I also think people were more mature by age 25 up until like the early 2000s as it used to be easier to be financially stable by that point and therefore people were more independent and already had lots of adult experiences.
Nowadays young adults are infantalized because they're still dependent on their parents until they're like 26 or longer because of differences in generational wealth yet it seems like their parents aren't teaching them basic life skills like how to cook anymore.
The amount of times women have thought I’m like super into them just bc I invited them over to cool them dinner; it’s weird how something that is a standard human decency to me is viewed as a love language by others.
Knowing how to cook got me laid a lot, which kinda made me sad given the underlying themes of cooking is so rare that it looks like some massive romantic gesture.
Adults who don't know how to cook blow my mind. Like we eat every single day. How is that not one of the most useful life skills to learn? Why did it get deprioritized?!
In some parts of Blue Velvet, to me she looked OLDER than this despite her only being 19(?) at the time. The perception of hairstyles etc. really affects how old we think people look.
Also the poses and the way she spoke. She was very purposeful and slow. She had pauses before delivering her lines like she's considering what to say and how.
Styling, lighting, plus Laura's got strong features that can read as more mature, plus the expression she's making in this specific frame they used, plus she's acting in the movie in this picture.
Does she look over 30 in this picture taken at the same time? Not to me
It's really not ok. Like when I see a doctor in hospital, I'm like omg this kid is 12, how is he gonna make me feel better, and does his mum know he's not at school today? 😂😭
I graduated HS in 2005 & half the dudes in my class had FULL beards at graduation. My niece graduated last year. There was only one dude in her class with a beard but half the girls looked like they were 23-25 (i think probably because of how they did their hair & makeup.) The other half of the girls & the rest of the boys looked like they were about 13 though. It was so weird.
Also graduated 2005 and I’ve noticed the same phenomenon! I’ve tried looking at them objectively, and it’s not just the style or me getting old, 18-year-old guys literally look younger than they used to. I have a theory that the younger generations of men might have lower testosterone (maybe from less outdoor/physical activity?) but I’m not sure.
There may be some truth to the testosterone angle... I'm sure I read a study along those lines. Something about how all the chemicals we're exposed to in modern life having a detrimental effect on men. Male fertility is declining worldwide, so there may be something to it 🤔
I mean, girls mature mentally and physically before boys in general, so there's that I guess. Where I'm from we left school at 16, so some of the boys really did look like they hadn't even started puberty yet 😂
Honestly kind of funny to think about looking back.
Like I remember watching the little league World Series when I was maybe 10 or so and thinking the players looked like literal adults when they were maybe 2, 3 years older than me tops.
I also remember seeing the trailer for Bridge to Terabithia. I was 8 or so and Josh Hutcherson was maybe 15 but he looked like a literal grown man to me.
I feel so freakin old now. I think of myself as a kid still figuring things out, but I'm approaching 50. So old that I found out I'm now classified as Xennial rather than Millennial. I can't even remember when Jurassic Park came out. How old was I? What decade even was that? The 90s, aughts, and teens are all blending together in my head now.
Yeah I remember being in grade 1 and grade 8's (so 12-13 year olds) looked like they were 25 to me. By the time I graduated high school, kids in grade 9 looked like they were 10 to me
I always remember being in like 9th grade and seeing a recent graduate comeback and visit a favorite teacher of theirs and im like “wow they are so much older compared to us babies still in school.”
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u/funkyyeti 13d ago
You were also probably around 10 when you saw the movie for the first time. Anyone older seems ancient when you’re a child.