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"facts are the average age for an AIBU poster is 60-75"

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Zonder · 10/05/2024 07:35

Just read this on another AIBU thread. I've never seen any stats but I'm always very keen on getting facts into MN threads so I'm intrigued by this one.

I figured we could get a general idea here.

IABU - of course I am in the 60-75 age bracket
IANBU - nah I'm younger / older than that.

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Nanaof1 · 11/05/2024 14:11

Bjorkdidit · 10/05/2024 07:57

facts are that 78.2% of statistics are made up on the spot. Or don't stand up to any kind of basic scrutiny.

💯⬆THIS

Though, I thought it was 82.7%. 😉

Kidding! I just made that up!

BobbyBiscuits · 10/05/2024 20:11

'facts are'...well, where are these facts from?
I'd say it's bizarre to suggest most posters are in any one small age bracket. Especially when a lot is relating to early parenthood.

ClareBlue · 10/05/2024 20:09

The answer to absolutely everything is 42. It is. So that's that. It was proved in the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, so no more debate required.

Mummypie21 · 10/05/2024 20:04

I'm in my late 30s so untrue for me.

ClareBlue · 10/05/2024 20:02

Bigredpants · 10/05/2024 07:56

I think the answer is 42

It is, of course, and nobody needs to hitch hike around the place looking for any other answer.

IncompleteSenten · 10/05/2024 19:52

However did you guess? 😁

lazyarse123 · 10/05/2024 18:40

IncompleteSenten · 10/05/2024 18:28

🤣
It was my dad's go to.
Any time you'd ask where something was, you'd get
"Up me arse on't second shelf."

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From Yorkshire by any chance? 😂😂

IncompleteSenten · 10/05/2024 18:28

lazyarse123 · 10/05/2024 17:23

😂😂 haven't heard that for years I'll have to start using it with the young ones at work. I like to shock them.

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🤣
It was my dad's go to.
Any time you'd ask where something was, you'd get
"Up me arse on't second shelf."

lazyarse123 · 10/05/2024 17:23

IncompleteSenten · 10/05/2024 17:18

In a dusty book on a shelf halfway up their arse, I presume.

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😂😂 haven't heard that for years I'll have to start using it with the young ones at work. I like to shock them.

IncompleteSenten · 10/05/2024 17:18

WilliamButt · 10/05/2024 16:10

I read that thread earlier as well and wondered where that person got their information from

In a dusty book on a shelf halfway up their arse, I presume.

Boomer55 · 10/05/2024 16:55

lazyarse123 · 10/05/2024 16:40

I am a geriatric 66year old and I think going by the absolute hatred towards pensioners sometimes on here that we are outnumbered by younger folk. A lot of posters do defend us old people which is lovely but it's obvious from what they say that they are relatively young.

And me. I’ve always seen MN as a female site, various ages, some are parents, some not.

Gransnet is the same - many younger people post on that.

lazyarse123 · 10/05/2024 16:40

I am a geriatric 66year old and I think going by the absolute hatred towards pensioners sometimes on here that we are outnumbered by younger folk. A lot of posters do defend us old people which is lovely but it's obvious from what they say that they are relatively young.

WilliamButt · 10/05/2024 16:17

Zonder · 10/05/2024 16:14

You must be one of us too-old-to-understand folk with the hastily receding IQ.

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Well I'm older than I've ever been before

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Zonder · 10/05/2024 16:17

So I emailed MN to ask if there was any basis to the PPs comments - not that ai think the pp was right but I wondered if they had misread or misconstrued something.

Interesting reply - said it's best to ignore that poster as they have deleted their posts anyway.

So I think we have our answer. We are all bright young things.

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KreedKafer · 10/05/2024 16:17

As far as I’m aware, Mumsnet doesn’t collect age data when people register for the site. Therefore nobody, not even the Mumsnet company itself, has the faintest idea who old anyone posting on the site is. Anyone saying they have factual data on this is a blustering bullshitter.

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Zonder · 10/05/2024 16:14

WilliamButt · 10/05/2024 16:10

I read that thread earlier as well and wondered where that person got their information from

You must be one of us too-old-to-understand folk with the hastily receding IQ.

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WilliamButt · 10/05/2024 16:10

I read that thread earlier as well and wondered where that person got their information from

AGlinnerOfHope · 10/05/2024 16:07

Strangely 5/10 years ago I was all about orthopaedic shoes and mobility aids. Now I’m all about makeup and hair products. Am I living backwards I wonder?

pointythings · 10/05/2024 14:18

If all this obsessing over age continues, I'm going to toss my cookies.

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Zonder · 10/05/2024 14:08

Do you think all my research into stannah stair lifts has affected my cookies?

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LauderSyme · 10/05/2024 13:23

The cookie equivalents of 'Easylife' catalogues are unmasking us - or is that just you? 😉

Purple shampoo is very much a thing for the younger ladies now. It tones down that unwanted brassy blondeness nicely 💜

AGlinnerOfHope · 10/05/2024 12:45

BarcardiWithGadaffia · 10/05/2024 11:00

Maybe you can explain for the aged amongst us how the collection of cookies allows age to be identified?

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It will be because we also google orthopaedic shoes and purple shampoo, I bet.

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Zonder · 10/05/2024 12:35

pensione · 10/05/2024 12:24

I think most AIBU posters are 50+.

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Possibly. I would guess 35-55. It's just guesswork though, isn't it?

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Zonder · 10/05/2024 12:34

You have commented though @KellyMaureen ☺️

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pensione · 10/05/2024 12:24

I think most AIBU posters are 50+.

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