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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

To be fair, the comic stated the guy was the last person alive born in the 1900s, and grew up in the 90s. Those are two very important details where words matter. In my mind this infers he was born before the 90s and spent his childhood in the 90s. And knowing kids from the 1900s it’s not too far fetched to imagine most died at a young age (I’m very surprised I’m still alive and it’s only 2025). 🤣

Also, the year stated in the comic is 2118, so the guy is already older than 118 years. If that’s possible, then it’s also possible he was born in the 80s, or late 70s.

~God I really hope I don’t live that long.~

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

~God I really hope I don’t live that long.~

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're right, he says last born in 1900, not 1990. What are the chances that a guys born before 1990 survived all of the people born in the 90s tho ?

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Even a one-in-a-million chance is a chance.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He said the grampa was the last to be born in the 1900's. Not that they had a childhood in the 1900's. Then they're ask about the person's experiences growing up in the 90's. They're don't assert he had any.

And they wouldn't. The last person born in the 1900's was probably someone born a few seconds to midnight. I remember there being several competitions or promotions (on national levels, not global so timezones don't really come into it in most countries) or some such for the first kid born in the new millenium.

Nah actually it was on a global level as well, my bad. Here's an image of the google.com search to see some headlines so you don't need to bother

The point being that because a lot of people were aiming for midnight at new years, and you have to start the project 9 months earlier, there'd have been quite a lot of "just a little too early". Definitely more born in the days 30.12.1999-02.01.2000 than 30.12.1995-02.01.1996, I would wager. (I don't have the data on that but one would imagine it's available at least in parts.)

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)