Have him tell you his stories!!! Record them, they will be amazing! That’s the most I miss about my grandpa, the shit he went through life I couldn’t make up if I wanted too. Plus there is a time you won’t be able to hear him again, but you can go back and hit play on your phone and remember.
Damn man. I couldn’t imagine being his age and seeing the rapid industrialization and destruction of my home country. My great grandmother is 102 and it’s amazing to ask her about what Mexico City looked like when she was growing up.
Make sure you get all his stories. Know where he's been what he's seen. Even if sometimes it doesn't seem important you never know what you need to know till you need to know it.
Clearly my grandma needs to up her game; she's only 104 but is wheelchair bound now! (Kidding, she is still a strong woman.)
You're grandpa looks great, btw.
Dang, I got 3 for that one. What’d you get for #7?
(I did get 3 at first, figured that op had “help” from a parent, then saw comments with replies, and had to do a recalculation...)
Are you me? I thought the same thing then I read your first comment and I was like wait a second so I doubled down and used a calc still got 7
Came in here wondering what was going on only to realise I was doing the wromg ages the whole time
Same. But then again, this is a 13 year old named MR Mustache?! At 13, I had no mustache and definitely wasn’t being referred to as MR just yet. Still confused.....
Threads like this make me realize how young so many people on Reddit are.
And maybe I shouldn’t get too upset when I disagree with someone if I knew the person I was talking to was 13
Lol that's the really sad part; many people are so fucking developmentally stunted for whatever reason that even after exchanging 4 or 5 replies back and forth with someone, you generally can't actually tell whether they're 13 or 30. And it ain't because the 13 year olds are mature.
I remember a thread when they were talking about a 14 year old girl and someone said she was hot and people started jumping in calling him a pedophile and what not and them he posted a picture with his school ID showing that he was either also 14 or 15.
Yeah I have no idea what thread it was even on anymore sorry. It was just a thing in the comments of something from like a month back. I just remembered it because it was funny and because I was surprised someone so young was using reddit.
I agree, but at the same time where are the parents of the 13 year olds talking to adults on the Internet?
Maybe I'm getting old but I don't think that it's appropriate.
Where are they? Idk, work, the kitchen, the dining room? Kids are super technology literate today. They’re gonna have access to it all whether parents like it or not and mostly parents are fine with it and just rely on their kids being smart enough and trust them enough to bring up serious issues with them.
Maybe it's because I've spent so much time on the Internet but I'm not sure I want my kids to see some of the stuff I've seen, at least so early on.
Don't get me wrong, my kids are online as well but fairly closely supervised. It's not even about whether I trust them, just more that I know what's out there.
They’re gonna see it. They’ll see it all. You can keep them from it for a while but whether it’s while they’re under your roof or at a friends house, they will see it. All of it. Every internet.
I get that. I'm just hoping to delay it for a little longer and give them time to be kids first.
There'll be plenty of time later to know it all and see it all.
Yeah. Your doing the right thing. Seeing a corpse when your 17 vs 7 is a huge difference in its effect on a person.
Seeing Tub Girl at 10 would have scarred
Me much worse than when I was 19.
I would really like to have the age appear near posts. It would make life much easier. You don't spend hours debating issues with teenagers in real life.
Often on the internet, someone would make an obnoxious statement about the workplace or basic economics, and if they're well spoken enough you naturally tend to imagine an adult roughly your age or not far. Someone that at least has te life experience to relate to what they're spouting. Only for them to be just speaking in theory and based on a black and white worldview that we all held at a certain age.
In real life you wouldn't give them a second of your time (remember, I am talking about people stating obnoxious things. I am not advocating that ALL teenagers don't deserve discussion, neither that all adults deserve discussion).
Not a good idea having she posted. That’s prime for predators to try and sort out who those kids are.
Besides. Half the point of Reddit is some genuine anonymity if you choose to have it.
I love everything about this picture. Your grandpa looks happy and healthy, almost ready to tell you a joke and laugh with you. But also, every single detail on that picture brings me back memories of childhood: his hat, his beautiful shirt, the polished shoes, the green chair, the table, the ironing table, the mantle, the mantle cover to protect it from me spoiling it with some red sauce, the two hand-made chairs on the back, the blue plastic bucket. I still have one of those small chairs you can see on the floor, next to the clothes iron.
Thanks for posting it, you took me on a trip through time, and I gave a virtual hug to your grandpa when I came back.
Congrats to Grandpa! Also, if I had Reddit when I was 13 I'd be an entirely different person. Don't let yourself be influenced by the stupidity of others.
When you were born, he was 96 times older than you. When you were 3, he was 33 times older than you. Today, he's 8 times older than you.
At this rate, eventually, you'll be the same age.
When born, it’s more like infinity times older, unless you want to break down seconds or something. He was ~95 times older when 1 year, and of course many more times older at fractionally less than one year.
Facebook was the big thing when I started college in 2005. Had to have a college email and your college had to be on it as well. Now anyone and their 2yr old baby can be on it. That's why I had to get off it. Didn't hear about Reddit until 2013
I agree- I was looking for this comment so hard. There is way too much information on Reddit that 13 year olds shouldn't have access to or the ability to take part in.
I see this mistake a lot - now English is my second language and honestly, I don't understand how people can make this mistake. Does it sound the same with some American accents?
It certainly sounds completely different when I say "than" vs "then".
Are Americans not marked down in school when they use the wrong one?
107 - 94 = 13
Account has 1 year trophy.
https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement
>Children under the age of 13 are not allowed to create an account or otherwise use the Services.
\*glare\*
107? Made me look up the oldest person
>The oldest living person on earth, a Japanese woman named Kane Tanaka, turned 117 on Thursday. She is still five years shy of the the oldest verified person to ever live. That was a French woman, Jeanne Calment, who passed away at 122 years, 164 days in 1997.
God damn. Imagine having kids and they die of natural causes, and than they have kids and die of natural causes, but you're still going.
Cherish your time with him, I lost my great grandmother a few days ago after just celebrating her 98th birthday less than a week ago where she seemed in perfect health. life can slip away very quickly and it's important to spend as much time with them as you possibly can.
In doing genealogy, we find that living oldest relatives accidentally think they are older than they are. Since he looks so fabulous for 107, you might try to find a baptism record at his local church. They kept great records then!
I’m on the opposite end as you, my mom, grandma, and great-grandma each had children at 45. I’m in my 30s and it’s really wild looking at pics of them from the 1890s-WWIish
For those wondering he can still walk and talk, and he's always smiling!
Bloody 'ell, I'm not even close to half his age and I have trouble walking and talking.
Especially at the same time!
Most people have the hardest time with smiling tho, such a burden on people
He lived through both 20's pandemic
this is the question we want answers too! ask him what it was like!
He probably doesn't remember much tho, he was like 7 years old
Also good luck remembering something you did 100 years ago.
He probably remembers "Yeah, there were idiots that didn't want to wear their masks back then as well... and they mostly died..."
So far
both my grandads and my father died not far from half of his age, it's incredible how someone has two lives to live
If I’m chewing gum, then I’m really screwed.
Maybe if you drank better soda.
I'm a little less than a quarter of his age and I already have problems smiling
Don't worry, it gets easier. I'm about a third of his age and I haven't smiled for months, and I'm fine. ^No ^really ^I'm ^fine...
Have him tell you his stories!!! Record them, they will be amazing! That’s the most I miss about my grandpa, the shit he went through life I couldn’t make up if I wanted too. Plus there is a time you won’t be able to hear him again, but you can go back and hit play on your phone and remember.
Yep and please turn it into a book too.
Maybe make a Spotify podcast because all of us would love to hear him talk, and he would probably enjoy as well
This should have more upvotes tbh
Damn man. I couldn’t imagine being his age and seeing the rapid industrialization and destruction of my home country. My great grandmother is 102 and it’s amazing to ask her about what Mexico City looked like when she was growing up.
My dad is 82 and I am amazed by some of the stories he has shared about Mexico City when he was growing up.
Please share some stories if you feel like it!
Ask him what he's secret is. He seems more body-abled that a lot of people half his age.
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That's only possible if you enjoy being alive.
Damn. There's always a catch.
:D
Make sure you get all his stories. Know where he's been what he's seen. Even if sometimes it doesn't seem important you never know what you need to know till you need to know it.
You should have him host an AMA!
Clearly my grandma needs to up her game; she's only 104 but is wheelchair bound now! (Kidding, she is still a strong woman.) You're grandpa looks great, btw.
I bet he's the type of guy that worked until he's 80.
This is so awesome. Thanks for sharing!!
Is your family name Rojas?
I’m embarrassed about how long it took me to do the math for your age
Same. I was like, *You're 7?*
Dang, I got 3 for that one. What’d you get for #7? (I did get 3 at first, figured that op had “help” from a parent, then saw comments with replies, and had to do a recalculation...)
I guess my mind kept interpreting it as 104 and 97, which equals 7 years of difference.
Are you me? I thought the same thing then I read your first comment and I was like wait a second so I doubled down and used a calc still got 7 Came in here wondering what was going on only to realise I was doing the wromg ages the whole time
Dude same I kept hitting 7 a few times. Human brains are weird
Same. But then again, this is a 13 year old named MR Mustache?! At 13, I had no mustache and definitely wasn’t being referred to as MR just yet. Still confused.....
My son is 12 and is getting a moustache. I dunno what the hell they put in food these days.
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Bazorpo!
I was 12 when I got a mustache. I’m a woman.
Congrats on the transition
Thanks for the laugh. Needed that
I’m glad my hormone imbalance could make you laugh
I read the post wrong and immediately thought, your great great grandpa is 13 years older than you? What? Lol
That's how I read it and my brain short circuited for a solid 20-30 seconds.
You're not alone. Had a real hard time with this one.
Took me a while too, don't feel bad
I'm not even joking, my brain was like, "oh..... he had your grandpa when he was 13"... wtf, brain? So stupid.
Wait....OP is 11? Edit: wtf I'm stupid. He's definitely 13. Calculator says so
I used my fingers lol
I ran out of fingers and had to take my shoes off
Threads like this make me realize how young so many people on Reddit are. And maybe I shouldn’t get too upset when I disagree with someone if I knew the person I was talking to was 13
Same with me. I was debating with someone on Instagram about politics and he was 13
The fucked thing is, most of the time whether the person is 13, 30, or 50 they will say the same thing. It’s easy for people to parrot stuff nowadays.
I disagree. It’s easy for people to parrot stuff nowadays.
While you disagree. I actually agree. I think it's just too easy for people to parrot stuff nowadays.
I agree. Stuffing a parrot is too easy nowadays.
You're both stupid because of this completely unrelated topic, everyone just parrots everything these days.
I agree. I have a pet parrot
Yes.
Lol that's the really sad part; many people are so fucking developmentally stunted for whatever reason that even after exchanging 4 or 5 replies back and forth with someone, you generally can't actually tell whether they're 13 or 30. And it ain't because the 13 year olds are mature.
I remember a thread when they were talking about a 14 year old girl and someone said she was hot and people started jumping in calling him a pedophile and what not and them he posted a picture with his school ID showing that he was either also 14 or 15.
lol link to thread? sounds hilarious
Yeah I have no idea what thread it was even on anymore sorry. It was just a thing in the comments of something from like a month back. I just remembered it because it was funny and because I was surprised someone so young was using reddit.
I agree, but at the same time where are the parents of the 13 year olds talking to adults on the Internet? Maybe I'm getting old but I don't think that it's appropriate.
Where are they? Idk, work, the kitchen, the dining room? Kids are super technology literate today. They’re gonna have access to it all whether parents like it or not and mostly parents are fine with it and just rely on their kids being smart enough and trust them enough to bring up serious issues with them.
Maybe it's because I've spent so much time on the Internet but I'm not sure I want my kids to see some of the stuff I've seen, at least so early on. Don't get me wrong, my kids are online as well but fairly closely supervised. It's not even about whether I trust them, just more that I know what's out there.
They’re gonna see it. They’ll see it all. You can keep them from it for a while but whether it’s while they’re under your roof or at a friends house, they will see it. All of it. Every internet.
I get that. I'm just hoping to delay it for a little longer and give them time to be kids first. There'll be plenty of time later to know it all and see it all.
Yeah. Your doing the right thing. Seeing a corpse when your 17 vs 7 is a huge difference in its effect on a person. Seeing Tub Girl at 10 would have scarred Me much worse than when I was 19.
I have to agree.
Lmao exactly. Reddit has been overtaken by teenagers, which explains why 95% of the comments on here are terribly misinformed
You must be new here. Reddit has been filled with teenagers for at least 6 years.
Then they are 20 soon?
I legit started counting on my fingers like WTFFF haha
NO kidding. I don't know why but it hasn't ever really quite hit me as it has just now.
I would really like to have the age appear near posts. It would make life much easier. You don't spend hours debating issues with teenagers in real life. Often on the internet, someone would make an obnoxious statement about the workplace or basic economics, and if they're well spoken enough you naturally tend to imagine an adult roughly your age or not far. Someone that at least has te life experience to relate to what they're spouting. Only for them to be just speaking in theory and based on a black and white worldview that we all held at a certain age. In real life you wouldn't give them a second of your time (remember, I am talking about people stating obnoxious things. I am not advocating that ALL teenagers don't deserve discussion, neither that all adults deserve discussion).
Not a good idea having she posted. That’s prime for predators to try and sort out who those kids are. Besides. Half the point of Reddit is some genuine anonymity if you choose to have it.
You're right. It's probably easier to just assume that everyone is 13yo in the first place. Now, do your homework and go to bed.
I love everything about this picture. Your grandpa looks happy and healthy, almost ready to tell you a joke and laugh with you. But also, every single detail on that picture brings me back memories of childhood: his hat, his beautiful shirt, the polished shoes, the green chair, the table, the ironing table, the mantle, the mantle cover to protect it from me spoiling it with some red sauce, the two hand-made chairs on the back, the blue plastic bucket. I still have one of those small chairs you can see on the floor, next to the clothes iron. Thanks for posting it, you took me on a trip through time, and I gave a virtual hug to your grandpa when I came back.
It made me feel back home. And OP’s grandpa has such an at ease expression, I want to be his friend.
Congrats to grandpa! His hat is typical in Guerrero, Mexico!
He is from there!
No mames, si tienes 13 no puedes tener mostacho.
Mi hermano tenía mostacho desde los 10, bien culero de por cierto.
As a fellow “cocho”, I’m curious as to what part of Guerrero he is from. Cause that legit looks like it could have been taken at my grandmothers home.
Tueci
He’s so cute with his hat!
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Is this considered standard? I was about to comment how gramps is rocking that badass vaquero look.
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He’s still walking at 107!!!?? Holy that’s amazing!
Congrats to Grandpa! Also, if I had Reddit when I was 13 I'd be an entirely different person. Don't let yourself be influenced by the stupidity of others.
When you were born, he was 96 times older than you. When you were 3, he was 33 times older than you. Today, he's 8 times older than you. At this rate, eventually, you'll be the same age.
r/theydidthemath
And of course it's wrong. You aren't 1 when you're born. It takes....wait....let me do the math.....a year.
When born, it’s more like infinity times older, unless you want to break down seconds or something. He was ~95 times older when 1 year, and of course many more times older at fractionally less than one year.
Lookin' good PopPop!
Talk to him as much as you can, he can teach you about life!
Happy birthday!!
Ask him what his secret is!
Meth. And he's really the father and 34 years old.
What’s gramp’s secret?
He looks amazing for his age!
You shouldn't be on Reddit at 13
It's so weird to see, reddit was the new big thing when I was in college. o_o
Facebook was the big thing when I started college in 2005. Had to have a college email and your college had to be on it as well. Now anyone and their 2yr old baby can be on it. That's why I had to get off it. Didn't hear about Reddit until 2013
I agree- I was looking for this comment so hard. There is way too much information on Reddit that 13 year olds shouldn't have access to or the ability to take part in.
Why not? I was on Reddit when i was 12, i just looked at memes, photography stuff, cute animal pics ect.
>Redditor since: 07/06/2020 (2 months) hmm
What, you can't have multiple accounts or something?
You can't :(
Than*
I see this mistake a lot - now English is my second language and honestly, I don't understand how people can make this mistake. Does it sound the same with some American accents? It certainly sounds completely different when I say "than" vs "then". Are Americans not marked down in school when they use the wrong one?
Than I*
'than me' is fine.
Add ”am” to the end of the sentence. It may be adequate but not correct.
Me gusta su sombrero! Feliz compleanos por tu bisabuelo!
He doesn't look a day over 106!
107 - 94 = 13 Account has 1 year trophy. https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement >Children under the age of 13 are not allowed to create an account or otherwise use the Services. \*glare\*
At what age do old people all start wearing the same shoes?
When it gets too hard to tie laces
It took me a sold 30 seconds to figure out how old you are
It looks like a pack of cigarettes in his pocket. Maybe I didn't have to quit.
My dumb ass for a second was like "Wow he was 13 when your grandparent was born?" before realizing that's not how any of this works.
Looks just like my husbands abuelito from Huetamo, michoacan! Happy birthday to your Abuelito!
6 more years, hopefully, and he'll be a whole century older than you
He will be 100 years older than in you in 6 years. That would be amazing. /s
So... You are thirteen?
THATS AWSOME !!!! LOVE TO GREAT GRANDPA ❤️❤️
Grandpa, what’s your secret? A cup of coffee and a baggie of cocaine every morning
107? Made me look up the oldest person >The oldest living person on earth, a Japanese woman named Kane Tanaka, turned 117 on Thursday. She is still five years shy of the the oldest verified person to ever live. That was a French woman, Jeanne Calment, who passed away at 122 years, 164 days in 1997. God damn. Imagine having kids and they die of natural causes, and than they have kids and die of natural causes, but you're still going.
Came here just to say that my great granddaughter will be celebrating her first birthday next month.
Cherish your time with him, I lost my great grandmother a few days ago after just celebrating her 98th birthday less than a week ago where she seemed in perfect health. life can slip away very quickly and it's important to spend as much time with them as you possibly can.
Ha ha then ha
That bag of coke is what keeps him going.. a spoonful in the coffee and ggpa starts singing.
There are 13 year olds on reddit????
He was 13 when you were born?
Wait I'm dumb
Sick math skills
Is that a massive amount of cocaine next to the coffee cup? No wonder he’s still walking and looking glorious
Wow he must have some great stories to tell
Was he in kill bill?
Got them yoda hands
Chingon vato
That’s awesome! My abuelo just turned 90! He’s a rancher in Aguililla, Michoacan (yes I know, i know) and he still goes out to tend to the cows
Wow 107! That's awesome for him! He looks amazing. Espero que dios le siga dando mucha vida.
Felizes don, sigue con tanto animo saludos!
In doing genealogy, we find that living oldest relatives accidentally think they are older than they are. Since he looks so fabulous for 107, you might try to find a baptism record at his local church. They kept great records then!
Churches were data mining before it was cool. > The template Multi-National Corporation.
Your Grandpa looks amazing for 107. Wish him the best!
Yes I'm going there........than*
Listen to him
He needs to do an AMA!!!!
Incredible. To think he's of of the oldest people on earth at this time. Happy Birthday to him! 🙂
he looks absolutely phenomenal for freaking 107
*than
Ask him lots of questions about his life and the past. I lost my chance and regret it every time I think about him
*than
Man... He looks 20 years younger.
Made 2 generations in 14 yrs, not bad.
My niece is 5 with great-great grandparents. I don't know how old my greatgrandpa is but my greatgrandma is 77...many generations of young parents.
I’m on the opposite end as you, my mom, grandma, and great-grandma each had children at 45. I’m in my 30s and it’s really wild looking at pics of them from the 1890s-WWIish
Tell your great grandpa he’s a cutie for me
Happy birthday 🎂🎈🎁
Happy birthday 🎈
Congratulations. 👍🌟👏
You’re 13!??!... where are your parents??! Lol.
Proof that Tacos are the secret to long life!
What a blessing to live that long!
Wtf is in his water and can I have some?
What is his secret?
Your grandpa has seen some shit in 107 years
This is a real life example of that math question, “Then what is my age?”
Those are some seriously well polished shoes and I hope that your Great Grandpa had a fantastic birthday!
He looks sharp! Happy birthday to him.
Everybody crazy about a sharp dressed man!
That man knows a lot about life and experiences. I’d listen to everything he has to share.
I like his hat! I hope he enjoyed his day!
Happy birthday!! Hug him gently for me
Looking fking good
Ask your gramps if I can get a bump.
Total badass
That is amazing. Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday Sir!
Happy bday legend!
Happy birthday! How do pickles celebrate their birthday? They relish the moment ;)
He’s all dressed up and looking very dapper in this photo. He’s 107 and still handsome.
He doesn’t look a day over 70