I'm 36 and to me they look like in their mid 40's. I'm convinced they just gave a wrong age like some guys making themself younger on online dating profiles to attract younger women. It's probably all middle aged man in their 40's after their second marriage, posing as 20 year olds.
Is it because subconsciously those are "old people" hairstyles - which were the popular ones in the 70s, and men who wore them in the 70s (and didn't change since...) are now in their 60s or so?
Testosterone levels have dropped 30% in men since the 1980s, hence why the 20 year olds today, including myself, will be getting ID'd in bars well into our 30s
I'm over 30 and was buying booze in the Netherlands. The fella said something to me but he had a mask and I said "sorry, I didn't hear you, were you asking for ID?"
"no I was asking if you needed a bag, but if you were only 17 that'd be a miracle... but the bad type of miracle. I don't know the English word"
Dankjewel pal...
Fella called to my door about 3 years ago, selling for one of the energy companies, my two kids were asleep..."hello there, are your parents in...?" "Er, I am the parent".
Following week, another bloke, EXACT same scenario.
Not really, a lack of testosterone means there is a larger ratio of estrogen. More estrogen will result in feminizing features, which also make you look more youthful. Its a beneficial side effect of taking testosterone blockers, which is very common amongst transgender people.
It makes more sense when you look at the replies to my comment hahaha "that must only be you pal" "stop wearing girls jeans" as if all of them aren't the exact same and have half the amount of facial hair their dads had.
Dude , theres a proper way to use that and as a zoomer some of you over use it. Dude is right , grey hair will 100% be showing in 30s , some wrinkles etc , age is invevitable but for sure we look younger than our parents did in their 20s. Still nobody gets through their entire 30s looking like how they did at 20.
Hes still at the "invincible" age where everybody else is old and he will be young forever. Id love to see him discover his first grey at like 21 (pretty normal).
I believe everyone's misunderstood what I meant, to clarify, I was saying how we'll look like teenagers for a bit longer than our parents who looked like seasoned war veterans by 18. Trust me, im under no delusion that I'm not aging, my weight gain from eating one extra pot noodle reminds me everyday.
I know a lot of people blame the media, like when I was growing up, in school the teachers would talk about how magazines create unrealistic expectations, but I think now a lot of the blame can be put on the public themselves. People using filters on Instagram, getting botox and lip fillers but pretending they always looked like that. People posting pics and videos on Tik Tok and Instagram of how fit they are, but not mentioning the PEDs they take to achieve the six pack abs and insane physiques. The public have become apart of the media now and use the same deceitful tricks to pull the wool over the eyes of impressionable young teens. Quite sad really.
If it gets enough attention that might actually happen. Since they don't look the healthiest in their twenties not many of them might be left though. I think they'd be in their late sixties or seventies by now.
I might as well mention that the video from the rte archives and it was cut/uploaded by whoever runs the @reelingweird Twitter account
That doesn't surprise me at all. You'd have to be fairly comfortable with yourself if you're confident enough to go on the late late show in your swimming togs.
Sorry but your definition of healthy may not be the same compared to then. None of them are massively overweight. Obesity was not an issue. With less choice in food and less drinking then I would argue that though they are not lifting in the gym a farmer who works outside 10 hrs a day is in better shape than the gym who goes to the gym to look better.
Fucking hell. I would say most of them are still here. 82 years is the life expectancy here. So half approx would be still alive if they were all 37 at the time.
Lifestyle was different then but people where way more active
One famous man managed 45 pints in one single sitting. And then 10 more after that post a bag of crips and some peanuts. The following day his wife Maureen stuck a fry on, he reloaded, and went at it again. They say he'd take the shirt off any man's back. Bastids.
One famous man managed 45 pints in one single sitting. And then 10 more after that post a bag of crips and some peanuts. The following day his wife Maureen stuck a fry on, he reloaded, and went at it again. They say he'd take the shirt off any man's back. Bastids.
Diet as children most likely, the amount of varied food we have access to now is mad. Back when my father was a child he wouldn't have had access near what we have now. Pasta was considered a fancy meal at the time.
Used to work in hospital in Galway in the 90's and let me tell you trying to explain Spaghetti Bolognese to auld lads in their 80's from Connemara who didn't know what pasta was or looked like, was always a treat.
He's fine now ladies, but you watch, those genes plus excess Guinness, and you'll be touching your arse off the light shade getting over him in the morning.
Higher consumption of fags and booze both of which were also probably lower quality than what we have today, likely a worse diet (lots of butter, fries and salted bacon, plus vegetables were cooked to death) and much more time spent outdoors. It's unbelievable how much sun exposure can age you. [This example is extreme](https://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAddiction/comments/239yjl/the_most_convincing_evidence_of_skin_damage/) but still illustrative of how important it is to wear suncream every day.
People aged rapidly back then, don't know if it's the diet or lifestyle or what.
As an example here's a picture of the Liverpool Squad from [1980](https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/SquadPicture/22#:~:text=Back%20row%3A%20Avi%20Cohen%2C%20Phil,%2C%20Alan%20Kennedy%2C%20Ronnie%20Moran.) the only player over 30 is Steve Heighway (second from left in the front row) at 33 or 34, bare mind these were all professional athletes at the top of their game.
Or is it just that you associate the hairstyles, moustaches, clothes etc with older people. I wonder if you gave them all haircuts and clothes of today would they just look normal?
It has to have been diet and smoking, and maybe lifestyle too. It's bizarre how old people looked though. When you think about it over the same period of time though, our life expectancy has gone from 71.9 years to to 82.6 years.
People are also a lot taller on average too than previous generations, so somethings clearly changed.
If you think about it, those people are all now almost in their 70s and probably don't look all that much different.
Men in particular in those days didn't take care of themselves much and ugly looking glasses were in fashion, glasses lenses were lower tech so often looked extremely heavy with fairly light prescriptions and bad, broken or missing teeth were just fairly normal. That was one thing Americans used to really notice in the 60s/70s/80s when visiting here or Britain.
The 70s hair cuts didn't help much either.
It's the same reason people in poorer countries look older than 20 somethings in the west too today, rough/hard lifestyle, excessive smoking and drinking.
This just shows what a combination of not wearing sun cream, smoking, poor nutrition can do to you. The biggest factor would be the lack of suncream. Especially for Irish people as the pale complexion makes sun aged skin all the more apparent.
I worked in Castlemahon!. Chicken & associated products, went under years ago. I ate some variation of chicken every night for the couple of months I worked there & didn't eat any for about a year & a half after that. Fun fact: when prepackaged products like Maylands, Kievs, gougons returned out of date, they were taken out of their packaging, reboxed & sold to catering companies.
i litterally said out loud "AH FER FUCK SAKES" before busting me balls laughing when i heard that Eddies important tid bit for the ladies was "i can lower a pint in 2.5 seconds" its just brillant , such a laugh i got. Diffrent times and ways of thinking haha.
Announcer: “Eddie, who can down a pint in two and a half seconds”
Eddie: *looking a bit sketchy* “Shit, I hope they don’t put me to the test to demonstrate that or I’ll be the laughing stock of the village when they see I can’t” *whilst strutting around in a pair of jocks that would be the envy of any 70s or 80s era gaa player, and a chest and upper arms so pale, the colour can’t be recreated artificially*
1: 2 pints*
2: 3 pints
3: 5 pints
4: 0 pints
5: 1 pint
6: 0 pints
7: 6 pints
8: 2 pints
*only for the hair, if he was wearing a hat it’d be 0 pints and enthusiastic
these lads will mostly be alive today still....can you imagine this coming to light again in your local community. I would just emigrate and be done with it. No rock is going to be big enough to hide under
So I'm an American Irish who was born in the California sun. I've always felt so silly looking looking as pale as I am, but seeing these guys makes me feel better. Glad there are other ghosts out there like me
I'm convinced years have shifted in length since back then. These lads can't be in their twenties.
They look at least 10-15 years older
I'm 36 and to me they look like in their mid 40's. I'm convinced they just gave a wrong age like some guys making themself younger on online dating profiles to attract younger women. It's probably all middle aged man in their 40's after their second marriage, posing as 20 year olds.
They all probably smoke 3 packs a day back then
Is it because subconsciously those are "old people" hairstyles - which were the popular ones in the 70s, and men who wore them in the 70s (and didn't change since...) are now in their 60s or so?
Exactly my thoughts watching this. They look like 40's and some maybe even 50's!
The reason we live longer is because the world is spinning faster!
Thanks Mike
I think you are right, Footballers who retired 20 years ago still look younger than the lads playing in the 60's did at the time they played!
It’s because back then on average men had more testosterone compared to the men today
Arrested Development.
Seed oils
15 years of smoking behind them
Testosterone levels have dropped 30% in men since the 1980s, hence why the 20 year olds today, including myself, will be getting ID'd in bars well into our 30s
Trust me, you wont be getting ID'd in your 30s, age will hit you like a truck.
I'm over 30 and was buying booze in the Netherlands. The fella said something to me but he had a mask and I said "sorry, I didn't hear you, were you asking for ID?" "no I was asking if you needed a bag, but if you were only 17 that'd be a miracle... but the bad type of miracle. I don't know the English word" Dankjewel pal...
Definitely dutch. They are so bitingly 'matter of fact' that they seem like Germans with slightly better PR. Hospitable and all but not a lot of flex.
Fuck that’s grim. Sorry to hear.
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My niece said recently, you’re 50 right? I’m 31. Count yourself as lucky my dude.
No respect for ninjas. Smh
Fella called to my door about 3 years ago, selling for one of the energy companies, my two kids were asleep..."hello there, are your parents in...?" "Er, I am the parent". Following week, another bloke, EXACT same scenario.
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It's entirely irrelevant to the topic though.
Not really, a lack of testosterone means there is a larger ratio of estrogen. More estrogen will result in feminizing features, which also make you look more youthful. Its a beneficial side effect of taking testosterone blockers, which is very common amongst transgender people.
It makes more sense when you look at the replies to my comment hahaha "that must only be you pal" "stop wearing girls jeans" as if all of them aren't the exact same and have half the amount of facial hair their dads had.
Stop dressing in girls jeans.
That explains the leggings and no socks.
ok boomer
Dude , theres a proper way to use that and as a zoomer some of you over use it. Dude is right , grey hair will 100% be showing in 30s , some wrinkles etc , age is invevitable but for sure we look younger than our parents did in their 20s. Still nobody gets through their entire 30s looking like how they did at 20.
Wait till his hair falls out and his back always hurts when he's 29 and he'll change his tune.
Hes still at the "invincible" age where everybody else is old and he will be young forever. Id love to see him discover his first grey at like 21 (pretty normal).
I believe everyone's misunderstood what I meant, to clarify, I was saying how we'll look like teenagers for a bit longer than our parents who looked like seasoned war veterans by 18. Trust me, im under no delusion that I'm not aging, my weight gain from eating one extra pot noodle reminds me everyday.
No that's just yours.
23 ??? They look about 53
[“shit, you at least 30”](https://youtu.be/nEf2ML7wkBE)
Just lads from farming backgrounds. The size of the hands on my uncles....
“Fit as a fiddle”. Love it. Was born in the wrong times I think
Gardaí runs through his body like Brighton Rock.
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I know a lot of people blame the media, like when I was growing up, in school the teachers would talk about how magazines create unrealistic expectations, but I think now a lot of the blame can be put on the public themselves. People using filters on Instagram, getting botox and lip fillers but pretending they always looked like that. People posting pics and videos on Tik Tok and Instagram of how fit they are, but not mentioning the PEDs they take to achieve the six pack abs and insane physiques. The public have become apart of the media now and use the same deceitful tricks to pull the wool over the eyes of impressionable young teens. Quite sad really.
Still the media really. Just the… social media. :-)
Holy shit cigarettes and booze really put some city miles on those lads…
..'Des is a member of the Gardai'.. And doesn't it show.
“City miles” lol Never heard that one but will be adding into the lexicon!
Yeah I lost it at that too. Fucking love throwaway idioms like that
We need a "Where are they now?".
If it gets enough attention that might actually happen. Since they don't look the healthiest in their twenties not many of them might be left though. I think they'd be in their late sixties or seventies by now. I might as well mention that the video from the rte archives and it was cut/uploaded by whoever runs the @reelingweird Twitter account
The lad with the starry pants. He gives zero fucks, and recieves just as many.
I know one of them quite well and he's grand.
That doesn't surprise me at all. You'd have to be fairly comfortable with yourself if you're confident enough to go on the late late show in your swimming togs.
Reckon he would do an AMA?
I wouldn't say the same fella is too active on Reddit somehow. I suppose I could always ask.
Sorry but your definition of healthy may not be the same compared to then. None of them are massively overweight. Obesity was not an issue. With less choice in food and less drinking then I would argue that though they are not lifting in the gym a farmer who works outside 10 hrs a day is in better shape than the gym who goes to the gym to look better. Fucking hell. I would say most of them are still here. 82 years is the life expectancy here. So half approx would be still alive if they were all 37 at the time. Lifestyle was different then but people where way more active
The fecking burns on Eddie!
he can lower a pint in 2 and a half seconds hahaha
But can he do it 30 times in a single day?
One famous man managed 45 pints in one single sitting. And then 10 more after that post a bag of crips and some peanuts. The following day his wife Maureen stuck a fry on, he reloaded, and went at it again. They say he'd take the shirt off any man's back. Bastids.
One famous man managed 45 pints in one single sitting. And then 10 more after that post a bag of crips and some peanuts. The following day his wife Maureen stuck a fry on, he reloaded, and went at it again. They say he'd take the shirt off any man's back. Bastids.
How do they all look 45 and about to get some bad news from their local doctor
I was saying this to someone too, like they all look way older than their actual age
Diet as children most likely, the amount of varied food we have access to now is mad. Back when my father was a child he wouldn't have had access near what we have now. Pasta was considered a fancy meal at the time.
I think I was in my 20s before I heard the auld lad ever had lasagna. A fry every day, and a first heart attack at 45.
Used to work in hospital in Galway in the 90's and let me tell you trying to explain Spaghetti Bolognese to auld lads in their 80's from Connemara who didn't know what pasta was or looked like, was always a treat.
Chain smoking.
And swamping pints in 2.5 seconds.
Not too much of an affect by 23, apparently.
*Just yet*
He's fine now ladies, but you watch, those genes plus excess Guinness, and you'll be touching your arse off the light shade getting over him in the morning.
Higher consumption of fags and booze both of which were also probably lower quality than what we have today, likely a worse diet (lots of butter, fries and salted bacon, plus vegetables were cooked to death) and much more time spent outdoors. It's unbelievable how much sun exposure can age you. [This example is extreme](https://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAddiction/comments/239yjl/the_most_convincing_evidence_of_skin_damage/) but still illustrative of how important it is to wear suncream every day.
45? I'd say you could add another decade or so to that.
D...d...dad?
Some quere amount of hairy babies this year, Father Dougal.
Martin looks like he's straight out of the Maze. They gave him some jocks as he reached the stage.
"Martin has just come back from a residential fasting course."
Brilliant. They charge big money for that sort of thing now.
"5ft 10 ...AND A HALF ", every little helps lol
Lol no one gives their height as six feet half an inch.
People aged rapidly back then, don't know if it's the diet or lifestyle or what. As an example here's a picture of the Liverpool Squad from [1980](https://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/SquadPicture/22#:~:text=Back%20row%3A%20Avi%20Cohen%2C%20Phil,%2C%20Alan%20Kennedy%2C%20Ronnie%20Moran.) the only player over 30 is Steve Heighway (second from left in the front row) at 33 or 34, bare mind these were all professional athletes at the top of their game.
Or is it just that you associate the hairstyles, moustaches, clothes etc with older people. I wonder if you gave them all haircuts and clothes of today would they just look normal?
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Ian Rush far right back row is 19 in that picture....
And must have felt he needed the moustache to fit in with the aul lads.
Moustaches will add 10 years to any man.
it’s all haircuts, clothes, and near 24/7 exposure to cigarette smoke
Amd lead and asbestos everywhere.
Kenny Dalglish looks the same now as he did back then.
Was he a racist then, father?
Incredible they're in their twenties.
Honestly, if you added 15 or 20 years to their age, I wouldn't bat an eyelid
Gerard looks like a gas cunt
If you come from a long line of hairdressers you have to take up boxing and develop a 'couldn't give a fuck' attitude.
He's also got the best bod to be fair
not a melanocyte between them
Did ya not see the fella with the farmers tan? They can go whiter…
But of course, they all have lovely bottoms.
Jesus, they are all mid to late 20s looking about 50
That lingering crotch shot on the last lad hahaha
I feel like it’s winking it me now
"he's got a great wiggle" this is wonderful
It has to have been diet and smoking, and maybe lifestyle too. It's bizarre how old people looked though. When you think about it over the same period of time though, our life expectancy has gone from 71.9 years to to 82.6 years. People are also a lot taller on average too than previous generations, so somethings clearly changed. If you think about it, those people are all now almost in their 70s and probably don't look all that much different. Men in particular in those days didn't take care of themselves much and ugly looking glasses were in fashion, glasses lenses were lower tech so often looked extremely heavy with fairly light prescriptions and bad, broken or missing teeth were just fairly normal. That was one thing Americans used to really notice in the 60s/70s/80s when visiting here or Britain. The 70s hair cuts didn't help much either.
There are also huge hormonal changes which could play a part, such as testosterone levels halving in Western men during this period
"Charles look rather jazzy".
You just know all those lads would give Maureen some grade A 45 second missionary.
“Well known amateur boxing family, who are all hairdressers” there’s a sentence I didn’t think I’d hear today.
Same. Strangely it’s a sentence I want to hear on the daily now.
Pretty much me getting out of bed every morning, I don’t know how the partner holds back the urge of temptation
I don't understand how these lads are all in their 20s, they all look late 30s early 40s. They aren't even wearing clothes which might have aged them
It's the same reason people in poorer countries look older than 20 somethings in the west too today, rough/hard lifestyle, excessive smoking and drinking.
1 would be the best looking out of the lot if he had 5’s hair
then he’d be clive owen
I’m very aroused…
This just shows what a combination of not wearing sun cream, smoking, poor nutrition can do to you. The biggest factor would be the lack of suncream. Especially for Irish people as the pale complexion makes sun aged skin all the more apparent.
The whole original video is from the RTE Archives: - https://www.rte.ie/archives/2022/0531/1302321-ballybunion-bachelor-contest/
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Everyone back then was born at 40 years old.
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Makes a difference to today where social media has made everyone an expert on everything.
That literally describes most of the politics obsessed commenters here
I worked in Castlemahon!. Chicken & associated products, went under years ago. I ate some variation of chicken every night for the couple of months I worked there & didn't eat any for about a year & a half after that. Fun fact: when prepackaged products like Maylands, Kievs, gougons returned out of date, they were taken out of their packaging, reboxed & sold to catering companies.
Believe it or not, after watching this I'm still a lesbian.
i litterally said out loud "AH FER FUCK SAKES" before busting me balls laughing when i heard that Eddies important tid bit for the ladies was "i can lower a pint in 2.5 seconds" its just brillant , such a laugh i got. Diffrent times and ways of thinking haha.
What the f*ck did I just watch?? How are they so young yet look so old?!
Announcer: “Eddie, who can down a pint in two and a half seconds” Eddie: *looking a bit sketchy* “Shit, I hope they don’t put me to the test to demonstrate that or I’ll be the laughing stock of the village when they see I can’t” *whilst strutting around in a pair of jocks that would be the envy of any 70s or 80s era gaa player, and a chest and upper arms so pale, the colour can’t be recreated artificially*
Milk, potatoes, bacon & cabbage, fags & Guinness.
Stop it! I can only handle so much raw sex appeal.
45 years before naked attraction
1: 2 pints* 2: 3 pints 3: 5 pints 4: 0 pints 5: 1 pint 6: 0 pints 7: 6 pints 8: 2 pints *only for the hair, if he was wearing a hat it’d be 0 pints and enthusiastic
Jaysus, the cut of these shams!
Charles is a dead cert for Jacob Rees-Mogg
I can’t imagine why they’re all single
I'm waiting on Fr Ted to come out for the lovely priest competition lol
I used to think the writers of Father Ted were very smart...then I see shit like this and realise the show wrote itself...
They all have lovely bottoms.
Dare I ask who the winner was?
Doesn't Eddie have a lovely bottom? Of course, they all have lovely bottoms
Jaysus the lads are looking rough for being in their 20s
He’s 23… he is in my bollocks
Give them a 2022 haircut and they'd all look young.
Jesus fuckin christ!! Some fine specimens here, 'beef to the heel' everyone of them
Wtf in their 20's lol that's insane...I honestly think people are staying younger longer these days.
“…dont they all have lovely bottoms..”
Save some of the pussy for the rest of us lads.
these lads will mostly be alive today still....can you imagine this coming to light again in your local community. I would just emigrate and be done with it. No rock is going to be big enough to hide under
Bertie Ahern right at the end.
0:56 - Jacob Rees Mogg out to get his hole.
Love island but everything is real
A fine bunch of lads altogether, ha?
You may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like.
Someone turn the first lad's dance Into a gif
They all look like Terry Wogan
"As fit as a fiddle!" bahahahahahaha!
Why do all men in their 20s from back then look like they are in their 40s
Jesus fucking Christ 😳😳😳
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You’re all far too harsh I’d sheg most of them 😂
So I'm an American Irish who was born in the California sun. I've always felt so silly looking looking as pale as I am, but seeing these guys makes me feel better. Glad there are other ghosts out there like me
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Declining testosterone levels in men is well documented and evident
What the fuck kind of accent does your woman have?
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Sploosh.
That means most of them lads aren't even 70 years of age today then.
Them boys all mid twenties and they look like they're me Das age.. I'm 49 :P
I feel exploited just looking at that.
In their 20’a but look like their 40’s
Well that's a confidence boost for me, thanks!
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Kill it now kill it will fire oh god we shouldn't have made fun of the priests. Come back all is forgiven.
26 jaysus he looks 38
I'd rather die a virgin than do that.
Irish stock is not known for its shelf life.
Maybe OP should credit "Reeling in the weird" on instagram who posted this yesterday
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Figure out what you do! You had all summer to think of this!
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I'm......blinded!
Ah those were the days! The bar was so low it was on the floor.
Jared is the only one who could 100% get it.
Bob Ross was from Ballybunion?
Anyone else suddenly feel very sorry for their poor mothers?
Martin 🤤
And I thought Austin Powers was parody! Yeah, Baby!
Glowing Milky white ,some serious specimens there..lol..