I am 96 years old
March 16, 2011 5:29 PM Subscribe
Sweetness and light Ask Me Anything at Reddit: 96 year old AMA
This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, kind of thin, we've done the IAMA thing a few times previously, and the who knows if this is even real aspect doesn't help things either. -- cortex
"I have read about marijuana and I suppose it is not as bad as a cigarette."
posted by escabeche at 5:42 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by escabeche at 5:42 PM on March 16, 2011
I know it's terribly cynical, but I have a hard time believing this is real. Every answer is too...charming?
posted by kink at 5:44 PM on March 16, 2011 [7 favorites]
posted by kink at 5:44 PM on March 16, 2011 [7 favorites]
To be fair, reedit falls for stunts with alarming regularity.
posted by The Whelk at 5:45 PM on March 16, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 5:45 PM on March 16, 2011 [6 favorites]
I have it on good authority that The Whelk is a robot operated by Chinese hackers.
posted by twoleftfeet at 5:51 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by twoleftfeet at 5:51 PM on March 16, 2011
SILENCE WESTERN DEVIL
posted by The Whelk at 6:04 PM on March 16, 2011 [6 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 6:04 PM on March 16, 2011 [6 favorites]
"Did you ever imagine there would be anything as horrible as auto-tune? (If you don't know, it's the effect that makes the singer sound like a robot, what it is is the computer fixing their pitch so they don't actually have to sing)."
"What"
posted by reductiondesign at 6:05 PM on March 16, 2011
"What"
posted by reductiondesign at 6:05 PM on March 16, 2011
Yes, at first I was like "Awww, this is adorable." Then I got to the part about her favorite decades and was like "Awww, this can't be real." It reads how we imagine a 96-year-old would feel reminiscing about the past century.
Then again, every now and then our imaginations are spot-on.
posted by crackingdes at 6:12 PM on March 16, 2011
Then again, every now and then our imaginations are spot-on.
posted by crackingdes at 6:12 PM on March 16, 2011
IAmGullible
posted by benzenedream at 6:12 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by benzenedream at 6:12 PM on March 16, 2011
We can do that here too.
I'm 374 (and a half!) years old, ask me anything.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 6:14 PM on March 16, 2011
I'm 374 (and a half!) years old, ask me anything.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 6:14 PM on March 16, 2011
ಠ_ಠ
posted by Zozo at 6:16 PM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Zozo at 6:16 PM on March 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
Threeway Handshake, do you ever find yourself missing the time when you were only 350 years old?
posted by mingo_clambake at 6:18 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by mingo_clambake at 6:18 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
The Whelk: "To be fair, reedit falls for stunts with alarming regularity"
PAW PAW?
posted by wcfields at 6:27 PM on March 16, 2011
PAW PAW?
posted by wcfields at 6:27 PM on March 16, 2011
I'm looking forward to someone cutting the answers and questions out of that so I don't have to read reddit.
posted by codacorolla at 6:29 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by codacorolla at 6:29 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
To be fair, reedit falls for stunts with alarming regularity.
posted by The Whelk at 1:45 AM on March 17
It's interesting that possibly-naive attitudes to genuinely touching things is "alarming" to you.
Heal your soul, you sad, sad person.
posted by Decani at 6:33 PM on March 16, 2011
posted by The Whelk at 1:45 AM on March 17
It's interesting that possibly-naive attitudes to genuinely touching things is "alarming" to you.
Heal your soul, you sad, sad person.
posted by Decani at 6:33 PM on March 16, 2011
The Whelk > I am the the heir to a vast twine fortune. AMA.
Aha! You didn't say AMAA! What's your social security number, bank account number, drivers license number, and date of birth?
posted by mingo_clambake at 6:40 PM on March 16, 2011
Aha! You didn't say AMAA! What's your social security number, bank account number, drivers license number, and date of birth?
posted by mingo_clambake at 6:40 PM on March 16, 2011
Heal your soul, you sad, sad person.
THIS IS FAKE TOO
posted by naju at 6:50 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
THIS IS FAKE TOO
posted by naju at 6:50 PM on March 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
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