Then and Now...

May 7, 2003 9:09 PM

When I Was Little
posted by ubueditor (15 comments total)

Great post, ubueditor. Thank you!
posted by DakotaPaul at 9:13 PM on May 7, 2003

yes, thank heavens
posted by Pretty_Generic at 9:17 PM on May 7, 2003

pretty cool.
posted by cachilders at 10:02 PM on May 7, 2003

That was an interesting few minutes, on Random view. It reminded me of this more intense version.
posted by LeLiLo at 10:03 PM on May 7, 2003

Just wonderful.

It's so interesting (/heartbreaking/amusing) to see the comments people make about their own attractiveness.
posted by hippugeek at 10:06 PM on May 7, 2003

Very nice.
posted by hama7 at 10:20 PM on May 7, 2003

wonderful! thanks!
posted by amberglow at 11:47 PM on May 7, 2003

what a lovely site, such a simple idea.
posted by quarsan at 11:59 PM on May 7, 2003

As Tom Stoppard memorably remarked "maturity is a terrible price to pay for growing up" - or words to that effect. Too true. Fall of Man and all that...

Thanks ubueditor!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 12:24 AM on May 8, 2003

Hey, Santa Claus F.U.
posted by CoolHandPuke at 5:08 AM on May 8, 2003

I just discovered that yesterday (you beat me to it, ubueditor!) and it's my favorite new photo meme. I find it surprisingly interesting to look at how people's faces change, and how they don't.
posted by Songdog at 5:43 AM on May 8, 2003

You know what's weird, is that people (dataset=1, me) have such a difficult time imagining what a person looked like when they were younger (if you didn't know them then). I can look at a 25 year old and visualize how they'll look at 70, no problem. But looking at an older person, I just cannot see the younger person in there, try as I might. Probably why sites like this one are so fascinating.
posted by luser at 7:39 AM on May 8, 2003

Thanks for this. It exudes a strange, yet appealing sense of melancholy.

It's so interesting (/heartbreaking/amusing) to see the comments people make about their own attractiveness.

I think everyone comes to a point in their lives when looking back on their youth becomes a somewhat bittersweet experience.
posted by MrBaliHai at 9:47 AM on May 8, 2003

Memory is a strange thing. I have some rescued super-8 reels from my childhood and it's so odd seeing myself in those films, since I have few specific recollections about that time in my life.

MrBaliHai, you summed it up nicely.

This is one of my favorites. This one made me smile.
posted by O9scar at 10:31 AM on May 8, 2003

This is one of my favorites.
O9scar, I thought that was the best one as well.
posted by LeLiLo at 11:57 PM on May 10, 2003