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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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MistyGreenAndBlue · 10/05/2024 10:00

I see. So you are saying that I - an individual, not a brand looking to collaborate on marketing strategy - can ask MN for this data for no other reason than curiosity?

Forgive me for being somewhat dubious about that. 😂

But.. maybe I should ask them.

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You probably just don't get it, what with your rapidly decreasing IQ 😆

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Strawberryshortgirl · 10/05/2024 10:03

Another in her 30’s here. Although feel I could be in my 60’s somedays!

SabreIsMyFave · 10/05/2024 10:01

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.

Early 50s here. Those 'stats' sound like nonsense to me.

MistyGreenAndBlue · 10/05/2024 10:00

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I see. So you are saying that I - an individual, not a brand looking to collaborate on marketing strategy - can ask MN for this data for no other reason than curiosity?

Forgive me for being somewhat dubious about that. 😂

But.. maybe I should ask them.

Shelllyfish · 10/05/2024 09:42

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MistyGreenAndBlue · 10/05/2024 09:37

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Why would data packs be co branded? Do you even know what that means?
And if they somehow were, how is that personally outing?

Pretty weak excuse. But nice try. 😂

I'm afraid I'm just going to have to make an assumption of my own, which is that you have nothing and are just making shit up as you go.

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Zonder · 10/05/2024 09:35

I need to watch it! Thanks @badger2005

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badger2005 · 10/05/2024 09:34

Zonder · 10/05/2024 09:30

Had to Google this. Love it! I'm going to practise speaking like her today.

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It's really catching! After watching W1A, in our family for a while we couldn't stop ourselves talking like the different characters. I still say 'say again?' like Will, and start explaining ideas with 'so, here's the thing with this' like Siobhan

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Zonder · 10/05/2024 09:32

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My goodness. On two counts.

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Zonder · 10/05/2024 09:30

badger2005 · 10/05/2024 08:10

I hear the OP's title in the voice of Anna from W1A

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Had to Google this. Love it! I'm going to practise speaking like her today.

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AGlinnerOfHope · 10/05/2024 09:28

Biddies. That well known neutral term for older females.

You are just yawn worthy now. Anything of interest you may have had to offer is rendered redundant by your ageism and misogyny.

Shelllyfish · 10/05/2024 09:19

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MistyGreenAndBlue · 10/05/2024 09:17

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It's interesting that you say you have this data but haven't shared a screenshot of it with the group to prove your point.
I mean if it exists it's clearly not protected data so there is no need to hide it from us.
And your crack about JK says more about you and your attitudes than you think.

You also claimed quite confidently that the older posters on that thread were the ones who were telling OP to wait for him to chase her.
There is absolutely NO WAY for you to know that. That is your own bias and nothing more.

Shelllyfish · 10/05/2024 09:17

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OhshutupBrenda · 10/05/2024 09:14

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You were rude. You stated most people on AIBU are old enough to be peoples Grandparents. There was no need to reference this, it was out of context for the question raised and termed in a derogatory way. It is ageist.

AGlinnerOfHope · 10/05/2024 09:13

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A crime statistic is not the same as an attitude.

Saying it’s normal for the elderly to struggle (what with? Sleeping at night? Opening jars? Tolerating rudeness and noise?) is an attitude not a statistic.

Strangely, elderly people have a massive range of attitudes, preferences, and behaviours. An elderly computer programmer is likely to struggle less with understanding cookies than a younger person.

We may well decline with age across many areas, but of course all start from different positions.

CranfordScones · 10/05/2024 09:08

FWIW, I don't fall in to that age range. What's it matter anyway? Age is often a proxy for how many of life's 'experience t-shirts' you own, but most people can only learn by their own mistakes, so they don't listen to others' hard-won experience.

But a self-selected poll probably isn't going to tell you anything useful.

Shelllyfish · 10/05/2024 09:05

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AGlinnerOfHope · 10/05/2024 09:02

I rarely report, and have never previously reported for ageism.

RenoDakota · 10/05/2024 09:01

Shelllyfish was being deliberately provocative on the other thread (implying that MN users are ancient) and has come on to this one to do the same.

Seeline · 10/05/2024 08:56

I'm mid 50s.

Many of the AIBU threads sound as though they've been started by a 12 yo. I just want to tell them to go and do their homework, and perhaps have an early night as they are obviously overtired.

Shelllyfish · 10/05/2024 08:55

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RampantIvy · 10/05/2024 08:51

gingercat02 · 10/05/2024 07:46

Can't vote on the app 😡
I'm in my 50s and would disagree. I often feel old and old-fashioned on AIBU

I feel old and old fashioned on Style and Beauty Grin
(And poor)

AIBU is often the most used for traffic so I suppose that most posters read it.