766
How could this be?! (lemmy.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 40 points 3 months ago

I think part of the cognitive disconnect of when you see an actor age is that so much of their life is recorded and so much of our mental concept of them is locked in to the video that we have seen of them.

Then suddenly when you encounter them having aged normally it looks really weird.

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And then you have people like Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, and Kate Beckinsale who look like they haven't aged a day in decades. It's hard to believe that Brad is like 61 and still looks about 35.

I follow Kate on Instagram (highly recommended) and she's over 50 (IIRC) and still looks like she's in her late 20s. I'm convinced that she's actually a vampire and Underworld was an autobiography.

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 28 points 3 months ago

If you have a job that pays you a vast fortune and it's primary requirement is that you look super hot you'd probably invest a little of that money into eating and exercising well too.

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 12 points 3 months ago

Not only that but there are billions of dollars spent every year in enhancing our youthful appearances. There are all matter of artificial peptides and hormones and substrate injections and buccal fat pad revisions and microneedling and threading and Botox available if remaining youthful looking is that important to you.

All of this works in addition to healthy eating and healthy exercising and some of the most miraculous powers of makeup and instantly generated artificial intelligence overlays to help ensure that people remain as youthful looking as it is financially profitable and personally possible for them to do so.

[-] OrangeJoe@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

Nah, brad pitt absolutely does not look like he is 35. He may look very good for his age, but not that good.

Your perception of what a 35 year old should look like may have changed as you also aged though.

[-] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I'm 38, so I know what 35 looks like haha People age at different rates than others. I've seen 35 year olds that look like their 65 and 65 year olds that look like their 35.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

And then you have people like Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, and Kate Beckinsale who look like they haven't aged a day in decades. It's hard to believe that Brad is like 61 and still looks about 35.

Flashback to an early episode of Last Week Tonight where a thoroughly embarrassed John Oliver points out that he's 5 years YOUNGER than Rock "The Dwayne" Johnson ๐Ÿ˜„

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Kate Beckinsale of course looks fantastic, but for sure she's had work done.

[-] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

You notice how everybody has that one famous person that people tell them they look like? Lately I've been getting Michael Douglas. Michael Douglas is almost 80. I'm in my 40's. People just picture Michael Douglas in his 40's because that was the height of his career.

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Y'all are having your looks compared to famous people?

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

Leading to a lot of Tony Hawk's tribulations.

"I thought you'd be younger."

"Me too."

this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2024
766 points (97.3% liked)

Funny

6808 readers
525 users here now

General rules:

Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS