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People just looked a lot older than they were back in the day
- Thread starter Dalek
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Whenever I see those articles about styles from the 80s and they start posting high school yearbook pictures, a lot of the guys and girls look like they could be in their 20s. I think it's a lot to do with how you make yourself up regarding makeup and clothing. That, and/or having a rough life, maybe.
Something clicked in a weird way when I realized Tupac and Biggie were in their mid 20s when they died. They seemed so experienced and grown when I was a kid but they were still kids themselves.
kurt cobain, jimi hendrix, ect... they were all grown up kids essentially and its pretty nuts
sadder that "kids" are dying even younger now (pop smoke, juice wrld, lil' peep and all those dudes)
Just a lot more time in the sun without proper protection.
Also people spend more time in doors these days in general.
Also people spend more time in doors these days in general.
MPB characters being allowed on TV + popularity of moustaches in the 60s/70s/80s + smoking + more sun exposure + more drinking probably + fitness/gym explosion of the 80s/90s put more pressure on men to look a certain way post 1985 lets say + less jobs being hard labor would be some of my guesses.
Although who knows. My father also looked a lot more mature at the same age I am now.
Although who knows. My father also looked a lot more mature at the same age I am now.
31 years old in Dr No
Imagine how old he'd look if he wasn't wearing his wig
it's pretty obvious this is about the willingness to put bald men on TV lmao
i mean, a couple of these pairings actually have a woman who looks her age or arguably younger, next to a balding man who is much younger.
There's a case to be made that hairstyles, mustaches, and smoking all contributed to people looking more weathered on average than today, but these examples don't sell it particularly well!
i mean, a couple of these pairings actually have a woman who looks her age or arguably younger, next to a balding man who is much younger.
There's a case to be made that hairstyles, mustaches, and smoking all contributed to people looking more weathered on average than today, but these examples don't sell it particularly well!
This one always blows my mind. Rudd right now is older (53) than Brimley was in Cocoon (50)
I don't think it's 100% outside sun exposure; my dad is a retired firefighter and looks 10 years older than what he actually is. And we live in the desert.
He never smoked though, so I'm sure that plays a part. Skin care in general probably plays a big part though.
Out of everyone in this thread, I feel like these two actually look their age?
Like coming from someone whose 40 with friends 30-45.
Smoking and being in the sun without lotion are the big 2 IMO. My mom talks about when she was a teen, girls would spend two hours ever day laying out with just baby oil or vegetable oil for covering. And the heavy smokers I know look years older than you'd expect.
Smoking sun and alcohol. Every person my age that is looking old has abused one or all of the above.
The cast of Sex and the City 2022 (Just LIke That i think its called?) is actually older than the first season cast of golden girls
medical concerns (smoking, alcohol, etc) and surgery are a factor but also post 1990 people just try to look younger once you are past 30, plus fashion doesn't really change as much nowadays whereas before every decade really set HARD changes. 60s were hippies, 70s was disco, 80s was Gordon Gekko, 90s was colored hair and internet style (miami vice colors), but sometime in the 2000s it all started getting a bit more uniform.
medical concerns (smoking, alcohol, etc) and surgery are a factor but also post 1990 people just try to look younger once you are past 30, plus fashion doesn't really change as much nowadays whereas before every decade really set HARD changes. 60s were hippies, 70s was disco, 80s was Gordon Gekko, 90s was colored hair and internet style (miami vice colors), but sometime in the 2000s it all started getting a bit more uniform.
I almost NEVER actually lol on my computer but this did it
A 29 year old man
I'm sure somebody has pointed it out already, but this has less to do with them looking "older" and more with style, and these older actors being associated with very specific styles of their time that younger generations will naturally associate with "old."
For example, its been commented before that the Golden Girls, for how old they look to us, were actually styled to be very contemporary for women their age at the time (especially Blanche). This is exactly how the cast of And Just Like That are being styled today -- but they look more contemporary to us because the styles are of our tastes.
It's the story behind how high-waist jeans became known as "mom jeans." What was considered a very trendy and figure exploiting style for girls growing up in the 80s became known as "mom jeans" to the children those trendy girls would eventually grow up and have. (Funny how "mom jeans" are in the middle of a renaissance with Gen Z...only they're not being called that.)
For example, its been commented before that the Golden Girls, for how old they look to us, were actually styled to be very contemporary for women their age at the time (especially Blanche). This is exactly how the cast of And Just Like That are being styled today -- but they look more contemporary to us because the styles are of our tastes.
It's the story behind how high-waist jeans became known as "mom jeans." What was considered a very trendy and figure exploiting style for girls growing up in the 80s became known as "mom jeans" to the children those trendy girls would eventually grow up and have. (Funny how "mom jeans" are in the middle of a renaissance with Gen Z...only they're not being called that.)
I don't understand why you're posting this pic, what am I looking at ---
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Ok wait, are we sure the pic on the left is from the first season? Those ladies look 75, almost 80... not 55. O_o Especially the 2nd from the left!
My girlfriend watches a shitload of true crime and we always laugh at how old some people look in the old cases. We've seen 16 year olds who straight up look like they are in their mid thirties.
Just the other day had one of these moments too watching Evil Dead. Bruce Campbell looks like a handsome fellow in his early or mid-thirties. He's actually 21.
Just the other day had one of these moments too watching Evil Dead. Bruce Campbell looks like a handsome fellow in his early or mid-thirties. He's actually 21.
I remember seeing some camcorder footage of a highschool in the early 90s and everyone in it looked like they were in their twenties despite being teenagers. Which makes sense why 20 something year old were cast in highschool movies a lot. But i also think about what my friends and i looked like in high school and we looked like baby faces compared to 90s teens.
Clothing and hair style aside, these people just legitimately look physically older and more weathered.
On one hand we have better medicine and smoke far less today than 50 years ago, but we also have alot worse diets and are more sedentary than ever. I doubt we're aging better outside of anecdotes.
There is some truth to this, of course. But we're forgetting the advancement of one particular bit of technology in the years between these photos: Retouching.
And that's no shade! I'm a portrait photography as a side gig. Retouching is not some outrageous thing. That said, I see a fair bit of retouching in a lot of the more recent photos.
My personal theory is that smoking at a young age kick-starting everyone into looking old.
Also bad diets during childhood, lead based paints, unrestricted coal burning…
Also bad diets during childhood, lead based paints, unrestricted coal burning…
Bruce pretty much looks like a teen in the first film. If not for his 6'1" height and amazing chin, it would be more apparent to most I think.
He's aged really well, imo, all things considered.
I do think the sheer amount of second hand smoking almost every kids experienced until the 90s contributed. Even if your parents didn't smoke, you were exposed to it in virtually any public place.
Fair point, but that doesn't explain someone looking at pictures of a family member from the 70s and looking at themselves in the mirror and seeing that family member as looking older even though they were physically younger at the time and I don't think it can just be explained away with retouching, plastic surgery, or make up, even though all of those do play a significant role in the current generations of people looking younger than those of decades past.
Hey, if you had Ziggy for a son, you wouldn't be a spring chicken either.
Huey Lewis, 33 when Sports was released in 1983. Always looked ancient and now I'm ten years older than he was then.
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I had no idea he wore a wig in all the bond films, mind blown.
Uh if anything that's the case right now. I constantly see teenagers that look like they're in their mid 20's.
