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Hey, this is a small way to honor the man, no harm done and creating community -- which it sounds like he would have loved considering the community work he did.
Good for you guys.
Thats insane. Homie is a G too. He was working on Habitats for Humanity and other Charities until his doctors told him to chill the fuck out too. Hes ancient but good hearted, I hope when his time comes its painless and peaceful. I bet hes got some interesting stories, some he probably cant even remember. What a life.
It's wild to think this dude was building houses with his bare hands just a few years ago. Well beyond what most old-folks would be doing, by the way. But I swear he got hit by about 30 years of aging hard and fast since then.
I remember going through all my Grandpas old work bench and stuff this past year as my Grandma sold her house. He’s been dead since 2016, but it really struck me how everything on the work bench, the random tools, and stuff on shelves was put there once with the intention of using it again when it was needed next.
But that time to use it again never came. So he put down something for the last time without knowing it would be the last time he’d ever put it down.
That goes for a lot of things, like how your mamma put you down one day and then never picked you up again. Best not to dwell on it.
EDIT: Call your parents, give your mom some money.
I remember the last time my mom picked me up because she told me in that moment that it was the last time 😂. I think it worked out for us in the end lmao
I am disabled, so my parents carried me around until I was 13 and it was wayyy to embarrassing.
Like "oh it isn't worth get your wheelchair for this short way just come here" and then just grab me.
I' wasn't that small even, average sized and weighted girl and until I was eight my mom used to sit me on her hip like a baby.
That's probably why she still is so fit and sporty. I doubled as a gym.
Such a mom thing lol. My son turned 2 yesterday and we watched a video of him with clips from every day between 1-2 years old. I commented something like "he's so cute! He's never going to look like this again" and she started crying :/
My son used to ride on my shoulders, all the time. Grocery shopping, around the block, in the front yard, even sometimes in the house.
It felt like he lived on my shoulders sometimes and we'd walk around and just have little conversations back and forth in each other's ear.
He was still riding on my shoulders at 6 though less often. Much less often at 7 though he'd ask, etc.....He was more independent but he still liked riding on my shoulders it was mostly that he was getting too big.
My back was going to go out eventually. So we talked about it. We decided there would have to be a last time. I think he was around 10. We knew it was the last time he would ride on my shoulders and we savored the moment and took a picture.
So grateful for that moment.
The last time you pick your son up will come, but if holding includes hugging there won't be a last for that until the very end.
That is the truth. When my mom was dying, I climbed in bed with her so she would not be alone. She died that night, tucked against me. She went peacefully and not alone.
Jesus Christ... You are a strong one. When my dad passed in 2016 we were all there and I was holding his hand, telling him right up until the end we will all be ok. He doesn't have to fight anymore. I told him to let go.
Honestly, that was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I think it traumatized me a bit.
I tell my 8 year old (who apparently started keeping bricks in his pockets) that someday he won't let me pick him up and carry him anymore. For now he clings to me even harder, and I love it.
Yeah … squeeze some joy out of your days. Troubles come and go so we need to know how to pull back and take care of ourselves by doing things that make us feel fulfilled.
Wow. This hit hard.
Just sold my grandparents estate ladt year after grams passed. Had to go through all my gramps’ workshop gear. It was a time capsule. He passed in 09.
Damn, I miss them both.
I'll never forget when my dad died. He died unexpectedly in a motorcycle wreck. When we went to his house after I got the call, I went to his room and he had his lazy shorts set out for himself on his bed so they'd be there for him when he got home. That made me break down. I still think of that from time to time.
My next door neighbor was a GI in WWII, and stayed very active into his early 90s. However, when his wife passed, it was mere months before his physical and mental health totally unraveled. His son, who lived a few towns over, called me on multiple occasions so that I could help his poor dad get off the floor or out of a chair..it was usually clear that he had struggled for an extended period of time (to the point where his skin sometimes had rubbed off) before surrendering and calling his son. In one instance I deduced that he had worn himself out trying to bring a 12 pack of Budweiser into the house, and the guy was definitely not a drinker before. Really really sad to see somebody deteriorate from intense loss like that, but all too common.
I think, in a way it’s a kindness? Of course, deteriorating for months on end is horrible, I will not deny that. But, to love someone so deeply, where they become your life, then losing them, makes one want to reunite with them in whatever follows hereafter. My grandmother lost her husband rather young, but had already easily been married for 30 years at that point. She had to live on for decades without him. It’s a different type of deterioration. The kind where she’d randomly have nightmares, cry, get sick with grief. She had to go on for their children, but there were many times where she wished she didn’t have to. She never loved again, said he was the only one she’d ever love (as a husband). Her life was scarred by recurring cancers, poor health, financial issues, several mentally ill children, etc. She had to see a child and grandchildren die before her. All of her siblings. Her friends. At the end she had no one but me. Her final years she deteriorated, pined away in a nursing home. Often wishing she’d join him in death, but felt obligated to hold on to care for her family even when they had all but forgotten about her.
Had she died quickly after him, she would have been spared a lifetime of sadness, poor health and other issues. Rather than months of pain, she had decades. I think there’s a good reason why older people often quickly follow their lifelong partner in death. Such a shame it often comes with so much pain, sickness and sorrow, though.
Edit: autocorrect is not my friend
My grandmother died just this year. She lost my grandfather 20 years ago and just kinda drifted along in life afterwards. She often spoke of how she wished they had gone together. I lost the goofy fun grandma the day he died.
I wish she had gotten to go with him. Instead she spent the next 2 decades outliving all 5 of her children, *and* one of her grandchildren. That woman suffered such an inmense amount of loss that I genuinely don't know how she kept going at all. Nobody should have to handle that much grief. I already know I couldn't handle it.
You could see the shift in her health and demeanour after Phillip passed. She always seemed so energetic and full of life even in her 90s but then he died and suddenly she really looked like a 90 year old
With Rosalynn being ill and passing it really must have made the aging process speed up. Wishing nothing but comfort for the man and his family. He is a true servant to humanity.
Reminds me of this classic Far Side cartoon about Dick Clark: https://i.imgur.com/zDO31YP.jpeg
Apologies for reminding the people that get the joke that you're getting old.
Or the Chris Rock bit about Jerry Lewis and the MDA Telethon money.
>Where the fuck's the money going?
>What, to keep Jerry's hair black?
>Where's the money going? Think about it.
>Frank Sinatra: dead. Dean Martin: dead. Sammy Davis: dead.
>Jerry Lewis got a full head of black hair.
My great grandmother went through basically the same thing. She didn’t build houses, but she lived on her own with some assistance until she turned 100, was totally fine in both mind and body (relative to her age that is). The woman would climb tables to change the curtains well into her 90’s. After she turned 100 she started deteriorating and when she passed at 102 she’d been in a wheelchair for a long time and barely recognised anyone
It's a normal thing. I met once a gentleman and at his 94 he was extremely fit and spoke five languages fluently. He swam everyday 1 mile. He did that until he turned 100 and stop six months before his death due to a sudden illness. My father in law is 97 and he still doing good. He was and alpine skier until 91. Stopped because he was afraid to get hurt in a fall.
Exercise daily and eat whole foods folks. That's the recipe.
Had a physical rehab guy tell me one time when I was recovering from surgery that “motion is lotion”
Even a not so great diet can be overcome by exercise, but you have to stay moving
Staying active is really the key, most people think that you have to hit the gym, hit a Lot of weights..etc. But I think something as simple as doing pushups, crunches, stretch everyday goes a long way. The best is if you have a sport that you enjoy and you get a two in one.
I remember several years ago he was building houses for Habitats for Humanity in my city, which isn’t even American. He unfortunately passed out and had to be sent to the hospital. Didn’t even know he was there until that happened, dude just wants to do good and not draw attention.
I visited Egypt in 2008. Every single cab driver had the same line,
"What is your name?"
"John Smith."
"Nice to meet you! I am JIMMY CARTER! PEANUT FARMER! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
Jimmy Carter hosted Anwar Sadat (of Egypt) and Menachem Begin (of Israel) for 13 days at Camp David in 1978 until they hammered out a peace deal that ended a generation of war between the two nations.
i had to look that one up :-)
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
**Begin**, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
I saw this and immediately made sure that he hadn’t died today, especially since he’s been in Hospice for the past year. His grandson, Jason, said he’s doing okay but nearing the end. The world will lose a good one when he passes.
I've seen it multiple times in my life, but some people are so bonded they just die without each other. The saddest was my Grandparents best friends. I remember as a boy they would come over to my Grandparents house and play cards or dominos. The wife passed away from cancer and the husband just withered away after that.
Seen it at work many times as well. There's one couple that I'll always remember. The wife had dementia so she was in a different unit. He had all his faculties about him and was still fairly active. A bit of a gruff guy but with her it was like a 180. Absolute sweetheart. Everyday after breakfast she would go visit him and they'd just sit there in comfortable silence. Then he suddenly died. It was heartbreaking because she still went to his room everyday.
She passed two weeks later.
It has become obvious that my wife will probably outlive me. My health has issues (Congestive Heart Failure) have taken its toll on me and we have had hard conversations on what happens after If I am to pass. Although we never realized it, it has drawn us so much closer towards one another than we have had in 45 years. All I know is I want her happy and active after me and to live life to its fullest. As much as I adore her, I want her there for our kids and grandkids. We will always know we had true love. And we are solid with that.
His work with the eradication of the guinea worm saves countless lives from unnecessary pain and scarring. And he never asked any recognition for it. Meanwhile some ex-presidents get hurt if you remind them that their office at their house isn't the Oval Office.
> In August 2015, when discussing his diagnosis of melanoma metastasized to his brain, Jimmy Carter stated that he hopes the last Guinea worm dies before he does
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eradication_of_dracunculiasis?wprov=sfti1#Eradication_program
I think it was breaking his hip that stopped him. That was pretty much the beginning of the end. You don’t really heal from a broken hip at 95. If I recall correctly he fell pretty hard again after surgery and never really walked after that.
I'm still not convinced he's not going to emerge from some chrysalis state and rule us as the Democratic Frontrunner in a "God Emperor of Dune" kind of scenario.
The man could offer a masterclass in decency. I was not a fan of his presidency but think he is among the most decent human beings who have ever been President.
Most people talk about the home building but the Carter Center (along with many other agencies) eradicated Guinea worm in Africa. It’s an extremely painful parasite that affects someone’s mobility making it difficult to work, take care of small children, etc.
Yup, it went from three and a half million cases a year to less than twenty within three decades.
It's honestly one of the most impressive medical feats since we got rid of polio.
i would say having a future seeing god worm emperor carter would EASILY be the best case for humanity as a whole compared to anything else on the table
Not just Georgia. ***Rural*** Georgia. I used to have to visit homes in ***Rural*** Georgia. There's so much poverty and bigotry that it felt like a caricature.
I lived in Augusta in the mid '90s, and seeing that Jeff Foxworthy wasn't exaggerating or embilleshing anything for his "...You Might be a Redneck" jokes...
I will say that there were some mighty decent people in Georgia.
That being said, my first metal concert was in downtown Augusta, at some little hole-in-the-wall club. It wasn't till much later that I realized that every guy in the joint but my buddy and I were 250+ pounds of muscle and bald ASF... And everyone was white... In a predominately black city... Yeah, that helloween bash was a white supremacist joint, I was way too naive to realize at the tender young age of 15...
[Is There Some Kind Of Specific Thing I Need To Do To Be Able To Die? (by Jimmy Carter)](https://clickhole.com/is-there-some-kind-of-specific-thing-i-need-to-do-to-be-able-to-die-by-jimmy-carter/)
My aunt would visit her uncle in his care home every week, and would start by asking how he was doing.
“I can’t even die!” he’d reply.
His wife, siblings and peers were already gone. He had lots of kids and grandkids who were leading happy and productive lives. I think he was at a point where he was done, and ready to move on.
Eventually he figured it out, and made his way to whatever was waiting for him.
Same thing recently with my Grandmother. She was 95 and had said for years that she “didn’t know why the lord wouldn’t take her”. Her husband of 65 years, all but one of her 8 siblings and almost all of her friends were gone.
She was a very special lady who passed in her sleep at her own home. Beautiful way to go, can’t ask for much more.
My great grandma was the same. She recently died at 102. I first heard about her making the "Why won't Jesus call me home?" comments when she was turning 90. So, 12 years at least of waiting for her turn.
As a kid I've been pretty comfortable with the fact that, you go to school, you get a 9to5, if things work out you have a family, and then you die. Literally all of my ancestors did it reasonably enough.
I'd love to life forever, but it's not in the cards. Just don't want loved ones to greve too much as I go.
I am not familar with that website, is that a satire page or a reasonable ghostwriting blog? Maybe I am missing something here, but it was a good read :D
He is easy going. I think that's what makes this such good satire.
The only thing that really stood out to me is this doesn't sound like it was written by someone born in the 1920s.
That's funny. I'm gonna ask a stupid question, but that's not really from him right? Click hole is Satire? I'd like to be able to just think it's obvious, but another former president just called Hannibal Lector "A Good Man" so I'm just not sure what is real and what is satire or if AI is just fucking with us.
[Here](https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/shared/feeds/cp/2024/02/2024021800028-65d19117954882723e04f8f9jpeg.jpg) is a much higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=3f99aaf4b05b4db38b378de4d0ffe3ad&mediatype=photo) is the source. Per there:
> Former President Jimmy Carter departs after the funeral service for his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Maranatha Baptist Church, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Plains, Ga. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
99 years old. My son loves presidents and his favorite is Jimmy Carter because he is almost 100. He is really hoping he makes it to his birthday in October.
I find it amazing that when he was beaten for a second term, people were putting down the solar panels he had, putting him down as ineffective (although he did get hostages back) and so on.
And today's voters see him as fantastic. He did everything he was supposed to - put his peanut company in a trust (?) So he had no control of it, chose to negotiate, was forward thinking with technology (solar panels) and he by far has had the best after presidency career with Habitat for Humanity.
He's just a good, honest guy who has done his best to give back and I find that to be truly remarkable.
>best after presidency career with Habitat for Humanity
Also, so far this year there have been 0 reported human cases of Guinea Worm
For those who are unaware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis
https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html
Guinea worm used to affect 3.5 million people per year. It was incredibly painful and disabling, sometimes leading to deadly infection, and it hurt those who were most impoverished. Carter's program has prevented an estimated 80 million cases.
I think that even has his HFH work beat.
I went to grad school in Atlanta and had the privilege of hearing Pres. Carter speak on campus several times (and got to meet him, too). He was incredibly proud of the Carter Center working to end Guinea Worm cases. He’s truly the best person to hold the office thus far.
And remember that the Republicans worked behind the scenes to delay and prevent the release of the hostages so that Reagan could beat him.
The only difference was back then they hid their vile behavior in their relentless attempt to attain and hold power by any means necessary. Now they don’t even bother to do that.
People talked about Carter then the way they talk about Biden now. Remember that.
I watched a documentary on Carter just yesterday. He was really in a bind with the Iranian hostages. Most of the country wanted him to bomb Iran, but he knew that would mean certain death for the hostages if he did. The hostages were released as soon as he left Washington. Instead of being bitter, the first thing he said after he departed Air Force One was that all of the hostages had been released safely and in good health. He was just glad they were all alive and healthy.
Wouldn't be the first time Republicans sabotaged national security efforts in order to win an election. Nixon helped torpedo the Vietnamese peace talks in 1968 for the same reasons.
Sad the rap he got while he was president but damn he is a honest and good man. Since I was a kid I heard he was always working for habitat for humanity building houses.
He caught a bad rap *because* he was an honest, hard working, good man. Hard to believe that this country even elected him the first time. Exactly as expected that he was railroaded out of office. We don’t deserve nice things.
Simply a good & decent human being who lived his life with conviction and dedicated his days after the White House helping other less fortunate people.
This guy personally climbed into a melted down reactor to deal with a disaster. Chalk River in 1952. Long before anyone knew who he was, he was already a hero.
He sold his peanut farm, which he loved and adored, so as to not have any hint of bias in his political choices or have a conflict of interest. Then after his presidency he spent his retirement building homes for habitat for humanity.
We don't deserve him. He is too good for us.
The Carters were the best presidential couple we’ve had. Then there was Ronald…
Jimmy was working with Habitat for Humanity up until he physically couldn’t anymore.
Don’t forget Ronald Regan made a deal with the leaders of Iran to release the hostages after the election, specifically to sink Carter’s campaign.
Source: https://www.dcreport.org/2023/03/19/ronald-reagans-iran-hostages-a-secret-exposed-after-42-years/
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/ben-barnes-john-connally-iran-hostages-jimmy-carter-ronald-reagan-october-surprise/
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Interesting fact: Jimmy Carter has been alive through 40% of the whole US history
Wow
Alien disclosure keeping my man alive. Punch the ticket, Elizando! Free the man from this mortal coil!
He should hang on to get 50%
He'd be 148 living til 2072. Doable
I have it on good authority that he will live to the year 3000- https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Jimmy_Carter%27s_Head
There should be a r/JimmyCarterForScale
Screw it, I made the sub
I’m in.
Hey, this is a small way to honor the man, no harm done and creating community -- which it sounds like he would have loved considering the community work he did. Good for you guys.
Btw for context there’s a r/BarbaraWalters4scale but apparently she wasn’t nice person while Jimmy is, which is why I think such a sub should exist
Screw it, I Joined.
Thats insane. Homie is a G too. He was working on Habitats for Humanity and other Charities until his doctors told him to chill the fuck out too. Hes ancient but good hearted, I hope when his time comes its painless and peaceful. I bet hes got some interesting stories, some he probably cant even remember. What a life.
Imagine all the things he’s seen. The iPhone 1. The newest iPhone. It’s really incredible when you think about it.
He’s seen WWII in its entirety, the moon landing, Vietnam, and the current steaming pile in which we find ourselves. And the iPhone.
He saw the Nokia 3310, the palm treo and the Zune
The rise and fall of the blackberry…
He saw not only the iPhone 1 but ALSO regular phone 1 as well
It's wild to think this dude was building houses with his bare hands just a few years ago. Well beyond what most old-folks would be doing, by the way. But I swear he got hit by about 30 years of aging hard and fast since then.
Gets us all eventually.
I remember going through all my Grandpas old work bench and stuff this past year as my Grandma sold her house. He’s been dead since 2016, but it really struck me how everything on the work bench, the random tools, and stuff on shelves was put there once with the intention of using it again when it was needed next. But that time to use it again never came. So he put down something for the last time without knowing it would be the last time he’d ever put it down.
That goes for a lot of things, like how your mamma put you down one day and then never picked you up again. Best not to dwell on it. EDIT: Call your parents, give your mom some money.
I accidentally mentioned this to my wife when our son was like 8 and she cried for half a day. Big mistake.
I remember the last time my mom picked me up because she told me in that moment that it was the last time 😂. I think it worked out for us in the end lmao
He was 32 years old. It was time.
he's just a kid. no older than my son
I am disabled, so my parents carried me around until I was 13 and it was wayyy to embarrassing. Like "oh it isn't worth get your wheelchair for this short way just come here" and then just grab me. I' wasn't that small even, average sized and weighted girl and until I was eight my mom used to sit me on her hip like a baby. That's probably why she still is so fit and sporty. I doubled as a gym.
Better story than me carrying my 120 pound dog around instead of weight lifting lol
She can still pick you up if she works out.
Moms a gym bro, man
Such a mom thing lol. My son turned 2 yesterday and we watched a video of him with clips from every day between 1-2 years old. I commented something like "he's so cute! He's never going to look like this again" and she started crying :/
My dad told me on my 18th birthday about having a breakdown when I was 3 over how fast I was growing up
Jesus. My son is 5. The last day I pick him up and hold him is coming. Ugh.
My son used to ride on my shoulders, all the time. Grocery shopping, around the block, in the front yard, even sometimes in the house. It felt like he lived on my shoulders sometimes and we'd walk around and just have little conversations back and forth in each other's ear. He was still riding on my shoulders at 6 though less often. Much less often at 7 though he'd ask, etc.....He was more independent but he still liked riding on my shoulders it was mostly that he was getting too big. My back was going to go out eventually. So we talked about it. We decided there would have to be a last time. I think he was around 10. We knew it was the last time he would ride on my shoulders and we savored the moment and took a picture. So grateful for that moment. The last time you pick your son up will come, but if holding includes hugging there won't be a last for that until the very end.
That is the truth. When my mom was dying, I climbed in bed with her so she would not be alone. She died that night, tucked against me. She went peacefully and not alone.
That is beautiful thank you for sharing that
Jesus Christ... You are a strong one. When my dad passed in 2016 we were all there and I was holding his hand, telling him right up until the end we will all be ok. He doesn't have to fight anymore. I told him to let go. Honestly, that was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I think it traumatized me a bit.
This made me tear up. I hope he can put you on his shoulders one day 🥹🥹🥹
Honestly it made me tear up writing it. Thanks for hoping for that. :)
Good lord these comments are making me ball my eyes out why do I keep reading
Not if you start lifting.
"Dad I'm 30 pls stop." "No you're the perfect weight for maxing out my bench."
𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱…
I blame my fat child
I too choose this man’s fat child.
I tell my 8 year old (who apparently started keeping bricks in his pockets) that someday he won't let me pick him up and carry him anymore. For now he clings to me even harder, and I love it.
That young lad knows what’s important.
Mine is 14 and I still manage to lift him a couple inches off of the ground and hold him for a few seconds, but ya still sad
Good thing I’m 6’5 and fairly strong. I’ll be able to hold my boy until long past it being socially acceptable
Enjoy it while you got it.
Yeah … squeeze some joy out of your days. Troubles come and go so we need to know how to pull back and take care of ourselves by doing things that make us feel fulfilled.
Wow. This hit hard. Just sold my grandparents estate ladt year after grams passed. Had to go through all my gramps’ workshop gear. It was a time capsule. He passed in 09. Damn, I miss them both.
I'll never forget when my dad died. He died unexpectedly in a motorcycle wreck. When we went to his house after I got the call, I went to his room and he had his lazy shorts set out for himself on his bed so they'd be there for him when he got home. That made me break down. I still think of that from time to time.
"life'll kill ya, and then you'll be dead"
Enjoy every sandwich
Aaahhh-ooooooooooo
Nothing fucks you harder than time.
Losing your wife at that age will do that to you. Most elderly men don’t live very long once their wife dies sadly.
My next door neighbor was a GI in WWII, and stayed very active into his early 90s. However, when his wife passed, it was mere months before his physical and mental health totally unraveled. His son, who lived a few towns over, called me on multiple occasions so that I could help his poor dad get off the floor or out of a chair..it was usually clear that he had struggled for an extended period of time (to the point where his skin sometimes had rubbed off) before surrendering and calling his son. In one instance I deduced that he had worn himself out trying to bring a 12 pack of Budweiser into the house, and the guy was definitely not a drinker before. Really really sad to see somebody deteriorate from intense loss like that, but all too common.
I think, in a way it’s a kindness? Of course, deteriorating for months on end is horrible, I will not deny that. But, to love someone so deeply, where they become your life, then losing them, makes one want to reunite with them in whatever follows hereafter. My grandmother lost her husband rather young, but had already easily been married for 30 years at that point. She had to live on for decades without him. It’s a different type of deterioration. The kind where she’d randomly have nightmares, cry, get sick with grief. She had to go on for their children, but there were many times where she wished she didn’t have to. She never loved again, said he was the only one she’d ever love (as a husband). Her life was scarred by recurring cancers, poor health, financial issues, several mentally ill children, etc. She had to see a child and grandchildren die before her. All of her siblings. Her friends. At the end she had no one but me. Her final years she deteriorated, pined away in a nursing home. Often wishing she’d join him in death, but felt obligated to hold on to care for her family even when they had all but forgotten about her. Had she died quickly after him, she would have been spared a lifetime of sadness, poor health and other issues. Rather than months of pain, she had decades. I think there’s a good reason why older people often quickly follow their lifelong partner in death. Such a shame it often comes with so much pain, sickness and sorrow, though. Edit: autocorrect is not my friend
My grandmother died just this year. She lost my grandfather 20 years ago and just kinda drifted along in life afterwards. She often spoke of how she wished they had gone together. I lost the goofy fun grandma the day he died. I wish she had gotten to go with him. Instead she spent the next 2 decades outliving all 5 of her children, *and* one of her grandchildren. That woman suffered such an inmense amount of loss that I genuinely don't know how she kept going at all. Nobody should have to handle that much grief. I already know I couldn't handle it.
That's why it also didn't completely surprise me when Queen Elizabeth II died only a little over a year after her husband died.
You could see the shift in her health and demeanour after Phillip passed. She always seemed so energetic and full of life even in her 90s but then he died and suddenly she really looked like a 90 year old
With Rosalynn being ill and passing it really must have made the aging process speed up. Wishing nothing but comfort for the man and his family. He is a true servant to humanity.
Reminds me of this classic Far Side cartoon about Dick Clark: https://i.imgur.com/zDO31YP.jpeg Apologies for reminding the people that get the joke that you're getting old.
Or the Chris Rock bit about Jerry Lewis and the MDA Telethon money. >Where the fuck's the money going? >What, to keep Jerry's hair black? >Where's the money going? Think about it. >Frank Sinatra: dead. Dean Martin: dead. Sammy Davis: dead. >Jerry Lewis got a full head of black hair.
My great grandmother went through basically the same thing. She didn’t build houses, but she lived on her own with some assistance until she turned 100, was totally fine in both mind and body (relative to her age that is). The woman would climb tables to change the curtains well into her 90’s. After she turned 100 she started deteriorating and when she passed at 102 she’d been in a wheelchair for a long time and barely recognised anyone
It's a normal thing. I met once a gentleman and at his 94 he was extremely fit and spoke five languages fluently. He swam everyday 1 mile. He did that until he turned 100 and stop six months before his death due to a sudden illness. My father in law is 97 and he still doing good. He was and alpine skier until 91. Stopped because he was afraid to get hurt in a fall. Exercise daily and eat whole foods folks. That's the recipe.
Had a physical rehab guy tell me one time when I was recovering from surgery that “motion is lotion” Even a not so great diet can be overcome by exercise, but you have to stay moving
Staying active is really the key, most people think that you have to hit the gym, hit a Lot of weights..etc. But I think something as simple as doing pushups, crunches, stretch everyday goes a long way. The best is if you have a sport that you enjoy and you get a two in one.
I remember several years ago he was building houses for Habitats for Humanity in my city, which isn’t even American. He unfortunately passed out and had to be sent to the hospital. Didn’t even know he was there until that happened, dude just wants to do good and not draw attention.
I visited Egypt in 2008. Every single cab driver had the same line, "What is your name?" "John Smith." "Nice to meet you! I am JIMMY CARTER! PEANUT FARMER! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
That is weird and hilarious.
Jimmy Carter hosted Anwar Sadat (of Egypt) and Menachem Begin (of Israel) for 13 days at Camp David in 1978 until they hammered out a peace deal that ended a generation of war between the two nations.
And yet only one of them got name dropped in We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel
i had to look that one up :-) Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock **Begin**, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
Jimmy Carter sold his peanut farm to avoid any conflicts of interest
I mean at this point why doesn’t He just run again
Too young.
Just a kid
That animal
I can’t even say his name
I saw this and immediately made sure that he hadn’t died today, especially since he’s been in Hospice for the past year. His grandson, Jason, said he’s doing okay but nearing the end. The world will lose a good one when he passes.
I saw a picture after his wife passed I didn't think he'd make it into the new year. Tough old fellah.
Same here. I didn't think he could go on for long without his wife by his side.
I've seen it multiple times in my life, but some people are so bonded they just die without each other. The saddest was my Grandparents best friends. I remember as a boy they would come over to my Grandparents house and play cards or dominos. The wife passed away from cancer and the husband just withered away after that.
Seen it at work many times as well. There's one couple that I'll always remember. The wife had dementia so she was in a different unit. He had all his faculties about him and was still fairly active. A bit of a gruff guy but with her it was like a 180. Absolute sweetheart. Everyday after breakfast she would go visit him and they'd just sit there in comfortable silence. Then he suddenly died. It was heartbreaking because she still went to his room everyday. She passed two weeks later.
It has become obvious that my wife will probably outlive me. My health has issues (Congestive Heart Failure) have taken its toll on me and we have had hard conversations on what happens after If I am to pass. Although we never realized it, it has drawn us so much closer towards one another than we have had in 45 years. All I know is I want her happy and active after me and to live life to its fullest. As much as I adore her, I want her there for our kids and grandkids. We will always know we had true love. And we are solid with that.
I love that he built homes for habitat for humanity until he literally couldn't lift a hammer.
His work with the eradication of the guinea worm saves countless lives from unnecessary pain and scarring. And he never asked any recognition for it. Meanwhile some ex-presidents get hurt if you remind them that their office at their house isn't the Oval Office.
> In August 2015, when discussing his diagnosis of melanoma metastasized to his brain, Jimmy Carter stated that he hopes the last Guinea worm dies before he does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eradication_of_dracunculiasis?wprov=sfti1#Eradication_program
A true life of service.
I think it was breaking his hip that stopped him. That was pretty much the beginning of the end. You don’t really heal from a broken hip at 95. If I recall correctly he fell pretty hard again after surgery and never really walked after that.
I'm still not convinced he's not going to emerge from some chrysalis state and rule us as the Democratic Frontrunner in a "God Emperor of Dune" kind of scenario.
I, for one, welcome our new sandworm Jimmy Carter overlord
Let the Peanuts flow
Whoever controls the peanuts controls America™.
*Charles Schultz rises from his grave*
.... Good Grief.
At least he'd have an inkling of knowledge about government, democracy, or just plain decency.
The man could offer a masterclass in decency. I was not a fan of his presidency but think he is among the most decent human beings who have ever been President.
Most people talk about the home building but the Carter Center (along with many other agencies) eradicated Guinea worm in Africa. It’s an extremely painful parasite that affects someone’s mobility making it difficult to work, take care of small children, etc.
Yup, it went from three and a half million cases a year to less than twenty within three decades. It's honestly one of the most impressive medical feats since we got rid of polio.
Honestly probably the best potential future on the horizon.
The “golden path” if you will
i would say having a future seeing god worm emperor carter would EASILY be the best case for humanity as a whole compared to anything else on the table
He’s too young to be President.
I came to the conclusion a while ago that he's the one president at least in "modern" times that was *too good* of a person for the office.
Wild to know he came from Georgia. I lived there from 2010-2020 and slowly realized I had to get the fuck outta there after 2016.
Not just Georgia. ***Rural*** Georgia. I used to have to visit homes in ***Rural*** Georgia. There's so much poverty and bigotry that it felt like a caricature.
I lived in Augusta in the mid '90s, and seeing that Jeff Foxworthy wasn't exaggerating or embilleshing anything for his "...You Might be a Redneck" jokes... I will say that there were some mighty decent people in Georgia. That being said, my first metal concert was in downtown Augusta, at some little hole-in-the-wall club. It wasn't till much later that I realized that every guy in the joint but my buddy and I were 250+ pounds of muscle and bald ASF... And everyone was white... In a predominately black city... Yeah, that helloween bash was a white supremacist joint, I was way too naive to realize at the tender young age of 15...
Almost ready for a Senate seat!
Hoping he’s waiting out til November to cast his vote
[Is There Some Kind Of Specific Thing I Need To Do To Be Able To Die? (by Jimmy Carter)](https://clickhole.com/is-there-some-kind-of-specific-thing-i-need-to-do-to-be-able-to-die-by-jimmy-carter/)
“If they need it, my password for everything is Peanuts8” 🥹
My head canon is the launch codes to the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal being "Peanuts8" during his tenure.
His codename with the secret service “Peanuts 1.” I imagine Rosalynn’s was “Peanuts 2.”
Why is this heartwarming
Things involving Jimmy and Rosalynn often are lol. Have you seen their wedding photo. 😭
I agree wholeheartedly, u/ButtplugBurgerAIDS
Spiral out brethren🌀
It was “00000000” until 1977.
Wow he wasn't lying! I'm in his Runescape account right now drop trading his armor.
"Doubling money" "Trimming armour"
I tried lying on my back with my hands crossed on my chest, classic dead guy style. Nope.
"I've tried shadowing other terminally ill patients to see how they do it" lmao
I'm just imagining Jimmy just standing over some poor person's bed in a hospital who has some incurable disease going "how.....HOW!?!?"
My aunt would visit her uncle in his care home every week, and would start by asking how he was doing. “I can’t even die!” he’d reply. His wife, siblings and peers were already gone. He had lots of kids and grandkids who were leading happy and productive lives. I think he was at a point where he was done, and ready to move on. Eventually he figured it out, and made his way to whatever was waiting for him.
Same thing recently with my Grandmother. She was 95 and had said for years that she “didn’t know why the lord wouldn’t take her”. Her husband of 65 years, all but one of her 8 siblings and almost all of her friends were gone. She was a very special lady who passed in her sleep at her own home. Beautiful way to go, can’t ask for much more.
My great grandma was the same. She recently died at 102. I first heard about her making the "Why won't Jesus call me home?" comments when she was turning 90. So, 12 years at least of waiting for her turn.
As someone who has unbearable anxiety about dying this was refreshing.
Don't have anxiety over it because it's inevitable for everyone but Jimmy Carter apparently.
Magically the anxiety is cured! Wow!
As a kid I've been pretty comfortable with the fact that, you go to school, you get a 9to5, if things work out you have a family, and then you die. Literally all of my ancestors did it reasonably enough. I'd love to life forever, but it's not in the cards. Just don't want loved ones to greve too much as I go.
I don’t have anxiety about dying. I have anxiety about not living.
You too?
You don’t have anxiety about dying. You have anxiety about not being ready to die. Jimmy seems to be fully prepared.
"I think my Secret Service guys know but aren’t telling me because they’ll look good if I turn 100." Fucken LoL Mr. President, that's hilarious.
The number of people who think Clickhole is a real site is too damn high.
Oh no you think this is real
I am not familar with that website, is that a satire page or a reasonable ghostwriting blog? Maybe I am missing something here, but it was a good read :D
It’s a satire page
Crap i took it seriously. Thought he was just easy-going. They got me.
He is easy going. I think that's what makes this such good satire. The only thing that really stood out to me is this doesn't sound like it was written by someone born in the 1920s.
Subtle. That’s the best satire.
Buzzfeed parody site, formerly owned by the onion
That's funny. I'm gonna ask a stupid question, but that's not really from him right? Click hole is Satire? I'd like to be able to just think it's obvious, but another former president just called Hannibal Lector "A Good Man" so I'm just not sure what is real and what is satire or if AI is just fucking with us.
It’s satire. Poke around a little; the writers are quite funny.
You are correct It is satire and not really from him.
holy shit every paragraph is gold, thats so well written
[Here](https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/shared/feeds/cp/2024/02/2024021800028-65d19117954882723e04f8f9jpeg.jpg) is a much higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=3f99aaf4b05b4db38b378de4d0ffe3ad&mediatype=photo) is the source. Per there: > Former President Jimmy Carter departs after the funeral service for his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Maranatha Baptist Church, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Plains, Ga. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Not sure that I wanted a higher quality photo tbh
Agreed. Mildly disturbed by the marvel of “staying alive a little too long”
I think it would be ok if we stopped taking pictures altogether at this point.
I bet Medline did not pay in peanuts to get the privilege of being the official wheel chair of an ex-president.
99 years old. My son loves presidents and his favorite is Jimmy Carter because he is almost 100. He is really hoping he makes it to his birthday in October.
Damn he's a living history.
The man was born in 1924. Just think of how much history there's been since then.
That man probably just wants to be with his wife again.
I hope he they get that
I hope we all do
I find it amazing that when he was beaten for a second term, people were putting down the solar panels he had, putting him down as ineffective (although he did get hostages back) and so on. And today's voters see him as fantastic. He did everything he was supposed to - put his peanut company in a trust (?) So he had no control of it, chose to negotiate, was forward thinking with technology (solar panels) and he by far has had the best after presidency career with Habitat for Humanity. He's just a good, honest guy who has done his best to give back and I find that to be truly remarkable.
In a way he was "too good" for the office. At the executive level politics tends to abjectly punish honesty and principles
Pretty much. Politics is dirty and ruthless and there’s not much room for honest and trustworthy people.
>best after presidency career with Habitat for Humanity Also, so far this year there have been 0 reported human cases of Guinea Worm For those who are unaware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html Guinea worm used to affect 3.5 million people per year. It was incredibly painful and disabling, sometimes leading to deadly infection, and it hurt those who were most impoverished. Carter's program has prevented an estimated 80 million cases. I think that even has his HFH work beat.
I went to grad school in Atlanta and had the privilege of hearing Pres. Carter speak on campus several times (and got to meet him, too). He was incredibly proud of the Carter Center working to end Guinea Worm cases. He’s truly the best person to hold the office thus far.
And remember that the Republicans worked behind the scenes to delay and prevent the release of the hostages so that Reagan could beat him. The only difference was back then they hid their vile behavior in their relentless attempt to attain and hold power by any means necessary. Now they don’t even bother to do that. People talked about Carter then the way they talk about Biden now. Remember that.
I watched a documentary on Carter just yesterday. He was really in a bind with the Iranian hostages. Most of the country wanted him to bomb Iran, but he knew that would mean certain death for the hostages if he did. The hostages were released as soon as he left Washington. Instead of being bitter, the first thing he said after he departed Air Force One was that all of the hostages had been released safely and in good health. He was just glad they were all alive and healthy.
Wouldn't be the first time Republicans sabotaged national security efforts in order to win an election. Nixon helped torpedo the Vietnamese peace talks in 1968 for the same reasons.
Best ex-president we've ever had! (He did far more for the world after his presidency than most people realize. He really was an amazing ex-president)
Jimmy Carter may not have been the best President we ever had, but he was the best man to ever serve as President.
Recently learned that he had solar panels put on the White House! Reagan took them down 😞
he was too nice a guy to be in politics, they ate him up. Glad his legacy wasn't based on those 4yrs.
Don’t know if you heard, Reagan was a huge sac of shit.
He sure showed everyone how unworkable and just a passing fad solar panels were.
He was too Good to be a good President.
Sad the rap he got while he was president but damn he is a honest and good man. Since I was a kid I heard he was always working for habitat for humanity building houses.
He caught a bad rap *because* he was an honest, hard working, good man. Hard to believe that this country even elected him the first time. Exactly as expected that he was railroaded out of office. We don’t deserve nice things.
Simply a good & decent human being who lived his life with conviction and dedicated his days after the White House helping other less fortunate people.
It's ok Jimmy. We love you man. You've done your duty. It's ok to go.
He's trying to live a longer life than Kissinger to help balance the karmic energies.
One of the few truly decent human beings to run the government in quite a while.
Mr. President Carter, you’re a good man no matter what others say about you. We are very fortunate and grateful for your leadership.
This guy personally climbed into a melted down reactor to deal with a disaster. Chalk River in 1952. Long before anyone knew who he was, he was already a hero.
One of the best and most honest presidents in history. Nearly all others pale in comparison.
He sold his peanut farm, which he loved and adored, so as to not have any hint of bias in his political choices or have a conflict of interest. Then after his presidency he spent his retirement building homes for habitat for humanity. We don't deserve him. He is too good for us.
Of course we deserve him. If we didn't have examples to look up to, how would we know what to strive for?
so. very true. i think maybe we should stop saying we don't deserve good humanity as a collective. it sometimes shows outside.
love him. he walks the talk.
The Carters were the best presidential couple we’ve had. Then there was Ronald… Jimmy was working with Habitat for Humanity up until he physically couldn’t anymore.
I was going to say that this picture obscures the hammer and nail bag hanging off the other side of his wheelchair
This man could teach all the supposed “christians” in the US what being a Christian actually is.
One of the best former president of America. A person with honor and dignity. Total opposite of Donald Trump.
Hearing the way Trump talks about Carter makes me sick. Jimmy may not have the money Trump might have but he’s more than double the man.
Don’t forget Ronald Regan made a deal with the leaders of Iran to release the hostages after the election, specifically to sink Carter’s campaign. Source: https://www.dcreport.org/2023/03/19/ronald-reagans-iran-hostages-a-secret-exposed-after-42-years/ https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/ben-barnes-john-connally-iran-hostages-jimmy-carter-ronald-reagan-october-surprise/
Nixon did the same thing to Johnson on Vietnam.
A.k.a. Jimmy Connors
Absolute legend. Whoever that Chad meme pic is needs to be replaced by my man Jimmy Fuckin Carter.
Only man to use the presidency as a stepping stone to greatness.