Althouse: I'm a male, in my mid-30s.

September 12, 2014

I'm a male, in my mid-30s.

According to "Can We Guess Who You Are in Only 20 Questions?"

54 comments:

TIM CARROLL said...: I was male teenager in College.

Got the Male part right, 30 years since I left college and 33 years since I was teenager!; 9/12/14, 8:27 PM
Strick said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9/12/14, 8:28 PM
Kelly said...: Says I'm a male in my mid twenties. I'm a fifty year old female.; 9/12/14, 8:28 PM
Strick said...: Same at Tim above, only I'm even older.; 9/12/14, 8:29 PM
john said...: I am a male teenager with beautiful brown hair and big eyes.

Fuckin' a! Ladies watch out.; 9/12/14, 8:32 PM
john said...: Everyone here is young at heart.

That's good.; 9/12/14, 8:34 PM
Sydney said...: I'm a bald man in my mid-50's. Yikes!; 9/12/14, 8:40 PM
Sydney said...: I should add- I'm really a mid-50's woman with plenty of hair.; 9/12/14, 8:41 PM
Paddy O said...: 1. You are male. Yes

2. You are still a teenager, but won't be one for very much longer. It has been a long time since I was a teenager.

3. You're in college and are already worried about finding the perfect job that will be both fulfilling and will pay well. Your future worries you more than you'd like to admit.
Technically, but I teach at a college. I am still a little worried about finding the perfect job. The "pay well" part is really the missing element... though I support a family, so it's relative.

4. You have beautiful, silky brown hair and big eyes.
It's not as thick as it used to be, but it's still pretty silky if I grow it out. And yes about the eyes.

5. You know that if you'd only believe in yourself more, things would be much easier for you. Yet you still doubt your instincts more than you should, instead of trusting them every time. This is true, but I learned it in my late 20s and early 30s. I really trust my instincts now that I'm approaching 40.; 9/12/14, 8:44 PM
Wilbur said...: They came very close to me, despite (or maybe because) of the fact that I didn't know any of the Pixar characters and the Mean Girls question was a puzzler.

They said a lot of flattering things in conclusion so obviously this quiz if very spot-on.; 9/12/14, 8:46 PM
traditionalguy said...: Male mid fifties and still works. None of which is true, but is how I see myself, I guess.

It must have been the Pixar toy.; 9/12/14, 8:50 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: They got me.; 9/12/14, 8:51 PM
acm said...: It told me I was a male in my mid twenties. I'm a female in my early thirties.

Told me I have blonde hair and a beautiful smile. No and no.

I was also told that I'm attractive and get complimented on my looks often (I think I'm okay-looking and get compliments on my looks occasionally) and that I secretly wish more people told me I was smart. That's half-right; I wish more people would tell me I'm smart (ideally by agreeing with me and/or taking my advice) but I make no secret of that.; 9/12/14, 8:56 PM
acm said...: I really thought I was answering like a 30-something woman---I chose Clueless over Mean Girls and the Greek-ish salad over the other foods, chicken over beef and Rex from Toy Story for my Pixar character.; 9/12/14, 8:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Male, late teens.

Sounds about right. ;)

(Too much reddit?)

They didn't have my favorite Pixar character.; 9/12/14, 9:07 PM
AustinRoth said...: Not one thing correct about me.; 9/12/14, 9:08 PM
Anonymous said...: The personality statements included were vague and general enough to apply to anyone, much like those "psychics" might traffic in, so I won't recount them here.; 9/12/14, 9:11 PM
Paul said...: "Male, Mid 50’s "... make that late 50s. And enjoying it to (and I'm NOT going bald.)

But there were to many 'tells' in the questionnaire.; 9/12/14, 9:14 PM
lee said...: Male, college age. Not even close.; 9/12/14, 9:19 PM
lee said...: Oooh! Paddy O and I are the same person!; 9/12/14, 9:21 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: Male, Mid 50's

No wonder I get along with you all so well.; 9/12/14, 9:25 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Can We Guess Who You Are...

Apparently not. It got my gender, but was way off on everything else.; 9/12/14, 9:25 PM
The Godfather said...: 1. You are male. [YES]
2. You are currently in your mid fifties [EARLY 70'S], still working hard and enjoying every minute of it [WORKING PART TIME AND ENJOYING IT].
3. You are starting to go bald [I STARTED WHEN I WAS IN MY MID-50'S, BUT IN THE RIGHT LIGHT I DON'T LOOK LIKE YUL BRYNNER, YET], but you don't care about it as much as you thought you would when you were younger [BEING MARRIED HELPS; I DON'T HAVE TO COMPETE ON THE SWINGING SINGLES SCENE]. You still have your good looks [TRUE], your gray [HAZEL] eyes and your sense of humor [YOU GOT THAT RIGHT].
4. You have a beautiful loving family [YES], great life-long friends [SOME, SEVERAL ARE NO LONGER WITH US], even the doctor is happy with your annual check up [HE SENT ME TO A CARDIOLOGIST!]
5. Things are generally good, and you just wish they'll stay that way for much, much longer [YES, BUT IF I LIVE MORE THAN 20 MORE YEARS I'LL BE OUT OF MONEY].; 9/12/14, 9:33 PM
el polacko said...: when i look in the mirror i see a 60-something, bald, curmudgeon. thank goodness this test is here to assure me that i'm actually a dreamy teenager with lustrous brown hair.; 9/12/14, 9:52 PM
Joe said...: Apparently, I'm Paddy O.; 9/12/14, 9:54 PM
KLDAVIS said...: I was also a male teenager in College...about a decade and a half off, though I guess my behavior related to quite a few of the questions asked hasn't changed that much.; 9/12/14, 10:07 PM
B said...: Bald 30 year old. But apparently I'm a teenager in college with silky brown hair.; 9/12/14, 10:39 PM
David said...: Not bad. That test took 20 years off my age.

Downside: I am going bald.; 9/12/14, 10:42 PM
Meade said...: Male, mid-50's. Married to male, mid-30's. A very cute, smart, and funny male in her mid-30's I might add.; 9/12/14, 11:11 PM
Anonymous said...: Did *anyone* get typed as female?; 9/13/14, 12:50 AM
MaxedOutMama said...: A buff male with gray eyes in my mid-fifties. Won't the spousal unit be surprised!!!

I think it must be using the nail polish question for sex determination!!!; 9/13/14, 2:14 AM
Christy said...: I'm pegged as a 30-something married man who recently became a delighted father, which is really odd because I answered "no current relationship." The only part right was the premature gray hair.

What question gave them eye color? Mine are blue, not the brown they picked.

MaxedOutMama, you may be right about the nail polish.; 9/13/14, 4:18 AM
madAsHell said...: My answer didn't include eye color...or I maybe I stopped reading after seeing mid-50 male balding.; 9/13/14, 6:13 AM
Bob R said...: Yeah, they seem to be pretty good at picking out the male, mid '50's. The Pixar character is pretty much a dead giveaway.; 9/13/14, 6:40 AM
dbp said...: I am a male in my mid 30's too! They got the male right, which should be easy (what guy used nail polish?) but I am actually in my early 50's.; 9/13/14, 7:37 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: I'm going to assume that website is run by a bunch of psychologists researching how stupid people have to be to spend their time on something like that.; 9/13/14, 7:42 AM
chillblaine said...: They affected the outcome by observing it. The questions should be cross-referenced to avoid cheating.; 9/13/14, 7:53 AM
Fernandinande said...: "Can We Guess Who You Are in Only 20 Questions?"

Apparently not.

That click-bait doesn't have a hook for me, but according the the replies here they're asking the wrong questions.

How about:
Male or female?
Age?
etc.
But I guess those kinds of questions aren't as clever 'n' subtle as the questions whose answers don't them tell anything useful.; 9/13/14, 8:11 AM
Wince said...: "I'm a black male with a huge cock."

Oh, wait... reading wrong window opened to a different web site. Never mind.

I'm white, by the way.; 9/13/14, 8:13 AM
PB said...: Male, late teens. Off by quite a bit.; 9/13/14, 8:16 AM
Mr. D said...: Here is our best guess at who you are:
1. You are male. [Yep]
2. You are in currently in your mid 30's. [I remember my mid 30's.]
3. You are married and just became a parent. You are experiencing exciting days, and more are on their way, but through it all you remain strong, loving and deeply caring. [I am married, but I just took my son off to college. I do care, though.]
4. You have short hair - partly gray, brown eyes and a fit body. [Hair is long because I need a haircut, but pretty gray. Blue eyes. Definitely could stand to lose a few.]
5. You decided long ago that your kids must have a better childhood than the one you had. You know you'll do anything to make sure of that. [Well, yeah.]; 9/13/14, 8:35 AM
Larry J said...: Funny. The first time through, I accidentally made two wrong inputs. It said I was a teenaged male. I repeated it and made the correct inputs, plus changed the Pixar character. It says I'm a male in my mid 50s. That's right but I'm not going bald, just gray.; 9/13/14, 8:37 AM
Luke Lea said...: I always feel bad after I fall for Ann's click bait.; 9/13/14, 8:45 AM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: Teenage Male in college. LOL

Wrong.... 64 yrs old woman. Probably it was the preference for beef and beer over tequila. I got drunk once on tequila and never got over THAT experience.

Woody was the only Pixar character I recognized so I picked him.

Dumb quiz.; 9/13/14, 9:55 AM
OldManRick said...: 66 years old and I am a male in my late teens; 9/13/14, 11:12 AM
Ann Althouse said...: I picked nail polish sometimes and the Pixar girl with big and long red hair, yet I got typed as male.

That's off.; 9/13/14, 11:14 AM
Dr Weevil said...: Made it to question 8 and gave up. Couldn't check any answers on the cartoon characters (no idea who any of them are), sweater at the office (I keep a sportcoat in the classroom for cold A/C), or beer vs tequila vs non-drinker (I drink a lot of different things, but beer and tequila are not among them). A test that can't be bothered to provide unambiguous choices is totally useless.; 9/13/14, 11:52 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: I scored like Godfather, though in my 60s. The key there to age was favorite decade. I liked the 70s more than the 60s. I had a hard time in HS, and didn't really find myself until late in college. And, Vietnam was over by then. My SO tells me that I am thinning, but I don't see it. I do have a hard time believing that men use moisturizers. Couldn't they have made the sex determination based on using nail polish? And too much sun gives you skin cancer (which is a much bigger problem with her). And, I still ski, so need to ration my exposure to the sun to when it is important.; 9/13/14, 12:47 PM
lgv said...: Same people did the climate change models. Not even close.; 9/13/14, 1:50 PM
wildswan said...: Apparently the male readers on this blog are secret teenagers and all the women are men. Both sexes have long lustrous hair and big soulful eyes whether they support Scott Walker or the Teacher's Union. Who knew? But I can see why the present group of Presidential candidates is attracting no real support. They keep trying to fake the reality they see instead of faking the inner reality.; 9/13/14, 5:35 PM
Unknown said...: Out of five characteristics they were correct in only 1 (gender - male) and partially correct in two (short partially gray hair - correct; brown eyes - incorrect), married (correct), recently a parent (incorrect)
Seems like click bait and blog fodder. Clickin's done, guess I better blog about it.; 9/13/14, 6:42 PM
RonF said...: 1. You are male.
True
2. You are in currently in your mid 30's.
Off by about 1/2.
3. You are married
True
and just became a parent.
False. I have a daughter > 30 and a son just under 30.
4. You have short hair - partly gray, brown eyes and a fit body.
Eyes are blue, body not so fit but not completely out of shape either.
5. You decided long ago that your kids must have a better childhood than the one you had. You know you'll do anything to make sure of that.
My kids had a great childhood, and so did I.; 9/13/14, 10:17 PM
MD Greene said...: I don't participate in Buzzfeed quizzes like these. I know who I am. When I read OKCupid's reports about who we are and whom we like, I get creeped out.

My life is settled and content. But I worry. If my Significant Other dies, am I going to have to sign up to participate in this trivial crap if I hope to find a similarly fine partner?; 9/13/14, 10:46 PM
DanTheMan said...: It got me exactly right. Age, family, outlook, hair, attitude....; 9/15/14, 1:44 PM