An illustrative picture: Leighton Meester at 17 (left) and 40 (right).

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[–] 18 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Everybody from a more recent generation looks on average younger than the generations before. In the middle ages people didn't have sunscreen and bathed once a year. But even if you look at older movies, Sean Connery is 31 in Dr No but he looks like in his 40s. All those cigarettes, the booze, the lack of regular exercise, and only eating full Scottish breakfasts all the time. Fast forward to today where more people worry about their appearance and next to not smoking, not drinking, eating healthy, exercising, etc. people have a range of cosmetics and/or cosmetic surgery at their disposal. Of course they look younger.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Medieval people bathed all the dang time

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    Many misunderstand that period of time, they were highly hygienic (for their understanding of such things) they washed their hands before eating, they used shared food containers very hygienically (no double dip, no using something that was already in your mouth to serve the next food, no scratching your face at the table with your hand, etc). People also think most were dead by 30ish, many lived til their 70s and 80s but so many more didn't make it out of childhood that keeps the average age down. There is a great yt chan where the host talks about all this and much more, can't remember his chan atm but if there is interest I can track it down and link it.

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  • [+] -11 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    It stopped at millenials though. God damn 5g or wifi or something made gen z and alpha age like milk.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

    Aged people from those generations don’t exist. You know, because of how age works… it’s the difference between the birth year and the current year. No gen z is over 30. No gen alpha is an adult. I am disturbed this needs to be pointed out.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

    You can literally google "gen z aged like milk" it's been a meme for years, I didn't make this shit up

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago (1 child)

    Ok, I googled that, and I lost a few precious minutes of my life, and I found out that this is something that there are some trash articles written about, all just echoing that people online say this or search for this, but it doesn’t really mean anything or has any basis in reality. Thanks.

    Some say they fear their generation is aging more quickly than others. But as Gen Z-ers enter their late 20s, it’s more likely that they are simply getting older.

    Wow!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

    Nah, Gen Z's thing is mostly fashion sense because they're essentially cultural archeologists in a lot of respects. Gen Z does make new stuff, but a lot of what they do is also remixing old stuff and dusting it off and trying it out again too. And some of that shows in their fashion sense where they're often mixing stuff that makes them look like my Dad with stuff that makes them look like my Grandpa.

    It's sort of like how names like Gertrude and Agatha and stuff are starting to make a come back. A lot of the younger crowds never met those old people and got the associated "that's an old person name" cultural alignment. To them, it's just a nice sounding string of syllables.

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  • [+] -17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    In the middle ages people didn’t have sunscreen

    in the middle ages people didn't need sunscreen. sunscreen is only needed today (mostly for people in america) because some english people from north england (55°N) thought it was a good idea to move to america, as far south as california (30°N), where it's sunny all the time and the sun burns at twice the intensity. Of course suddenly these pale-ass people suddenly develop sunburns all around.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    sun exposure is like half the reason behind the stereotypical "old person" appearance, with excessive wrinkles and saggy skin. Go look at someone who spends time sunbathing, they start looking like a leather couch.

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