Age is just a number, they say. Yet the vast majority of humanity is hooked on anti-aging skincare, anti-aging lifestyles, anti-aging everything. In fact, a survey has previously shown that a whopping 87% have a fear of getting old, also known as FOGO. Feeling anxious about wearing out before the warranty is something not entirely new to most people, but for many, the reservations revolve more around the outside rather than the inside.
But what if we told you that some seniors go way up the cool-ometer, leaving us, the self-obsessed millennials, far behind? You gotta see it to believe it, so ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Bored Panda’s compilation of the coolest elders.
From a smashing sense of humor to incredible skills, enviable physical shape, and the most youthful mindset, there’s a lot to learn from these badasses who may not have turned back time, but figured out how to get the most out of it. Psst! Our previous post with 90 Grandmas Who Are More Badass Than You awaits right here.
#1 My 86yo Grandmother And Her Handmade Needle Point Chair. 25 Years In The Making And 14 Threads Per Inch
She used to pick up road kill from the side of the road to compare thread colours. She also bought a peacock for colour comparison. I am not allowed to sit in it.
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#2 A Grandpa Got A Cochlea Implant Tattoo To Become Like His Grandson
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#3 Nearly Every Day This Elderly Women Stands With This Sign Up, Facing The Traffic
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#4 Punk Grandma
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#5 Bought My Grandma An iPad. She’s 84 And Never Had A Tablet, And Wanted It For “Art”. I Bought ArtRage For Her And Left Her Alone With Her New Toy For 30 Minutes
This is what I came back to.
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#6 My Grandmother On Her 100th Birthday
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#7 Was Visiting My Grandma And Found This Photo From Her New Years Cruise
#8 Old Man Sideways Holding Onto A Vertical Pole
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#9 My Grandpa Water Skiing On His 91st Birthday This Week
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#10 I Just Found Out That My Grandmother Has Spent Her Time During Covid Hitting The Weights, She Turns 85 Next Week
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#11 This Grandma Just Turned 105 Years Old Today
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#12 My Aunt’s First Selfie With Her First-Ever Smartphone She Got For Christmas
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#13 Just Saw The Coolest Old Man At The Wine Festival
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#14 My Grandmother 77 Graduated With Her PhD And Is The University’s Oldest Graduate. It’s Never Too Late
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#15 My Facebook Friend Posted This Earlier Today With The Description: “How My Humble Great Grandmother Spent A Week With All Of Her Sisters After She Beat Cancer”
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#16 My Grandfather Is A Champ
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#17 Cool Cookies From A Cool Grandpa
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#18 This Was How My Grandparents Celebrated Their 60th Wedding Anniversary
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#19 My 60-Year-Old Uncle Shredding In Kauai
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#20 My 101-Year-Old Neighbor Was So Ready For The Eclipse
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#21 My 97-Year-Old Great-Grandma. She Lives Alone, Drives Herself, Mows Her Lawn, Loves Sexy Men, And Drinks On The Regular. This Is Her Proving She Can Touch Her Toes
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#22 My Grandpa, At 86, Still Making And Improving His Death Star Fire Pits
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#23 I Ordered A Wonder Woman Costume Online. It Was A Little Big For Me When It Arrived And My Grandmother Said She Wanted To Try It On. This Is The Fabulous Result
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#24 My Grandpa At 72 Years Old
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#25 My Beautiful Grandma Doing The Splits After Her 80th Birthday Party Last Night
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#26 My 87-Year-Old Step Grandmother Decided It Was Time To Get A Tattoo
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#27 My Grandpa Is A Retired Mathematician. He Got Bored, So He Decided To Build A Castle By Hand. It’s Been Like 4 Years, But He’s Gettin’ There
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#28 My Grandma Passed Away Recently, I Thought I’d Share This Favorite Photo Of Mine. This Was A Gift To My Parents Christmas 2008
#29 My 74-Year-Old Grandpa With COPD And I On A Roller Coaster. He Was So Excited
This picture is about a year old. My grandpa really wanted to go on the ride, told us he hadn’t been in so many years. The elderly man operating the coaster understood that and let us on. I’m squeezing the oxygen on the side so it didn’t slip. My gramps laughed the entire trip!
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#30 Today My 73-Year-Old Grandma Finally Graduates High School
She couldn’t finish high school as a kid because she had to help the family, but she always regretted never graduating.
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#31 My 106-Year-Old Great-Great-Grand-Aunt On Her 105th Birthday. She Acts Like She’s Hardly 80
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#32 Grandma Cosplayed As Olenna Tyrell
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#33 The Grandparents From This Weekend’s Wedding. No Words
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#34 Nearly 100-Year-Old Woman “Arrested” To Fulfill Bucket List Item
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#35 My 90 Year Old Grandma Just Ran, Not Walked, Ran Her First 5k
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#36 My Grandma Died Today. In Her Life, She Was Kidnapped By Gypsys, Shouted At Ghosts, And Owned A Bar For 20 Years
Her last words to me before I moved out west were: “Whatever you do, don’t marry an eskimo”
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#37 I Found Out Today That My Grandpa Ordered A Better Gaming Rig Than Myself And Any Of My Friends
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#38 My Grandmother Turned 100 Last October, This Is Her Doing The Plank For 30 Seconds
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#39 This Is My 96-Year-Old Grandma That Lives Alone And Can Walk Around Without A Cane, Walker Or Wheelchair And Who Waters Her Flowers By Being Lifted Up On A Tractor
Also she can remember the thing she ate for dinner 3 years ago. Sharp as a tack.
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#40 My Great-Grandmother, Born In 1899, Never Met Her, But Definitely A Legend
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#41 I Think My Great-Grandma Is Pretty Damn Stylish For A 95-Year-Old. And She Still Drives Her Own Car. Not At Night Though
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#42 Birthday Present From My Grandma. She Gets It, Man
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#43 What My 80-Year-Old Grandmother Did When Told To “Dress Up As A Ninja”
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#44 My Friend Posted A Picture Of Her Grandparents On Thanksgiving, It Definitely Needed More Exposure. Cheers To Being This Cool When I’m Old
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#45 74-Year-Old Grandpa Doing Some BBQ, Enjoying Life
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#46 My Great-Grandma On Her 100th Birthday Today
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#47 My 76-Year-Old Grandpa Dressed Up As Elton John For Halloween. My Grandma Said It Was The First Time She Put Rouge And An Earring On Her Husband
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#48 My Grandma Texted Me Saying She Was Racing Today, Then Sent This Picture
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#49 My 96-Year-Old Grandma Playing VR Right Now
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#50 Like A Boss
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