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I like to try and guess people's ages. In real life, or on video, where their personalities influence my guess, I'm much worse than when looking at a still imag
by Fricken 3y ago
I like to try and guess people's ages. In real life, or on video, where their personalities influence my guess, I'm much worse than when looking at a still image.
With a still image often the quality of a person's skin is the only giveaway, and when that is the case I'm remarkably accurate most of the time. So I'm skeptical there's much one can do, and people's skin seems to age at roughly the same rate.
- symbolicAGI 3y agoEasiest way to guess a person's age is by the relative size of the ears, that never stop growing. Tiny ears - teenager. Huge ears - senior. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18653105/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18653105/
- ilaksh 3y agoI wonder if this is a common target for cosmetic surgery? "Shaving" off bits of the ears to make them smaller?
- whycome 3y agoOr maybe more doable: preventative measures like "ear retainers" for nighttime?
- cstejerean 3y agoThe linked study doesn't seem to support that "ears never stop growing" at least in the typical way one would read that sentence. > This study supports the view that as people age, their ears get larger, particularly the ear circumference, which increases on average 0.51 mm per year. This enlargement is likely associated with aging changes of collagen So they do get larger with age but not due to growing, but rather the typical aging of the skin + gravity tends to result in the ears enlarging in diameter.
- smolder 3y agoDo your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over your shoulder like a continental soldier? Do your ears hang low?
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoThat song was likely not about ears at all originally, rather the well-known version is a sanitized one suitable for children’s activities.
- xeromal 3y agoI've never heard the ears version but Jibbs did one about a chain in the early aughts. Song is still stuck in my head.
- angled 3y agoHands don’t lie.
- 11235813213455 3y agoFeet don't lie
- 11235813213455 3y agodepends, if you've a good skin, they actually won't grow so much
- graeme 3y agoThis is not at all my experience. You can't just remain at age 22 your whole life, but I've found people of the same age can look radically different. The famous image of the trucker who had the sun on the left but not right side of his face shows the cumulative effect of sun damage: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trucker-accumulates-skin-damage-on-left-side-of-his-face-after-28-years-on-the-road/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trucker-accumulates-skin-damage... Normal cases are less extreme but this shows what happens if you do/don't protect against the sun.
- 11235813213455 3y agosun effect is strong without a proper diet and outdoor activity. For example tomatoes are natural sun protection from the inside, much more efficient than creams & cosmetics. So it depends on the person lifestyle, you can't draw general conclusion from that trucker
- trallnag 3y agoAre you claiming that tomatoes are better at UV light protection that creams dedicated to UV light protection?
- 11235813213455 3y agoyes in the long run, claiming that reinforcing skin through diet and overall lifestyle is better than creams
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- 11235813213455 3y agosmoker → +20y visual age