Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark.

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark.

The 39th president, who remains under home hospice care, will turn 100 on Tuesday, Oct. 1, celebrating in the same south Georgia town where he was born in 1924.

Here are some notable markers for Carter, the nation and the world over his long life.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    271·
    1 year ago

    Fucking hell whenever an article is talking about Carter these days their title should be required to clarify if he just died. Especially when offering a retrospective.

    • ABCDE
      103·
      1 year ago

      “at 100” is very clear.

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
        46·
        1 year ago

        “James Smith found dead from overdose at 27” - “at age” very much doesn’t mean “definitely alive”.

        • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
          46·
          1 year ago

          Christ on a bike, the internet must be awful with your level of reading comprehension 😂

          • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
            31·
            1 year ago

            Is this a British wording thing? Because in North America the sentence I gave absolutely can be a headline.

            • ABCDE
              51·
              1 year ago

              Obviously, but it contains “found dead”, whereas this one does not.

              • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
                11·
                1 year ago

                Ayup - and the article’s title contains neither an indication about life or death… that was my original point.

                • ABCDE
                  51·
                  1 year ago

                  It doesn’t need to indicate anything if there’s no change.

  • Flying Squid
    142·
    1 year ago

    Dude’s been in hospice care since February. Beating the odds at every turn it sounds like.

    Jimmy Carter is a very good person, but ineffective because he was too nice to get down and dirty with both Tip O’Neill in congress (who should have been on his side) and with Reagan during the election. It’s unfortunate, but nice guys don’t end up doing well in American politics most of the time.

    • eguidarelli
      121·
      1 year ago

      I disagree that nice people are bad at politics. I mean we have Tim Waltz today as successful governor and VP-nominee and he might be the nicest man alive.

      Carter was a poor communicator and suffered from an ineffective cabinet. As an engineer he approach problems with a practical to find the solution, but sometimes there are no practical solutions and people just need comfort/inspiration from their leaders.

      • Flying Squid
        5·
        1 year ago

        Tim Walz knows how to get down in the dirt when he needs to though. Difference between a nice guy and a nice politician.

      • grueEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        As an engineer he approach problems with a practical to find the solution, but sometimes there are no practical solutions and people just need comfort/inspiration from their leaders.

        Reminds me of that time on Star Trek: Lower Decks when Rutherford, the engineer, tried to switch careers:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUa8Iq2iQZk