Introduction: "Get rich every day, retire early" must be the wish of every worker, so have you ever fantasized about your life after retirement? Is it to plant flowers and raise fish to feed cats and dogs, to take care of grandchildren single-mindedly, or to travel the world with bags on your back, or to just play chess with three or five friends and walk birds? Maybe you haven't thought about it yet? Then let's take a look at the protagonist we are going to talk about today, this old man has lived his old age life in his own way, even if he has gray hair, his heart is still young!
The wisdom of the elderly and the cold-faced smile: the 91-year-old Hamburg grandpa became a TikTok influencer
Elderly caregiver Rashid Hamid and 91-year-old Elvin regularly record TikTok videos together. In particular, Elvin, a retired grandfather, has inspired many users with his straightforward and kind style.
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There is a decades-long age difference between Rashid Hamid and Grandpa Elvin: Hamid is only 29 years old, and Elvin has already lived to be a proud 91. But despite Elvin's age, the Hamburger grandpa has become a TikTok influencer — thanks, of course, to Hamid. Hamid is Elvin's geriatric care worker, and he's been making short videos featuring Elvin for some time.
Hamid operates the "Smile Care" outpatient care service in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. To make his service more widely known, he came up with an idea to advertise on the internet — preferably on the video app TikTok. He immediately thought of Elvin as the protagonist, and Hamid told Bild: "He's funny and in a good mood all the time – we're always amused by him." Indeed, the old man created a convivial atmosphere in the video with his elderly wisdom, Hamburg dialect and cold German humor.
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The 91-year-old Hamburg grandpa inspires TikTok users
Hamid takes a back seat in most videos and leaves the stage to his clients. He was clearly happy with his role, telling Bild: "I look forward to every visit from Rashid — and every video." The 91-year-old shines with famous quotes such as "what nature lacks, art replaces" – this is an example of cosmetic surgery. But he also devoted himself to discussing serious topics and spoke about his childhood experiences during World War II: "It doesn't matter if you go out with the children of your neighbor's house, what matters is what we eat?" ”
TikTok is especially popular with younger users, and although Elvin is nearly a hundred years old, he still has important advice for people of this age group to use the internet: "The internet is free, but you don't have to consume everything it has to offer".
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At first, Rashid Hamid mainly shared his daily work as an elderly caregiver on his TikTok channel, but now Elvin is at the center of the video, and Hamid is mainly giving keywords and asking questions. This is very popular among users. More than 50,000 people have followed this account in a matter of months. The combination brought smiles to the faces of many. One user wrote, "I can listen to him for hours." Hamid and Elvin have also become good friends outside of the video: they call each other every day.
Conclusion: I hope that everyone can be like Grandpa Elvin in the future, life is bright, and everything is cute
Knowledge development
TikTok, byteDance's short video social platform, the international version of Douyin, which we are familiar with, was launched in May 2017 with the vision of "inspiring creativity and bringing joy". TikTok has adopted different operational strategies that localize and adapt to local needs for different markets, and as of December 23, 2021, TikTok has surpassed The Internet leader Google to become the world's most visited Internet website in 2021. At present, TikTok has been downloaded more than 3 billion times worldwide and the number of monthly active users has exceeded 1 billion.