Young Me / Now Me

March 22, 2010 6:38 PM

Young Me / Now Me (slzf)
posted by swift (45 comments total)

I like that the same person had the least amount of hair in both pictures
posted by delmoi at 6:42 PM on March 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

I just sent the URL to my girlfriend and her first comment was "Young men ow me?"
posted by ErWenn at 6:47 PM on March 22, 2010

I like this one the best, not only for the contrast in age, but also in technology.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 6:49 PM on March 22, 2010

Kinda cheating, but awwww.
posted by Sova at 6:56 PM on March 22, 2010 [4 favorites]

This wins.
posted by sallybrown at 6:58 PM on March 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

MaryDellamorte, I don't think that guy has ever moved.
posted by cjorgensen at 7:01 PM on March 22, 2010

Here's all of them, I think:

1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 101 103 105 107 109 111 113 115 117 119 121 123 125 127 129 131 133 135 137 139 141 143 145 147 149 151 153 155 157 159 161 163 165 167 169 171 173 175 177 179 181 183 185 187 189 191 193 195 197 199 201 203 205 207 209 211 213 215 217 219 221 223 225 227 229 231 233 235 237 239 241 243 245 247 249 251 253 255 257 259 261 263 265 267 269 271 273 275 277 279 281 283 285 287 289 291 293 295 297 299 301 303 305 307 309 311 313 315 317 319 321 323 325 327 329 331 333 335 337 339 341 343 345 347 349 351 353 355 357 359 361 363 365 367 369 371 373 375 377 379 381 383 385 387 389 391 393 395 397 399 401 403 405 407 409 411 413 415 417 419 421 423 425 427 429 431 433 435 437 439 441 443 445 447 449 451 453 455 457 459 461 463 465 467 469 471 473 475 477 479 481 483 485 487 489 491 493 495 497 499 501 503 505 507 509 511 513 515 517 519 521 523 525 527 529 531 533 535 537 539 541 543 545 547 549 551 553 555 557 559 561 563 565 567 569 571 573 575 577 579 581 583 585 587 589 591 593 595 597 599 601 603 605 607 609 611 613 615 617 619 621 623 625 627 629 631 633 635 637 639 641 643 645 647 649 651 653 655
posted by swift at 7:05 PM on March 22, 2010 [2 favorites]

Did I see a mod ?
posted by lobstah at 7:08 PM on March 22, 2010

See also (caution- sound)
posted by emilyd22222 at 7:10 PM on March 22, 2010 [2 favorites]

Looks a lot like a mod.
posted by Dumsnill at 7:13 PM on March 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

That was mesmerizing.
posted by serazin at 7:15 PM on March 22, 2010

I thunk so
posted by lobstah at 7:16 PM on March 22, 2010

Once a black widow spider...
posted by zinfandel at 7:17 PM on March 22, 2010

I'm going to submit pictures of myself taken before and after the page loads.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 7:26 PM on March 22, 2010 [32 favorites]

Yeah.. the loading time makes this not worth the fun :/
posted by june made him a gemini at 7:31 PM on March 22, 2010

tl;dload
posted by headnsouth at 7:38 PM on March 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

Same here, I couldn't get a single one to load. Did we broke it?
posted by msali at 7:50 PM on March 22, 2010

I think we, uh, hosed Ze.
posted by dhartung at 7:53 PM on March 22, 2010

Previously.
posted by crunchland at 7:53 PM on March 22, 2010

Previously.

Well now I feel really bad for swift.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 7:57 PM on March 22, 2010

I'm starting to get through on the Coral Cache. But it probably has to build the cache for most pages.
posted by dhartung at 7:59 PM on March 22, 2010

Projecting.
posted by tellurian at 8:10 PM on March 22, 2010

I'd love to see ColdChef do this for this photo.
posted by piratebowling at 8:11 PM on March 22, 2010 [2 favorites]

I really liked this!

Especially the brothers(?) in the superman tshirts. Too awesome.
posted by gomichild at 9:05 PM on March 22, 2010

This reminds me of how every episode of The Up Series has Jackie, Lynn and Sue sitting on the couch in the same order.

It also makes me think I need to call my sister and plan to reenact some childhood silliness.
posted by Rarebit Fiend at 10:37 PM on March 22, 2010

I love this one.
posted by tula at 10:40 PM on March 22, 2010

Age-based facial appearance regression algorithm training --- GO!
posted by tss at 11:28 PM on March 22, 2010

Wow. We all grow up. It's so oddly comforting, this charming proof.
posted by iamkimiam at 11:42 PM on March 22, 2010 [1 favorite]

This
posted by hal9k at 2:48 AM on March 23, 2010

Yea I won't be replaying my favorite kid photo.

It's 1972, I'm 1 years old sitting on a glass coffee table with a Miss America sash on sans top and only a diaper holding a Schlitz beer can.
posted by stormpooper at 5:26 AM on March 23, 2010

Lots of people lost their hair, but on the bright side, also their wood paneling.
posted by applemeat at 5:27 AM on March 23, 2010 [2 favorites]

This one makes me tear up.
posted by ColdChef at 5:33 AM on March 23, 2010 [1 favorite]

I'd love to see ColdChef do this for this photo.

Sadly, I don't think that's possible. If anything, though, I'd like to remake this one.
posted by ColdChef at 5:38 AM on March 23, 2010

thanks! I loved looking at these- many made me laugh. Now I want to do this with my brother and sister.
posted by phogirl at 5:44 AM on March 23, 2010

Wow.
posted by ColdChef at 5:46 AM on March 23, 2010

Winner.
posted by ColdChef at 5:52 AM on March 23, 2010

Plaid pants
posted by ColdChef at 5:54 AM on March 23, 2010 [2 favorites]

Good thing they didn't recreate that one down to the detail of the wicker.

Thanks swift!
posted by intermod at 6:07 AM on March 23, 2010

I basically need to marry this guy.
posted by Help, I can't stop talking! at 6:51 AM on March 23, 2010

The Previously link was the Young Young Me-Now Me. This is the Now Young Me-Now Me.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 6:58 AM on March 23, 2010

A photograph’s punctum is that accident [of photographic detail] which pricks me (but also bruises me, is poignant to me), …for punctum is also: sting, speck, cut, little hole—and also a cast of the dice.

I now know that there exists another punctum (another 'stigmatum') than the 'detail.' This new punctum, which is no longer of form but of intensity, is Time, the lacerating emphasis of the noeme ('that-has-been'), its pure representation.

Roland Barthes, On Photography
posted by xod at 8:06 AM on March 23, 2010 [3 favorites]

I'm so conflicted. I love the idea, but I'm depressed about it at the same time.

Father time is such a bitch.
posted by purephase at 2:23 PM on March 23, 2010 [1 favorite]

I love this! Thanks for posting it!
posted by Orb at 2:32 PM on March 23, 2010

On Photography

Or, you know, Camera Lucida. Someone Else wrote On Photography, Someone Famous in American Letters.
posted by Wolof at 10:28 PM on March 23, 2010

Love, love, love this! It makes me so dang happy! I just want to hug all these people and be all "Yay! You made it! You're beautiful!" But that would be weird. Thanks a ton for posting it; I never would've seen it otherwise!
posted by Fui Non Sum at 7:55 AM on March 24, 2010