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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tsangan on Sat, 08 June 2013, 19:37:23

Title: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 08 June 2013, 19:37:23
fohat.digs came up with this idea after seeing banter about ages, he think that it would be interesting to take an age poll.

To totally protect privacy and make it more fun, fohat.digs propose making a "Who was president when you were born?" poll.

Have fun :)
Title: Re: Who was president when I was born?
Post by: kmiller8 on Sat, 08 June 2013, 19:38:36
how old am I supposed to know you are?
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Post by: mashby on Sat, 08 June 2013, 19:39:30
I thought the same thing and took a guess.

Are we supposed to say who was President when WE were born?  :))
Title: Re: Who was president when we were born?
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 08 June 2013, 19:43:06
it's worded "Who was president when I was born?" because that's the question you ask yourself but i guess it was a little confusing there so its changed now
Title: Re: Who was president when we were born?
Post by: mashby on Sat, 08 June 2013, 19:48:24
it's worded "Who was president when I was born?" because that's the question you ask yourself but i guess it was a little confusing there so its changed now

Any way to reset my answer?  :-[
Title: Re: Who was president when we were born?
Post by: noisyturtle on Sat, 08 June 2013, 19:49:29
Really just another way of taking an age poll for GH, hmm?
Title: Re: Who was president when we were born?
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 08 June 2013, 19:49:30
since there was a confusion please vote again!!!!!!!

Really just another way of taking an age poll for GH, hmm?

wasnt my idea
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Sat, 08 June 2013, 20:01:03
Reagan is winning by a large margin so far ;p
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Post by: Mandolin on Sat, 08 June 2013, 20:17:53
 >:D
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: kenmai9 on Sat, 08 June 2013, 20:56:45
George Senior
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sat, 08 June 2013, 21:04:08
Thanks for the replies. Sorry for the confusion with the I/we thing.

I thought that this would be more interesting than simple years or decades.

I predict that Reagan will win by a wide margin.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: demik on Sat, 08 June 2013, 21:05:40
****ing reagan
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Post by: kenmai9 on Sat, 08 June 2013, 21:06:50
What about people born during Obama? Any 5 year olds out there?  :p
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: elton5354 on Sat, 08 June 2013, 21:09:29
I'm the only one in the Roosevelt era, huh?
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Post by: WhiteFireDragon on Sat, 08 June 2013, 21:16:55
So there are obviously some trolling on at least some of the submissions.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: jcrouse on Sat, 08 June 2013, 21:31:21
Reagan is winning by a large margin so far ;p
Well, he did 2 terms, so that helps. He won the election in 1980, my first one I was eligable to vote in. I voted for him, he won and I am batting 100% since that was the last time in my life I ever voted.

John
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: Tarzan on Sat, 08 June 2013, 22:11:34
LBJ.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 09 June 2013, 08:35:45
I'm the only one in the Roosevelt era, huh?

Glad to see you here. Did you learn to type on a manual?

I was afraid that we wouldn't have anybody born before or during WW2.

Let's see if anybody challenges you for supremacy.

PS - I expected the Kennedy contingent to be light, but not Eisenhower.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: Tarzan on Sun, 09 June 2013, 08:59:29
I'm the only one in the Roosevelt era, huh?

Glad to see you here. Did you learn to type on a manual?

I was afraid that we wouldn't have anybody born before or during WW2.

Let's see if anybody challenges you for supremacy.

PS - I expected the Kennedy contingent to be light, but not Eisenhower.

I was almost in the Kennedy era.  My parents met when my mother brought a TV in for repair, so she could watch the televised memorial service.  My father owned the TV repair shop.

I was born a year later. 
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: mashby on Sun, 09 June 2013, 09:06:34
I was almost in the Kennedy era.  My parents met when my mother brought a TV in for repair, so she could watch the televised memorial service.  My father owned the TV repair shop.

I was born a year later.

That is a great story!
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: davkol on Sun, 09 June 2013, 16:28:15
Václav Havel, I don't see him in the list though.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: Tym on Sun, 09 June 2013, 16:32:07
Václav Havel, I don't see him in the list though.

Us president.
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Post by: iri on Sun, 09 June 2013, 16:54:06
mikhail gorbachev.
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Sun, 09 June 2013, 17:31:29
Ronald Reagan
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Post by: reaper on Sun, 09 June 2013, 18:15:18
No Lincoln? D:
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Post by: calavera on Sun, 09 June 2013, 18:22:17
What if I'm at a exact year when the president changed?
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: Halvar on Sun, 09 June 2013, 18:26:48
So you were born on Inauguration day (January 20th)?  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: calavera on Sun, 09 June 2013, 18:31:36
So you were born on Inauguration day (January 20th)?  :rolleyes:

I could be.  :cool:
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: kmiller8 on Sun, 09 June 2013, 18:37:36
No Lincoln? D:

how come reaper gets two stars wtf D:
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Post by: Hak Foo on Sun, 09 June 2013, 20:17:25
Since nobody has replaced him, I must assume Jefferson Davis is still president.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: fohat.digs on Sun, 09 June 2013, 21:15:02
What if I'm at a exact year when the president changed?

Did you mean to say "exact second?"
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: therecorder on Sun, 09 June 2013, 21:58:48
Presidents are sworn into office in January.  So, unless you were born on one of the first few days in January, it would be the latter of the two Presidents.
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Post by: jdcarpe on Sun, 09 June 2013, 22:45:14
Presidents are sworn into office in January.  So, unless you were born on one of the first few days in January, it would be the latter of the two Presidents.

Doesn't exactly apply to Roosevelt-Truman and Kennedy-Johnson, though.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: therecorder on Sun, 09 June 2013, 22:51:19
Presidents are sworn into office in January.  So, unless you were born on one of the first few days in January, it would be the latter of the two Presidents.

Doesn't exactly apply to Roosevelt-Truman and Kennedy-Johnson, though.

Guess those people born in those "tragic" times will have to consult Wiki (for exact dates).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy
At the time, I was sixteen, and sitting next to my ailing, crying father, paralyzed in his hospital bed.  Two months later, on December 23, my father also died, also "before his time"...  He was 54.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: Halvar on Mon, 10 June 2013, 01:49:45
I need Gustav Heinemann please.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: Trent on Mon, 10 June 2013, 07:21:12
My man.

(http://duanegraham.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/ronald_reagan.jpg)
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: CommunistWitchDr on Mon, 10 June 2013, 07:26:58
Born the year Clinton took office.

Edit: Didn't even notice it was a poll because tapatalk.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: Bullveyr on Mon, 10 June 2013, 08:25:32
Those aren't my presidents. :p

I was born when Rudolf Kirchschläger (1976-1986) was the President of Austria.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: fohat.digs on Mon, 10 June 2013, 08:57:44
Maybe the title should be "Who was the US president when you were born?"

I was just looking for something a little more colorful than the usual "what year" or "what decade"?

So far, it looks like our single Roosevelt entry and single George W Bush entries are the oldest and youngest winners by default.
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: tipo33 on Mon, 10 June 2013, 10:13:47
Boris Yeltsin
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: nubbinator on Tue, 11 June 2013, 18:37:23
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs43/PRE/f/2009/132/7/d/Ronald_Raygun_by_Quakeulf2.png)
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: reverkiller on Tue, 11 June 2013, 20:10:11
If I don't believe in the validity of the US Presidency, who do I put?
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: Bullveyr on Wed, 12 June 2013, 03:06:41
If I don't believe in the validity of the US Presidency, who do I put?

That would end up in a "Who was King/Queen of England when you were born" poll which wouldn't really give useful data. :P
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: Tym on Wed, 12 June 2013, 04:25:14
If I don't believe in the validity of the US Presidency, who do I put?

That would end up in a "Who was King/Queen of England when you were born" poll which wouldn't really give useful data. :P
Hahaha, genuinely made me laugh :))
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Wed, 12 June 2013, 08:25:49
If I don't believe in the validity of the US Presidency, who do I put?

You should be fine unless you were born after January 20, 2009  ;D
Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: Tarzan on Wed, 12 June 2013, 08:39:50
If I don't believe in the validity of the US Presidency, who do I put?

You should be fine unless you were born after January 20, 2009  ;D

Or December 12, 2000.

Title: Re: Who was president when you were born?
Post by: fruktstund on Wed, 12 June 2013, 08:59:03
Don't really know and care much about American presidents, but still voted. I was born during the reign of Elizabeth II if we're to talk British.