120 points

Like I can see what’s supposed to be the old woman but its never been much of a trick unless you think old people look like Yubaba from spirited away.

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I don’t think it works well here because the art styles don’t match and the way the bar keeper is drawn looks nothing like the old woman.

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Yeah it certainly doesn’t help but even with the original I’ve always thought this.

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3 points

If you look at the barkeep the other way he looks like an angry mole crawling out of the wall :3

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1 point

The barkeep/comic setting is a later addition.

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17 points

I had to read your comment to understand what I was supposed to be looking at

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61 points

I really like this

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37 points

I don’t get it :(

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144 points

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93 points

It still took me forever so I found a guide

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56 points

Thank you. I’m all the years I’ve never seen the old lady without this

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26 points

Can’t see anything but a turned head, even with this guide

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4 points

Thank you, geez, that took me forever.

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14 points

Do you see a young woman or an old lady?

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8 points

Oh, I got them mixed up. I thought the guy on the left looked simultaneously 12 and middle-aged.

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12 points

The bar patron is a classic optical illusion.

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20 points

In my late teens I had a similar poster in my room with double meaning.

Warning, a bit NSFW

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That’s pretty cool! I love pictures like that. My grandfather, who was a really good artist, liked to draw faces for me that would change into a different face if you turned it upside-down. Sadly, I only have one left and it’s only a xerox.

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5 points

I like that. Accurate in my teens and well beyond.

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2 points

This one is better than the op

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17 points

Older people tend to like getting ID’ed. Just go for it either way.

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It’s very subjective. My wife kinda hates it. She’s a good looking woman, but she certainly doesn’t look like she’s 20. She often doesn’t carry a wallet - so if she’s ID’d it can actually be annoying.

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4 points

If she has a case on her phone could she put the id between case and back of the phone.

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I was speaking more about people over 40. Some places require ID regardless of age and older people often find it amusing or flattering.

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My wife is over 40 fwiw. She doesn’t particularly like being carded. She may have liked it in her late 20s or early 30s but not anymore.

Just pointing out that it’s subjective.

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I teach an underwater photography class at a university. We were going to have a night dive one evening and a thunderstorm rolled in and we had to cancel, so we decided to go to a local pub that has great food.

There’s a bouncer at the door, and he’s checking all my student’s IDs super close. He’s bending them, shining a light through them, etc making absolutely sure nobody underage gets through.

I walk up behind my students with my ID out and he just nods and says “you’re good man.”

I never felt so old.

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My ID picture is still the same one I took in my early 20s (almost 40 now), and even when I do get carded, 75% of the time they make a comment about how my “picture is really old,” “I look really young,” etc, etc which is always a punch to the gut.

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I’m always relieved since I carry my wallet less and less. I’ve learned to keep it on me right after a haircut though.

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Nah, I don’t want to be lied to

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You’re fat.

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I only see a young woman looking away, none of these comments help…

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Perspective is wrong since we should be seeing the nose and mouth from the side (and only a little of one eye), but maybe this helps?

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16 points

It’s perfect. I have no idea what this is supposed to help with but it’s perfect.

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3 points

She has… your eyes.

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The chin/jaw line of the young woman is the nose of the old woman, the ear is the eye, there is a horizontal line of the young woman’s neck that is the mouth of the old woman.

At first I only saw the young woman too.

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10 points

So as the old woman, does she kind of look like a cartoon turtle?

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I don’t necessarily see turtle but it’s a more cartoonish depiction than the younger woman.

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2 points

Oh yeah, definitely

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6 points

That only barely looks like a face of an older woman.

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2 points

“can I see your ID? Wait I mean” (prolonged screaming) “…hh oh wait can I see your ID again?”

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