Let’s not body shame

  • @[email protected]
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    997 months ago

    Flattering angle, professional photographer trying to make him look good, beard hiding signs of aging vs. unflattering angle, paparazzi scum trying to make him look bad, no beard to hide aging.

    • DearOldGrandma
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      477 months ago

      The crop makes him look fat, too. In the original pictures, he literally looks like a relatively slim middle-aged man - which is exactly what is he when he isn’t training for a movie. Too many people forget that very few celebrities are consistently pumping iron to the extent that they have a perfect body throughout the year. Rob McElhenney goes into detail about this topic, I recommend everyone watch it when they get a chance

      • @[email protected]
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        77 months ago

        The people who expect celebrities (or anyone) to be at peak alll of the time can go screw off, though. I thought body shaming died off with those stupid gossip rags, (magazines). He is more than the value of his evternals. People love him because of his actions and choices, who he actually is. Him being epic in movies is just an added bonus.

  • @Jay
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    217 months ago

    Some people, like me, enjoy life more If they are at least somewhat physically fit.

    • @UrPartnerInCrimeOP
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      7 months ago

      That’s good for you. The original meme was literally body shaming him while on vacation

      Edit: for the curious it was literally him at a film festival

          • @[email protected]
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            47 months ago

            Thanks! Both look like very decent studies so I am not certain where the difference comes from. I suspect that the division into age brackets, or averaging across all of the them may be the cause. Either way, it seems that the effects of being slightly overweight are barely statistically significant. The more you know

      • @Jay
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        17 months ago

        That’s what I mean too: Blanket statements are nonsense. Of course, this applies in both directions.

      • @Jay
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        47 months ago

        I just mean that it seems kind of strange to equate looking somewhat unhealthy with enjoying your life.

        • flicker
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          37 months ago

          Oh it would.

          I feel better being more fit because a lot of my interests (and my job) are very physical, and being as large as I am now makes doing the things I enjoy doing more difficult.

          Not everyone has those interests or that type of work, and that’s okay, too. We all have value.

          • @Jay
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            37 months ago

            That’s exactly how I see it. One should not generalize. However, that is what is done in this picture.

            • @UrPartnerInCrimeOP
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              Also, the right photo is the before photo. Seems like he also likes to take care of himself.

              Edit: if anyone read the first draft of that my bad. That was rough lol

            • @UrPartnerInCrimeOP
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              07 months ago

              Keanu was on vacation when this photo was taken. He was literally trying to enjoy life. Stop making this a bigger thing than it is.

        • Unaware7013
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          17 months ago

          “It’s strange that people think they can enjoy life in ways that I don’t enjoy” is definitely a take.

    • Cyrus Draegur
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      7 months ago

      being physically unfit is hell.

      imagine not being able to wipe your own ass because it’s too wide for your own arms to reach

      imagine not being able to tie your own shoes because you can’t bend enough to reach them either.

      imagine getting winded from standing still

      imagine your joints screaming in agony every time you so much as stand up

      imagine not being able to clean because you can’t reach the floor without risking falling over and not being able to get back up.

      i have been up to the very brink of letting my weight disable me and I count myself EXTREMELY LUCKY that I seem to have stopped on the edge and pulled back before ruining the rest of my life.

      The pleasure of eating always disappears IN MERE MINUTES but the consequences can linger indefinitely if these indulgences are left to go unchecked.

      IT’S NOT WORTH IT.

  • ikarushagen2
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    Brooooo, even in his lazy and free time mode keanu doesn’t look like he is already 60.

    Just learned that the right pic is a very old pic where he was 48 and at cannes

  • ekZepp
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    7 months ago

    He’s a bro 👌 The he’ll with how he looks.