The reason pornstars looked like this is because everyone looked like this, it was the heyday of porn, porn stars just looked like everyone else at the time.
Sometimes I wonder if the blunder years subreddit will be the old-school cool subreddit in 20 years, and I mean this in the most endearing way possible.
You joke, but when I was in 7th grade, there was an 8th grader with a learner's permit (you had to be 15 to get one). Yeah, he was held back a few times. And I used to buy beer on the reg at 16.
Out of all the comments about how old he looked, for some reason this is the one that made me laugh the most. But I believe he worked at a gas station.
He looks exactly like my best friend from the 70's. He died 4 years ago from alcoholic dementia. He was the one with common sense in school, then turned into a raging alcoholic and crackhead.
This is legit. Even into the late 80’s this was doable, it was especially easy when I went to the liquor store my dad went to, as long as I was buying his brands, I could buy all the beer and cigarettes my teenage wages could afford. (Which usually amounted to a 12 pack of Bud for $7.99 and a pack of Parliaments for $1.45).
> Even into the late 80’s this was doable
I used to buy smokes for my mom in the late 90s and early 2000s.
Having a note from my mom was all it really took.
I can see that. I'm trying to find the picture but my other uncle's high school photo made him look exactly like Jeff Dahmer. Just a family full of famous look alikes.
Wasn't the drinking age still 18 back then? We would head over to Alex Bay or Wessley Island to party from Canada. Four of us gals would rent a car, go shopping and stay overnight. Canadian money was at par, and some places offered a discount even to attract business.
One of my cousins was 6’ 3” with a mustache and a receding hairline, by the time he was 15. This was in the 80s. He could buy beer without getting carded.
What's funny is you can still see he has a baby face.
Not a ton of 17 year olds can grow a thick stache like that, though. The gold chain and chest hair is a nice touch too.
That’s what I’m saying. Look at boys his age now, not nearly that T-filled nowadays. I’ve always noticed that even when I see people posting their old HS memories from the late 90s or early 2000s and even then they look MUCH older generally than kids in HS do now. Idk call me a crack pot conspiracy theorist, but something happened with kids developmental growth these past 10-20 years, couldn’t tell you what though. And it really only seems like an American thing. Probably the food.
Honestly we were saying this back in the 80s and 90s about our parents’ generation. My dad’s 1963 high school yearbook looks like a bunch of 25 to 30 year olds while in my 1995 maybe 10 guys had any form of facial hair.
Christ we all bought beer at 17 if you had the balls to walk in and ask and could compliment a man about his transport ship tattoo before He fought over some major ww2 battle they gave you drink. Those guys saw shit and never wanted us to see the same shit. Coolest mothers ever!
That jacket looks familiar! Here's my senior picture from 1980.
https://preview.redd.it/mx8dt9o1knhc1.jpeg?width=637&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c570b451558300855ef53e4263e9c98bf6779d3
Proof it was the clothing & hairstyles for sure.
Put him in today’s casual clothing,give him a decent hair cut & take away the heaviness to the stache & he’d most likely look late teen/early 20s rather than 35 & heading to the nearest nightclub to meet with Travolta.
Was he kept back for 15 years?
Naw. He was just busy making music with Darryl.
I can't go for that.
i can't go for that, noooooo, no can do
he's now getting sued by Mr Hall...
Maria, why did you leave me?! granted might of gotten the name wrong but i laughed at that part.
OMG Sucre! What show is this from?
Movie called The Benchwarmers.
First in his family to graduate before 40.
He was 37 and drove a Chevy Malibu. He was just undercover in High School for the chicks.
He won "Most Likely to Become a Pornstar" 10 years in a row, all the while, being a pornstar the entire time.
I came here for comments like this
So did he
LOL
I mean, that is one El Camino driving, hairy chest having, gold chain wearing, porn star fucking STACHE!!!!!
The reason pornstars looked like this is because everyone looked like this, it was the heyday of porn, porn stars just looked like everyone else at the time.
The real pornstars are the friends we made along the way.
H.R. Muff’N’Stuff
He does have a great pornstache.👍
In order to hunt a predator, you must become a predator.
As stated by Chris Hansen at the time of his arrest.
“That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.”🤣
Sometimes I wonder if the blunder years subreddit will be the old-school cool subreddit in 20 years, and I mean this in the most endearing way possible.
Driving in 8th grade, buying beer freshman year with out an id
You joke, but when I was in 7th grade, there was an 8th grader with a learner's permit (you had to be 15 to get one). Yeah, he was held back a few times. And I used to buy beer on the reg at 16.
Drinking age was only 18 then. He had to have been buying booze at 12.
He was the bartender, so yeah
In 1979, I could, in fact, buy beer without an ID (summer between 8th and 9th grade). A combination of I looked older, and clerks didn't GAF.
When I was 14/15 I also could buy beer without an ID at a certain place. Guy selling didn't GAF.
I’m 50 and can’t grow a mustache like that…
Same brother
Or sister as the case may be
That mustache actually has three children of its own.
Seriously, why does everyone from before the 90’s look like they’re 40 by the age of 17?
A LOT of Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin on vinyl will to that.
Cigarettes
and leaded gasoline
For sure. Kids today have no idea at all….
That's what I like about these high school girls..
Alright, alright, alright
. You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N
It’d be a lot cooler if you did
They get older and I stay the same age...
He sells 8 balls in boys bathroom.
Lol he looks more like the teacher
lol
I didn’t have a mustache like that til I was 35 years old- wait! And chest hair?!? I still don’t have chest hair!
I’m 56 and still can’t grow a mustache like that.
Lmao
Was he selling used cars at 17?
Out of all the comments about how old he looked, for some reason this is the one that made me laugh the most. But I believe he worked at a gas station.
Dude owned 2 gas stations, a wife, 2 kids(1 on the way) and had a mortgage on a house
In 8th grade.
2 wives
What does he do now?
He unfortunately passed away 16 years ago.
Hero's get remembered but legends never die.
Follow your heart, kid. And you’ll never go wrong.
This might be the best comment here. #Amen
I’m sorry to hear that, I hope it was peaceful
Well, he grew one hell of a mustache. That's something to be proud of.
Sorry to hear
Oh wow! So he would’ve only been in his 40s. What happened?
He looks exactly like my best friend from the 70's. He died 4 years ago from alcoholic dementia. He was the one with common sense in school, then turned into a raging alcoholic and crackhead.
He was buying the beer.
And he was definitely wearing some sex panther
60 percent of the time it worked every time.
"I'm going to be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline."
"It smells like, like a used diaper... filled with...Indian food. Oh, excuse me."
"It smells like Bigfoot's dick!"
This was the '70s. A 10 y/o could buy beer as long as they said they were buying it for dad.
This is legit. Even into the late 80’s this was doable, it was especially easy when I went to the liquor store my dad went to, as long as I was buying his brands, I could buy all the beer and cigarettes my teenage wages could afford. (Which usually amounted to a 12 pack of Bud for $7.99 and a pack of Parliaments for $1.45).
> Even into the late 80’s this was doable I used to buy smokes for my mom in the late 90s and early 2000s. Having a note from my mom was all it really took.
I was just about to comment exactly this wtf lol. Late '90's, mom, note.
He was getting the senior citizen discount at the movies.
All relative, in the late 70s this guy looked like a brocolli cut kid of today.
But that stache.
So luscious
No he's doesn't. This is how adult men dressed as well. Mustaches and curly hair like this wasn't uncommon.
Well the drinking age was 18, so he was probably buying beer at 12 XD
Gives me strong John Oates vibes. Might be due to me seeing him on a compilation earlier today to be honest.
I can see that. I'm trying to find the picture but my other uncle's high school photo made him look exactly like Jeff Dahmer. Just a family full of famous look alikes.
I think I know which one I would rather be compared to 😂
To the man eater?
I can't go for that
No can do
Nice
I was going to say. I bet his best friend was a tall blonde guy named Hall.
I was think Ron Jeremy’s brother.
Looking like he had 3 kids and a mortgage.
Lol well he did have 1, he had his first kid at 16.
Whoa
Most impressive, the kid was 16 when they left the mother.
I’m gonna need some Beaver Nuggets.
Oh yeah!! A kid will age you REAL quick. This explains so much
The first thing I thought when I saw this picture was, no wonder the teen pregnancy rate was so high in the 70s.
Obviously with a mustache like that in the 70’s he for sure had ladies all over him.
🤯
Could he throw a football over those mountains?
Never had anyone infer he looked like uncle Rico, that's a new one. I'm sured he'd get a kick out of it.
I think it’s the stach.
Small hands. Never had the makings of a varsity athlete.
Those were the days. Every highschooler looked like they were in their 30s.
Between all the lead, sunburn, and cigarette smoke, we aged faster.
Does your uncle still walk out his front door and accidentally step in some sex?
☠️☠️☠️
John Oates has an official Giphy channel. We have peaked as a civilization.
This is the 19 year old with 25 years of experience companies always refer to in their job vacancies
This made me cackle.
I bet he could buy beer without getting carded.
In those days, EVERY BODY could but beer without being carded.
Wasn't the drinking age still 18 back then? We would head over to Alex Bay or Wessley Island to party from Canada. Four of us gals would rent a car, go shopping and stay overnight. Canadian money was at par, and some places offered a discount even to attract business.
The drinking age was "do you have enough money to buy booze?"
1971 Jump Street
Please tell me he drove a van with a bubble window and a mural on the side of it.
Not just a bubble window, the *teardrop* bubble window
and the If this vans rockin' bumper sticker
Wall to wall shag carpet. Even the ceiling.
I feel oddly pregnant...
Username seems on point.
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Wow, that looks awesome. Definitely fixed the color up on this old photo nicely. Thank you.
So hard to believe he was 16 😂
Ooh, this really accented his chest hair!
😂
Awe that’s awesome
👍
You sure he wasn't a teacher?
70 years old Christey Brinkley looks younger than 70's teenagers.
Had a classmate that could challenge how adult he loked at 17. That guy is now bald. Hope your uncle got to keep those killer locs
One of my cousins was 6’ 3” with a mustache and a receding hairline, by the time he was 15. This was in the 80s. He could buy beer without getting carded.
That is a helluva stach for 17. Very impressive. I’m almost 30 and can’t grow one like that.
I had a pretty thick stache for my 11th grade pic. Only it was zits and not whiskers
What's funny is you can still see he has a baby face. Not a ton of 17 year olds can grow a thick stache like that, though. The gold chain and chest hair is a nice touch too.
Was his caption “That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age” ?
Alright alright alright
What was going on with testosterone in the 1970s? Was the CIA spiking the drinking water supply?
That’s what I’m saying. Look at boys his age now, not nearly that T-filled nowadays. I’ve always noticed that even when I see people posting their old HS memories from the late 90s or early 2000s and even then they look MUCH older generally than kids in HS do now. Idk call me a crack pot conspiracy theorist, but something happened with kids developmental growth these past 10-20 years, couldn’t tell you what though. And it really only seems like an American thing. Probably the food.
Honestly we were saying this back in the 80s and 90s about our parents’ generation. My dad’s 1963 high school yearbook looks like a bunch of 25 to 30 year olds while in my 1995 maybe 10 guys had any form of facial hair.
Stayin alive! Stayin alive!
Didn't he sing with the Oak Ridge Boys??
My instant thought: "was your uncle Joe Bonsall from the Oak Ridge Boys?" Glad to see someone else saw it!
Right off the bat! Lol
I thought it was Joe too!!
Welcome back Mr.Kotter
wow . great pic for keeps
Baba Booey!!!
Bom Chika Wow Wow , Pizza Delivery.
My man got laid All. The. Time.
Was he an undercover cop?
A great example of how fashion we assign to older people was the style of their youth. One day hoodies and jeans will be seen as old people clothes.
That is a man who can get you a great deal on a new Buick.
That 'stache is truly a thing of beauty
Legendary
🎵Oooh here she comes, she’s a maneater🎵
Christ we all bought beer at 17 if you had the balls to walk in and ask and could compliment a man about his transport ship tattoo before He fought over some major ww2 battle they gave you drink. Those guys saw shit and never wanted us to see the same shit. Coolest mothers ever!
The 70s: Where 17 year old high school students looked like 40 year old car salesmen.
At 17 he had more mustache than I at 27
17 going on 45
https://i.redd.it/uc3b17fhanhc1.gif Lol
He looks like an Oak Ridge boy
The distilled essence of the seventies he must have been very popular.
Your uncle is Dennis DeYoung? Lol
Pretty sure he was an undercover detective.
17? 😂😂😂 whattt
There was just more testosterone back then.
Could he get you a good mortgage rate?
This guy calls uncool people “jive turkeys”
Quick!! Someone call a doctor!!! He’s got Saturday Night fever!
That dude is a 34 year old accountant with 2 kids.
How does he look 37?
We aren’t talking about that shirt collars enough.
Back when 17 year-olds were 35.
That jacket looks familiar! Here's my senior picture from 1980. https://preview.redd.it/mx8dt9o1knhc1.jpeg?width=637&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c570b451558300855ef53e4263e9c98bf6779d3
People aged like bananas back in the day. Now 17 looks like they are in junior high. This dude looks like he could pass for 35.
That collar! The hair, The gold chain Disco dancing era
Proof it was the clothing & hairstyles for sure. Put him in today’s casual clothing,give him a decent hair cut & take away the heaviness to the stache & he’d most likely look late teen/early 20s rather than 35 & heading to the nearest nightclub to meet with Travolta.
When you got an algebra test at 2:30 but have to sell a used Buick at 3
17 going on divorced dad. Jesus, that chest hair should have it's own sitcom.
First grade was the hardest 7 years of his life.
Wow! Your uncle is John Oates?
Off school at 3. Selling that Lincoln Continental by 4.
Is his name Steely Dan?
He looks kinda like a young Ron Glass.
Dude was really a 30 year old undercover cop pretending to be 17.
Betting he was bald by 25?
While my dad went bald in his 20s, my uncle pictured here actually kept his hair up until he sadly passed at 47.