WORLD'S OLDEST PERSON!!!!

Just think in 100 years some centarian will say "I was alive to meet (fill in some astounding personality) "

But who? WHO!?

WHo indeed

good news: the first person that will live to be 1,000 years-old has already been born
bad news: it's lord custos

― mark s, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 22:49 (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink

I love how scammy this thread title looks

the most popular drink among artists was absinthe

I'm glad it's now legal in the U.S., so everyone can see what a mediocre beverage it really is

thread title should probably read LIVING oldest person -= I don't know who the oldest dead person is

most drinking Americans don't care about how 'good' a drink is, quality wise

you could piss in a cup and mix it with coke and tell people it's Jack and diet and they'll just shrug and say "seems legit" and chug it

in van gogh's era the most popular drink among artists was absinthe which can definitely rot your brain

Strindberg's "Inferno" suggests as much.

shocked to discover that some late 19th century painters were frequently getting pissed on absinthe in Parisienne cafes.

Relevant to our interests here. The tips for a good life idea is obviously a well-worn cliche, but it's interesting to hear from and see such a broad range of possible future contenders for WORLD'S OLDEST PERSON!!!!

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/18/100-centenarians-100-tips-for-a-life-well-lived

reading the entries of the folks who died between interview and publication and sadly moving their suggestions from the good column to the bad

I noticed some gray hairs this morning. Pretty soon I’ll be posted about here I guess.

Who is the oldest person on ilx

robert christgau

Dick Van Dyke, but he posts under a display name you wouldn't expect

CerebalCaustic?

no that's Jordan Peterson

Who is the oldest person regularly posting on ILX?

The world's oldest living man is now a britisher. It's the fish & chips that do it.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/05/briton-says-becoming-worlds-oldest-man-at-111-is-pure-luck

That’s a good old person!

John Alfred Tinniswood, who was born in 1912 – the same year the Titanic sank – insist the secret to his long life is “pure luck”. He obtained the title of world’s oldest man after 112-year-old Gisaburo Sonobe, from Japan, was confirmed to have died on 31 March.

actually, Grauniad, the chronology was more like

-March 31: the world's second oldest living man, Gisaburo Sonabe (112, Japan), dies, never having made it to the #1 spot (cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Lucky_(Daft_Punk_song)#Commercial_performance)

-April 2: the world's oldest living man and fourth oldest man ever, Juan Vicente Pérez Mora (114, Venezuela), dies. his death is announced later that same day

-April 4: Sonobe's death is announced. later that same day, Guinness rushes to John Tinniswood's nursing home to award him the title of world's oldest living man

retired British-Indian marathon runner Fauja Singh, whose claimed 1911-04-01 birthdate would make him more than a year older than Tinniswood, sighs and jogs another lap around his couch

Let's organise a fight to the death between these two to settle the issue. On December 31, 2026.