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re: Why did people in the past look so much older? (Picture from the 80s inside)
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:12 am to Epic Cajun
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:12 am to Epic Cajun
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I'm 33,
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I have friends my age who look like they are mid-late 30's.
No way
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Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:13 am to rocket31
Jesus Christ... I'm about the same age as Cliff and he looks like he could be my dad right now
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:17 am to rocket31
80s was a decade of cocaine and cigarettes, especially for celebrities. Add in all the popular pre-packaged foods & tanning in baby oil and you can add 10-15 years to the way anyone looks.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:18 am to rocket31
A better comparison is looking at yearbooks from the 80's and 90s to today's.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:20 am to The Truth 34
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I’m Ted’s age in that pic
The Truth 34
Name checks out
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:22 am to rocket31
Since about mid 90s (see Friends), it is rare to have anyone who doesnt look like a model star in a show.
They cast mostly attractive but also kinda normal looking people back in the day.
Also, we sure about the Coach's age there? And that's just a bad pic of Diane.
They cast mostly attractive but also kinda normal looking people back in the day.
Also, we sure about the Coach's age there? And that's just a bad pic of Diane.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:23 am to rocket31
No Frasier, no care
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:24 am to tigahbruh
the picture was taken in 1983. didn't confirm ages
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:25 am to rocket31
IMO, only Cliff and Coach look older than their age. Cliff looks 47 and coach looks 67.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:27 am to scott8811
I looked pretty young for my age but then my facial hair turned grey and white once I hit 40. Makes me look older.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:27 am to rocket31
Norm and that ugly waitress was 34? Get out of here.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:30 am to rocket31
Shelley Long had a bangin body back then. That scene in Night Shift when she was making breakfast… 
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:32 am to rocket31
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yea i think smoking peaked in the 70s/80s so im sure that matters
It actually peaked in 1965. It has steadily declined since.
The daily demands on the average American have steadily improved over time. Life used to be much harder. People didn’t devote nearly as much time to personal health. I also agree the styling doesn’t help them.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:33 am to rocket31
Could be the hair and attire, but there’s simply no explaining away Coach and Cliff. Coach looks to be in his 70’s and he and I are close in age, and Cliff looks closer to my age group than 35. That can’t be right.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:33 am to rocket31
They all look about right to me....
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:34 am to The Third Leg
Check out pictures of MLB players in the 1930s. They mostly looked mid-forties
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:38 am to rocket31
Being outdoors more, people weren't homebodies. They went to the beach, tanning was still a thing, for instance.
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:38 am to rocket31
Second hand smoke, health food and exercise for fun were not nearly as big back then. Skin care routines....etc.
This post was edited on 5/25/21 at 10:39 am
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:40 am to rocket31
Remember when these guys were supposed to look young enough to be in high school? 
Posted on 5/25/21 at 10:41 am to rocket31
Whenever “Cocoon” came out in 1985, Wilford Brimley was about the same age as Tom Cruise was whenever “Ghost Protocol” (2011) came out (~50 years old). Cruise is 59 this year.
Jack Warden died at 85, but he already looked that old 16 years before his death in 1990’s “Problem Child.”
Also...relativity on judging things as you age probably comes into play, but I’m sure folks are aging better when it comes to some things.
Jack Warden died at 85, but he already looked that old 16 years before his death in 1990’s “Problem Child.”
Also...relativity on judging things as you age probably comes into play, but I’m sure folks are aging better when it comes to some things.
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