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William Shatner is 83. That is amazing to me. I hope I'm that with it and well put together if I make it to 83. I suppose being worth $100 million doesn't hurt,
by skizm 12y ago
William Shatner is 83. That is amazing to me. I hope I'm that with it and well put together if I make it to 83. I suppose being worth $100 million doesn't hurt, but it still gives me some hope.
- bambax 12y ago> William Shatner is 83 Median age for FB users, it seems.
- chmars 12y agoDo we know that William Shatnet wrote the text himself? It seems unlikely …
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- sanswork 12y agoWhy? He occasionally gets into flame wars on reddit. Maintaining a blog doesn't seem that unlikely.
- easytiger 12y agoSaw him on stage about a year ago and he was the most lucid and sensible person there (of the 5 other captains). Avery Brooks certainly was not with it at all.
- runn1ng 12y agoHm. I would guess Patrick Stewart would be more lucid and sensible, since he is still an active actor.
- toyg 12y agoBecause actors are famous for being "lucid and sensible"...? (This is not a dig at Sir Stewart, I'm just pointing out that the two concepts "working actor" and "lucid/sensible person" are not necessarily linked -- as demonstrated by Brando, Depardieu etc.)
- scrumper 12y agoIt's Sir Patrick. (Should he ever be elevated to the peerage, he would be addressed as Lord Stewart.)
- coldtea 12y agoThat's in the UK. And only for those who care about that antiquated royalty system. For us, fans of the french revolution and the beheading of kings, it's just "Patrick".
- to3m 12y agoI think the point is simply that if using the title (which is purely optional) then it is standard to use the first name. So Sir Stewart would be somebody else.
- scrumper 12y agoWas that down-vote launched from the barricades you were manning? :) Accuracy is independent of politics. Or, if you prefer to think of it this way, Know Your Enemy.
- easytiger 12y agoWell I recall AB getting into some kind of self compelled nonsense and the only person to step up and start talking and change the subject was WS, everyone else was just sitting there gawping.
- chmars 12y agoThat's great! And reminds me of a 93-year old guy who gave a great presentation at TEDxZurich some time ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGgoCm1hofM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGgoCm1hofM
- bane 12y agoShatner even drops by his subreddit quite frequently in person.
- progx 12y agoAnd how we know that William Shatner himself is on reddit? Or is it somebody who work for him?
- staffordrj 12y agoHow do we know that you're not William Shatner?
- progx 12y agoBecause i boldly go where someone has gone before ! ;)
- bane 12y agoShatner even drops by his subreddit quite frequently in person.
- Kluny 12y agoIt reads like his style, anyway. I feel like any lackey he hired to write it for him would be more timid in expressing opinions.
- marincounty 12y agoI still can't get over the, "I need more face time!" Yea, another generation, but selfish, narcissism is never cool. He does look good for his age though, but so do most leading men who didn't lose their hair?
- ido 12y agoI believe he wears a wig.
- eddieroger 12y agoHe's been wearing a wig for longer than most of Hacker News has been alive.
- drzaiusapelord 12y agoGeorge Takei is 77, clearly an old man, but no one seems surprised by how "with it", humorous, and interesting he is. Why does Shatner get a double-standard? 77 or 83 is longer than any male in my family has lived that I know of. It seems to me that a lot of Hollywood types are under a lot of pressure to stay thin, stay good looking, etc and often go to the gym religiously and eat healthily. I imagine if we followed that model we'd all be that sharp and good-looking at that age.
- twerquie 12y agoThis is a broad social generalization so please take it with a grain of salt, but I do think there is an element of truth to the notion that Japanese people take good care of their elderly maintaining their dignity and keeping a healthy respect for their elders. The perception is that they age more gracefully. In western / european cultures, growing old is treated like a shameful disease. Hence the double standard.
- jedanbik 12y agoTakei maintains one of the most popular Facebook pages. Shatner is much more well known in other mediums.
- honestcoyote 12y agoYou may be correct regarding a Hollywood lifestyle, but I think there's a bit of confirmation bias here. There's only a relatively small number of elderly celebs who are still active in the public eye, and those actors who have suffered the typical problems of aging get little attention until the inevitable obituary.
- dobbsbob 12y agoProbably has more to do with wealthy access to the best medical care/prevention. As for being 'with it' I'm sure having a wife 27yrs younger helps. Plus he already had a handheld device in the 1960s so second nature to him :P
- thathonkey 12y agoHaving plenty of money and flexible "work" schedules helps achieve those goals (staying good looking, focusing on health, going to the gym a lot).