WORLD'S OLDEST PERSON!!!!

His reason for longevity is dumb. Stupid oldest people.

ha, jeeze if that's what you take away from that. such cynicism.

p crazy to think how infinitesimal the chances of him being alive now are considering what he endured and how old he is. also strange to think that a man who was sent to auschwitz the year he turned 40 is still alive and kicking in 2016.

i mean jeez that guy was older when WW2 ended than i am now, and there he is. it makes you consider how much the world can change in your life too. i think abt that with my father in law, who was basically in the queue to a camp in poland when his whole family got out thanks to a schinder-like italian diplomat. and now he's living out in the San Fernando Valley tending his garden and chilling out 24/7.

The two oldest people in the world during the past week have both been African American women - one living in rural Arkansas and the other in metro Detroit.

These ladies are taking "Get Tough or Die" to an incredible extreme.

― pplains, Tuesday, April 7, 2015 8:21 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This guy giving those two a run for the money.

I'm not a cynic I just don't like World's Oldest People!! I've been complaining about those assholes for years!

i love the world's oldest people

my favorite was the japanese man, a mail carrier who retired in 1960 and lived another 53 years

I remember a short interview in the Times, probs about 15 years ago, with that French lady who lived to 122. She mentioned meeting Van Gogh and commented how he looked like his brain was gone and he stank of booze.

Some of these living fossils seem like horrible people, the best ones go down with their era imo.

Apparently Van Gogh was a jerk to her though

She worked at her family's general store and he'd come in all drunk and weird and short tempered

He probably was a bit of an arse, but I still didn't like the cut of her jib and others of her type. Gl to people that live healthy enough to span multiple eras, but I don't want to meet ya!

RIP Susannah Mushatt Jones

her successor as world's oldest person (as well as the last person born in the 1800s) is the Italian woman who eats two raw eggs a day, and her successor as oldest American is the American-Italian nun who voted for Obama.

One left from the 1800s

Have always dreaded the end of direct human connection to that century, although recently discovering that the world's oldest cat is only a year older than me has given that dread a rival

lol

sorry to see her go, but she wasn't getting any younger.

that Scooter case smells like a fraud to me tbph. who's to say his mommy hasn't owned two or more phenotypically identical Scooters over the past 30 years? I feel like the feline age verification process is overdue for an upheaval; 38-year-old Creme Puff is the Old Tom Parr of the cat world, and Guinness is making a mockery of itself by continuing to recognize his claim.

otoh I live in fear that the actual last survivor of the 1800s will be some 118-year-old Azerbaijani woman that everyone calls bullshit on because all she has to back up her claim is a 20-year-old passport that says she was born in 1898. I wouldn't be surprised if at least a couple of these claims were genuine (in the 115 to 117-year-old range, anyways...Alimihan Seyiti is a blatant fraud)

("last human survivor", if that part isn't clear)

sucks i won't ever get to be the last survivor of a certain century.

unless... #TRUMP16

i want to become a supercentenarian. going to cut out the heavy drinking and start riding my bike everywhere in new york city. if i keep that up for 83 years i'm in the 110 club.

30 y/o cat doesn't seem so crazy. surprised that's the record. xp

there's a cat in my old neighbourhood who is 24 or so. buddy looks rough as hell (so much so that there is a sign on the block he hangs out on saying "im not neglected, im just really old, please don't call the spca" or words to that effect) but he likes to stroll on a sunny day and likes head rubs still.

30 isn't such an outlandish age for a cat, but where are the birth/baptismal/marriage/census/pension records to support that particular claim? I just don't think it's fair that cats should be held to a lower level of scrutiny than humans.

sad, though

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/14/worlds-oldest-cat-tragically-dies-just-days-after-breaking-recor/

interview with Emma Morano, who had a tough early life:

I worked so hard and I'm still here now, I take my pension and I'm fine. My doctor told me to eat raw meat, preferably ground so I can eat it.

I left home with calm; I took my things and I left. My husband would beat me every day, and I was not doing anything wrong. I went to work and he worked little, I always had to support him. Then an old man who lived near my house one day stops me and tells me, "Emma how can you be with that man there?" I did not go along with most anyone, I was always alone, there was my niece with me who looked after me.

Not exactly per the title and hardly a deep article, but it piqued my interest so I though it might do the same for others following this thread. Holding out for that family photo they have planned: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/21/nought-to-103-in-six-generations-bradford-hanson-family-claim-uk-record

the dreaded day arrives

it must be a trip to be a really old person

that was the last person born in the 1800s, i'm told

Well, the last person born in the 1800s would've had a birthday of Dec. 31.

thank's

Dec. 31, 1899.

people in American Samoa, Midway Islands/U.S.A. and Niue have an unfair advantage when it comes to being born last on a particular day

https://twitter.com/richardmarcj/status/852521411725885440

only 58 (validated, documented) people born in the 19th century are alive today, says Wikipedia; I doubt any will be left in another six years

― the loneliness of the dexys midnight runner (unregistered), Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:04 PM (six years ago)

RIP Emma Morano

fwiw when I wrote "19th century" I meant "1800s"; I wasn't too far off in thinking that the last survivor of the 1800s would pass away at some point in 2016. tiresome pedants will have pointed out that there are at least 2 remaining survivors of the ‹‹‹19th century›››, including Violet Brown, the last living former subject of Queen Victoria (whose 97-year-old son sadly just died today).

could the 19th century refer to any other set of years other than the 1800s?

Having struggled with basic algebra and geometry while trying to do something extremely simple for the last hour, I feel like everything I once knew by heart is in doubt

Those tiresome pedants have been on my nerves for about 18 years now.

^

but fyi Karl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century#Debate_over_century_celebrations

Not even relating to Britain's oldest person, let alone the world's, but a nice wee article nonetheless: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/25/britain-oldest-men-bob-weighton-alf-smith-110-years-old

"Unlike some fellow supercentenarians, (Bob) Weighton offers no clues to his longevity – no daily whisky or fresh air or game of Scrabble. “I have absolutely no idea why I’ve lived so long. I just haven’t died yet, that’s all.”"

Finally! An oldest person that is not full of shit.

Excellent bowel movements at his age are commendable though

Scientists unravel secrets of ‘superagers’ - "they are usually total dicks" says egg-spurt

I continue to pollute the thread with people who are nowhere near the world's oldest, but deserve note nonetheless ... https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/mar/09/oldest-person-world-ride-rollercoaster-experience His 106th birthday challenge was a zip wire ride.

there is no WORLD'S OLDEST SPIDER thread so posting this here

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/30/worlds-oldest-known-spider-dies-at-43-after-a-quiet-life-underground

The spider did not die of old age but was killed by a wasp sting, researchers said.

Fuckin' Oz, man.

Dead at 43 after a quiet life underground? Bet he was a big Jawbreaker fan.

Wonder what bullshit excuse he had for his longevity.

Staying off the web.