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Re: So this is random but...
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:29 am
by leastwise
There have been tv shows where 22- to 30-year-olds play high schoolers for about 20+ years now, so I imagine our perspective is a little distorted.
Re: So this is random but...
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 12:09 pm
by magiclawnchair
i graduated from high school 15 years ago...
girls did not dress like this back then...
Re: So this is random but...
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:24 pm
by steevdeadman
magiclawnchair wrote:i graduated from high school 15 years ago...
girls did not dress like this back then...
D. I was so having this conversation with someone the other day... Girls DID NOT dress or look like they do now when we were in High/Middle school... they were all shy and reserved, now they all dress provocative and shit. Man, I miss the old days, bring back the extra baggy t-shirts and jeans man, thems were the days!
Re: So this is random but...
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:29 pm
by magiclawnchair
steevdeadman wrote:magiclawnchair wrote:i graduated from high school 15 years ago...
girls did not dress like this back then...
D. I was so having this conversation with someone the other day... Girls DID NOT dress or look like they do now when we were in High/Middle school... they were all shy and reserved, now they all dress provocative and shit. Man, I miss the old days, bring back the extra baggy t-shirts and jeans man, thems were the days!
hell yeah deadman!!! give me a hottie in an ozzy shirt, flannel, and skin tight ripped jeans...
less hoochie-mama and moar metal-mamas!!!
Re: So this is random but...
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:21 pm
by steevdeadman
magiclawnchair wrote:hell yeah deadman!!! give me a hottie in an ozzy shirt, flannel, and skin tight ripped jeans...
less hoochie-mama and moar metal-mamas!!!
Agreed.
Re: So this is random but...
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:43 pm
by Ghost Hip
There's also the idea that we know more about health now. Right now it seems the basic goal society puts on us is to look young and not old.
Re: So this is random but...
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:09 pm
by oinkbanana
i think it has to do with styles and fashion.
15yr olds back in the '80's had 80s haircuts. 25yr olds back in the 90's still had '80s haircuts. 35yrs old still have those haircuts.
so looking at those older yearbooks makes it seem like everyone in the 80's already looks 35.
right? what i'm saying makes some sort of sense i think.
Re: So this is random but...
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:49 pm
by phantasmagorovich
I don't know many 35-year olds with an 80s haircut. You'd need more hair than many men have at that age. (Speaking for myself here... I can't grow no Kurt Cobain hair no more...)
But I do think that there are various reasons for this:
health care
fitness freaks
plastic surgery
a general stance that one has to be young to be successful/great/whatever
Re: So this is random but...
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:56 pm
by eti
oinkbanana wrote:i think it has to do with styles and fashion.
15yr olds back in the '80's had 80s haircuts. 25yr olds back in the 90's still had '80s haircuts. 35yrs old still have those haircuts.
so looking at those older yearbooks makes it seem like everyone in the 80's already looks 35.
right? what i'm saying makes some sort of sense i think.
Yeah, it's that we associate older style with older people. Just like I'd look at photos of teens from the '50s and think they look old but '70s teens don't look so old to me.
Now why are todays teen A&F models more physically developed than I ever will be?
Steroids?