Comments on: hi, i’m from Rwanda

By: Levi

Levi — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:29:08 +0000

Hmm, here's an interesting article about centenarians. Apparently there are over 50,000 of them in the US. 80% of them are women, 15% are men. I wonder what the remaining 5% are? Anyway, I imagine the likelihood of any of these old ladies actually using the internet is slim, but there are more of them than I thought. Maybe 1850 would be a better cutoff date, just to be sure.

By: whaleman

whaleman — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:32:55 +0000

One thing you never ask a woman is her age. also they say you are only as old as you feel. She may feel like she is 80 and have no problem skirting the age thing.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:08:11 +0000

I’m sure that their strict ethics wouldn’t permit them to enter anything but their actual birth year.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 18:57:07 +0000

Well, there are still people living who are 103, but I guess you don’t care about those poor, helpless, decrepit 103-year-old ladies who are crying because they can’t read their Washington Post articles online.

By: Levi

Levi — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:00:56 +0000

102 is a pretty random age, but 1900 is a nice even number, and that’s what you’re entering in rather than your age. It makes more sense when you look at it that way. If you have to arbitrarily cut off somewhere, it might as well be on an even number. I honestly don’t see any fault in this.

By: dan

dan — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 00:13:24 +0000

True, it’s not very likely, but why 102 and not 100, or 99, or 150? It just seems like a random age to choose.

By: whaleman

whaleman — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 23:53:55 +0000

seriously though how many 103 year olds do you know who read the Washington Post online?