# 86 year-old makes "rage" comic **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145 "2011-11-07T05:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/21 "2011-11-07T22:48:03Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Skeptics. > > What possible motive could there be for posting that as an untrue story? There really isn’t one. Sure there is. Some people just want to get a reaction, check out the [glurge](http://www.snopes.com/glurge/glurge.asp) page on snopes. What do you think the motive was for writing this little [gem](http://www.snopes.com/glurge/music.asp)? The most extreme example I’ve personally come across of this was another member of a forum I used to frequent who pretended they were dying from cancer. This culminated in his “sister” posting details of a funeral using his account. The deception was only discovered when a couple other forum members tried to attend it. > [@Chronos](#): > > I will note that whoever wrote it got Vietnam and Korea mixed up. Though that could be a brainfart by an old fart just as easily as by a young one. I don’t think so, no. Someone old enough to fight in WW2 would be too old to be drafted for Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/22 "2011-11-07T23:48:01Z")
Surprisingly rage-free, for a rage comic. Grandpa presumably doesn’t understand all these newfangled 4chans kids do today. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/23 "2011-11-08T00:00:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Where? “I read about Albert Einstein’s death in 1955. Vietnam started around the same time… And so did my marriage.” And **Alka Seltzer** , we had a similar case to that on this board, too, except the “daughter” created an account a few months before his “death”. And while he was “alive”, he related a lot of personal stories that later turned out to be plagiarized. ---
**Author:** ![storyguide3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@storyguide3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyguide3)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/24 "2011-11-08T00:44:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > “I read about Albert Einstein’s death in 1955. Vietnam started around the same time… And so did my marriage.” Dien Bien Pho was in 1954. The Korean war was from 1950 to 1953. I don’t see where there is a problem. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/25 "2011-11-08T01:43:45Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > No-one likes Nintendo and Sega. When two tribes go to war… Don’t hate. You might marry a Sega some day. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/26 "2011-11-08T03:25:50Z")
Thereby proving that I’m obviously not the author of this, since I apparently don’t know enough history. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/27 "2011-11-08T04:36:21Z")
I vote fake. Almost solely from the reference to Sega. It seems forced and I don’t believe an 80+ year old guy is going to pull Sega in a story written in 2011. In a life that long Sega would have been a blip on the screen. They were only really relevant for a few years and he would have been in his 50s. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/28 "2011-11-08T04:39:30Z")
Meh, I don’t give a shit if it’s real, it’s a nice addition to the rage comic canon. In fact, I’d be more impressed if it were fictional in a way. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/29 "2011-11-08T06:06:05Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > I vote fake. Almost solely from the reference to Sega. It seems forced and I don’t believe an 80+ year old guy is going to pull Sega in a story written in 2011. In a life that long Sega would have been a blip on the screen. They were only really relevant for a few years and he would have been in his 50s. Some people put their gaming equipment to more extended use than others. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/30 "2011-11-08T12:30:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And **Alka Seltzer** , we had a similar case to that on this board, too, except the “daughter” created an account a few months before his “death”. And while he was “alive”, he related a lot of personal stories that later turned out to be plagiarized. It’s sad when human behaviour becomes almost statistical. Interact with enough people, and you are almost guaranteed to meet your quota of crazy. > [@Cubsfan](#): > > I vote fake. Almost solely from the reference to Sega. It seems forced and I don’t believe an 80+ year old guy is going to pull Sega in a story written in 2011. In a life that long Sega would have been a blip on the screen. They were only really relevant for a few years and he would have been in his 50s. Well, first impressions can count for a lot, if that is where his gaming history began. And as **Sage Rat** says, not everyone upgrades regularly. I knew people who were still playing with these consoles into the late 90s. My instincts tell me it’s false, but I don’t kid myself I can know for sure. Often these things start with a grain of truth and are embellished. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/31 "2011-11-08T18:43:54Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Meh, I don’t give a shit if it’s real, it’s a nice addition to the rage comic canon. In fact, I’d be more impressed if it were fictional in a way. I don’t really follow these rage comics but I kind of agree with you. Even if it’s fake, it’s still an interesting reed. Why couldn’t rage comics evolve into something bigger? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/32 "2011-11-08T20:05:12Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I don’t think so, no. Someone old enough to fight in WW2 would be too old to be drafted for Vietnam. His dad was the WWII vet. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/33 "2011-11-08T20:12:22Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > I don’t really follow these rage comics but I kind of agree with you. Even if it’s fake, it’s still an interesting reed. Why couldn’t rage comics evolve into something bigger? They’ve already (d)evolved in to a generic template for conveying every human emotion possible. The “standard” rage comics (4 panels, hand-drawn, ending in a rage face) have migrated to [/r/classicrage](http://reddit.com/r/classicrage). ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/34 "2011-11-10T19:49:08Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > His dad was the WWII vet. I’m not sure that’s true **Ferret Herder**. On the 6th row, left side, he just says “my dad was a World War vet”. I took that to mean WWI, not WWII. He mentioned that he (the writer) participated in D-Day and his old WWII buddies helped to get him a job. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/35 "2011-11-10T20:42:22Z")
> [@bleach](#): > > I’m not sure that’s true **Ferret Herder**. On the 6th row, left side, he just says “my dad was a World War vet”. I took that to mean WWI, not WWII. Interesting, and I wonder if that is a point in favor of its authenticity - if people who are old enough to remember when there was only one World War might still refer to “my dad was a World War vet” out of old habit, whereas most people make a distinction between WWI and WWII. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/36 "2011-11-10T20:59:29Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Interesting, and I wonder if that is a point in favor of its authenticity - if people who are old enough to remember when there was only one World War might still refer to “my dad was a World War vet” out of old habit, whereas most people make a distinction between WWI and WWII. I took it just as a typo. I’ve never heard World War I called “World War” - only “the Great War.” ---
**Author:** ![Bloody\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bloody\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloody_L)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/37 "2011-11-10T21:08:48Z")
I loved it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145/38 "2011-11-10T22:20:59Z")
Yeah, I don’t believe its authentic. Who could convincingly do this as an 86 year old? It would be like a poor actor with little education writing the most fantastic stories concerning all walks of life (even nobility!) with language that is the source of study for hundreds of years later. Who cares if it’s authentic? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86-year-old-makes-rage-comic/602145.md?page=1)