Hattet ihr jemals das Gefühl, dass Menschen auf Fotos von früher älter aussahen, als sie es zum Zeitpunkt des Bildes aus heutiger Sicht tun? Damit seid ihr nicht die Einzigen, denen der damalige Alterungsprozess spanisch vorkommt. Auf Twitter ist man sich bei der Thematik jedenfalls einig.

1. Ein Tweet von Brandon McCarthy brachte die ganze Diskussion ins Rollen.

this is nonsense but did people in the past look older when they were younger? — Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) December 27, 2019

2. Viele User posteten Vergleichsbilder, die die Altersdiskrepanz verdeutlichen.

The same age: pic.twitter.com/FrVCFxPseL — I work for Dick Jones! (@JakesAlterEgo) December 27, 2019

Ralph Macchio is about the same age now that Pat Morita was at the time of The Karate Kid. pic.twitter.com/oF7CBOrERj — Zappaneese (@zappaneese) December 27, 2019

I don’t know but I’d like to take this opportunity to point out Nigel Farage and Keanu Reeves are the same damn age. pic.twitter.com/XrozXOZq9i — Meg 🌻 (@MRipley13) December 30, 2019

John Travolta is 3 years younger in this picture than Abe Vigoda was when he played his grandfather in Look Who’s Talking. pic.twitter.com/EfNOkRQsaR — Gary Danger Moore (@GaryMoo14010104) December 31, 2019

Bette Davis, 54 & Joan Crawford, 58, played by Susan Sarandon, 71 & Jessica Lange, 68. pic.twitter.com/SfQy6DETn8 — Angelcrusher (@Angelcrusher) December 31, 2019

3. Ohne Ihnen zu nahe zu treten: Die Filmstars von früher sahen aus heutiger Sicht oftmals auffällig früh „alt“ aus.

George Wendt was THIRTY THREE in the first season of Cheers. John Ratzenberger was 34! pic.twitter.com/s239yApKOl — santa claus lane 🌹 (@stefanielaine) December 27, 2019

Estelle Getty was 62 when The Golden Girls started. pic.twitter.com/viX0Ks3S65 — tribbles (@troublewtribble) December 31, 2019

And Clark Gable is 39 here. pic.twitter.com/rUr9NEriqL — Eᴅᴡᴀʀᴅ Cʜᴀᴍᴘɪᴏɴ (@drmabuse) December 31, 2019

I was going to point this out – O’Connor was actually only 47 when All In The Family started! Harrelson is a decade older, but looks two decades younger. pic.twitter.com/G8uyXsPnMt — Mark O’Wokeness (@Solvang84) December 27, 2019

Dirty Dozen (1967) with a 46 year old Charles Bronson and a 43 year old Lee Marvin. pic.twitter.com/H0mpipiM9g — Suboptimal Prime (@2ndHandBurrito) December 27, 2019

Ritchie Valens was 17 when he died in a plane crash pic.twitter.com/RoWxaxjTyi — J.A. Adande (@jadande) December 27, 2019

4. Häufig wurde zur Beweisführung im eigenen Fotofundus gekramt.

Definitely. These are my parents when my mom was pregnant with me. They were like 23. pic.twitter.com/Eoa3wDs42D — Debbie White ⚾️💙⚾️ (@rockiepie258) December 27, 2019

Yup. My parents at 20 and 22. pic.twitter.com/peedgeAGAJ — What’s the speed of dark? 🌵 (@what_speed) December 30, 2019

Random pic of me, age 50 and a random pic of Gordon Jump from WKRP In Cincinnati, age 44 pic.twitter.com/hD8DrTiD4M — Gary Danger Moore (@GaryMoo14010104) December 30, 2019

5. An manchem Sportler nagte schon zu aktiven Zeiten der Zahn der Zeit.

Larry Bird (pictured age 25-30 probably) looked like he ran his own plumbing business for 30 years and played basketball at the local gym in the evenings to stay young and active pic.twitter.com/LqAadr4NjP — javier vera (@_JVera) December 28, 2019

This is Buddy Ryan, age 51, his first season coaching in Philadelphia. That’s a few months older than Dabo Swinney is today. pic.twitter.com/xXGQDydVnT — Rob (@rjs1023) December 27, 2019

This is former NHL/WHA hockey player George „Duke“ Harris. Born in 1942, he was 31 when this pic was taken. https://t.co/YAQBgIct46 pic.twitter.com/wehGuqsNm5 — J.S. 🅙 (@realjasonstru) December 27, 2019

This was the late John Tenta AKA WWF’s Earthquake at age 26 pic.twitter.com/BwJKPm3veu — Soundwave (@LocalSoundwave) December 27, 2019

This was an active major league pitcher I. The 1980s pic.twitter.com/U6ufSgqpTr — SeanGroark (@SeanGroark) December 27, 2019

Soccer players in the 70s looked super old. This is one of the stars of the 1974 World Cup, Grzegorz Lato. He was 24 years old at the time pic.twitter.com/JB7kvwsNLZ — Dominik Stecuła (@decustecu) December 31, 2019

Willie Stargell, 32

Terry Bradshaw, 31 pic.twitter.com/H08YDDbMu2 — Steven Connors (@StevenRConnors1) December 31, 2019

Toby Kimball and Jeff Mullins were about 30 here. pic.twitter.com/G2iW8fkqzp — Pete (@fl_west) December 27, 2019

Rivellino, on the left, was 23. Gérson, on the right, was 29 and won the Silver Ball in the 1970 World Cup. pic.twitter.com/tX1KdI3Ol9 — Pedro Hollanda (@phollanda) December 27, 2019

6. Wie man um die 20 früher eben so aussah.

It is not nonsense. These guys were only 17 pic.twitter.com/WaeoqEiHrg — MudleyDoore (@dbrydodg) December 27, 2019

These fellas were 24 and 23 pic.twitter.com/r9dL00R4nv — jack 😎 (@JohnHam5WC) December 28, 2019

7. Bei bei Spiderman-Filmreihe wird das Phänomen gut deutlich: Obwohl Hauptdarsteller Peter Parkers Tante May im Film immer gleich alt ist, wird sie mit jeder Neubesetzung der Rolle optisch deutlich jünger.

When spider-man first came out Aunt May was supposed to be very old, her age hasn’t changed but time has pic.twitter.com/y2qRxiTzlX — Samm 🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈✡️ זאב (@DarknessRandom) December 30, 2019

8. Eine wissenschaftliche Erklärung für die Anomalie liefert die steigende Lebenserwartung. Abschließend beantworten lässt sich die Hypothese damit aber nicht.

Notwithstanding the genetics, nutrition, lifestyle, etc. of *individual* (persons/family) “outliers”, it still holds up on a *population* basis. In 1950, average life expectancy (in US) was ~60; now it’s ~80. In 1950, at 30, your life was half over. Today, 40 is the new 30. pic.twitter.com/K2o1JOKO9d — Scott Eccarius, MD (@ScottEccarius) December 27, 2019

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