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[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 124 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

People also smoke way less now. See the skin of someone at 30 who started smoking at 15, to see someone who looks like 40.

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 78 points 2 years ago

And everything around us smokes less too.

In 1950 cars had basically no emission standards, factories didn't either, and a LOT of people heated their homes with coal or wood.

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[–] Fester@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago

Specifically, top panel man is smoking, bottom panel isn’t. That’s why they look like that. Mystery solved.

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[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's very much the smoking. That V Sauce video about it being clothing wasn't convincing. Comparing just faces negates that possible perception issue. And when constrained to only faces people in the past still look older.

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Hair styles also make a difference. And it's all of the things, individually, that add up.

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[–] SexWithDogs@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago

I believe it. I was buying smokes without an ID by the time I was 17.

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