If you still have your old family albums on your shelves, you might have seen pictures of your parents when they were still dating, or maybe on just their second anniversary. One thing you may notice is that they look so mature despite their age. Your dad might already look rugged at 25 and your mom at full bloom at 23.
And that’s what the YouTuber Michael (from Vsauce) investigated. He compared images of high schoolers from the 70s to the high schoolers of today, and they look like fatherly figures already. Also, he pointed out that some celebrities look like 20-ish years old when they haven’t been of legal age yet! If this strange phenomenon makes you think, continue scrolling to find out the results of Michael’s investigations!
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Michael from Vsauce published a video where he talked about the previous generation looking old compared to their same-aged counterparts today
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Take, for example, The Rock’s high school looks
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There are two factors at play here: biological and perceptual
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To demonstrate his point, Michael showed his freshman and senior photos and compared them
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In this example, you can see how different a 34-year-old back then would look compared to a 34-year-old today
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Try putting modern haircuts on these women, and they will look younger
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An example of retrospective aging is Dale Irby’s impressive yearbook catalog which features him aging while wearing the same outfit
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Dentistry also has an impact on how people look
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It is worth noticing the “Time Traveling Hipster” who looked like someone from our time despite being in 1941
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However, his outfit is pretty much in line with the trend of his day
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Another thing worth mentioning is that names have a subtle effect on someone’s appearance as well
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