true. i saw some people who were 80 and looked like 250. like walking corpses. incredible. probably waaay too many sunburns, etc.
Lots of very important things, but mostly the smoking.
And that nobody has AIDS.
Yes, but the hair loss is real.
ever since i found out about this a few years ago i’m telling everyone i meet: there’s fantastic medication against hair loss, and it even causes side effects! such as mild boob growth
note that only some meds to that, while others do not.
I’m 40 and I look like the second picture
I have the body of the left but the clothing of the right.
The gabagool has a hold on you
This is the best news I’ve gotten all week. I look like a less balding 90s 30. That’s great for being 45.
Does anyone else tell themselves all the other dads they meet are actually much younger than you?
Wasn’t Tony in his 40’s?
Please say Tony was in his 40’s!!!
George Costanza was in his 30s throughout the run of seinfeld
Tony was 41 per the pilot script but the actor was 38.
AJ is now 41 in 2026.
After a few seasons yeah
When I was in my twenties people thought I looked older. Now I’m in my fifties, and people think I look much younger.
yes the thing that changed was lead posioning from gas and chain smoking cigs starting at 12
I smoked from 15 to 30 drank every weekend in the same time. 40 now and I look more like the one on the right
There was a real missed opportunity to have a picture of Jason Alexander (who was in his 30’s during most of Seinfeld’s production) instead of James Gandolfini.
Still true tho
In addition to people not smoking anymore, direct Sun exposure has dropped dramatically too.
Individual genetics are probably more important. I had an uncle that liked like he was 42 when he was really 20-63.
Water, sunscreen. I feel like it was more common in the past to cast a far older person than the age of the character they were playing too on screen. There is also makeup, style choices and clothes that can influence a view quite a bit.
My wife and I were watching an episode of Frasier and he states that he’s 38 years old at one point. We were both like YEAH FUCKIN RIGHT. I’m 45 and look closer to the person on the right, but I also don’t give a shit about “dress your age” nonsense. I’m not going to willingly age myself up.
He was actually 41 in the show. In real life Frasier’s actual age was 38 so Hollywood went backwards and casted a younger person then the character. Cigarrettes had such a massive effect on people’s looks back then.
Oh wow, that tracks. My parents smoked for most of my childhood. I’ve never taken it up and never will.
I’m from the shtreets! I dress shrtreet! If you don’t like it, you can come rip these clothes right off my sexy naked body
A motto to live by.
The one in the left married at 23 and his 4 kids.
Ugh married his 4 kids too that’s sick
That explains a lot, what with the sleep deprivation and drastic lifestyle changes brought on my most kids.
Recently watched The Seven Year Itch (1955) and the man claims to be 37. He looks like a young 50. Cigarettes.
Just watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Nicholson was 38 during filming. I thought he looked 50 too.
Nah he looks 38 lol
I’m 38. He does not look 38.
He does. Its just the hairstyle
And the creases.
No, he definitely looks well into 45+
I’m just a few months behind that… no he does not.
Maybe a ripe 32 if you ask me.
16 going on 35.
As I get older, the more I agree
Bottom half looks 38. Top half looks 48.
When I was a kid, restaurants still smelled like tobacco.
Didn’t really stop until early 2000’s
I remember this on older busses and coaches as a child, and the ashtrays on the back of seats. Mustve been wack in the 1990s with how much indoor smoking was still accepted.
I don’t know what it peaked, but by the 90s presence of smoking was trending downwards
Recently did a watch of Rear Window (1954), and yeah, there’s a scene in the beginning where the main character’s nurse calls the main character “young man”. Main character (Jimmy Stewart?) was 46 at the film’s release.
Wild.
Sunlight is the big factor in premature aging of the skin and especially face. Cigarettes are said to be a big factor too, as is hard liquor to excess.
