• CrayonRosary@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I recently leaned a lot of these “oldest people” are not who they say they are, are much younger, and are involved in pension fraud. Especially when birth records from 100+ years ago didn’t necessarily exist.

    Kinda ruined all these wholesome stories for me.

    • Zetta@mander.xyz
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      2 months ago

      I’m sure some of them are as you say, but surely a few news stories we hear about oldest person are true.

      Either way, I like to pretend I will live a long, healthy, and fulfilled life till I’m 155, so please don’t ruin that for me. Thank you.