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Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 07:46 PM Jun 2017

How old are you?

Sorry -rude question, but genuinely curious of the demographics in this groups


62 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Under 18
0 (0%)
18-27
0 (0%)
27-41
7 (11%)
42-60
29 (47%)
61-79
25 (40%)
80-99
0 (0%)
100-120
1 (2%)
Super old
0 (0%)
Super young
0 (0%)
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How old are you? (Original Post) Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 OP
It feels like 120 most days. The_jackalope Jun 2017 #1
DU is predominantly middle aged to older and white Kaleva Jun 2017 #2
I am 67 but feel much younger. TexasProgresive Jun 2017 #3
Who is 100-120????? COOL !!! pangaia Jun 2017 #4
He said that's how he feels. BainsBane Jun 2017 #6
Too damned old to recover from the next republican recession liberal N proud Jun 2017 #5
Nooooo, I change demos in three months from the youngsters to the group 42-60 NightWatcher Jun 2017 #7
Not sure how significant that is Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #9
Don't feel bad. By DU Standards Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #17
Apparently, who knew. NightWatcher Jun 2017 #24
I turn 60 in August Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2017 #8
Congratulations!!! Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #10
I'll be 61 in a few months, so I move into the older group LeftInTX Jun 2017 #11
I'm 60 Freddie Jun 2017 #27
Imma bout OriginalGeek Jun 2017 #12
70, never did think I would get this old. Jim Beard Jun 2017 #13
Rec. canetoad Jun 2017 #14
I'm 37 but I feel like 73 in Trump years! Initech Jun 2017 #15
I can relate!! MBS Jun 2017 #22
lol JHan Jun 2017 #32
Right? Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #33
Just turned 58 Awsi Dooger Jun 2017 #16
DU skews old. Seriously old. Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #18
With age often comes wit. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #21
Really? Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #25
Bwahaha! I wonder what MY excuse would be, then! Seriously though, folks: I mean by reading and WinkyDink Jun 2017 #31
I feel super young and super old at the same time. JHan Jun 2017 #19
I don't doubt you are "genuinely curious." The question is: Why? WinkyDink Jun 2017 #20
Twenty Nine nt retrowire Jun 2017 #23
62 year old, white guy ghostsinthemachine Jun 2017 #26
62 yr old white woman bdamomma Jun 2017 #34
64 Zoonart Jun 2017 #28
WOW! Now I better understand how most DU members answered that they had a pension... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #29
Wow! I'm surprised at how old we are, but then ... planetc Jun 2017 #30

TexasProgresive

(12,245 posts)
3. I am 67 but feel much younger.
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 07:50 PM
Jun 2017

Since I retired I cycle daily and feel really good. My only complaint is the skin, especially on my arms is sooooo thin. It doesn't take much to bruise or bleed. Too much Texas sun on this bald but formerly fair haired boy.

liberal N proud

(60,867 posts)
5. Too damned old to recover from the next republican recession
Wed Jun 21, 2017, 07:52 PM
Jun 2017

My job was eliminated late last year and as I predicted with this ass in office, I would never find another good job. I have spent nearly 9 months looking and get calls and even second interviews then nothing. I have interviewed for jobs that they even admitted my qualifications were exactly what they were looking for.
I honestly believe they look at the number of years experience as say he is too old even though that is actually illegal.

Welcome to trumpganistan.

Freddie

(9,566 posts)
27. I'm 60
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 09:04 AM
Jun 2017

And staying in the 42-60 group until midnight on Sept. 21 (my birthday)!
Don't feel in the least bit different than when I was 59.

canetoad

(17,952 posts)
14. Rec.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 12:08 AM
Jun 2017

Glad you posted this poll as I was thinking about ages of DU members recently. So far the results are pretty much as imagined.

PS. 63 in September.

 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
16. Just turned 58
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 01:33 AM
Jun 2017

Lifespan in my family is not great based on recent generations. Nobody has managed 80.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
18. DU skews old. Seriously old.
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 03:18 AM
Jun 2017

It's why any thread dealing with popular culture, cell phones, dirty words, Hubert Humphrey, children in restaurants, daylight savings time, technology, sex scenes on cable tv, or the technology in the remote you use to find the sex scenes on cable tv, is so much fun.

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
31. Bwahaha! I wonder what MY excuse would be, then! Seriously though, folks: I mean by reading and
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 12:24 PM
Jun 2017

observing more, we Oldies have a bigger store of reference points for allusions, jokes, and wry asides!

Extra fat on the pastrami!

Zoonart

(12,577 posts)
28. 64
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 09:12 AM
Jun 2017

Straight white women: Been involved in the fights for women's reproductive freedom,and gay rights since 1978.
What a long strange trip it's been, and I still can't believe what is going on right now.

JMHO, but the resistance needs some leadership and I mean, ideally, someone or some group of persons who are not running for office, so that they will not sell out the movement or bend to compromise in order to achieve office.

I always thought that we could at least agree that "competence" was the base line. Every line has been erased and the Democrats had better embrace coloring outside the lines.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,004 posts)
29. WOW! Now I better understand how most DU members answered that they had a pension...
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 09:30 AM
Jun 2017

... to a poll question months ago.

planetc

(8,168 posts)
30. Wow! I'm surprised at how old we are, but then ...
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 09:47 AM
Jun 2017

this is a very unscientific poll, so my suspicions may yet be confirmed. I'm six months younger than Paul McCartney, who can walk out on a stage and perform the hell out of several dozen songs for 2-1/4 hours at least. On the other hand, he probably has more gray hair than I do. It's all genetics. My mom lived until she was 97, and if we had ever gotten a real grip on arthritis, she'd still be with us. It was finally the discouragement of not being able to accomplish anything that got her.

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