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[u/Resvrgam2]

I hope you all had a a relaxing break from politics.

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[u/StarWolf478]

As soon as I read that this subreddit was going on break, I just knew that something big was going to happen during the break, and I was right. R.I.P Jimmy Carter.

[u/LycheeRoutine3959 → u/StarWolf478]

is a 100 year old man dying really "Big"?

[u/StarWolf478 → u/LycheeRoutine3959]

There is a difference between big and surprising. While we all knew that it was just a matter of time before it happened, I'd say that the oldest living president in history passing away is still a big, newsworthy thing.

[u/scrambledhelix → u/StarWolf478]

Making it to 100, no less! An achievement worth celebrating, I think the first former president to ever live that long, no?

[u/redrusker457 → u/LycheeRoutine3959]

Yes a president dying is big news

[u/Skullbone211 → u/LycheeRoutine3959]

He was the first Democrat president to die since LBJ in 1972. Plus any president dying is big news I would say

[u/Ed_Durr → u/Skullbone211]

There was 27 days Harry Truman and LBJ's deaths, and now 52 years (19,335 days) between LBJ and Carter's.

At this rate, Bill Clinton should pass away in the year 39,959 AD, Obama in 1.43 billion years, and Biden sometime after the heat death of the universe.

[u/Targren → u/Ed_Durr]

I, too, enjoy extrapolation

[u/GustavusAdolphin → u/LycheeRoutine3959]

It's notable, significant