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Upton Sinclair Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 496	Getting to know the forum - age demographics Aug 13^th, 2012 at 6:34pm I'm just curious to know more about the people I'm conversing with, sometimes it's useful to put peoples opinions and attitudes in context of their demographic when discussing what can be heated issues. So, please vote in my poll. Help a n00b get a better handle of this sometimes daunting forum
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it_is_the_light Gold Member Offline Christ Light Posts: 41434 The Pyramid of LIGHT Gender:	Re: Getting to know the forum - age demographics Reply #1 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 6:35pm i am immortal, initiate an immortal icon and i will vote, namaste -:)
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Upton Sinclair Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 496	Re: Getting to know the forum - age demographics Reply #2 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 6:37pm I'm 32 and, no, I won't put an option for 'immortal' in my poll. I can live without your vote.
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Reply #3 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 7:41pm

[quote author=263B10263C103B272A10232628273B4F0 link=1344846859/1#1 date=1344846957]i am immortal,

initiate an immortal icon and i will vote,

namaste
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Isn't this included in 70 + unless of course your current age is less which is what the question asks - your current age not how long you will age.

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John Smith Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 75114 Gender:	Re: Getting to know the forum - age demographics Reply #4 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 7:43pm Hi, Interesting to see the results ...Upton I had you pegged as older than 32 , I myself am 42 ....
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Reply #5 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 7:55pm

I remember a while back hotmail made me fill out my info, so I put 2000 as my DOB, out of pure laziness.

Several years later we were playing guitar hero on an XBox. They needed a microsoft login for me so I said use my hotmail - worked fine, until we noticed half the songs were missing. A bit of head scratching later and we realised that Microsoft had deemed those songs inappropriate for someone under 18. So I logged into hotmail to change it and it would not let me. So one of the other guys had to pretend to be my father and log into his hotmail account and adopt me and approve all the BS. Then microsoft demanded his credit card details to prove that he was over 18 and thus accept that he was my father. By this stage we were about to throw the bloody thing out the window. So we found another hotmail account with a suitable age.

The dangers of putting personal info online - even when you make it up.

When I take over the world and tattoo everyone's name on their forehead, you will get whatever name you first registered on here with.

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People who can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I cannot put into words.

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Reply #6 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 7:57pm

freediver wrote on Aug 13^th, 2012 at 7:55pm:

I remember a while back hotmail made me fill out my info, so I put 2000 as my DOB, out of pure laziness.

Several years later we were playing guitar hero on an XBox. They needed a microsoft login for me so I said use my hotmail - worked fine, until we noticed half the songs were missing. A bit of head scratching later and we realised that Microsoft had deemed those songs inappropriate for someone under 18. So I logged into hotmail to change it and it would not let me. So one of the other guys had to pretend to be my father and log into his hotmail account and adopt me and approve all the BS. Then microsoft demanded his credit card details to prove that he was over 18 and thus accept that he was my father. By this stage we were about to throw the bloody thing out the window. So we found another hotmail account with a suitable age.

The dangers of putting personal info online - even when you make it up.

I'm not sure your story highlights any particular dangers of putting info online ... I'd say its more an example of Karma getting you back for lieing ....

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 106611 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Getting to know the forum - age demographics Reply #7 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 8:01pm it_is_the_light wrote on Aug 13^th, 2012 at 6:35pm: i am immortal, initiate an immortal icon and i will vote, namaste - Light - even Jesus had a birth date & he is immortal. He is now 2012 +33 = 2045 years old.
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: Getting to know the forum - age demographics Reply #8 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 8:12pm a coy mob aren't we Up...? Teasers in general. But no-one has hit the poll. Maybe it is being treated like an 'ethnicity poll' would be. OK OK I'm in the 50+ Why don't you answer your Poll? Or maybe you can't? Cheers and good luck
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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Getting to know the forum - age demographics Reply #9 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 8:28pm I am old enough to know what I'm doing. But still young enough to enjoy doing it.
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: Getting to know the forum - age demographics Reply #10 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 8:48pm heh heh me too.
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Re: Getting to know the forum - age demographics
Reply #11 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 9:39pm

John Smith wrote on Aug 13^th, 2012 at 7:57pm:

freediver wrote on Aug 13^th, 2012 at 7:55pm:

I remember a while back hotmail made me fill out my info, so I put 2000 as my DOB, out of pure laziness.

Several years later we were playing guitar hero on an XBox. They needed a microsoft login for me so I said use my hotmail - worked fine, until we noticed half the songs were missing. A bit of head scratching later and we realised that Microsoft had deemed those songs inappropriate for someone under 18. So I logged into hotmail to change it and it would not let me. So one of the other guys had to pretend to be my father and log into his hotmail account and adopt me and approve all the BS. Then microsoft demanded his credit card details to prove that he was over 18 and thus accept that he was my father. By this stage we were about to throw the bloody thing out the window. So we found another hotmail account with a suitable age.

The dangers of putting personal info online - even when you make it up.

I'm not sure your story highlights any particular dangers of putting info online ... I'd say its more an example of Karma getting you back for lieing ....

You think it is somehow immoral to not hand over personal info to every website that asks for it?

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Reply #12 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 10:55pm

Good question FD.

Do we feel obligated by social norms to reveal ourselves???

Are we so isolated, as individuals, that on-line contact has enormous value?

Age demographics ...yes... I think you'll find that e-contact is hugely important, ...but mainly to those, say under 25...... and of significant importance to those under 45. Just a basic 'rule of thumb', you understand.

For those of us who remember when TV was brought in, not so much.!!

Unless there is BUSINESS to consider.!

Now don't get me wrong. I 'd like to think that I have a 'handle' on many co-posters.

Whether I do or not I'll likely never really know.

But I do eschew lies. And manipulative behaviour in general. Not to say I haven't 'suggested' some things. But who's to KNow, BUT me??

Unless of course there is a scurrilous skillful stalker out there.

And.......of course there IS. !!

Humans are capable of any nefarious act you could conceive of, and much more.

We all partake of this particular freedom, at our own risk.

That is at least clear to me.!

You????
Guess that's your lookout.

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Reply #13 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 11:06pm

freediver wrote on Aug 13^th, 2012 at 7:55pm:

I remember a while back hotmail made me fill out my info, so I put 2000 as my DOB, out of pure laziness.

Several years later we were playing guitar hero on an XBox. They needed a microsoft login for me so I said use my hotmail - worked fine, until we noticed half the songs were missing. A bit of head scratching later and we realised that Microsoft had deemed those songs inappropriate for someone under 18. So I logged into hotmail to change it and it would not let me. So one of the other guys had to pretend to be my father and log into his hotmail account and adopt me and approve all the BS. Then microsoft demanded his credit card details to prove that he was over 18 and thus accept that he was my father. By this stage we were about to throw the bloody thing out the window. So we found another hotmail account with a suitable age.

Why didn't you just create a new hotmail account?

freediver wrote on Aug 13^th, 2012 at 7:55pm:

The dangers of putting personal info online - even when you make it up.

freediver wrote on Aug 13^th, 2012 at 9:39pm:

John Smith wrote on Aug 13^th, 2012 at 7:57pm:

I'm not sure your story highlights any particular dangers of putting info online ... I'd say its more an example of Karma getting you back for lieing ....

You think it is somehow immoral to not hand over personal info to every website that asks for it?

^ What John Smith said. There was nothing wrong with you putting your year of birth and 1st January as the birthday. One of my early Yahoo accounts (back in the late 1990s) contained a lot of false personal information and I vaguely remember reading somewhere in the User Agreement for Yahoo that having a false identity was grounds for account termination but I did it anyway. Cheesy

I wouldn't be surprised if the Internet was full of rogue identities. It is, after all, a place where you can get away with doing things that would have nastier consequences in physical reality.

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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: Getting to know the forum - age demographics Reply #14 - Aug 13^th, 2012 at 11:42pm I wouldn't be surprised if the Internet was full of rogue identities. It is, after all, a place where you can get away with doing things that would have nastier consequences in physical reality. Well really??? Doh,.
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Poll
Question: What's your age demographic?
Younger than 18 2 (7.4%) 18-29 2 (7.4%) 30-39 6 (22.2%) 40-49 8 (29.6%) 50-60 8 (29.6%) 60-70 1 (3.7%) 70+ 0 (0.0%) Total votes: 27 « Created by: Upton Sinclair on: Aug 13^th, 2012 at 6:34pm »