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[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 144 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I mean, to be fair, I'm 10 years older than Connery in that picture, and he still looks older than me. Dude was born old.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 52 points 1 month ago (10 children)

He was born in 1930. Not exactly a great time to be an Englishman.

[–] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sean Connery has never had a great time as an Englishman, given he is a Scotsman.

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[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

And the other dude has a baby face, but looking closely I can see that he's older.

Half the difference here is the fact that modern actors have a better skincare routine. Connery probably smoked, too.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I'm 20-years older and that's about how my wrinkles are ATM.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 121 points 1 month ago (3 children)

People do seem to have aged more rapidly until a few decades ago. Perhaps all the cigarette smoke weathered them.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 87 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also probably time spent in the sun.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't forget the leaded paint and asbestos.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

Don't worry ... the layers of lead paint protected them from the asbestos underneath

[–] subterfuge@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vsauce did a video on this. it's cultural context. eg wearing clothes that old people wear makes you look older. a dude in like 1920 was wearing a tshirt and aviators and ppl thought he was a time traveler

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Are the winkled forehead, crows feet around the eyes, and full-on retreating hairline part of his clothes?

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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 96 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart looked like they were 55 between the ages of 25 and 85. Conversely, Paul Rudd and Joseph Gordon-Levitt looked like they were 15 between the ages of 15 and 40.

Aging is weird.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 35 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It was interesting when I realized that Patrick Stewart was my age in the first season of Next Generation.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ don't say that ..... you just made me look it up and realize how true this statement was for myself as well .... what have I done with my life?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What, you're not the captain of a starship yet? Loser!

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm a character stuck inside a transporter buffer that will never materialize .... I exist but will never appear :(

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And alcoholism.

And cocaine.

And being outside more by default.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I forgot the punchline but your mother's a whore Trebek

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I'll take schwards for 100 Alex."

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

“I’ll take ‘Le tits now’ for $800”

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[–] archaicpixels@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Connery photo is natural lighting and properly exposed for his skin tone. The newer photo is artificially lit, much brighter for the skin tone and could have been retouched to blur the skin some. The photo on the right may have also had makeup on, vs on the left not likely.

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 41 points 1 month ago

Arch Linux. Not even once.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

When "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" was shot, Harrison Ford was 47. Sean Connery was 59 and played the father of Ford's character.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Let's not body shame 12 year old dad's now.

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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Me, a classical student of principia statisticalia and an avid disciple of reasoning: 'hmm, yes the UK has at least 2 (two) actors, one could infer'

What else are we supposed to get from this? I might be little tired.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Left could pass as 50, right could pass as 13 yet they are both 34

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[–] driving_crooner 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those mf start smocking at 12, by 35 they look 50 already.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] deeferg@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

All my homies love wearing a loose dress to age up.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 15 points 1 month ago

Are you s'mocking me?!?

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[–] driving_crooner 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Wow, the site still exists: https://ytmnd.com/

It doesn't really work to compare a human with a fae, does it?

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 20 points 1 month ago

No need to call out Sean Connery for his early-onset twink death.

[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I’m 34 and people think I’m 20 🤷🏼‍♂️ As this post shows, aging is fuckin’ weird.

I tell people it’s all the preservatives in Taco Bell that keep me lookin’ young lmfao

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