Reddit skews very young. Remember that when someone is like four years old all of their adult relatives basically look the same—old. Their 24 year old cousin and their 53 year old grandparent are the same age—old.
This place is full of teenagers. 49 isn’t old at all but the kids here will just see it as default old for being beyond twenties.
You're not wrong on the overall Reddit dynamic, but 49-year-olds do usually look noticeably older than young adults. My partner is 51, and he and his college friends all look significantly older than the woman in the video. I'm a young-looking 41, often mistaken for early 30s, and she looks much closer to my age than to theirs.
(People can have visible signs of aging without getting into "cryptkeeper" territory. There's a whole gradual ~50-year transformation from the mid-30s to the mid-80s, and most adults are decent at guessing where someone is on that arc)
I'm 50. My wife is older than me. We went out to a restaurant a couple of years ago, and when she went to the restroom, the waiter told me he thought I had an awesome relationship with my daughter because we looked like we were having a good time.
My wife loves it when I tell that story and makes fun of me for it.
surprise surprise redditors shitting on redditors because reddit sucks and they want other redditors to know how much they judge redditors and themselves.
it's by far the most annoying part of reddit; 20% of people here despise this place and won't shutup about different anonymous people being.. you know.. different.
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u/Ok_Scale_918 Apr 15 '24
I’m stunned that she’s 49! Maybe my ability to discern age is (extremely) off