I'm 46. Should I be amused or depressed?

Flying Squid@lemmy.worldmod to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 198 points –
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Dunno about you, but godsamn i feel sooooo much better about how (young) i look compared to these guys...that being said Archie Bunkers easy chair is my spirit animal.

My problem is I'm not sure if I'll look like Redd Fox in two years and just convince myself I look younger or will actually look younger.

you should gather pictures of today people in the same range

speaking personally, i think today "middle aged" people have more "younger outlook" than the same age ranges decades ago

Hydration and sun protection. Also don't smoke and limit the alcohol.

It's a little late for most of that (other than smoking, I quit in 2000).

Never too late to start/change into healthy habits!

Can still make you feel better? I used to drink around six pints a night :/ whittled it down to like 3 pints a week max after COVID.

I don't actually drink much anymore and I do hydrate and stay out of the sun. I was being facetious. Badly, apparently.

Jesus, all that smoking and drinking whiskey at 12 really ages you

who are these people

Ok, I'll be nice. From left to right at the top, then left to right at the bottom.

Top: Redd Foxx as Fred Sanford in Sanford and Son, Caroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in All in the Family, Wilford Brimley as whatever the hell his character's name was in Cocoon, Norman Fell as Mr. Roper in Three's Company

Bottom: Don't know her name as Flo from Alice, Ann B. Davis as Alice from the Brady Bunch, Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in All in the Family, Rue McLanahan as Blanche in the Golden Girls.

Now go watch some reruns for heaven's sake!

I think all of the Golden Girls were in their 50s at the time. Watching that growing up, I thought they were all supposed to be in their 70s.

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46 years and all you can come up with is this meme?