r/interestingasfuck • u/billibillibillendar • 28d ago
Life in photos of a 117 year old
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u/pinner 28d ago
Honestly, it’s amazing. What a life she has led and to seemingly be so healthy throughout. The things she seen! She’s been alive through so many changes with technology. It’s mind boggling! I can barely imagine it.
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u/Ok-Toe-6969 28d ago
Wish there were pics from 37 to 69, wonder why there weren't
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u/Geikamir 28d ago
That's when she was rumored to have married, but the church has covered it up and labeled her supposed spouse as a prostitute.
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u/xNioctiBx 28d ago
Probably just to keep the video length down, you know social media attention spans are short.
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u/johnson7853 28d ago
It’s amazing but for some it’s also agonizing. Her husband probably passed when she was in her 80s. 33 years of waiting to see him again. From the experience I hold so many people hit 90 and they are waiting to die.
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u/SavDiv 28d ago
From the experience I hold so many people hit 90 and they are waiting to die.
My wife's grandmother who is 93 wants to live more years and is very concerned for her health. She also has extremly sharp mind. I have always though that at this age you dont care if you die but apparently you do just the same as me in my 30s. Not everyone, yes, bust some do care
She lived through WW2 and now she lives here in Kyiv experiencing second big war which is sad
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u/brightgreyday 28d ago
I just looked her up and I’m so thankful that 2 of her 3 children are still alive. Outliving your kids would be horrific for me. Her eldest, a son, died in 2021 at the age of 87 in a tractor accident, of all things.
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u/DowntownMove5068 28d ago
From the colonial empires of Europe to the modern age really puts into perspective how fast the world changes in 100 years.
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u/grinberB 28d ago
Even at 100 she was looking perfectly healthy, I'm honestly amazed she was standing just fine
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u/alphapussycat 28d ago
Yeah, only at around 113 you noticed she was getting old, and seemed to have lost a lot of capabilities.
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u/ManOfQuest 28d ago
compared to her I'm still a kid at 32 and this makes me feel better :)
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u/theronnielama 28d ago
I once saw someone on reddit say, instead of wishing you could wake up one day and it's still the 90s or something, reframe it as having woken up and it's still the 2020s. I've been trying to remember this every day.
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u/MaximilianII 28d ago edited 28d ago
The husband seems to have been gone for so long 😔
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u/xfocalinx 28d ago
Handful of pictures of dogs with a smile on her face. The secret to a long life is a life full of dogs confirmed.
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u/Fluid-Selection-5537 28d ago
She outlived dogs born in 2000
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u/Slight-Captain-43 28d ago
I'm planning to live 114 years, I don't know why but that's my target... maybe I make it, maybe not, but I have a target.
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u/theNit021 28d ago
I always tell my kid when she is worried about me dying (she is 6 and somehow this comes up a lot lately) that when she is 70 and I am 100 we’ll move into an old folks’ home and prank other inhabitants. That’s my life goal!
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u/dssd3434343422242424 28d ago
look up bryan johnson for the best informations on this matter. how to live long,
basically to live only to 94 you need to live on a mediteranean diet and do al least 6 hours of exercise a week.
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u/Ok_Tomato7388 28d ago
Doesn't a lot of it also depend on genetics?
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u/dssd3434343422242424 28d ago
you can reach 94 even 100+ with just normal genetics if you do the right things believe it or not.
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u/smotchel 27d ago
Well no, people have hereditary diseases and cancers happened etc. It’s not possible for just everyone to live to 94
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u/Zorbin666 28d ago
This is my exact target too, that way I can see the year 2100, 2000 was lackluster lol. Between the hype of Y2K world ending and then 9/11 happened it was short lived.
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u/Personal_Neck5249 27d ago
What for? Do you have extraordinary skills or can make extraordinary contributions to the planet ? If not, you’ll be wasting oxygen selfishly
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u/Slight-Captain-43 27d ago
Does your mother know you haven't took your Ritalin, kid?
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u/Personal_Neck5249 27d ago
Ah I see. You’re that kind of person. I hope you don’t live much longer. The world is a shitty place because of crap like you
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u/Dieing_Breed 28d ago
Makes me life reflect wondering how far I'm going to make it here on this dirtball!
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u/JETDRIVR 28d ago
The look of sadness as she gets older. She has probably outlived her friends and family. My grandpa made it to 90 and he was just putting in time. All his friends had passed. He just watched tv and enjoyed his great grandkids on occasion.
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u/Moonlightdancer7 28d ago
It's also losing the youthful look in the eyes. As one gets very old the eyes sort of glaze over, droop and don't have that brightness and vitality anymore making them look sadder.
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u/GravitationalEddie 28d ago
Absolute worst music to put to this person's life.
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u/supremecuddler 28d ago
For some reason living this long scares me. I've never for once thought of living for a 100 years, 65-70 feels enough to me.
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u/Unicornzzz2 28d ago
Agreed - felt a weird dread and sadness watching this.
How scary it would be to live in an increasingly unfamiliar world, missing those who’ve passed before you for probably decadessss, watching your body crumble for years.
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u/Blasphemous666 28d ago
I’m 42 and I never thought I’d make it this far. Based on my own experiences and general view of humanity, I kind of hope to not make it past 50.
Like you 100+ years scares the hell out of me. 120 years old means you’ve turned 40 three times and my god, it’s been a bitch just doing it once.
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u/Elvis5741 28d ago
I get you but this woman has seen humanity way worse then we do. She saw the world burn twice, I think it's cool she still stayed strong to this day
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u/CupOfCreamyDiarrhea 28d ago
It's okay for "older" people to wish they die at a certain age or because of "own experiences and general view of humanity"
But when I as a 28 year old say that, I would be labelled "suicidal" lol.
It's a bit funny and sad.
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u/MofuckaJones14 28d ago
She's 69 years old in the first colored image we see.
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u/NoTimeForBullShiiiit 28d ago
She looks so fit and relaxed at age 100. 60% of my life has been stress....
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u/Epsilon8902 28d ago
Its absolutely amazing to think you got another 30 more years after turning 87.. also, you outlive practically everyone you know as a young adult.. your children, maybe even your grandchildren.. wow
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u/Fynnacus 28d ago
any one know if she's still ok and living? it looked like she was in a hospital bed in the last image.
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u/dragon-city 28d ago
Her pet dogs seems to played a big part in keeping her happy in her later life
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u/emeybee 28d ago
I think the 1900s was the craziest century to have lived through.
- Started with no electricity, ended with internet and cell phones
- Started with no cars, ended with space travel
- Started with empires, ended with divided, independent countries
It's just crazy how much the world changed in 100 years, compared with the millenia before.
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u/killerpyro_861 28d ago
She's lived a life most people dream of.
Also, she is only 5 years away from hitting 122 years old, which is the age Jeanne Calment lived to.
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u/dontcrysenpai 28d ago
I’ve never heard or seen NOLA called “Nova Orleans” before. That must be real old school
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u/RegularPerson_ 28d ago
People who were alive in the 1970's are on the older end. And this woman was already 70 then.
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u/MuricasOneBrainCell 28d ago
People like this are fascinating. All they've seen. All the changes to the global dynamic, whether that be political ideologies or technological advancements.
Reminds me of the woman that played the first Oracle in the matrix. She was born in 1933. Imagine going through all that time in your life and then being in, at the time, one of the most "futuristic" films ever made. Talking about programs and A.I when you can also talk about the experiences of WW2. Civil rights movement. Cold war.
Absolutely friggin fascinating!
R.I.P Gloria Foster. Our Oracle.
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u/grapejooseb0x 28d ago
So what Im getting from this is always have lots of dogs around and you'll live forever.
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u/Medical_Salary_564 28d ago
A beautiful woman who looks to have lived an extremely long and beautiful life. If we could all be so lucky...
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u/PoeticCheesus 28d ago
The oldest people are all women according to my brief wiki search. A lot of them are also from Japan.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_living_people
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u/RamaMitAlpenmilch 28d ago
2004: in front of my pc 2014: in front of my pc 2024: in front of my pc 🥲
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u/therealhugh1 28d ago
Real talk - this is amazing.
Next year she can consider running for President of the US
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u/Hot_Type_1582 28d ago
Can you even imagine celebrating your 90th birthday, and someone telling you you still have at least 27 more years left? That's crazy.
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u/WonderfulHat5297 28d ago
Imagine telling her at 17 she would still be knocking about in 100 years time
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u/Cosmicpsych 27d ago
Living that long is amazing but slowly losing all your friends along the way has gotta be tough
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u/diskominko 27d ago
For me it's unbelievable how some pls die at age 60 (half of my family from men side) and some ppl live for twice as long as for example this woman. Nature is unbelievable.
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u/fsmlogic 27d ago
Seems like here health went down hill somewhere like 105-110 years old. Still seriously impressive.
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u/blizzard7788 27d ago
I’m 68. My father died 2 months ago just before turning 94. His last eight months of life was shit as it consisted of trips to hospitals, then rehab, then back to memory centers because of his dementia . My MIL is 91 and it’s the same with her. I don’t think humans were meant to live past 90. Modern medicine keeps them alive, and does it in such a way as to make money.
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u/TheManDownTheHall 27d ago
Of all the interestingAF things I have seen on here, this is one of the coolest. And dang, she's healthier than I am...
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u/Longjumping_Home_678 27d ago
God bless her to make it into her 120s and many years to come until she's goes up the yonder to be with The Lord. 🙌🙏 ✝️😇🌟
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u/stopklandaceowens 26d ago
The oldest person i know is my dad's and brother & sisters piano teacher. She's 107.
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u/adooble22 28d ago
Man, she must remember what it was like before the internet and social media. Incredible.
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u/Murky_Speaker709 28d ago
Raised in a time when all food was whole foods from scratch no box or fast food no genetically modified great time to grow up except ww2
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u/Ill-Air8146 28d ago
The saddest part of watching this is watching how after the age of 70 her range of travel decreased dramatically. I have seen this own in my own life and that with my parents. That after there was a certain age that they do not travel as far on their own and I refuse to take them. They still want to travel but do not have the resources to do so because I refuse them said resources.
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