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Solid "baby boomer" here.
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I got 2. I think my unusual situation results in scores with such tests being so far from the norm.
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If you read what's used it's heavily weighted in some areas and skips over others that I think are important indicators of growing with the times. It doesn't ask about computer/internet usage at all but looks at technology very narrowly. Folks of all ages have been pulled into the computer age along the way and adopted well though a few are still a bit phobic. So much weight placed on social networking seems a bit odd as it's really, in my observation, still in an infancy state and "hot" in only a very narrow age range. I'm not sure what to make of the tattoo question. Perhaps that's today's answer to what was earlier just non-conformity or the importance of individual identity in youthful dress code.
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and then defined social sites. Since I do interact with a couple forums maybe I should have answered yes on those but instead it aimed at places like Facebook, MySpace, etc. Also, someone on welfare would score higher on interaction with govt agencies than someone who isn't. There's a definite bias in the questioning, but is that bias necessary to make it accurate or does it distort the understanding?
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I thought I was born in 1951. That's what my parents always told me!
Mark
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It probably would have been higher if I had a cell phone (no signal here and don't travel often enough to have the cell phone I do have turned on for anything more than prepaid minutes for short spurts)...also I don't subscribe to the local twice a week newspaper. I read it online for the headline stories instead.
TONI H
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I answered the questions accurately, but my answer for recent TV ('No' right now) was atypical. That gave me a 42. Since I do watch at least some TV with my wife during a typical week when my house is not being renovated I changed it to 'Yes' and my score dropped to 25. I was surprised by the size of the change from just ONE question!
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