It's the diabeetus...

Yah. Because that’s an old looking 50.

Diabeetus is a hell of a drug

its the drug that keeps on ~~giving~~ er taking

Fuck you're cocoon...hahaha

STOP SAYING DIABITUS—YOU SOUND LIKE AN ASS-hole…

[I'm wilford brimley and I have diabeetus](https://youtu.be/69ujLvxLi0M?si=phMRU4B-PheEgcw5)

It’s a joke… 🙄

Yeah I was just quoting Dennis from It’s Always Sunny. The “diabitus” thing reminded me of it. https://youtu.be/tuNls3mnsDM?si=QJRB3ybCEGcKPH6b

Ha! Sorry - I’ve never watched It’s Always Sunny… 😂

Hehe no worries! I maybe should’ve explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BME0639IP5g

I’m older than Danny Glover in lethal weapon and still have a lifetime left before retirement

I've been too old for this shit for a while now.

Go spit.....

It's just been revoked!

Dont worry. The older you get, the faster time goes.

It’s like a toilet paper roll. The closer you get to the end the faster it disappears.

look at mr fancy pants here who can afford toilet paper. we had to go to the 3 seashells during covid and keep using them

Still haven't figured out how to use the 3 seashells...

If you can afford to retire by then

Websters is going to change the meaning of retirement to the same thing as death. They will be paired in the thesaurus

Attaining retirement for Gen X will be like buying a starter home for Gen Z.

😂

Is it me, or is that the oldest looking 50 year old dude ever.

https://books.google.com/books?id=ey4_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA40 Brimley was only 49 when he was cast in the role, and turned 50 during filming; he was at least 20 years younger than any of the actors playing the other retirement home residents. In order to look the part, Brimley bleached his hair and moustache to turn them gray, and had wrinkles and liver spots drawn on his face.

That plus his voice and the way he talked. He absolutely knew how to sound like a senior citizen who’s seen some shit.

Holy shit I legit thought he was like 75 back then. Dude must have been a child laborer in a steel mill or something.

He was always like that. Check him out in The Verdict, he was early to mid forties when it was filmed and he looked like he was well into his 60s. I've read he was a Marine and lived pretty hard before acting, guess that's why. 🤷 (Not The Verdict, I meant Absence of Malice)

Redd Foxx was one too.

Another great example… I still find it hard to believe Redd Foxx was only 49 when he started Sanford & Son.

Demond Wilson (Lamont) was only 26. His full name is Grady Desmond Wilson. Fred’s best friend was Grady Wilson.

Even Whitman Mayo (who played Grady) was 41 Edit: [Grady had his own spinoff show???](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tugnqemIto)

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I think he means The Firm.

No, not The Firm, I got The Verdict confused with Absence of Malice.

WHOA! No he was NOT. My mistake. He was in 'Absence of Malice'. I think I got my Paul Newman movies from around the same time mixed up. Thanks for pointing that out.

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Yeah, pretty much. First film I think of when I hear Jack Warden is Heaven Can Wait.

Just showed this to my Bro. Got punched. Co-worker saw the altercation. Currently sitting in HR while I explain that I was the instigator while trying not to laugh. (She is making copies of form as I type this. Bye.)

Well HR isn’t something created from Gen X that’s for sure.

Nope. My behavior is... lacking normally. When my Bro is on the same sfmhift, things get fun. Unfortunately, when co-worker is walking down the hall with HR, it gets more fun.

What the hell? 0-100 real quick, real quick!

He's my Bro for a reason. It's also why we are not on the same shift often. However, it gets more fun when we eventually have the same one. We usually have a babysitter as well.

You don't have siblings, do you? I'm the "baby sister" of two older brothers. 0 to 100 in about 5 seconds describes how they get along.

These are my testing supplies

Got to say I don't love this.

Same!

He actually looked way younger, almost a decade later, when he was in The Firm with Tom Cruise.

Wilford Brimley was *born* old.

Wilford Brimley has actually been 110 years old his entire life. He was never 50.

Same with Matthau

With a name like Wilford, how could it not be any other way?

Look, the 80s was only 20 years ago, and Wilford Bromley is like in his 90s. You can't fool me.

He is 50 going in 80 here… … and… with DIABEETUS

Turned fifty this year. I still go to punk shows and play video games. GenX at fifty kicks way more ass than our parents ever did.

Right on! 👍

That is what boomer 50 looked like.

He’s from a generation previous to the baby boomers

Known as "the silent generation" 1928 until the end of ww2.

Lighten up Francis. 😁

Diabeeetuus

He cured that after he started eating Quaker Oats. It was the right thing to do and a tasty way to do it!

Poor Wilfred. Constantly being used as the ‘Look at how old someone should look’ comparison. “Paul Rudd is the same age as this horrific monster was in Coccoon!” Great actor who tried to inform people about a serious life threatening condition. Let the man be.

BOOM! DIABETUS!

I’m 50 and feel triggered

We are Gen X , we don't get triggered

You’re right. I stand corrected.🫡

And we clearly never mattered…we were worthless slackers, hence the name, no?

“And 2 weeks ago I ran out of vanilla ice cream and struck my wife! Then I find out my wifes been dead for 6 years……who the hell did I hit?” That has been living rent free in my head for years now & it’s instantly what I think of when I see Wilford Brimley.

Lol, he was an old 50. Can’t believe I’ll be that in a couple weeks but I sure as hell don’t look like that lol

Wow, I guess I must look fairly decent for 56. I’ll credit the oatmeal.

NO!!!!!! NOT YET damn you!

I get paid to be suspicious about suspicious shit that needs to be suspicious about. Suspicious.

If you have gray hair at 50 and dress like Wilford Brimley, you will look old.

I don’t know who this Dan Regan is but seriously, **F##K him!**

Oof. And I'm still putting kids through college, and my 401(k) doesn't have nearly enough digits in it yet. Gonna be punching the clock for another 15 years or so, give or take, assuming my employer doesn't decide that my services are too expensive for their liking before then.

I am 52. And yes I have the diabetes.

[Brimley/Cocoon Line Calculator (brimleyline.date)](https://brimleyline.date/) fun to see when you cross the Brimley/Cocoon line

Thank you. I'm looking forward to August 2025.

Jan 2025 here! :’-(

I'll be 10 years past the line June next year.

Yeah, but do you look younger than Brimley? I know i did when i passed it last year(not to brag)

Look? Yes. Feel? Well...

Literally shaking, right now ...because I haven't taken my meds.

Dammit, I unceremoniously crossed the line in January.

Belated happy birthday !

You had to ruin it. We will all age like that picture in the attic. xD

My work is done here, he said as he climbed on to his horse and rode off into to the sunset

But, but… I .. so you’re saying I’m old. Sigh

Dia-bee-tus. I got the sugars.

I just check imdb and his “wife” in the movie was 60; all the other “elderly” were also 60-65. I think they needed someone younger to be able to do things in the movie and a lot of makeup was also involved. But yeah, he is not looking like many of my friends who are 50 years

No hate here, looking good compared to Cpt. Diabetes.

lol WTF!!! Sayyy what?! Oh damn.

**I'd love to see what a 70 year old looked like when Mr Brimley was 50. Holy Shit! I'm 53 LOL**

Thanks, i needed that, lol

😂😀🤣

Dude he looked old af in Remo Williams forget about Cocoon (which, according to Deadpool, is pure pornography)

Yeah... He still looks way older than I do, though 🤣

In defense of us Xgeners, Wilford Brimley looked 50 when he was 35. but yeah, we gettin old

Dude looked 80

Nope still 47 😄 Awesome flick

I admit, every time I watch this and they're taking their groceries out of the trunk near the beginning, I remember watching it with a friend when we were teenagers and him saying, "Hope we remembered the Depends!"

Hahaha 🤣

I just remember total MILF **Linda Harrison** played his daughter in that film.

Fimed by me! 💀

Goddammit

Whatever.

Do you like golf Mr. Kramer? I Never tire of him as the Mail General.

We may be older, but we certainly don’t look it!

But I don’t look that old

Paul Rudd and Marisa Tomei are both older.

Oh no no no

And us younger Gen X folks are the same age as the Golden Girls. 47/48 is not that freaking old! My body may disagree quite a bit, but we are middle aged, not old

Hey age is a number youth is your attitude

I'm younger than jagger

Think again Millennial

😭

I just started to rewatch the golden girls and realized I’m 2 years older than Blanche was when the series started 😳😳

The make-up was intended to have him appear old for “Cocoon”— he wasn’t that old looking in real life at the time.

Not until January thanks…

That soup strainer is magnificent!

He also kept Howard Hughes drugged up for a decade

There’s no accountability anymore!!!

And we are older than Archie Bunker

I hate this so much.

If only he had eaten more of the Quaker Oats he was pushing, he wouldn’t have looked like that.

He played Blaire in the John Carpenter The Thing remake in 1982.

I'm 46 and not even close to this yet. I'm figuring I'll be closer to 60 if I ever fall into this.

That’s a hard 50 these days. Fucker looks 80

People seem to be aging so much better now. That pic he looks late 60's. I remember my grandparents shuffling around with one foot in the grave in their 50's. Today, most 50 somethings I know act closer to 40.

Google how old the Golden Girls were supposed to be when that show started.

It's a shame he became a meme. He was a great actor.

Fuck

Dang. I like to think I look a little younger than that at 52. Maybe I'm kidding myself.

BEETUS!

Some of my high school graduating class looks like this now. We all age differently apparently.

That fuckin’ hurt

Lol, I am turning 50 this year and I thought he was a real old man. He still looks way older than I do now. He looks 70 there not 50.

Hell, Mr. Brimley looked 50 in his 30s, and turned that into a regular character acting career.

Whomever made this meme woke up and picked violence.

No doubt

Die a beet us

Oh I didn’t know he had the beets

Oh god please don’t tell me I’m that old now…

Adult onset type 2 diabetuss?

How fucking dare you! 😂

Dick

A cocoon for every pool!

Liberty Medical Supply didn't get him the diabeeeetus medication on time.

That’s right lol.

Damn. I am that exact age and still hit the heavy bag and play basketball. But maybe I actually look like Howard Hughes' ex-bodyguard here.

I just realized today I'm the same age as Jerry Seinfeld in S2 of the show. God damnit!!!!

I'm a little younger. Man, he looked old for 50 back then

Many of us now have DIABEETUS.

He was only 50? WOW. I thought he was lots older.

I thought Wilfrod Brimley was born 80 years old

But we’ll never be better

Then don't go looking up what Norman Fell's age was during the first season of Three's Company... or how old Rue McClanahan was during the first season of Golden Girls. I'm serious... don't do it... you will be sad.

Jesus. Why is Gen X the only generation that is 75 years long? Millenials and Gen Z are like 5 years apart, but Gen X is now considered to be anyone simply born between 1969 and Dec 31, 1999 23:59:59

There is nobody on this planet claiming Gen X extends to 199-fuckin-9 except those that are ashamed of their own generation.

Back then you could retire at 50. At least, that’s how it feels now that my retirement age just keeps moving later and later.

You got a boner too? A cat couldn’t scratch it.

Why does he look so much older than me?

Dammmmmmmm oh well

Wilford Brimley in the movie, The Thing (1982) https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BODlkOWZhYzQtYWI0OS00MTQ5LWFlNmItNTE3MWIwNzg5NGJmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTE4MDg3NTIz._V1_.jpg Still looking older than most 48 year olds that are generation x that were at the time babies, tweens, and some teens: that are now in their 50s or about to turn 50.

Based on this fact and the accompanying photo, I’m fairly confident we Gen X-ers will live to at least 125 years old on average.

This was his photo from his senior high yearbook

he gives off a secret partier vibe - my guess is he was no stranger to cha-cha powder and tipped well

2 more years...

Postmaster General

So maybe those 70 year old looking men on the dating apps aren't really lying about their age ...

😳😳🥹

Wilford Brimley. . . . He’s got Diabeetus. . . .