An old picture of my grandpa looking like a sir.
Posted Apr 22, 2012, 5:59 PM UTC
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This was such a cool-looking photo, that I cleaned it up a bit. What do you think? http://i.imgur.com/bC0fX.jpg
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Damn. This picture just screams "America". Awesome work and awesome pic OP.
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I predict that this image will soon be replicated in a glossy magazine ad. The designer will think he came up with it himself. He'll forget he even saw this.
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I did that once. Thought I was hella cool with my new tattoo, till I saw it on my best friends best friend :(
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I was thinking the same thing, it looks like some fashion advertisement you'd see in a magazine.
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Really? It screams English Gentleman to me.
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I can see that too somewhat; it's a little too rustic though to be "English gentleman" IMO.
This is more what I think of when I think "English gentlemen. I think it also has to do with the landscape.
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It's the clothes. The checkered shirt with leather jacket looks American, the blazer type jackets and rain coat looks English.
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I think it has to do with the old people...
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Do English gentlemen wear cowboy hats and shoot lever guns?
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Leverguns are pretty american
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With a model 1887? If it was designed by Browning, it's as American as they come.
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There's what appears to be pistol caliber cartridges on his belt so it's not an 1887, but could very well be a Browning design.
Edit: Based on what these gentlemen say it appears to be a 1894, which was of course design by Browning.
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Yep. Those boots are..foreign.
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Scandinavian? German? We must know.
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###GAT DAYM FERNERS TUK AR JARBS
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Foreign, or just out of fashion?
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I'm pretty sure those boots are German, I could be wrong, but I think I saw riding boots in that style...
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I think a few things put holes in your theory, namely: OP being American, and the picture having been taken in America (I could possibly be wrong about that, but judging by the context I'm willing to take that bet), and the person in the picture wearing a cowboy vest, hat, and holding a lever-action rifle.
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Not enough tweed.
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No, this picture screams "badass"
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He's lucky he isn't blonde because it almost screamed "Hitler Youth!", auf Deutsch naturlich.
Replace the Setter with a Shepard too.
*Oooooooooh now we need a novelty account to photoshop all your old grandparent pictures into Nazis. You're welcome Reddit.
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Thanks, that's awesome! He'll be stoked to see that enhanced version. The original photo is quite faded.
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Tell him he was hot. Really, really hot.
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Like, on fire.
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Literally. Pure alcohol burns with an almost invisible flame though, so due to the age of the photo you can't see it.
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Tweaked the color a bit, made him look a bit more photogenic: http://imgur.com/nG2ew
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I can't upvote this enough.
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oh my god ahhahahah
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Why is the barrel of the gun green?
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The perils of photoshopping to try to fix the color of the hay on the left hand side of the original photo (it had a faded color change.) :-)
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Here is my attempt, just a color correction, no spotting. http://imgur.com/KrLPm
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So us a picture of him now!
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Now run it through an Instragam filter aaannnd...
That new age look with a vintage feel!
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[Here's my take on it.] (http://i.imgur.com/3YSeN.jpg)
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This is much better. Well done.
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Yours is the best. Improves without removing the vintage feel of the photo.
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Nicely done but why is the barrel green?
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Just the way it's faded coupled with the age of the gun
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I think the original, faded version is more emotional and 'cool.'
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And this is why Instagram was worth $1 billion.
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This one is better imo, good job
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You are an awesome person
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I also gave a shot at retouching it. http://imgur.com/vhFjF
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An upvote for you for being a Sir with your Photoshop skills.
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I can see even more attractiveness in this version. Fantastic job.
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Now it looks like it belongs in an Abercrombie catalog.
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Fantastic shoot! The epitome of old school cool!
Would love to see it here http://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/
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New! Improved! Less green in that gun! http://imgur.com/tdhBB
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Yes I was going to say, I like his boots.
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Teenage girls would kill for those boots these days.
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I'm a dude and I want those boots. Damn things are straight up stylin, yo!
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Hell ya me too, wouldn't mind the pipe, gun and dog too.
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I can agree with that statement! Never in my life have I wanted boots so bad!
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Yeah those are some pretty cool boots!
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As a guy, I would totally sport those boots. What kind are they? They look pretty badass, and comfortable.
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I have a pair of 12" LL Bean Hunting Boots that I tuck into my pants just like that. The Bean has been making them since 1933 1912, so they have some serious authenticity to them.
EDIT: date
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Can you link me to the pair? I'm hunting :|
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I would suggest asking /r/malefashionadvice where you could find a similar boot. They know their shit.
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They're called lineman, powerline, or logger boots.
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Kind of like the boots pictured. Danner Boots are the best you can buy, I have a pair myself!
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Link? I searched through their website and I couldn't find any of the same style :(
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My bad, I've never linked to anything before so I probably messed it up. These are them (or as similar as I can find) Danners are very expensive but can be found on craigslist for much cheaper. http://www.danner.com/powerlinetm-plain-toe-200g-work-boots.html?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&utm_term=18200
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Haha, sorry men. Mens lace up knee highs don't seem to be in high demand right now. The closest you could get would be to buy relatively gender neutral womens shoes. There's also some LL Bean Maine Hunting Shoes that get pretty close (see here), but they're different colors and a little shorter.
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FWIW, if you can't find those, Corcoran still makes WWII style jump boots. Takes a bit to break them in, but once you do, they're wonderful.
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Each thing is so totally hipster it's crazy (boots, plaid shirt, pipe), but he just looks awesome instead of try hard. Maybe it's the setter and the gun. Or maybe it's his natural Clint Eastwood cool.
Anyway, result is Hemingway quotient 100 hipster quotient 0
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Exactly what I was going to say as well!
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Where the Red Fern Grows.
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I was thinking that or Big Red.
Edit: I'm surprised by the number of people who understand the reference. For those who don't it was a 60s Disney live action movie about a show Irish Setter and a French Quebec kid who helps kennel the dog. Eventually the kid and the dog become incredibly bonded and it causes problems. Bad things happen and adventures ensue. The movie was a favorite of mine as a kid.
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Ahh. What an awesome throwback. Thank you sir.
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I've never seen the movie. The pic looked exactly what I, as a child, imagined the scenes in the book to be. I thought it was near uncanny.
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Lassie.
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...I thought I had buried those emotions long ago...
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Little Ann
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lip tremble yes...
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Ruined my childhood. I think I cried for days.
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What i thought too, saddest book ever for sure.
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I cry every single time.
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And now I'm teary eyed!
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Seeing photos of old people when they were young saddens me. It makes me realize I'll be old one day and faster than I can fathom.
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Forget old, but we'll also be dead one day... Sucks, but oh well
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Not if science has anything to do with that!
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I'm sure it will be affordable about 3 days after I die. Just like when my elementary school got a new playground when I started 6th grade. And when my middle school got a rock climbing wall when I started high school.
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But would you want to be in day-before-death condition for longer? That would suck. Unless you like die in your prime 'cos too many bitches be on your dick
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you too?!!! we had a cement wall, ONE red playground ball (which i never once got to touch, save for when it was hurled at my face) a huge swing set with only 2 swings on it and a pile of industrial waste we were supposed to stay away from. we did not stay away.
now there is this awesome play structure called castle in the clouds, which is a maze of cool things to climb and bounce on. playing on it feels like you're a pirate out at sea. sadly, i am too big now to fit in some of the really cool tunnels. my kid loves it. i seethe with jealousy every time i take her there.
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How old are you, if you don't mind me asking?
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Not the person you responded to, but I'm 36. It honestly seems like I was in college just a few years ago. The last fifteen years went by so very quickly.
I often think that a single week in elementary school felt longer than a year does now. It's really bizarre.
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The cruel trick of relative temporal perspective. The more time you accumulate, the shorter each of those moments feels.
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Knowing what you know now about how fast the time went, is there any advice you'd give to someone 20 years younger than you? I'm in my mid 20s and I'm scared to death of the time just flying by on me. If you could rewind the last 20 years, would you make any major changes?
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You have no idea how fast. But you will, if you live long enough.
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Comments like this inspire me. Upvote for you.
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I've never wanted to look like another person as much as I do right now
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Women want to know him, men want to BE him.
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I agree.
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I'd say a lot of what you're seeing is a healthy physique and confidence.
Oh, and the women might be unconsciously noticing what I presume to be his wedding band.
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You're right. His aura is beaming out of the picture.
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Stylish and zero manhood lost. Very sexy. They don't make em like they used to.
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Honestly bro, I'd fuck that grandpa.
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I hope he's not a great Gilf in the sky now...
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10/10 Would Bang
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Daaaammnnnn Your grandpa was a hottie, he should be be posting to r/ladyboners!! What's he look like now?
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No. He looks like a classy fellow - perhaps even a gentleman. Not a "sir". That doesn't even fucking make sense.
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I don't know where it started, or how people think it's cool, but it's really not and I wish we had the decency to stop using it. It's like the unsuccessful cousin of "LIKE A BOSS" who thinks he's fancy cause he listens to jazz.
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Even "Like a boss" is played out. "Sir" definitely doesn't have the same shelf life and I really don't want to see the word get distorted by some affectatious fancy-pants internet kids.
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Get used to it, son!
Note: Actually hate the "son" crap too.
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Holy crap... your grandpa was a Kennedy???
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I have a feeling that this image is going to be the new face of Abercrombie or what ever, and you're going to be in trouble for copyright
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I took that bitch hunting. Bitches love hunting.
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Lol. I get it!
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Das boots
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what boat?
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The thing that blows my mind is that people used to wear and do stuff like this completely unironically.
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"do stuff"? You mean hanging out outside with his dog, shooting his levergun at targets (or maybe hunting varmints on his ranch)?
Why would that have to be done "ironically" if done today?
There are still people who like to shoot leverguns both for hunting and for competition, and who wear ammo belts since ammo belts are what you wear when you want to carry around extra ammo for your levergun. I fail to see what is so "mind blowing" that people used to do this "unironically".
I'm just going to go ahead and assume you weren't really paying attention to what you were saying and mostly meant his clothing style.
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Parent isn't really off base with their comment. A group of my hipster friends got way into guns for about six months recently. But only the old timey stuff, single action six shooters, old lever action rifles, cheap surplus Mosin Nagants etc.
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I mean the posing, not the actually activities. Most photographs I see like this today are hipsters or something posing with their pure-bred rescue dog.
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First: Your grandpa was a hottie with a body...
Second: I want his boots....
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The first thing that went through my head "I must have his boots. Immediately".
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That's a beautiful Irish setter!
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Not to be creepy or anything but your grandpa is hot!
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I think I found the inspiration for "Where the Red Fern Grows"
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but better looking
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My immediate thought was this
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I agree it is sweet, but I don't think it is a Winchester. The closest I can figure is that it is a Marlin 97 .22LR.
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Yeah, I'm no expert, but I think old lever action Winchesters usually eject from the top and old Marlin's form the side. It doesn't look like this one ejects from the top.
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Yes, and judging by the shortness of the receiver, and the small width of the ejection port, it's definitely a .22.
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Bzzt. That's most likely a Marlin 1894, .44-40 caliber.
Distinguishing characteristics:
- Octagonal barrel
- Shape of the receiver top
- Shape of the hammer
- Shape of the front sight
- Flare of the receiver where it joins the stock
Also, the ammo on his belt is definitely not .22
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The ammo in his belt looks bigger than .22
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Damn grandpa looking good
Seriously. Maybe OP should post a self pic...you know, for comparison.
for science!
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Dont wory...
More like, so that we can make fun of him/her for not measuring up
fucking creep.
Your name is BURN_ALL_CATS... Do you know where you are and if so, why are you still here??? Are you lost?!
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OP's grandma was such a lucky woman.
It seriously feels like people where just better looking back in the day.
Probably because they actually went outside.
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Exactly! nobodies forcing you to choke down that McMuffin or whatever the new trite is called on the menu. I make my own muffins like a BOSS.
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You actually can control your features. It's amazing how attractive you can become with lower bodyfat.
Plenty of proof here
Around 8-10% bf is the sweet spot to accentuate your jawline.
Hell, Brad Pitt's brother isn't even a Brad Pitt.
you only drink 5 litres? fuck im screwed
"so there's no excuse"
Oh I disagree. Between psychiatry, genetics and and the 'You're all special snowflakes just the way you are!' bullshit, people have plenty of fucking excuses for eating themselves to death. ¬.¬
Only 5 L per week? Damn, gotta cut down.
but there's always a reason for bacon
this needs to be upvoted into oblivion.
Hah! You obviously haven't seen anything but select old pictures. There were some real eyesores back in the day...
Seriously, I look at the photos of my university's class of 1889 or football team of 1923 or the first female undergraduate class. Neither the men nor women have a looker in the bunch.
Back in the day you didn't waste expensive film on ugly folk.
Probably because people don't take pictures of uggos. If they do, those pictures don't get passed on.
edit: Before the digital age where people take pictures of whatever because fuck it.
I went outside a lot as a kid....
Is it just me or is that dog's tongue huge?
Dog's tounges expand in heat.
How can you tell that the dog is in heat?
By the tongue
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It's ridiculously large.
It looks like it's yawning, which makes it seem way bigger.
It's ok man. Dogs sweat through their tongues.
Hipsters will be so jealous of this.
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RPG Ridiculousy Photogenic Grandpa
looks like Casey Affleck
Kinda looks retro-hipster.