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[–] 68 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Patrick Stewart definitely looked older than he was, what with the gray hair and significant baldness. It worked for him for sure, though

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    I mean... I don't know, he was in his late 40, kinda looked like he was in his late 40s.

    I think the part that trips people up is that, like many people who go bald young, he kinda just looked the same for a long time. Plus he got surprisingly fit in his 50s, which helped. So you remember him looking in his late 40s, or at least looking just like he did in TNG, by the time he showed up in X-Men, when he was 60.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    So you're saying that if 14 year old Wesley would have shaved his head, he would have looked older and wiser?

    That if we all shaved our heads we would look older and wiser?

    Where are my shears?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Back then people kinda owned it. Nowadays they just get a shit ton of work done on their face and dye the hell out of their hair. People in their 50s trying to pass for characters in their 30s.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Patrick Stewart would've been 46-47 when filming the first season of TNG, and Wil Wheaton is now 53, so yeah quite a bit older

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    6 years is quite a bit older?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Everyone keeps telling me "oh, the thirties hit hard. OH THE FORTIES HIT HARD. OH THE FIFTIES HIT HARD" like, maybe your body just keeps accruing these little aches and pains that never go away and it starts to suck, and the fifties are when a lot of people realize that? is that it or is there something else I'm missing

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Thirties were my best years so far. I was fit as fuck. Zero aches. Earning good money. Travelling. Loving relationship. Kids rolling in while I still had the energy for them. Good times.

    Not sure how old you are but if you look after your body, your body will look after you.

    Nearly 50 now and the old man aches are creeping in though.

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He looked the same filming Dune at 43. Heck, even in his 30s he looked late 40s.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Let's see, Wheaton was around 14, Stewart in his forties back then if I recall correctly, it's bee a few decades…yeah that math about adds up.

    I do feel a bit older now, but that's to be expected, I'm now in my 50s so it kinda goes with the territory. I know I'm supposed to act shocked at these sort of things, but they generally just make me shrug and remind that getting older is better than the alternative.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    getting older is better than the alternative.

    There's an alternative‽

    Nobody tells me anything!

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    He's even older than Wesley Crusher

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    worse, this was actually true before covid-19

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    Ooof. Ouch. My feelings.

    Also, my back. Ouch.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    "want to feel old?"

    my brother in christ, it is the year of our lord 2025. my 1st grader feels old.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What do you expect me to do, look that up myself? We need links!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, but that's because of all the time dilation from travelling at relativistic speeds.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Wil*

    Yeah.. I'm that old

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    this is one of those cool "Cleopatra was closer to the moon lander than the construction of the pyramids" except nobody is alive today where that fact could hurt them.

    it's not fair.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    No thank you

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Shut up Wesley

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Want to feel older? The series was made in the previous century.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Shut up, OP!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Patrick Stewart is like that joke about Japan living in the year 2000 since the 80s

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    "Shut up, you-now-older-than-me-Wesley!"

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