That was a great read. I check the "oldest people" page on Wikipedia every once in a while to see how everyone's doing, so I was really interested in this whole idea. It seems to me that she's...
That was a great read. I check the "oldest people" page on Wikipedia every once in a while to see how everyone's doing, so I was really interested in this whole idea. It seems to me that she's legit, based on the article.
This was an interesting story that came up about a year ago (I posted two topics to Tildes about it: here and here). Nice to see a detailed follow-up that talks about what's happened with it after...
This was an interesting story that came up about a year ago (I posted two topics to Tildes about it: here and here). Nice to see a detailed follow-up that talks about what's happened with it after those initial accusations came out.
Nikolay Zak increasingly sounded more and more like just an asshole attempting to get his 15min of fame at the expense of Jeanne Calment, as I was reading through this. Spoilers And I was rather...
Nikolay Zak increasingly sounded more and more like just an asshole attempting to get his 15min of fame at the expense of Jeanne Calment, as I was reading through this.
Spoilers And I was rather glad that by the end he was pretty much definitively proven wrong (yet again). Smug contrarians like him really rub me the wrong way. ;)
I think every time this comes up, I have the same reaction; I have never felt so viscerally invested in something that mattered less to me on a personal level. It's am amazing little story.
I think every time this comes up, I have the same reaction; I have never felt so viscerally invested in something that mattered less to me on a personal level. It's am amazing little story.
That was a great read. I check the "oldest people" page on Wikipedia every once in a while to see how everyone's doing, so I was really interested in this whole idea. It seems to me that she's legit, based on the article.
This was an interesting story that came up about a year ago (I posted two topics to Tildes about it: here and here). Nice to see a detailed follow-up that talks about what's happened with it after those initial accusations came out.
Nikolay Zak increasingly sounded more and more like just an asshole attempting to get his 15min of fame at the expense of Jeanne Calment, as I was reading through this.
Spoilers
And I was rather glad that by the end he was pretty much definitively proven wrong (yet again). Smug contrarians like him really rub me the wrong way. ;)I think every time this comes up, I have the same reaction; I have never felt so viscerally invested in something that mattered less to me on a personal level. It's am amazing little story.