Did People Used To Look Older?

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[DolanDarker]

Nothing slaps harder than when that Vsauce theme kicks in

[LenaClaire]

When I was 9 I had a 14 year old babysitter, and to me at the time she may as well have been a grown woman. I ran into her again years later when I was 23 and she was 28, and it was so shocking to see her and realize we’re both adults in our 20s, in my head she’s still this way older authority figure lmao

[lostindixie]

When I was a teenager, all the boys wanted to be 18 and no older. Old enough to drink in NY state, but not yet old enough (19) to be drafted to Vietnam.

[acyclicglobe]

This is such a funny video to find because my grandfather was bald at 16 years old. He would go to convenience stores and buy cigarettes for himself and his friends. I miss him more than he could ever know. I know I'm a year late, but thanks for the awesome video, Michael!

[aprroxit]

Vsauce is the guy who actually tries to figure out his shower thoughts

[misery]

I remember looking up to that 18 year old volunteer at our pottery course when I was a small child. She was so wise, and confident, and grown. Then I became 18 and didnt know what the hell was going on, and I was disappointed that I didnt feel wise, confident and grown at all. But children started to treat me as if I was all these things.

[allenraymond]

This becomes much more interesting if you imagine yourself as a prisoner in his basement, chained to the wall.

[wyldemanO]

I love how the photos at 7:33 went from a nice setting to - a forest to - to progressively more aqua marine back drops.

[JackGordon]

After all these years I still don’t want to tell Michael that my name is not Vsauce

[metalhead_of]

It's funny to think that there will be a point where hoodies and baggy pants would be seen as clothes for old people

[izzrk]

I went to a small high school and the graduating class pictures were on the walls around the freshman and senior lockers on the first floor. Every day we saw 18 year olds going back to the '40s, and there was a lot of spirited conversations around what were the factors that made some of those kids look straight-up middle-aged. We covered most of the topics you presented here- styles, makeup, photographic style and quality, aging of the photos on the wall, etc., and none of that controlled for all of the old kids we saw looking back at us on the wall. I think the most enduring impression I took from that experience was that all the grown folks running around making all the decisions were, at one point, just insecure idiots desperate to fit in, just like we were. I graduated in '90; I wonder how old I look hanging there on the wall looking down at these kids now?

[gingerweasel]

One of my most memorable dreams, had "credits" roll at the end. Every role was credited under my name, lol. I've definitely had other movie-like dreams as well, where I felt like I was acting or that things were written out ahead of time, that there was a "plot" I had to follow. I've had awareness that I'm dreaming a lot of times too, and it feels like a "show" that my mind is putting on for me.

[glectarful]

I love that no matter how far apart these uploads are, they always manage to feel the same as they used to, back in a time I now feel deep nostalgia for. Really matches this Timeless Liminal feeling you speak of.

[santinogioja]

Michael literally comes around 1-2 times a year, drops a banger, doesn't acknowledge he's been lost for months, and people don't even question it. That's how good his videos are, quality doesn't need explanation.

[HoroJoga]

One thing that happened to me that made me think about this subject was when I was watching a family VHS from the 90s, when my older sister was around 18yo (she's 45 now), and it's weird how different her mannerisms were; from the way she articulated or the way she used to speak. It was weird because she sounded younger of course, but not like an 18yo woman from nowadays.

I know this is obvious but it really left me wondering how the perception of people of a different time is influenced not only by the looks, but also by a lot of different factors that we can't make out that clearly.

[lattrelbia]

1:42 nice to see Adam Friedland in the wild.

[carriehooper]

One thing he didn't bring up that I saw in a different documentary was the fact that being a teenager is a relatively new concept. For most of history once a person was in their teens they were expected to dress and act like an adult. It wasn't until post WW2 in the 1950's-1980's that teenagers started being marketed to separately with their own separate fashions and activities from adults. It wasn't fully realized as completely sperate fashions until the 1990's and early 2000's.

[Desasterific]

I always find it weird how people seem to think that at some random point in the future they will suddenly start wearing "old people clothes" because "old people wear them now", but no, when we are old, we will still wear the same clothes we wear now, which will be thought of as old people clothes by the future young people.
It's actually pretty interesting how this works.

[MartinBrunoSar]

You're literally my favorite YouTuber Michael, I return now and then because the quality is so good

[goobles]

I love how this video feels like an older one of his videos. The other ones like Do chairs exist? And the illusions of time videos felt a lot more lecturing, but this one has stuck out a lot! Maybe its the music, or shorter length. Maybe its the research he used. Maybe its the unsettling photos lol. I like those other videos too but this one threw me back. Good job vsauce!