When you look 25 but also 45
We think people in older pictures look older, partly because people used to age faster, but also because we associate the clothes they’re wearing with what older people wear now. Their fashion stayed mostly the same, they’re old now, so when we see pictures of them in the same fashion, we think they look older.
That toaster probably still works to. My Sunbeam is 44 years old, used daily, and still works great.
I have inherited a US$4 / 3.6€ toaster from a previous housemate. I told myself I’ll replace it when it dies, but it’s been nearly 12 years. That Sunbeam is much prettier than my plastic sweatshop junk and I’m a little jealous of it.
I think I’m so used to planned obsolescence in tech that I greatly underestimated how hard it is to fuck up building a toaster. Mine doesn’t toast evenly, sure. But how perfectly even do I really need my toast to be?
I make toast in a skillet because I don’t have a toaster but it works ok because then I can use the good butter so my jam and toast is much tastier and probably way less healthy, weirdly enough I think it’s more even on a skillet and a bit more crisp one side soft on the other like I like.
That’s the look of a woman who’s going to take that thing with her to the bath.
I’m sure I would have too in her position, if it weren’t for the very easily accessible and socially acceptable amphetamines and barbiturates.
“to help you transform a tense, irritable, depressed patient into a woman who is receptive to your counsel and adjusted to her environment … (Warning, may be habit forming)” - Dexamyl Spansule advertisement targetted at doctors from c1961 or later
“Doctor, I’m tired all the time … even the thought of beginning a day’s housework makes me tired.” - Benzedrine advertisement targetted at doctors from c1952 or later
That’s a classic sunbeam toaster then it’s 100% worth it
Imagine if you told them then that this photo would one day “be on the fediverse”
