[Poll] Age Appropriate Clicking

[thefourthvine]

I'm reading a book that, well, it's good, but I'm getting that feeling I sometimes get, the sneaking suspicion that I am reading not essays but anthropology. Or xenology. My point is, the person who wrote this book is not like me. I'm pretty sure we're members of entirely different species, in fact.

And she keeps saying she talked to all her friends, and they all agree, and my basic thought there is, hey, maybe you should make some more friends. A social circle is more entertaining when you don't agree on everything.

Then it occurred to me that I should maybe check out her points of universal agreement with my friends (and acquaintances and people randomly browsing friends friends who are yearning to click on some buttons). So. A poll. Help me out, here, people, I am really truly curious.

Poll #6029 You're only as old as you click.

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 721

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How old do you feel? Write in the number.

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How old are you?

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Under 13
0 (0.0%)

13 - 18
8 (1.1%)

19 - 24
136 (18.9%)

25 - 30
217 (30.1%)

31 - 40
238 (33.1%)

41 - 50
81 (11.2%)

51 - 60
37 (5.1%)

61 - 70
2 (0.3%)

71 - 80
0 (0.0%)

Over 80
1 (0.1%)

Now, how does the first number compare to the second?

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I feel younger than I am.
471 (65.9%)

I feel exactly the age that I am.
151 (21.1%)

I feel older than I am.
93 (13.0%)

Which is most true for you?

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I'm pretty happy with where I am in my life right now.
491 (68.8%)

Overall, I'm not so happy with where I am in my life right now.
223 (31.2%)

Which is most true for you?

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I've accomplished most of what I'd hoped to by now.
154 (21.5%)

I haven't accomplished most of what I hoped to by now.
301 (42.1%)

I never really had those kinds of hopes or plans.
260 (36.4%)

You can take a pill to look twenty years younger. (The way you, yourself, looked 20 years ago, I mean.) This does not affect health or functioning, just looks. Do you?

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Sure!
131 (18.2%)

No.
589 (81.8%)

Gender?

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Female
680 (94.3%)

Male
19 (2.6%)

Other
22 (3.1%)

Comments

[smilingslightly]

This is a lot like where I'm at. Not our actual ages but the feeling stuck because of illness and how it stopped cold the pursuit of most of my previous goals.

I went with mental age (a lot younger than my chronological years) rather than physical age (quite a bit older.) I dithered on taking the pill but then went with "sure" because it was easier to control how others perceived me when I was in my 20s than it is for me now. I don't have a whole lot of control over things in my life and I'll take back whatever I can get.

[scarletladyy]

I never actually thought of it that way! I'm sorry your illness stopped the pursuit of your goals ♥