This is topic Results from the 'age and religion' thread. Come quick, we're starting without you. in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
Out of a total of 151 responses (I threw out about 5), we have:
53 atheist, apatheist, agnostic, non-religious, and spiritual but anti-organized relion
35 LDS
16 Christian of indeterminate denomination
15 Catholic, both Roman and otherwise
13 Methodist
9 Jewish
and singles or doubles of each of the following: Seventh Day Adventist, Baptist, Mennonite, Taoist, Jehovah's Witness, Church of the Final Atonement, and Congregationalist.
Everything is divided into 3 categories - LDS, atheist/agnostic, and religious non-LDS. Each category is subdivided based on age, with 30* and above being designated "old" and 29 and below designated "young".
Again, repeating what I said in the actual thread, this is in no way a statistically valid survey, because response was voluntary (guaranteeing a poor sample). And, I almost surely typed something into the spreadsheet incorrectly at some point. But it's fun, and I bet it's fairly representative.
Thanks to Kayla for letting me hijack her thread, just because I was bored at work and like Excel.
*I know 30 isn't very old but, as I said in the other thread, there were still way more "young" responses than "old" even with an admittedly low cutoff for "old". What can I say, message boards are mainly full of young people.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Yay! I'm still young!!
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
How many Unique usernames are there on Hatrack?
And how about an age breakdown!
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I think that's a separate thread for a separate time. And if I had to guess, there's about 7900 unique usernames. No telling how many of those are active in a given year. Pop probably has the stats on that.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Yay! I'm YOUNG!
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I'm waiting for someone in their 30s to complain about being listed as old.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
I knew Iwas old before you made it official, so no worries...
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
Last I looked at the age/religion thread I was the only Taoist here. Go me!
--Enigmatic
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
I don't think athiest and "non religous, but spiritual" belong in the same category.
You might as well group "LDS" and "relgious, non LDS" in the same category. Or just one big category with everyone who replied in it. Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :
Complain complain complain complain. Jeez! Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Non-religious, but spiritual, were two people. In both cases, they indicated that they disdained organized religion, but believed in a power greater than themselves.
Where would you put them?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Well, at least we've made this point here: we are not, as a group, "mostly young LDS" people. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
In church, where they belong!
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Did you count skillery as LDS? Cause he is, in spite of his flippant response. Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
If he didn't say he was in his post, he didn't get counted.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
You're right KQ, that was the point of all of this, wasn't it?
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
If people don't answer honestly, you haven't made any point.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Strider: I don't think athiest and "non religous, but spiritual" belong in the same category.
You might as well group "LDS" and "relgious, non LDS" in the same category. Or just one big category with everyone who replied in it.
No one is stopping you from compiling your own statistics from the raw data. In fact, I think your idea is interesting, and I look forward to seeing your interpretation of the data, too.
Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
<--- officially complaining about being old
Ack! No! Being CALLED old!!!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:I knew I was old before you made it official, so no worries...
Ditto.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
quote: as I said in the other thread, there were still way more "young" responses than "old" even with an admittedly low cutoff for "old". What can I say, message boards are mainly full of young people.
That, and the fact that ASL queries are pretty much only popular among the young. Once you get above the age of 25, you've answered those questions too often to enjoy answering them again.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Can I change my answer?
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
Ouf ! I stay young despite of my birthday.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
quote: (I threw out about 5)
Hey! Siths and Norse Christian Jedis have a right to be!
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
So we're about 30% old and 70% young. That's interesting. It seems to me that the internet as a whole is generally much younger than hatrack. Do other people get this feeling too? I don't go many places online, so my impression might be skewed. What do you guys think?
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I think that's the case too.
If the internet is a mall, most people hang out at the arcade, or at Suncoast, or Abercrombie, or the food court.
Hatrack is like the Waldenbooks in the far corner. It's out of the high traffic area, and most people that go there went looking for it.
Tom, I agree that the old people are less likely to reply to the a/s/l questions, but not because they're so much more experienced. It's simply because they don't like calling attention to the fact that they're old. They used to be young, and online they can still be young until they lift the curtain and reveal their real age.
I have no idea how old you are, but I could guess based on your posts and the things I know about you. I think the people who abstained from answering the survey were the hatrackers who've been around long enough to have already done that sort of thing multiple time. But that's a totally different type of old.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
It is interesting that on your pie chart the "Young, athiest" and "young, religious" are almost exactly equal.
FG
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
quote: I agree that the old people are less likely to reply to the a/s/l questions, but not because they're so much more experienced. It's simply because they don't like calling attention to the fact that they're old. They used to be young, and online they can still be young until they lift the curtain and reveal their real age.
*crawls into a corner and whimpers*
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
For crying out loud! I'm one of the youngest here, possibly second-youngest of the active posters - and I have a sister (and probably a brother too) older than Tom.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
It's very possible for siblings to be over fifty years apart in age.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
FULL siblings?
I do know a few full siblings who are 30-40 years apart.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Stock up on the Pampers and Depends!
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
quote:I agree that the old people are less likely to reply to the a/s/l questions, but not because they're so much more experienced. It's simply because they don't like calling attention to the fact that they're old. They used to be young, and online they can still be young until they lift the curtain and reveal their real age.
Just curious why you would assume people would rather be young? I've been both and old is much more fun. Posted by Gryphonesse (Member # 6651) on :
LOL at the Waldenbooks comparison...
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:For crying out loud! I'm one of the youngest here, possibly second-youngest of the active posters - and I have a sister (and probably a brother too) older than Tom.
Heh. And I have a brother who's closer in age to Tom's child.
Posted by CT (Member # 8342) on :
quote:Originally posted by El JT de Spang:
Hatrack is like the Waldenbooks in the far corner. It's out of the high traffic area, and most people that go there went looking for it.
Great analogy. It fits perfectly.
quote:It's simply because they don't like calling attention to the fact that they're old. They used to be young, and online they can still be young until they lift the curtain and reveal their real age.
Ahhh! For the sprightliness of youth once again. Alas, 'tis more than fifty years since these old bones be not a creakin.'
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