How many 85 year olds...

[JammyDodga]

85 year olds are smarter too, so they could plan and stuff. Or at least some of them could. You could have the guys with weak bodies and good brains directing hordes of the demented but freakishly strong

[JokersAttack]

what about this scenario?

Arnie, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Antonio Banderas and Stallone v 10000 85 year olds in an open plain?

[marchron]

Jack Bauer wins.

[wadea]

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85 year olds are smarter too, so they could plan and stuff. Or at least some of them could. You could have the guys with weak bodies and good brains directing hordes of the demented but freakishly strong

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Yes, this will be a key factor. They will have a very organized attack and will not be picked off one at a time. This and "dad-muscles" will more than offset their diminished ability to recover from injury. However, I think the difference in fighting ability between 85 year old men and women is probably much greater than between 5 year old boys and girls. In fact, the 5 year old girls might physically be the best fighters of the group. I assume we're still fighting an equal mix.

[SkinnyLittleTwig]

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85 year olds are smarter too, so they could plan and stuff. Or at least some of them could. You could have the guys with weak bodies and good brains directing hordes of the demented but freakishly strong

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Yes, this will be a key factor. They will have a very organized attack and will not be picked off one at a time. This and "dad-muscles" will more than offset their diminished ability to recover from injury. However, I think the difference in fighting ability between 85 year old men and women is probably much greater than between 5 year old boys and girls. In fact, the 5 year old girls might physically be the best fighters of the group. I assume we're still fighting an equal mix.

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i'm just imagining the Brock Lesnar from your avatar reiterate this post out loud and almost rolling on the floor

[wadea]

Another complicating factor is that there aren't very many people who survive to 85 years. This fact alone indicates that the combatants have already demonstrated that they are both tough as nails and wicked lucky. It's like a survivorship bias. On the flipside, a majority of them are probably women - which I guess would be easier to defeat.

[That Foreign Guy]

My grandmother is 85, still mobile and quite agile. She's also insane. My grandfather was 85, and pre-cancer he could was still healthy enough to do 10 mile walks, strong enough to lift a 10 year old, and quick enough to tease dogs.

You don't need too many like that before you're in real trouble. I was at bingo tonight and a good proportion of the ancient crowd quite sprightly.

I say the real number for most people is about 1/2 their estimate.

85 year olds are old enough to know they don't want to die. 5 year olds probably haven't grasped that.

[POKEROMGLOL]

my grandfather is 77 and runs like 6 miles everyday and is completely "with it." a lot of people are stereotyping old people a bit too much. Quite a few 85 year olds still function as if they were 50. Sure they might die of a heart attack any day, but not every single one of them would break their hip from falling down. For example my 77 year old grandfather was changing a light bulb and fell of of the ladder he was on and he was just like ow, and then finished the job.

Even my other grandfather, who is much frailer and in poorer health fell off of a roof about 5 years ago and was pretty much just fine.

[haakee]

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I was at bingo tonight

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WTF?