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[–] [email protected] 171 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Only one of these men taught high school. Coincidence, I think not

[–] [email protected] 101 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

also, only one of those men hasn't had plastic surgery and doesn't pay a small fortune to maintain their fake-ass-hair, or their fake-ass-smile.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Reminder - look at Tom Cruise's teeth. He has a single middle front tooth.

Not shaming him for having had bad teeth of course, just pointing it out. Many other superior reasons to shame him.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

having bad teeth is one thing. Don't get me wrong.

But they dump a small fortune in purely cosmetic stuff, too. They all do. or like their hair. They're probably spending a a few hundred a week to keep that hair looking the way it does. Not to mention the plugs, the rogaine or whatever other thing they're doing to keep from going bald.

(also, for the record, they Cruise looks like a slimeball about to sell a used car to a sucker. brad pit looks a few synapses short of an original thought.)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Your point made me realize finding... It's kind of weird that Cruise hasn't got his tooth situation fixed considering all the money he's pumped into plastic surgery, hair treatment, thetan persecution, etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was pretty sure he had until this thread.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

It was one of the first things he had fixed. Here's a pic from The Outsiders:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

You never know, he might have had a mold made, and wears that. Image is everything to guys like that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Cruise looks like a slimeball about to sell a used car to a sucker.

Which is why he was so perfect for Edge Of Tomorrow. I can;t think of anyone else who could be both that slimy and also believable in the action scenes. Excellent movie. i watched it to get to see Cruise get killed a lot, and I got that in spades, but I also got a superb action movie!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh god, now I can't unsee...which is awesome! I'm not gonna be able to do anything but laugh at each and every photo I see of him from now on. So, yeah, thanks! :-D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Xenu wasn't enough?

Edit: a few sections have flashing lights. Can timestamp if anyone wants.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm pretty sure he got that fixed. I don't notice it on his newer stuff like the new top gun, at least

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Phrased another way, Waltz worked, while Pitt and Cruise had work done.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or Waltz worked as a teacher, the other men worked as Actors. And they both prioritized thing required in their districts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do not forget twenty years of military service.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Indeed. The armed forces has never been known for being a pack of pretty boys.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Upvote for that smooth Incredibles reference.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That actually made me laugh out loud. Bravo!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

That’s the best response I’ve seen in a week.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Only one of these men spent over 20 years in the army. Coincidence? I think not...

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago

What money will do to a mf

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago

Superstar actors are more attractive than the general population? Next your going to tell me that a professional athletes of his age are in better shape.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago

Helps having money and personal assistants. :)

Walz is only 5 years older than me, but he did hit the 60 threshhold:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02707-9

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair, these days Tom Cruise looks like someone wearing a Tom Cruise mask

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He kind of always looked that way.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, one of them is an abusive drunk, one is a cult member who has multiple ex-wives who've basically fled the marriage, and one is Tim Walz. Think I'd pick Walz.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

My main takeaway is cults and alcohol abuse makes you look young.

But having a loving fulfilling life makes you oh so fuckable. 🤤

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, money makes you look young, but it also seems to turn a lot of people into real assholes. Tbh, though, I think people are mistaking handsome for youthful - I don't really think either of them look any younger in the fact than Walz, it's just the hair.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

The average cultist in d&d has more health and stats than regular commoners

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

I already own a distillery. Just gotta start a cult and I will become Keanu

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

That's because Waltz has worked real jobs his whole life.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly, I'd rather look like Tim Walz. Looking like either of those other two sounds kind of exhausting.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that's just how normal human being aged without plastic surgery or cosmetic enhancements.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's selection bias... They are some of the best looking famous people in the world, no surprise they remain some of the best.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

And lots of plastic surgery.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

From what I've heard bread Pitt is bald. I mean if they didn't have the Hollywood money, guys like Pitt would look like the rest of us

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

bread Pitt

You might be thinking of Brad Pita.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I guarantee you he has plugs, now the question is does that qualify as bald? I mean, if he went bald and had it surgically altered so he's now not, is he or isn't he? Modern day philosophy and shit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Plastic surgery is the real ship of Theseus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

60, 60, 62

If you're lucky enough to have all your original hair and teeth at 60, and don't let yourself go to shit, this is easily doable. Here's me (53) at a costume party last weekend.

Lemmy: "No one can do this without money!!!"

Uh, no. A little luck and a lot of self-care is more like it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

You look how I expect 53 to look, well maintained not young. People are aging more slowly for sure. I look at pictures of my mom at my age and we don't look the same age.

But if you don't have money (for gym or weights, Retin-A, good sunscreen, a job that doesn't stress the fuck out of you) it really is more difficult. Stress is so aging, rich or not, but less stress is easier with money.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Johnny Depp: “The youngest, you say?”

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

This blows my mind!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

That clean Midwestern living really ages ya.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Plastic surgery/facelifts/botox, hair dye, makeup, and favorable lighting can make all the difference. You'll eventually look like an inhuman ghoul, but you'll be the sexiest 60 year old for a short while.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

also being rich af helps on its own.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

These are people Tim Walz's age or older

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

Politicians have their souls sucked out.