There's a subreddit called r/AdorableOldPeople and as you might guess, it shares screenshots and pictures of old people making the world a better place.
First of all, we are not huge fans of the name. As philosophy teacher Randall Horton pointed out in Huff Post, even people in their 50s like to think they are in their "young 50s" or that they look good "for their age." As they get older, they become "a little more patient, more accepting, less doctrinaire, and, yes, sadder and wiser." However, they do not think they become more adorable, precious, charming, or sweet. Attributing these words to older folks can send the wrong message. They might think we're infantilizing them. So we won't.
But the content of the subreddit is awesome. Whether we're talking about teens or seniors, people can be jerks, so it's always appropriate to celebrate the ones that aren't. Continue scrolling and you will find a hand-picked collection of the most popular posts on the sub.
#1 Cosplay Isn't Just For The Young
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#2 My Grandpa’s 88th Birthday Was A Few Weeks Ago. My Sister Got Him A Coloring Book And Crayons. He Says He’s Never Colored Before, But He Seems To Enjoy It. He Shows All His Visitors The Pages He’s Finished. He’s Colorblind, So Some Of The Puppies Are Pink, But He’s So Happy. He Melts My Heart
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#3 Grandfather With Vitiligo Crochets Dolls To Make Children With This Condition Feel Better
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#4 This Couple Re-Creating Their Marriage Photo 70 Years Later
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#5 Relationship Goals
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#6 A 76 Yr Old Retired Air Force Colonel Is No Match For His 4 Year Old Granddaughter
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#7 My 92 Year Old Grandpa Holding My Parrot For The First Time. He Insisted That I Take A Photo Of Him So He Could Print It Out To Show His Friends
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#8 Bob The Wise
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#9 She Said "I Haven't Been Carried Like This Since My Wedding Day"
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#10 Made Me Smile
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#11 Milly Girl. I Love Ya
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#12 My Professor Is 74 And He Isn’t Confident Using Zoom So He’s Prerecorded The Rest Of Our Classes. Today, I Watched The First One. He Has A Pinocchio Doll In The Front Row Because He Isn’t Comfortable Teaching To An Empty Room. I’m Social Distancing For This Man And This Man Only
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#13 My 97-Year-Old Grandma Doesn’t Use Computers, But I Found A Meme Years Ago That I Thought She’d Like So I Sent It In The Mail. Turns Out She’s Kept It At Her Bedside Ever Since
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#14 They Dated In Their Teens, Married Different People, And Got Back Together 65 Years Later. My Grandma And Her Boyfriend
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#15 Grandpa Brings Dog To Furniture Store To Make Sure She Likes Chair Too
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#16 My Great Grandmother Wanted To Go To My Aunt’s Wedding Overseas But Broke Her Leg Just Before. She Told Them She Would Be There In Some Way. Oddly Wholesome Cardboard Cutout
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#17 I Lost My Dad At Walmart And Ended Up Finding Him In The Garden Section Watering Plants
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#18 My Parents Sent Me This From Their Retirement Community Today
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#19 This Is So Cute. Selfie Stick Review
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#20 Happy Pride Month, Everyone!
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#21 My Grandpa Has Alzheimer’s And Can’t Always Remember His Grandkids Names, So We Custom Made A Shirt That Has All Our Names And It’s His New Favourite Shirt
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#22 My Grandma Wanted A Picture Together Because We Accidentally Matched When Going Out For Dinner
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#23 She Picked A Good Name Anyways
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#24 This Is A Selfie My Dad Sent Me
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#25 Sent An Image Of A Lobster To My Korean Grandmother Who Can Barely Speak English
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#26 The Best. Name. Ever
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#27 My Grandpa Mac, 92 Years Old, Just Got New Security Cameras Around His House. He Has My Cousin, Aaron, And I On The Online Login (He’s Not Too Computer Savvy) So We Can See What’s Going On. He Sends Us Random Messages Through The Cameras
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#28 The Fact That He Still Carries The Pic Around Is So Precious
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#29 My Neighbor Almost Had My Mom Worried For His Safety
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#30 Awww
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#31 One Of The Last Pics I Have Of My Dad With My Daughter...how He Loved Her!!!
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#32 60 Years Later My Great Grandmother Tried On Her Wedding Dress And It Still Fits Perfectly
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#33 Doris Absolutely Destroyed Me In Words With Friends
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#34 Dad Went Out In The Snow To Feed The Birds, And Made A New Friend! It's Official, He's A Disney Princess Now
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#35 My Mom Died Of Covid June 8th. I Found This Her Writing On The Back Page Of This Blank Book I Gave Her Years Ago
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#36 My Grandma Just Turned 95. Here She Is Downing A Glass Of Champagne On A Brunch Cruise!
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#37 This Is My 96 Year Old Grandma, Willie. She Survived The Great Depression, Being Hit By A Fire Truck And Being In A Coma, And Losing Her Husband At A Young Age. Now She Drinks Liquor And Smokes Cigars, Still Lives Alone And Hits On Younger Men. I Love Her With Everything I’ve Got
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#38 I Live Abroad. My Grandparents Called Me To Urgently Check The Security Web Cams Of My House Back Home. Turns Out They Called So I Could See Them Standing With A Heart And Waving At Me
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#39 My Great-Grandma Wears A Necklace With My Baby Picture When I’m Traveling Because She Worries. 95 And Going Strong!
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#40 When You Can’t March In Protest, You Scoot In Protest
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#41 I Had No Idea That My Dad Had These Digital Skills. This Came As One Of 11 Emails Containing One Photo In Each Email, All Of My Parents’ Weekend. This One Was Captioned “ Look What We Found In The Kitty Cave!”
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#42 Sent A Picture Of A Final Fantasy 7 Character To My Mum Thinking She Looked Like Her, She Recreated The Look And Pretty Much Nailed It
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#43 Grandma’s Out Here Serving Looks!
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#44 My Grandparents Got A New Car And Was Excited To Tell Me, I Travel A Lot With Them So They Were Showing Me The Back Seat
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#45 My Dad Thought He Was Taking A Picture Of My Kids And Accidentally Had It On Front Facing. It Fills Me With Joy That This Is What His Face Looks Like When He’s Watching My Kids. He’s A Great Dad
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#46 My Grandparents Just Celebrated Their 50th Wedding Anniversary. This Was Their Last Dance Of The Celebration
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#47 My Mom Is Almost In Her 60’s And Started Her Weight Loss Journey Around This Time Last Year! 85 Pounds Down!! It’s Never Too Late To Change Your Life!
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#48 Grandma With The Drip
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#49 Grandpa And I Share A Love Of Sudoku And Like To Work On Them Together, But Covid Means We Can't See Each Other. So, He Copied A Puzzle Out Of One Of His Books By Hand And Mailed It To Me To Solve
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#50 Did A Christmas Scavenger Hunt. This Is What My Grandpa Sent For 3 Wise Men
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#51 So Cute
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#52 Adorable Grandpa
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#53 Oh The Smiles!
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#54 This Is Adorable
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#55 Obama Told This 90-Year Old Veteran He Didn't Have To Stand. He Said, "No Sir, You're The President"
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#56 An Old Man Taking Pictures Of His Wife Without Her Realising
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#57 I’m A Personal Trainer And I Work With A 77 Year Old With Parkinson’s Named Frank. He Doesn’t Move Around Much Unless He’s With Me So We Set A Step Goal Of 3,000 Steps A Day And He’s Been Updating Me Once He Hits His Goal. I’m So Proud Of Him
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#58 My Grandad Being All Giggly When He Was Chatting About His Childhood And All The Mischief He Got Up To Behind His Mothers Back!!!
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#59 Aww Good Husband
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#60 Adorable
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#61 Grandpa Humor Is My All-Time Favourite
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#62 My Grandpa Uprooted His Life In Rural Vietnam To Build A Happy Life In America For My Family Long Before I Was Born. He's Now 90 And Able To Enjoy The Fruits Of His Labor
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#63 Anchors Away Matey!
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#64 Visiting My Grandpa Who Was Just Diagnosed With Cancer Beyond Treatment. He’s Being Put On Hospice Soon, But Here Is Is All Dressed Up For Family
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#65 My Grandmas 94 Last Week. She Has Dementia And Is Bed Ridden But She Still Has Her Good Spirits. She Loves This Teddy Bear My Cousin Gave Her. So If Me And My Mom Are Feeding Her And She Starts To Fiddle, She Holds Onto It. Love Her So Much
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#66 My Nana Is Bored So She’s Keeping Me Fresh During The Quarantine
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#67 She Crocheted All These Hats For A Local Shelter! It's Absolutely Incredible!
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#68 Awesome Grandpa
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#69 Maureen The Legend
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#70 My Mom Got To Visit Snow White - Her Favorite Princess Since She Was A Little Girl. My Mom Retired Friday And This Was Her First Trip To Disney Ever
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#71 My Beautiful And Sweet Great Nanna Passed Away This Week. She Was 101. Whenever She Asked Someone Her Age And We Told Her, She Flat Out Didn’t Believe Us!
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#72 Assisted Living Place Is Asking For Pen Pals!!! (Victorian Senior Care On Fb) For Info
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#73 My Parents Are Both In Their 70s (And Look Pretty Good For It). My Mom Was Recently Diagnosed With Two Different Cancers, So She And My Dad Have Matching Haircuts Now
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#74 My Grandpa Had To Go To The Er Last Wednesday At About 6 In The Morning, And I Was Worried About Him All Day And During My Class. My Mom Told Him I Was Worried And Then Sent Me This Picture, Which Is One Of The Cutest Things I’ve Ever Received
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#75 My 84yr Grandma Doesn’t Understand Memes
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#76 My 96 Year Old Nan. She Always Made Sure That Her Caregivers Put On Her Foundation, Rouge, And Her Signature Red Lipstick. Never Underestimate The Power Of A Bold Red Lip
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#77 My Grandparents Meeting My Son For The First Time
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#78 My Papa Passed Away This Week Before His Time. He Loved Birds And Fought Valiantly To Keep Squirrels Away From His Bird Feeders. We Bought Him So Many Squirrel-Covered Things As A Joke, You’d Think He Secretly Loved Them. I Miss You Papa, Rest Easy
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#79 This Is My Adorable Grandmother Who Finally Decided To Go For It And Dye Her Hair Purple. Sorry For The Blurry Photo
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#80 My Ninety Seven Year Old Granny Trying On My Big Shoes
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#81 I Sent My 91 Year Old Grandmother A Thank You Card For Christmas Money And Got This Text Back
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#82 My Dad, The Epitome Of "Romantic" In Any Situation
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#83 My Dad With His New Grandson!
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#84 Video Games Bring Us Closer
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#85 My Mum (In Yellow) Brings Her Fanny Pack Every Time She Is Out And About. She Fills It With Dog Kibble, Treats, Poop Baggies, And A Leash In Hopes She’ll Find Any Of The Missing Dogs Posted On Her Neighbourhood Facebook Group
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#86 I Get A Note From My Grandmas Dog Every Time I Dogsit
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#87 I’ve Been With My BF For 8 Years With No Immediate Plans For Engagement Or Marriage. His Grandma, However, (A Lovely Woman!) Has Signed Him Up As Interested At Various Local Jewelers
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#88 My Girlfriends Aunt Turned 101 Yesterday
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#89 I Love My Grandpa So Much
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#90 Wholesome Review Of A Beach I Found
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#91 Grandma, Former Champion Drag Racer, Riding In My Miata For The First Time. She Asked If I Could Get Her One!
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#92 I Was Playing With The Ar In Pokémon Go And My Grandpa Saw It And Asked What I Was Doing. I Told Him I Was Playing Pokémon He Told Me “I Want To Poke The Mon!”
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#93 Mom!! So Cute
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#94 My Lightbulb Obsessed Dad Loving His New Glow In The Dark Shirt
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#95 Pop Wanted To Recreate His Childhood Santa Photo
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#96 Old People And Cats Hit Different Especially When It’s From This Angle
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#97 I Sent A Friend Request To A Lovely Older Gentleman In A Facebook Group I'm In After A Nice Discussion. He Replied With This
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#98 Friendship Goals
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#99 A Couple In My Town
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#100 My Dad Sending Me A Selfie Of Him And His Buddies Out For A Night At “The Club”
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#101 Was Listening To Zelda And Chill And I Saw This Comment
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#102 My Grandmother Got A Rabbit To Keep Her Company During Lockdown!
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#103 My Grandparents Wanted To Do A Photoshoot For Their 66th Anniversary. My Grandpa, Art-Directing: “Okay, Now We Should Look At Each Other Lovingly”
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#104 Mom Didn’t Get The Memo
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#105 Grandma Can’t Have Visitors, But She’s Keeping Us Up To Date!
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#106 My 93 Year Old Grandma Played Basketball With Us For The First Time I Can Remember
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