12 Wheels - teen skateboarding in her rollerskates. Photographed by SPOT (Glenn Michael Lockett) along The Strand in Hermosa Beach, 1979.

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 18d (1 reply)

United States, 1979, before the government was toppled by religious extremists.

BilSabab@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17d

tha gud times!

janus2@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 18d (6 replies)

holy crap, teens really did look older back then

BeUnique@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 18d (4 replies)

Not just women either! Both men and women look younger these days for sure. I know a lot of people pushing 40 that look 30 and the younger generations have baby faces in comparison to older generations.

I look at my dad or grandpas when they were my age and they look so much older than I do!

No complaints here but I do wonder why.

Homer1@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 18d (3 replies)

Mostly smoking. Back then almost everyone smoked.

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 18d (2 replies)

And leaded gas

TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social · 4 pts · 17d (1 reply)

And not playing those damned video games

bonesawmcl@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 17d

Could actually be a side effect of more "video games" as tend spend less time outside in the sun, the skin ages a lot less from sun damage...

BilSabab@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17d

hydration

jobbies@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 17d (1 reply)

...and she died of a broken neck shortly after

BilSabab@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17d

we don't know but it is absolutely plausible to assume that that might've been the case

Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 17d (1 reply)

Yo dawg, I heard you like skating, so I put some skates on your skateboard so you can skate while you skate!

BilSabab@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17d

exactly. for the real ones

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 17d (1 reply)

I grew up around there, great place to hang out.

BilSabab@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 17d

cool

SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 17d (1 reply)

...But why

BilSabab@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 17d

because it is cooler that way