouldn't you say?

[fishbob]

Why is the child asking this at all? Probably something to do with being clueless about advanced physics.

[nineinchnails_999]

I'm 19 as well, and I'm certainly not complaining. What other time in your life can you sit around and eat pizza and play video games all day in exchange for going to class two to three hours a day at your parents expense? We have it made.

Doug

[c4ts]

Originally posted by Cecil
Of course. Better than living to 80, wouldn't you say?

By the time I got to be 100 I think I would be sick of being alive.

[Iacchus]

Originally posted by c4ts

By the time I got to be 100 I think I would be sick of being alive. Yeah, especially if your body doesn't experience renewel.

[Brian the Snail]

I'm four and a half.

[Donnie]

I'd wager that's quite old for a snail, but then I'm not an expert.

Can you convert snail years into 'human years' like people do with cats and dogs?

[cloud_strife]

I'll be 20 in two months

Oh my zeus...it's so weird.

[geni]

I'm 19. I don't want to turn twently but so far it looks like time is not going help here.

[Ian Perez]

I'm eighteen. My plan is to live till I'm 117.

[Brian the Snail]

Originally posted by Donnie
I'd wager that's quite old for a snail, but then I'm not an expert.

Can you convert snail years into 'human years' like people do with cats and dogs?

Perhaps- I seem to remember that it converts to somewhere in the region of 27, nearly 28, in human years. :)

[Brian the Snail]

I've noticed that most people have voted for 30-39, but the people who have actually replied with their age are 20 or less.

Everybody else must be too embarassed. Either that, or they've forgotten exactly how old they are. Probably the latter- I'm starting to lose count myself...

[Badger]

Polls like this make me feel old and stupid.

[cloud_strife]

polls like this make me feel young and inexperienced

[Kilted_Canuck]

17 here, youngest person to reply so far!!!!

(psst...don't tell yaweh about this thread)



(edit: 888 posts, wohoo for me)

[tdn]

I am as old as a dog, if said dog was as old as another dog was if it were the same age as Riddick's claim of age was, converted into dog years. Take the square root of this number, divide by one, then multiply it by itself. Add ten, multiply by 2, then subtract the square of 8, then add the square root of 4. Add Phi, then subtract 1 plus the reciprocal of Phi.

Subtract 30, and you'll have Riddick's true age!

[evildave]

http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37656&highlight=I+am+years+old

Riddick claims: "I'm 42 freaking years old."

I'll assume we use the notional (age*7) is human years formula.

Though according to this web site's chart, weight enters into it.
http://www.uexplore.com/misc/dogyears.htm

That would be 6 "freaking" years old in dog living years.

42/7=6
Square root over one squared is a NOP.
6+10=16
16*2=32
Square root of 8 is 2 and change
31.change
Square root of 4 is 2
33.change
Phi-(1+(1/Phi)) = 0, another NOP

So, you're 33.change, and riddick's age is 3.change.

Unless you meant cubed-root of eight to get a round number. Then that's 32, and 2, respectively.

Oh, and don't forget, that's in "freaking years". The "freaking" was never properly cancelled out.

[MLynn]

What's the agenda of this poll? I'm becoming paranoid in my old age (which I won't tell - I'm old)... ;)
Edited to correct spelling (again...)

[Suezoled]

My guess is that Riddick is asking the physical age question so that he can make arguements from authority at that point: "well you're only 17 (or place an age younger than 42 here) so you don't know anything you punk. I'm 42."

Nevermind every person with a fairly reasonable way of thinking knows physical age has little do with maturity or overall intelligence.

Isn't it also funny that someone who claims to be 42 could also, by a very mild stretch, claim it's also the anwer to life,the universe, and everything?

[Yahweh]

I am eternal.

[tdn]

Originally posted by evildave
http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37656&highlight=I+am+years+old

Riddick claims: "I'm 42 freaking years old."

I'll assume we use the notional (age*7) is human years formula.

Though according to this web site's chart, weight enters into it.
http://www.uexplore.com/misc/dogyears.htm

That would be 6 "freaking" years old in dog living years.

42/7=6
Square root over one squared is a NOP.
6+10=16
16*2=32
Square root of 8 is 2 and change
31.change
Square root of 4 is 2
33.change
Phi-(1+(1/Phi)) = 0, another NOP

So, you're 33.change, and riddick's age is 3.change.

Unless you meant cubed-root of eight to get a round number. Then that's 32, and 2, respectively.

Oh, and don't forget, that's in "freaking years". The "freaking" was never properly cancelled out.

Oops, no. I probably didn't explain very well.

Change your first line of solving to these two lines:

42/dogyears=6
6*dogyearsinreverse=42

or
42/7=6
6*7=42

Another NOP. ;)

And that's 8^2, not SQR(8).

Then multiply the result by freaking/freaking, then divide by its reciprocal, just for a few more NOPs.

[uruk]

I'll be 100 in 61 years.

[Lisa Simpson]

I'm 8. Here's my bio.

Lisa Simpson (http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_family_lisa.html)

[uruk]

Riddick claims: "I'm 42 freaking years old."

I doubt that. His/her use of language and choice of avatar belies his/her true age. which I'm estimating is somewhere between 16 - 20. Could wrong though, could be younger.

[TheMashiah]

I am the alpha and the omega, the begining and the end.

[Ratman_tf]

I'm younger than the Beatles but older than the Rolling Stones.

[Eos of the Eons]

I just turned 31. I love telling people that too. Their eyes pop out. Not one single person has ever guessed my real age within 5 years. If they were just being nice, they wouldn't have their jaws hitting the floor right?

So, I could lie, but I won't. :p

[Upchurch]

What an interesting bell curve we've got going on.

Why is this in R&P again? Isn't this more of a Community thing?

[tdn]

Originally posted by Eos of the Eons
I just turned 31. I love telling people that too. Their eyes pop out. Not one single person has ever guessed my real age within 5 years. If they were just being nice, they wouldn't have their jaws hitting the floor right?

So, I could lie, but I won't. :p

A few years ago, I was interested in a woman many many eons younger than I. (She, however, wanted to be "just friends." Sad, but it turns out for the best, as I could never keep up with her energy level.) She made some comment about my age, and I asked "Just how old do you think I am?"

"Uh, twenty eight?"

"Twenty eight?!?" I exclaimed, truly in shock.

"Sorry sorry sorry!", she said. "Twenty six?"

"Er, yeah", I lied like a bearskin rug, "Twenty six. Next month." Yeah, I came out of the womb and immediately started studying algebra. And earned my HS diploma by the age of three.

[Eos of the Eons]

Originally posted by tdn


A few years ago, I was interested in a woman many many eons younger than I. (She, however, wanted to be "just friends." Sad, but it turns out for the best, as I could never keep up with her energy level.) She made some comment about my age, and I asked "Just how old do you think I am?"

"Uh, twenty eight?"

"Twenty eight?!?" I exclaimed, truly in shock.

"Sorry sorry sorry!", she said. "Twenty six?"

"Er, yeah", I lied like a bearskin rug, "Twenty six. Next month." Yeah, I came out of the womb and immediately started studying algebra. And earned my HS diploma by the age of three.

I want to see your pic now :D

[Riddick]

I think I got a skewed poll. I think a lot of the votes were by people who don't regularly post in R&P. A lot of drive-by voting, is my impression.

[Zep]

Axolotls don't have the vote...YET. And they forget their age in about... ...that long.

[Yahweh]

Originally posted by Riddick
I think I got a skewed poll. I think a lot of the votes were by people who don't regularly post in R&P. A lot of drive-by voting, is my impression.
What results did you expect?

[scribble]

Originally posted by Riddick
[B]I think I got a skewed poll.

Skewed?

You do realize what we have here is an almost textbook representation of a human age curve. As I recall, the same thing happened the last time this question was asked.

[PogoPedant]

Originally posted by scribble


Skewed?

You do realize what we have here is an almost textbook representation of a human age curve. As I recall, the same thing happened the last time this question was asked.
Excactly. It suggests that the population on this board is somehow normal. Clearly skewed.

[scribble]

Originally posted by PogoPedant

Excactly. It suggests that the population on this board is somehow normal. Clearly skewed.


hahaha... well, that's hard to argue with!

[neutrino_cannon]

It's hard to get these polls on age to be useful. You have to select the correct spread between ages, and because of limited number of options (you forgot planet x!) you have to choose a range of ages that some forum members will exceed.

Frustrating stuff, to be sure.

Trying to be fancy mathematical and clever when defing my age has only caused head aches. Usually I end up with a non-real age, which I suppose is cool in a way, but I prefer the much more straightforward answer that I am approximately:

[(10^1.204119903)/2]^(dingo)

mars years old, where dingo equals the log of ten.

[Doubt]

40 and proud of it.

:)

[Riddick]

Originally posted by PogoPedant
Excactly. It suggests that the population on this board is somehow normal.
Isn't that an oxymoron?

[scribble]

Originally posted by Riddick
Isn't that an oxymoron?

Not really. It's more of a play on the word "normal" I think. A sort of double-entendre.

[mshell67]

I am enoying my last month of being 36.... 37 just SEEMS a lot older, which I know is completely ridiculous! :jaw:

[David Swidler]

I protest! The poll bug should find a different thread into which to thrust me!

[Dcdrac]

37 centuries and yes I have seen Casablanca umpteen times

[Jorghnassen]

I just realised my age is a cube.

[BJQ87]

18 and a half

[Iacchus]

How old are you?I died and gave birth to myself. And in that respect I'll be nineteen years old (http://www.dionysus.org/x0501.html) tomorrow. ;)

[rharbers]

54!

[Almo]

When can we have Poll Scrambling fixed?

[ruach1]

I'm 266 in dog years. :dogt:

Maybe that's why a psychic once told me I had an old soul. :scorgi

[Pyrrho]

I'm old enough to know better.

[Hardenbergh]

When I was born, Harry Truman was still in office.

[Cecil]

When I was born, Harry Truman was still in office. I think I read about that guy in a history book once...

I am approximately 678 Megaseconds old.

[Katachresis]

I hate the thought of reading every freakin' nominated TLA whatever it's called. And I shan't vote for Spidey, nor Kelly, not RT, definitely not Dr A., I never liked Hutch, so that's not an option. I've never heard of GodMark2, but might have voted for GodMark1 if they wrote something nominated. David is a wise ass, so he is out. C4ts has a stupider name than I; hence off the list. As for Garrette, the insistence upon a non-conformist font leaves me with no other choice than to cross off that name. "Meg" has decided that "meg" is fine, I do not. She’s off the list. Who’s next?

Of course I was joking, and apologize to Thanz for no mention. Thanz, you used 5 more commas than neccesary, and are ineligable for my vote.

I actually took some time with this. reading and re-reading. My first inclination was to vote for David. I hate a shut out. Next was Garrette. Compassionate words from a kind man. I'd like to know you in the real world. Then KellyJ. She has moved this place, this world, into action that reflects the best of mankind. I'll never be the same. As for Dr. A and Thanz, you're use of language was extrordinary in placing into a context, while a bit offbeat, what is the essence of the ID arguement.

But I voted for Spidey13, and not because I nominated him. In fact, that was a point against him. I'd rather not have. I did so because what he wrote connected so much with my life. I've known the feelings that he expressed, and was cheering for him to get back to that place that he spoke of so eloquently. It may never happen, but I hope it does.

I apologize to those that I did not mention, C4ts, Hutch, Roadtoad, meg, and GodMark2, you were all worthy. Maybe next month.
:)