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World’s oldest known man dies aged 112 in Merseyside

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    g33kphr33k
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    My wife's gran passed 6 months ago, aged 103. The last seven years, the only thing she saw was her bedroom and a TV set, but cared for neither and simply wanted to pass. In those seven years she...

    My wife's gran passed 6 months ago, aged 103.

    The last seven years, the only thing she saw was her bedroom and a TV set, but cared for neither and simply wanted to pass. In those seven years she had COVID, the flu, multiple infections and most people would have gone. That woman had the heart of a lion. Everything else gave up, including her mind, except a few lucid moments, but that heart just kept going.

    My mind was blown at the world change in that length of time, and the changes are happening faster than ever. I just watched a video of a nano bot swim a half functional sperm to an egg, and give it a helping shove. How absolutely mental is that?

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      BeardyHat
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      My own Grandpa died last year at 94 (just shy of 95) and he would constantly talk about his envy of all the other people that have gotten to die before him. Said about a 20-year old friend of his...

      My own Grandpa died last year at 94 (just shy of 95) and he would constantly talk about his envy of all the other people that have gotten to die before him. Said about a 20-year old friend of his Great Grandchild that was killed at work, "Everybody's dyin' but me!"

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      1. [3]
        gowestyoungman
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        There's a 'good age' to die. Too young and it's a tragedy and it leaves so many of your family with a heartbreak that never quite goes away. Too old and you grow so very lonely because much of...

        There's a 'good age' to die. Too young and it's a tragedy and it leaves so many of your family with a heartbreak that never quite goes away. Too old and you grow so very lonely because much of your family has passed on before you and you have no one left but professional medical personnel to keep you alive. But for what at that point?
        Personally I think my mother and father got it right, both dying earlier this year in their mid 80s. That's my 'goal' if picking a good age to die can be considered a goal.

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        1. BeardyHat
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          Definitely, it looked very frustrating to be him at his age. I talked to him a little about it when I saw him about 6 months before, he had told me he still feels much younger, but his body won't...

          Definitely, it looked very frustrating to be him at his age. I talked to him a little about it when I saw him about 6 months before, he had told me he still feels much younger, but his body won't do what he wants it to anymore.

          It's easy to imagine still being pretty youthful at that age, but the evidence doesn't seem to bear that out. I certainly don't want to finally have the time for my hobbies, but neither the energy or ability to anymore. Life seems rather dull without all of them.

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        2. honzabe
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          My grandmother is 98. On the one hand, she outlived her husband and all her friends, some of them by decades. She clearly misses them, especially grandpa. On the other, she lived to see her eighth...

          Too old and you grow so very lonely...

          My grandmother is 98. On the one hand, she outlived her husband and all her friends, some of them by decades. She clearly misses them, especially grandpa. On the other, she lived to see her eighth great-grandchild (so far).
          She's clearly ready to go - she even jokes about it sometimes; last time she gave me instructions to cremate her and use the ashes to fertilize the giant thicket of blackberries in the garden - they'll benefit from this kind of "nutrition," she said, laughing.
          But when you see her with her 97 years younger great-granddaughter... I think she's glad she's still here. The clan she started with grandpa is quite a lot of people now. And she's still witnessing it branch out further and further.
          Actually, it's kind of strange to think that if it wasn't for her chance meeting with grandpa, none of us would be here.

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      2. ahatlikethat
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        My aunt was the same. Every time she heard that someone died, she'd say, "good for him!"

        My aunt was the same. Every time she heard that someone died, she'd say, "good for him!"

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  2. X08
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    The changes in culture and technology this man has seen are simply baffling. RIP!

    The changes in culture and technology this man has seen are simply baffling. RIP!

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