PF Age Distribution - Learn About Different Age Groups

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The discussion revolves around the diverse age demographics present in the forum, contrasting it with other platforms that primarily attract younger users. Participants share their ages humorously, with many joking about feeling older or younger than they are. There are reflections on how perceptions of age change over time, with members recalling their thoughts on aging and significant years like 2000. The conversation touches on the idea that age is often a mental state rather than a strict number, emphasizing that many feel youthful despite their chronological age. Additionally, there's a lighthearted exchange about the quirks of aging, such as needing reading glasses or being mistaken for older individuals. Overall, the thread highlights a sense of community among various age groups, celebrating the shared experiences and humor that come with aging.

Age Distribution?

  • 10s

    Votes: 14 12.0%

  • 20s

    Votes: 44 37.6%

  • 30s~40s

    Votes: 28 23.9%

  • 50+

    Votes: 31 26.5%
  • Total voters
    117
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nah I'm just really curious,
cuz PF seems to possesses a much wider varities of age groups compared to similar forums like Aops, CC, etc...(mostly 10s~20s unless instructors/staffs, etc)
aw well :D
so hey guyz, I'm new here
 
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I'm hitting 60 in a a couple of of months. Nothing special, and nothing I can do about it.
 
You forgot older than dirt and older than rocks. :biggrin:
 
Moonbear said:
You forgot older than dirt and older than rocks. :biggrin:
OK, I'm old, but I have no options in that regard.

Well, I do have one, but I'm not willing to exercise that one just yet.
 
20 here.

Actually I think an option "< 10" would have been interesting!
 
Turbo is being modest to avoid intimidating you. The fact is, he has to scrape the dinosaur crap off of the stone tablet in order to read the glyphs on his birth certificate.

I'll be a sprightly 56 in about a month. o:)
 
I just turned 19.
 
Jimmy Snyder said:
I just turned 19.

that's funny...you look much younger.
 
ROFL Jimmy
 
  • #10
yeah right...
 
  • #11
15. I am such a noob. :approve:
 
  • #12
I am 39.95 plus shipping and handling.What? I can't use a gag more than once per forum?
 
  • #13
DaveC426913 said:
I am 39.95 plus shipping and handling.
Act now, and we'll double your order. Just pay separate handling and shipping.
 
  • #14
Jimmy Snyder said:
I just turned 19.

*wonders how Jimmy sees things*
 
  • #15
I depressingly got my age wrong yesterday and realized I'm actually a year older than I think.
 
  • #16
drizzle said:
*wonders how Jimmy sees things*

Don't know but his wife must be the queen of cougars.
 
  • #17
Ryan_m_b said:
I depressingly got my age wrong yesterday and realized I'm actually a year older than I think.

Everyone crosses an invisible threshold where they must resort to calculating their age.

"Let's see, 2012 ... minus 1964... 48! No, it's not March yet. 47."

You seem to have crossed it.
 
  • #18
15 here. :biggrin:
 
  • #19
I thought you turned 14 micro?
 
  • #20
Born in 87, who else? :)
 
  • #21
drizzle said:
I thought you turned 14 micro?

Yeah, 14 sounds cool! Let's make it 14.
 
  • #22
Why the heck are the 30s lumped in with those 40s dinosaurs? The OP must be young. I remember when anything over 30 was 'old.'

And Dave: There is also a threshold where when somebody mentions something that is x years in the future and you wonder "will I still be here?" :rolleyes:
 
  • #23
Saladsamurai said:
Why the heck are the 30s lumped in with those 40s dinosaurs? The OP must be young. I remember when anything over 30 was 'old.'

And Dave: There is also a threshold where when somebody mentions something that is x years in the future and you wonder "will I still be here?" :rolleyes:

There is a positive spin on this. From time to time I now think, "I'll probably be dead by then. Not my problem!"

Sometimes, that's a good thing.
 
  • #24
I remember being about 6 years old, and thinking "1970 is coming! A whole new decade!"

I also remember wondering where I would be when the year 2000 came along. "Wow!" I knew I would be 36, and tried to imagine who I would be.
 
  • #25
DaveC426913 said:
I also remember wondering where I would be when the year 2000 came along. "Wow!" I knew I would be 36, and tried to imagine who I would be.

I remember doing that. But I never thought I would live this long! Honestly, when I was very young, I figured the US and the Soviets would launch and end it all first. It was all too real back then.
 
  • #26
Ivan Seeking said:
I remember doing that. But I never thought I would live this long! Honestly, when I was very young, I figured the US and the Soviets would launch and end it all first. It was all too real back then.

ha! I kinda do this too. It hurts my retirement funding. It's just hard for me to imagine me living to 65, so why waste all that money by saving it lol
 
  • #27
I never thought there be anything after 2000. I did know I will be 38 in 2000, but I never realized I will get older after that, somehow 2K was putting a limit to my imagination.
 
  • #28
As a kid, I, too, calculated the age I'd be on New Year's Eve 2000. I clearly remember thinking, Too bad I'll be too old (36) to really enjoy or appreciate the significance of seeing a new millennium :smile:.
 
  • #29
Hey kids the older you get the older old gets. To me, 80 is looking old now. This has been going on since I turned 30, back when I thought 40 was old.
 
  • #30
A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent. - B. Franklin
 
  • #31
LOVE the range of age on here. Most forums lack the "more mature" members because many aren't particularly computer literate I guess but geeks, regardless of age, LOVE technology. :-)
 
  • #32
micromass said:
15 here. :biggrin:

You still out there terrorizing Japanese fishing boats saving Dolphins for Greenpeace? Also have the dolphins rick-rolld you yet?
 
  • #33
netgypsy said:
LOVE the range of age on here. Most forums lack the "more mature" members because many aren't particularly computer literate I guess but geeks, regardless of age, LOVE technology. :-)
Some of us were computer "literate" back when early versions of DOS (or earlier languages) were used as operating systems.

OK, I'm older than dirt, but I'm proud of the fact that I could spend over $5k to buy a PC, a color monitor, and a printer, and I was stupid enough to do it. My first real PC was and IBM PS2 and it was horrendously expensive, but learning to program gave me an easy path out of that paper mill, and it was well worth it.

Want to go out on your own? If you are married, I hope you have a spouse that is confident in your abilities and is willing to spend some time growing your new business. If not, you are toast, and/or your relationship is.
 
  • #34
hmmm, we have a shortage of teenagers.

//expecting rant about "young people these days"
 
  • #35
Jimmy Snyder said:
A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent. - B. Franklin

What's funny is that Franklin was 12 when he wrote this and had a net worth of 260,000 pounds.
 
  • #36
I am 27 cycles old. Ambiguous, I know.
 
  • #37
why are 30's and 40's grouped together? I'm not OLD! 30 is the new 20!
 
  • #38
Pythagorean said:
why are 30's and 40's grouped together? I'm not OLD! 30 is the new 20!

That would make me a teenager then. :(

Please don't turn me into a teenager.
 
  • #39
Cherish it while it lasts
 
  • #40
Old enough to have a checkout clerk swipe in the 'senior discount' without even asking.
Ouch! -- but now I look forward to the savings :-)

(and apparently old school enough to type my own emoticons, haha)
 
  • #41
I don't get out to shop anymore, but I'd be in the same boat, rolerbe. I've got enough gray on my temples and my mustache to qualify. A couple of weeks back, I stopped into a furniture store to check out a recliner that my wife had recommended. The sales-woman was extolling the virtues of the chair, and when I asked her to check for prices and in-stock availability, she couldn't read the tag and had to go get a pair of reading glasses. She complained about not being able to read at short distances, and I asked how long that had been going on (I am a certified optician), and she said that it started being a problem when she turned 50. I thought "what?" She's slim, with a skinny butt and a pretty impressive chest and black hair. No way that lady is going to get a senior citizen's discount without photo ID.
 
  • #42
I also looked forward to year 2k, only I waited for it a bit longer then some others here. Untll then I just subtracted 50 from the year to get the age I would turn that year. Now I have to add 50, not a happy change. Leave it to the user to figure out what year I was born.
 
  • #43
Theres a good amount of old farts!
 
  • #44
fellupahill said:
Theres a good amount of old farts!
I'm a very young man and always will be. The number of years that have gone by during my life is inexplicably high given my youth.
 
  • #45
I'm also very young and if I don't wear my glasses when I pass mirrors I look pretty good too. For the kids on here, if you don't see yourself in a mirror you really don't know that you look old. You don't feel old inside unless you have health problems. If you're still doing the same physical and mental activities you've always done and are doing them to your satisfaction you don't feel old at all. You feel empowered because you've "made it". You're independent, know how to handle your finances, have a job you enjoy, family and friends you like and lots of other things that make your life really great. You know you're getting a bit long in the tooth though when kids Ma'am and sir you. Very annoying.
 
  • #46
Reminds me of a Candid Camera (remember that?), where some boy scouts would approach girls in their 20's to 'help a little old lady across the road'. Many got really pissed...which was funny. :smile:
 
  • #47
Objects in mirror are younger than they appear.
 
  • #48
Jimmy Snyder said:
Objects in mirror are younger than they appear.
:biggrin:
 
  • #49
guess this makes me the only 5 year old here :biggrin:!
 
  • #50
ArcherofScience said:
guess this makes me the only 5 year old here :biggrin:!

:smile:
 

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