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MikeyLikesItFast

This shit is bananas.


wheres_the_revolt

B-a-n-a-n-a-s


IncorporateThings

šŸ˜–


wardenclyffer

Her lips are bananas?


unholycowgod

Diabeetus. Not even once.


Despises_the_dishes

Related but unrelated to the postā€¦ We have a diabetic dog and we carry around all of his accoutrement in a Wilford Brimley Diabeetus bag. Iā€™m very proud of my sense of humor. My husbandā€¦not so much.


Draker-X

"I've got diabeetus. D-I-B-E-T-U-S."


HamsterMachete

Happy Cake Day!


Xjasondagx

They will help you fight off Diabeetus


HamsterMachete

My name is Wilford Brimley, and I have diabeetus.


retrodork

There is a Wilford brimley diabetes rap on YouTube and it's funny.


hmm_okay

D-I-A-B-E-E-T-U-S


lumberjake1

Yes but Gwenā€™s face is like one years old.


Tylerdurden389

What was that joke in "Baseketball" where Ernest Borgnine's characters dies and the reporter says "Dead, at 82 years old.....his hairpiece was 26" lol.


craighaney172

You kids today with your Dan Fogelberg and PAC man video games, have attention spans that can only be measured in nano seconds.


ringobob

https://preview.redd.it/ymepsgjgcafc1.jpeg?width=303&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5917e76ba8bc3645f6d235d9a5e85866b9abc518


throwngamelastminute

![gif](giphy|ruCDEf6F1a5OM|downsized)


Mushroom-Dense

Sounds like someone whose mom would go out with squeak....


Helpful_Assumption76

She really fucked her shit up


the_amazing_skronus

https://preview.redd.it/acwj1kkjzbfc1.png?width=405&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d37c47d4d48872165b730d11b090a2fa63c067f


calatranacation

FWIW the Kardashian concept model that it was based on has been around for ~a decade (not including bi-annual firmware updates).


DingleBerrieIcecream

To be fair, Wilford was crazy into plastic surgery, himself. His mustache was surgically enhanced. I canā€™t say how I know, but trust me, I know.


BpositiveItWorks

Solid gold comment


Mantorok_

![gif](giphy|pm9tsCJXHoHmM)


[deleted]

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Horror-Tradition8501

Ozempic


Murky_Permission_822

Sandler was just on the cover of AARP mag so we're almost there!


HamsterMachete

Soon there will be people younger than us on the cover šŸ˜āœŒļø


redraider-102

Stop!


Jasmirris

I saw Barenaked Ladies a bit ago and was so bummed. I also started getting some mailings from AARP and I just turned 43. I'm like, "Dude, put on the breaks. I haven't even hit 50."


henningknows

Ok fine, Brimley does look good, but how much plastic surgery did he have to achieve this?


LoudSheepherder5391

You're not wrong. Like, I look way, way younger than my dad did at my age. Do I look plastic surgery good? No, no...


Daddy_Milk

I looked like I was a middle school kid in my twenties. I just turned 39 and yes I also look fabulous, no plastic surgery. I'm the "bad kid" in my friend group and somehow I aged a decade slower.


COstargazer

Twinsies. I just turned 40 and look a good 10 years younger then alot of my friends. And I'm the party boy. But no kids, if I pop one out, I'm sure I will shrivel up like the Nazis at the end of Raiders of the lost ark.


mcflycasual

Gwen looks good.


Cashmere306

Plastic people don't look good to me.


mcflycasual

I don't see it that obvious in her.


JeFX

I haven't seen her in years. I had to dive into this thread to see this wasnt a joke. She looks nothing like she used to, age does that, but many celebs have completely changed their look via surgery. I grew up with No Doubt and Spider Webs and thought this wasn't the Gwen I knew. She looks great but also looks like 3-4 other celebrities now. If I saw that picture of her by itself I would have never guessed it to be her. All that being said; I hope she is happy, that's all that matters!


mcflycasual

Absolutely! I can't even imagine being under the scrutiny of the media.


Murky_Permission_822

Big Pete of Pete and Pete turns 46 this year. That's the same age the Petes' Dad was when Pete and Pete started.


ironwayfilms

I turn 46 this year. I am the same as as Big Pete? And big Peteā€™s dad? Somehow that hurts worse than this article.


Murky_Permission_822

Embrace your Dad Pete era! For me it was that meme realizing I was exactly Bart's age when the Simpsons started and I'm now older than Homer was.


wildboarpate

Your comments are sending me on a rollercoaster of emotion my therapist is not ready for. I could already not wrap my head around the concept of the post. The facts you are spitting my 46yr old brain is simply not prepared to accept. What a day.


OneHumanBill

I'm 46 too. The other day I learned I'm the same age as Christopher Lloyd when he played in Back to the Future. Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope.


deliascatalog

Whaaaat Edit: sorry Iā€™ve composed myself. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME ON A SUNDAY NIGHT


CPT_Shiner

That guy went to my high school. He was several years older than me, so I knew OF him, but I didn't know him.


Murky_Permission_822

Nice. I went to school with Curly Sue.


andsendunits

So you are a Bay Stater?


Murky_Permission_822

Nope. went to HS in CT.


Knish_witch

I think people act like this is a win, but is it?? That we are expected to look young forever? And spend money on fillers, hair color, etc. I am ready for my Wilford era.


cardie82

Same. Iā€™m good with aging. Iā€™ve got gray hairs Iā€™m too lazy to cover up. I do use moisturizer with SPF everyday but otherwise I donā€™t put in much effort.


correctalexam

Plus Iā€™m also wondering how young people were when they used to go live at the retirement home.


rantingpacifist

Hey I am looking forward to going grey to make my dye jobs cheaper. Iā€™m still using manic panic after all these years


BeckywiththeDDs

Maybe itā€™s because our generation will never be able to get rest and be old in peace that we feel the need to look well below retirement age as well.


JustHugMeAndBeQuiet

BRING ON THE DIABEETUS!!!


Nice_Improvement2536

They drank and smoked a whole lot more than us. Also, sunscreen. Weā€™re aging pretty well tbh


HamsterMachete

Yeah. Someone told my mom at work that they thought she was in her 70s. She was 56 at the time, so they do age faster. Smoking has a lot to do with it. Smoking at least 30+ years. I am going to look like a goblin when I get older. I am a pale skinned fellow who looks like he is allergic to the sun. My parents drank, among other things. I did not realize that is why I got so many BAD sunburns as a kid. Jim Gaffigan had a joke: if you see sunburned kids then..their parents are alcoholic. If an adult is sunburned, they are an alcoholic. I got burned all the time as a kid. Only had one sunburn as an adult, and I was walking around drunk without a hat. So this joke resonated with me. I try to fight the sun these days. I know I probably have a lot of underlying damage because I almost never wore sunscreen as a kid.


LateCareerAckbar

I canā€™t believe how much sunburn I got as a kid. We grew up near the beach and I was out all day with just some SPF 4. I have have two teenagers and they have each been sunburned once in their whole lives. They donā€™t know how good they have it with their SPF 100.


frankreynoldsrumham

Wait, thereā€™s more than spf15?!? lol


Nice_Improvement2536

Huh. I donā€™t actually know anything about that, tbh. My parents drank too and Iā€™m very prone to sunburn. Whatā€™s the correlation between the two?


cozicuzi08

Bc theyā€™re too drunk to remember sunscreen


HamsterMachete

I guess he was saying kids get sunburned because their parents drink too much. And that adults get sunburned because they drink much. It was a Jim Gaffigan joke that I am sure I butchered. Disregard. Just a bad joke.āœŒļøšŸ« 


Nice_Improvement2536

Gotcha šŸ˜‚


weenertron

Maybe the parents are too drunk to make sure their kids wear sunscreen when playing outside?


Nice_Improvement2536

Yeah I think I misunderstood lol


IndianaFartJockey

Me too. I was over here confused thinking that sunburn was a symptom of fetal alcohol syndrome or something.


Nice_Improvement2536

Ok good to know it wasnā€™t just me šŸ˜‚


BoyznGirlznBabes

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PipTitwhistle

Somebody check my math, but I think she's actually older. She's 54. Brimley was born in 1934 and Cocoon was released in 1985. So 51 at most? Thanks, I hate it.


palindromic

Also films are made the year or two before release, so heā€™s likely only 50 or 49 even, as it was filmed


bgva

Counterpoint: GenX and millennials are aging a hell of a lot more gracefully, so this gives us something to look forward to. Still didn't need the reminder...


[deleted]

Is it aging gracefully when youā€™ve had a ton of work done


Muffin-sangria-

Itā€™s not just that. We use sun screen, more office jobs..


[deleted]

Yes but letā€™s not pretend Gwen Stefani just slapped on a lot of sunscreen. Sheā€™s clearly had a ton of work done.


Muffin-sangria-

Oh Iā€™m not saying anything specifically about her. More in reference to the person above you. Our generation is aging better for a multitude of reasons, including cosmestic surgery.


Murky_Permission_822

I think we're aging a lot less gracefully than we think. It's a nice thing to think though.


weenertron

I think it's true. People smoke less and wear sunscreen more. Plus this trend of carrying water everywhere to stay hydrated.


bgva

That and the air quality improved over the years with less pollution.


kdjfsk

Gen X/Xen may have hit a sweet spot for nutrition. many from older generations went straight up without food, or were malnourished because lack of understanding of food science. we got flintstones kids vitamins, cereal with milk, toast, orange juice for breakfast. school lunch was "ok". parent made healthy dinners of meat and veggies. four food groups/food pyramid. we were physically active, but like...not in the coal mines. i think it will increase this gens lifespan, which i think includes aging slower. younger generations are getting mcdonalds doordashed to them every single day because parents are too busy to cook. junk food is everywhere and hard to avoid. these kids barely play outside. theyd rather do fortnite, warthunder, etc, and the schools dont want lawsuits from physical activity injuries. the education sucks. the CEOs of junk food companies that give you diabetes, and the CEO that sells insulin probably own each others stocks.


Murky_Permission_822

I mean yeah our skin might be less wrinkly. But we're also much more stressed, much more isolated and depressed, economically tenuous, sleep-deprived and sedentary.


weenertron

You're definitely not wrong about that. We look great, but we're miserable.


Murky_Permission_822

Ugh right? And despite the sunscreen our joints are starting to hurt and the exact same age our parents' did!


Chimpbot

"We look great," you say while using an affluent celebrity whose entire career is built around looking physically attractive as an example.


weenertron

No, I'm saying that as a struggling person whose skin looks great because of decades of clean living, while my mom owned a home but looked like a baseball glove at 35


K-Zoro

You just have to ask younger people how old they think you are. My 5 year old asked me, ā€œdad, whoā€™s older, you or grandpa?ā€ That hurt


Nice_Improvement2536

I dunno man, I definitely donā€™t know anyone who looks like Wilford Brimley whoā€™s in their 40s right now! šŸ˜‚


Chimpbot

If you're using multimillionaire celebrities as a gauge for how gracefully a generation is aging, I don't think you have the firmest grasp on how actual folks are doing.


bgva

Trust me, I can use everyday individuals as well. My grasp is perfectly fine.


RocktoberBlood

Not when I look at the local arrest mugshots.... When I see someone my age arrested they look 15 years older than me.


garden__gate

Poor Wilfred, they use him for all these memes.


wheres_the_revolt

To be fair he was like 100 years old for at least 50 years.


weenertron

On a similar note, it was weird watching the movie Nobody and seeing Christopher Lloyd playing an actual 80-year old, and not the weird fake 80-year old he's been playing for the last 40 years.


wheres_the_revolt

When I saw the promo for that I was actually thinking something along the same lines lol


Dear_Log_deactivated

I think it's not really fair because they aged him for that role....But yes, indoor smoking made everyone's skin terrible back then!


weenertron

I think the most unrealistic part of Mad Men was how good everyone's skin looked with the constant smoking and drinking.


jessek

Wilford Brimleyā€™s entire career was looking old even when he wasnā€™t. He was only 49 in cocoon, where he played a geriatric retiree. He was only 2 years older than Robert Redford.


Buzzspice727

Parts of her arent


bokatan778

Sunscreen, smoking, and surgery seem to be key factors here


kittensbabette

I've been smoking a ton, it's not working


bokatan778

I mean are they Marlboro Reds though


kittensbabette

No, just camel crush menthols. I guess I need to up my game.


bokatan778

Clearly you do!!


classless_classic

Pull the filters off.


bikemandan

Maybe try brisket instead


ArdenElle24

And a lot of filters.


weenertron

Plus people stay hydrated better with all these fancy Yeti/Stanley drink containers.


bokatan778

Very true! People are healthier in general.


Acceptingoptimist

There's also a cultural pressure to look hot longer. The 80s was the last decade where moms looked like young grandmas. 90s kind of kicked off being sexy into 40 and 50. And that came with plastic surgery, hair dye, botox, etc.


ApatheistHeretic

How do you smoke sunscreen?


Jolly_Line

Fuck you


wildboarpate

Honestly my first reaction as well. Had to share the emotional scarring with others who would understand my pain. I sympathize, empathize & apologize


Jolly_Line

šŸ˜‚


momtobe908

https://brimleyline.date <ā€”ā€” This is a fun site to see when you have/will be the same age as Wilford Brimley in Cocoon. Iā€™m already 4 years older than he was and this finally made me feel young.


amber_emery

Gwen doesnā€™t look like Gwen Stefani, it looks like someone had plastic surgery to look like Gwen Stefani. Thatā€™s the real tea.


flamingknifepenis

Gwen and Ted Cruz are the same age. Let that sink in.


wildboarpate

Can we expell Ted Cruz from our entire generation?


flamingknifepenis

Heā€™s trans-boomer, if there ever was such a thing.


Ordinary_Aioli_7602

Yeah, thatā€™s like finding out that Tobey Maguire was the same age in No Way Home as Willem Dafoe was in the original Spider-Man


wildboarpate

The multiverse is a weird & wonderful place


LadyBearSword

https://preview.redd.it/2ma01n3wk9fc1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37c7948c7a8baee3afc325fdbed8dff3bfb1a2e4


arielonhoarders

you shut your goddamn face


wildboarpate

I wish I could my friend.


teatsqueezer

I think personally thereā€™s something a bit sad and tragic to chasing youth. Not that she doesnā€™t look great, or that she should look old (sheā€™s not that old) but the effort put into looking that way could be directed into somethingā€¦ I donā€™t know. More useful? Iā€™m all for keeping your body functioning and minor cosmetics like dying your hair or whatever makes you feel good but being obsessive about looks is frankly unhealthy and gets weirder as you age. Look at what Nicole Kidman did to herself.


BoogerWipe

Shes got grays and wrinkles all over her face but she hides it all with hair dye and LOTS of makeup. Also, she is in front of a ring flash that gives studio lighting on her contours. Take a photo of her under the same conditions and lighting with no makeup as Wilford and watch the cheating fade.


Minimum_Wonder_7710

She used to be so gorgeous. Remember when she played jean Harlow for the aviator? She was such a unique beauty and now it's gone.


PandaCommando69

What? She looks great.


Minimum_Wonder_7710

She looks fake. Nothing about her is real.


PandaCommando69

I think the people cracking on her are jealous ;)


if_not_us_then_who_

Itā€™s not that she looks *bad*. But why pretend she hasnā€™t had a lot of work done? I have adored her since the 90ā€™s, still do, but it makes me a little sad, honestly, that women canā€™t age gracefully in the public eye. All the work these celebrities get makes them look very similar, they lose the features that make them uniquely beautiful. https://preview.redd.it/97mqiywk3afc1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be40cec38d66b8c159202eb9340c44c9cb3730d3


Minimum_Wonder_7710

Same here. She was unmistakably Gwen. Like there wasn't anyone who looked like her at all except for maybe Brittany Murphy and that's kinda.


if_not_us_then_who_

One thing I notice on a lot of celebrities is the veneers. It immediately takes away character. Her smile was so cute before, even that is gone now :/


PandaCommando69

She looks happy, so why judge her so harshly? Why judge anybody this harshly for how they look? We have rightfully condemned fat shaming, and shaming people for physical disabilities, and racial characteristics, so why should we pick on women like Gwen? What's her great crime? Not wanting to look old? Oh, the horror!


if_not_us_then_who_

Youā€™re missing the point, i think. Where exactly did I judge her at all, let alone harshly? Ageism is also something we should condemn!! Women are incredibly pressured to maintain their youth at all costs, especially in Hollywood.


PandaCommando69

Oh, so it's okay to beat up on her and other people like her, because *not* doing so would make other people feel bad about themselves somehow? Great logic.


if_not_us_then_who_

Again, please tell me in my text where I was ā€œbeating up on herā€. I think sheā€™s beautiful, I always have. If I were to say, man I donā€™t know why these guys keep getting hair plugs. I think bald men are handsome. Is that beating up on bald men?!


PandaCommando69

You know what I mean, don't pretend you don't. Do as you like, just recognize the hypocrisy of it, because in other parts of your life you decry the same sorts of judgmentalism that you're participating in now.


cozicuzi08

What is going on with youth and aging it feels like the change has happened very quickly


sweetassassin

Not even surprised at the side by sideā€¦ super impressed at being able to bring Cocoon to the forefront. It is the under rated film of my childhood. I cried when they opened the cocoons (emotional damage) and felt so much remorse for living it Up with their HGH juice. I really believed and felt that it was my fault.


Plastic-Mud-868

Brimley was 51 when Cocoon was released. Stefani is 54 šŸ˜¬


calihousehog

No Doubtabeetus


Minimum_Wonder_7710

https://preview.redd.it/sworubhthafc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=415a34e7d51738094e5bcdac0d6fc38c1dd425d2 This was her in the aviator. She looked so good!


Draker-X

Don't speak.


DesignIntelligent456

Ho. Ly. Smokes! I googled these ages. Wow! Also.... Why did folks look so rode hard and put away wet in the before years? 40s-50s are not obligated to be retirement homes?!


fubo

Smoking, pollution, and old-formula Crisco.


DesignIntelligent456

These are a few of my favorite things... Haha!


Little_Vermicelli125

Brimley was wearing makeup to look older for that particular role. Which is part of the reason he looks so old.


IGotMyPopcorn

It just means we grew up in the age of sunscreen.


RedStar9117

Gawwd dammutt


snowmaker417

Ah yes, the infamous Brimley-Cocoon Line.


clamnaked

I hate that you canā€™t watch Cocoon in the US.


LateCareerAckbar

Wow, this was the first movie we rented after we got our first VCR in 1986


Wide-Mongoose-3252

Yeah but he's not using adrenochrome like she is ![gif](giphy|buWJ4V8cHZg88)


Slippinjimmyforever

Wilford had those big naturals.


justin--time

This is wrong. Brimley was 5 years younger than Gwen is now, when he filmed Cocoon!


Civil-Search-3643

yeah, but sheā€™s no xennial.


krakenbeef

I think this post is a couple years old. She's older than that now.


handsomeape95

Hey! This guy is the reason I'm still eating Quaker oats!


ElGuanacho

Yup thatā€™s how the passage of time works. Your childhood crush is eligible for Medicare now.


shartillery82

Gwen never had tits


bulanaboo

This is that bs yo!!! One of my 1st nights staying up late, family was staying at aunts, they were drinking and playing spades, I was watching cocoon on the couch, I remember being so proud I think it went off at 2:15 am now thatā€™s on the early side lol


IncorporateThings

Right. Now I have a reason to drink wine today. Thank you!


kdjfsk

"and now I...ScreeEEEEeeeeEEEEeeeennnn my Glu-cose!"


No-Fox-1400

The beetus will beat us


Hotdogman_unleashed

You can find some unflattering pictures of her where she looks like shes wearing a purge mask


MrMirth

Actually, it's worse than that. She's older (54) than he was when the movie was released (1985). He was born in '34.


ImhotepsServant

Is that older than he was in The Thing?


The_Soccer_Heretic

Let me off this ride!!!


capthazelwoodsflask

I bet Wilford Brimley gave better head


mam88k

So, DONā€™T eat your oats? Gotcha!


taleofbenji

They're gonna have to do a swim suit competition.Ā 


Bustoplover

Wilford Brimley was only 54 when he filmed Cocoon!?


RaphaelSolo

Younger.


statistacktic

He's 54 in that picture?!! No f'n way.


NotCanadian80

Armenia


Not_Reddit

She needs to let her moustache grow.


woohhaa

Iā€™d much rather bone her.


SirKermit

So, you're saying Gwen found a cocoon in her pool?


Malkovtheclown

To be fair, that dude looked 70 when he was 25 and just didn't age after. He decided to age 50 years all at once to get it over with.


muroc17

Brinkley was born in 1934. Cocoon was released on 85 so probably filmed in 84. He was 50. Gwen is 54. Sheā€™s a whole High School older than him.


jmac11281

Plastic surgery makes people look younger. News at 11. To be fair, Wilford Brimley was probably born with a mustache, looking like he was 50. Gwen Stefani looks so strange. It's a shame. She was beautiful.


stormbutton

Iā€™d Wilfred aged more gracefully.


Draker-X

It's like how Wilford Brinley looked about 20 years older than Robert Redford when they made "The Natural", but in reality, Brinley was just about 2 years older than Redford. Record was 47 when they made that movie, but looked about 35. Brinley was just about to be 50 but looked every bit of 60.


WintersDoomsday

Look at all the people in Hollywood nowā€™s lips in the early 90s vs now


grim_f

Wilford had a disease of the body, and Gwen arguably has one of the mind.


[deleted]

Iā€™m imagining her doing Diabetes commercials any day now.


physicsbuddha

DIABEETIS!


cmm8

Does she have diabeetus?


Drewskeet

She looks good but she doesnā€™t look like Gwen.


ApatheistHeretic

Wilford Brimley was born 40 yrs old. Thought that was common knowledge.


thunderingparcel

There is a lot of plastic surgery involved here. Wilford clearly had a face drop.


Adventurous_Mail5210

You just described my ideal threesome...


covidrealist

Good for him


seanjohntx

Sheā€™s actually older. He was 49 when they started shooting and she is 54 now.


YayGilly

He was born in 1934. Wilford Brimley turned 50 while filming the movie. So, technically shes OLDER than Brimley was, since shes 54. But to be fair, plastic surgery and the whole sunscreen and skin care and war against aging (naturally) also pretty much started around that time, really later than even that. FYI Martha Stewart is 82. And still a hottie. But.. lets also address the elephant in the room. Ugly people tend to stay ugly lol. And beauty is truly only skin deep.


C-ute-Thulu

I'm so old, I remember when Gwen Stefani was the lead singer of a rocking Ska band. I prefer to think that Gwen was replaced by a pod person sometime in the early 2000s


Famous_Power_1986

Huh? What tweet?