Reply #222: There certainly is an age gap. [View All]

[boppers]

I'm part of the < 40, internet-everything, generation, where we're used to having all this information at our fingertips. The > 40 generation is often shocked when they discover how much of the world is now in online databases.

For one/some examples:
From http://www.zillow.com I can find out how much you're likely paying in rent, or property taxes, when you bought your house (if an owner), etc.

http://people.switchboard.com / lists my age, every city I've lived in, who I am related to, etc. etc.

..and that's just a couple of free services.

For research purposes, I decided I should figure out something interesting about you, that you would assume a complete and total stranger would not know.

So, you had your only child, a boy, when you were 26-ish?

How could I know that?

Simple, a youtube profile lists the age (43) of separationcs:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Separationcs

..and that same user on Salon discloses age and gender of one child, in a context where multiple children would have been mentioned:
http://letters.salon.com/7cebddcad3c6bec7a421d909b3124b0c/author/

(The rest is math.)

I know this because you published it for everyone to see, for free, on the internet.

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