What's everybody's age range?

Let's put it this way . . . When I wake up every morning, after sleeping on the concrete floor, I stumble to my feet, I stretch, and say to myself, "I feel like a hundred bucks."

(NOTE: I think I heard this quote on an MST3k episode -- not sure.)

When I first joined movieforums I was in the 18-24 age bracket. Somehow the fact that I have been on this forum for 17 years makes me feel older than having to tick the 40-49 age bracket...

New member of the 50-59 group. I've had to move there from the 40-49 band during the recent Covid-times.
Ugh...

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Just turned 41

Heh, heh. I think you meant the JFK administration..

I was born in '44, so I'm supposedly part of the "silent generation", with my folks a part of the "greatest generation". However I did actually know some baby boomers....

What are the 7 living generations?

Who do you think you are? Seven generations to choose from (PEW Research Center)

The Greatest Generation (born 1901–1927)
The Silent Generation (born 1928–1945)
Baby Boomers (born 1946–1964)
Generation X (born 1965–1980)
Millennials (born 1981–1995)
Generation Z (born 1996–2010)
Generation Alpha (born 2011–2025)

As you age this is how to ensure domestic peace at home with your other half . . .

I've been married (this time) for 31 years and when it gets close to our anniversary my wife will inevitably remind me of the date and also how many years we've been married. And every time I turn to her and say, "Really? That many? Damn, I could have killed you and been out on parole by now."

This will ensure that your spouse will not speak to you for a week which, after 31 years of marriage, can be a good thing.

(NOTE: Not original -- I think it's Rodney Dangerfield.)

Oh dear God! Just realized I have two millennial kids...

This is one interesting poll! I always thought most of my fellow MoFos were in their twenties but according to the poll MoFo is really old and that rocks...

46, with the emotional volatility of a twelve year old, and a world weary outlook of someone who is well over seventy. Basically, the worst of all worlds.

41. Wow, I've been posting on movie forums for almost half my life now. What can I say? It's fun, and this is one of the more fun ones I've been on. It's a healthier addiction than crack, at least.

Worth noting that while this probably tells us something about the age ranges here, there's a lot of selection bias problems.

Forums are infamous, for example, for:

a) Only a tiny fraction of visitors joining and
b) Nearly all posts coming from a tiny fraction of those who join

So you're already two levels "deep" when you're talking about forum regulars, and then adding to that people who notice and bother to respond to polls like this, and it's hard to say exactly how representative it is. My feeling is this poll probably skews a little older than the membership as a whole, which in turn skeps significantly younger than the visitors as a whole. Whether that even matters or not is another question.

I do think this place is probably older than most places on the Internet though (though maybe not much older than most forums, which are an older form of social media already and are a little alien to younger people, still). And I think its makeup and its general level of discourse are probably connected.

Ha!

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I put us (40-49) in the lead!

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Eh, you'll all start aging out soon enough.

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As I expected, most people here are 35-40+.

Gen Z and younger millennials don't really post on message board sites. They discuss their hobbies on larger platforms (i.e. Reddit, Discord, Twitter).

I'm almost 31. I was once one of the younger members, but I've since been pushed into a higher bracket.

The previous poll 14 years ago got ~400 responses. This one got ~50. A lack of new-blood is making the population decline.