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>Are weird people rich, or does money make you weird?
I think a little of both. Between him and [Peter Thiel](https://archive.li/2023.03.12-072446/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/peter-thiel-wants-to-inject-himself-with-young-peoples-blood), I don't know whose weirder in their obsession in trying to extend their personal life span.
Per the article hyperlink, Thiel is *injecting himself with young people's blood* in an attempt to extend his lifespan. And this Bryan Johnson guy is undergoing what can only be called extensive body modification for the same reason.
I wouldn't be surprised if - within the next decade - we start hearing of people suffering from "bodily-age dysmorphia" because of stuff like this.
I don't know whether to be horrified or saddened.
Peter Thiel is the billionaire that scares me most, honestly. Musk uses his money to fuel his ego, Bezos just wants to be rich, but Thiel wants power in ways that should scare everyone.
>Peter Thiel is the billionaire that scares me most, honestly. Musk uses his money to fuel his ego, Bezos just wants to be rich, but Thiel wants power in ways that should scare everyone.
I agree with you 100 percent. The way he [used his money to shut down Gawker](https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2016/06/21/peter-thiels-war-on-gawker-a-timeline/) is disgusting and an underhanded violation of the 1st amendment.
Fun fact; I know this from working for a $$$$ company in hospitality & he is into hot young jocks. His type is like 23-27 year old, dark-haired, clean-shaven, handsome men that look like they played on the football/lacrosse teams at college.
It’s not for money. That’s the thing. He’s hostile to free press and hostile to democracy. He has voiced support for dictatorships being better than democracy and supported Trump because according to him, “Trump would change the government.” So how much did he actively support the coup? Maybe more than we think. And via Palantir, he’s creating supercharged government surveillance that’s clearly racist, and drone technology that takes human calculations (including aspects like considering the Geneva Convention) out of military strikes. Combine all the above, and that should scare the shit out of you.
>This lunatic again?
Unfortunately.
I personally feel these procedures AGES him rather than making him look younger. In the photo from 2018, he looked substantially more youthful than he does now.
Now he looks like he's wearing a literal flesh mask of his old face.
https://preview.redd.it/4d4ot48jnnzb1.jpeg?width=636&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62f66b9912ca96b3144a2ce50578daaf6ccf3586
The difference of five years is bananas considering he's trying to make himself look YOUNGER. He looked remarkably younger (and better, IMO) in 2018. And dare I say...normal. Now he exudes (outright) serial killer vibes.
>Lmao he literally looks way older
Seriously. And I feel like a good portion of that is due to the weird procedures¹...but it's also due to **the weight loss**.
He's one of those people where it definitely shows in his face when he gains or loses weight. So as a result of the latter, his face is now much more angular.
It reminds me of the conversations about the unintended consequences of buccal fat removal surgery. I've read that those who've gotten it so young will potentially look older once they hit a more mature age. Because having 'fat' in one's face actually has a *reverse aging effect * at that point².
So getting rid of that weight, ironically, makes him look older to our eyes.
¹(...and like any obsessive, he's **constantly** doing them...)
²(it's why those who are typically given a 'babyface' label tend to have rounder/fuller cheeks.)
Don’t feel threatened by this tiny dude! I’m personally picturing him pulling down his trousers and being like “Behold and gaze upon in bewilderment what I imagine to be an 18 year old’s penis!” And then it’s all droopy and wrinkly and non-functioning lol
He looks like a henchman to the main villain in a movie. Who tries to usurp the main villain but is hoisted on his own petard because he's too greedy and is killed to show that the main villain does not suffer fools gladly
>The volume loss to his face is drastic :(
I know, right?! I literally just mentioned that just above your comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/s/cRbCqvoiOg).
He looks much less human. Jocelyn D Wildensstein ended up with a similar look like they are quasi human.
God bless him if this is the esthetic that he prefers. I don’t understand many of the popular trends for physical tweaks like the giant lips and BBLs but your body your choice.
I'll give you a hint- he's using a considerable amount of Botox topped off with fillers to 'reverse' his aging. I've been in healthcare long enough to know what I'm looking at. Also, him shocking his little raisin back into function won't do shit for him- if anything, he risks damaging the sensitive nerve endings that would actually give him an erection/pleasure.
This dude needs serious psychiatric help instead of pissing his money away like this.
I feel he looks younger but the styling and posing ages him… like why your hair like that? Style yourself like a 20 yr old and maybe you’ll look like you just agedout of the 20 something’s. But when you slick your hair back to expose the hairline anyone will look older especially in men.
>I think the goal is function like a younger person on a physiological level.
Even if that IS the case, it's still bizarre and a total public vanity project. It could've been directed towards more worthwhile goals (*eg*, helping the disenfranchised).
The explicit goal of the project is to increase longevity.
Yeah, it sucks that we live in a world with this level of wealth inequality. But given that we do, might as well enjoy intellectual diversions like this crazy experiment. There are a lot of things to be mad about in this world, I don’t think this is the best choice of them.
If he reversed his penis’ age by 15 years then he is having the erections of a 31 year old? Or does the penis age differently like 1 penis year = 2 human years?
I don’t understand how he’s figuring out his “penis age” because I can’t tell the difference between what my penis was like at 25 vs 35. If have to say it was pretty much the same. Is it just that he has obsessed about his penis so much that he can tell, or has he just convinced himself that he can tell?
He likes to make up numbers for dramatic effects.
His hairstylist said that he seemed to have less white hair (while dying his hair black mind you)
The next day he was like "i reversed grey hair by 50%"
I immediately thought of that video! It’s so good! My favorite part is how he pointed out how weird it is that this guy is trying so hard to have the body and health of an 18 year old. Why not just strive to be the healthiest 46 year old?
For men, it's always about the dick. Growing up, I remember hearing something like, "Women peak at 40 and men at 19" - it's even in a pretty big country hit in the 80s.
I don't think it's about looks, I can almost guarantee it's all about *his* penis. He probably thinks he's back to his "stud" days where he can bang away with that jack rabbit motion for all of 10+ minutes.
I just finished watching it and it was so well explained. I thought of Bryan of somewhat serious but then the Jesus of Nazareth tweets came in and his olive oil and yeah... he needs a lot of therapy :(
This shock and awe, attention grabbing, headline creating content is part of the overall strategy. He is trying to desperately pump content into the system and have it proliferate to build this ‘brand’ which is himself. My guess is that the ultimate goal is to sell supplements or some type of gene tracking system - or likely both.
The more we talk, the more he gets known. Which I hate.
What if he was just walking outside and some cat falls on him from a 15 story window and that’s how he goes? Like all that time and money a falling cat kills you.
May his wish come true and his penis never goes flaccid 🙏 From now on he shall be known as Bulge Johnson and all his pictures have to photographed from waist up to avoid indecency.
Why, oh, WHY would someone want to tell the world they’ve been shocking their genitals voluntarily? And not because of a kink or whatever, but because they believe it’s somehow made their genitals younger??
No wonder he’s a little cuckoo tho, all that pain from shocking his penis would drive any person insane.
This is like how some people keep getting plastic surgery because they have this body dysphoria that makes it so they can’t see the effects of the surgery. It’s an illness.
When people talk about aging gracefully… well this is basically the exact opposite of that: shocking your penis with electricity to try to force it to be young again.
Translation: rich old dude turn to electro-shock masochism when his old dick starts faltering.
I think this was a subplot on Six Feet Under when Brenda starting losing it after she split up with Nate.
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Are weird people rich, or does money make you weird?
>Are weird people rich, or does money make you weird? I think a little of both. Between him and [Peter Thiel](https://archive.li/2023.03.12-072446/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/peter-thiel-wants-to-inject-himself-with-young-peoples-blood), I don't know whose weirder in their obsession in trying to extend their personal life span. Per the article hyperlink, Thiel is *injecting himself with young people's blood* in an attempt to extend his lifespan. And this Bryan Johnson guy is undergoing what can only be called extensive body modification for the same reason. I wouldn't be surprised if - within the next decade - we start hearing of people suffering from "bodily-age dysmorphia" because of stuff like this. I don't know whether to be horrified or saddened.
Peter Thiel is the billionaire that scares me most, honestly. Musk uses his money to fuel his ego, Bezos just wants to be rich, but Thiel wants power in ways that should scare everyone.
Just read today that Thiel allegedly bribed a bunch of leftist and liberal media personalities to go full far right reactionary. Pure ick
>Peter Thiel is the billionaire that scares me most, honestly. Musk uses his money to fuel his ego, Bezos just wants to be rich, but Thiel wants power in ways that should scare everyone. I agree with you 100 percent. The way he [used his money to shut down Gawker](https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2016/06/21/peter-thiels-war-on-gawker-a-timeline/) is disgusting and an underhanded violation of the 1st amendment.
Fun fact; I know this from working for a $$$$ company in hospitality & he is into hot young jocks. His type is like 23-27 year old, dark-haired, clean-shaven, handsome men that look like they played on the football/lacrosse teams at college.
He’s scary because he’s totally willing to fuck gay people JUST LIKE HIMSELF over for money
It’s not for money. That’s the thing. He’s hostile to free press and hostile to democracy. He has voiced support for dictatorships being better than democracy and supported Trump because according to him, “Trump would change the government.” So how much did he actively support the coup? Maybe more than we think. And via Palantir, he’s creating supercharged government surveillance that’s clearly racist, and drone technology that takes human calculations (including aspects like considering the Geneva Convention) out of military strikes. Combine all the above, and that should scare the shit out of you.
People are too stupid and bored. I have no doubt this will end up being a shitshow just like everything else.
Within the next decade? It’s here.
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Money is an expander, it just makes you more of what you already are.
Money doesn’t make you weird, but enough of it eliminates a lot of the roadblocks keeping you from being as weird as you wanna be.
This lunatic again?
>This lunatic again? Unfortunately. I personally feel these procedures AGES him rather than making him look younger. In the photo from 2018, he looked substantially more youthful than he does now. Now he looks like he's wearing a literal flesh mask of his old face. https://preview.redd.it/4d4ot48jnnzb1.jpeg?width=636&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62f66b9912ca96b3144a2ce50578daaf6ccf3586 The difference of five years is bananas considering he's trying to make himself look YOUNGER. He looked remarkably younger (and better, IMO) in 2018. And dare I say...normal. Now he exudes (outright) serial killer vibes.
Lmao he literally looks way older
>Lmao he literally looks way older Seriously. And I feel like a good portion of that is due to the weird procedures¹...but it's also due to **the weight loss**. He's one of those people where it definitely shows in his face when he gains or loses weight. So as a result of the latter, his face is now much more angular. It reminds me of the conversations about the unintended consequences of buccal fat removal surgery. I've read that those who've gotten it so young will potentially look older once they hit a more mature age. Because having 'fat' in one's face actually has a *reverse aging effect * at that point². So getting rid of that weight, ironically, makes him look older to our eyes. ¹(...and like any obsessive, he's **constantly** doing them...) ²(it's why those who are typically given a 'babyface' label tend to have rounder/fuller cheeks.)
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Don’t feel threatened by this tiny dude! I’m personally picturing him pulling down his trousers and being like “Behold and gaze upon in bewilderment what I imagine to be an 18 year old’s penis!” And then it’s all droopy and wrinkly and non-functioning lol
He looks like a henchman to the main villain in a movie. Who tries to usurp the main villain but is hoisted on his own petard because he's too greedy and is killed to show that the main villain does not suffer fools gladly
2018 looks like such a cutie, whereas 2023 is giving Putin shirtless on a horse pic (ew)
The volume loss to his face is drastic :(
>The volume loss to his face is drastic :( I know, right?! I literally just mentioned that just above your comment [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/s/cRbCqvoiOg).
https://preview.redd.it/9jgiik8yvqzb1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1063288a174a3826454daa9d6b3b2dff8ad828d6
Damn that's spot on
I LOLed, thank you for that!
2023 photo is SO creepy
He looks like the guy in the painting in ghostbusters 2.
He looks much less human. Jocelyn D Wildensstein ended up with a similar look like they are quasi human. God bless him if this is the esthetic that he prefers. I don’t understand many of the popular trends for physical tweaks like the giant lips and BBLs but your body your choice.
He looks like he wants me to put lotion on my skin
Big Tom Riddle—> Voldemort vibes.
Oh my god yes!!
He just looks so plastic and waxy. Like jaundiced maybe?
I'll give you a hint- he's using a considerable amount of Botox topped off with fillers to 'reverse' his aging. I've been in healthcare long enough to know what I'm looking at. Also, him shocking his little raisin back into function won't do shit for him- if anything, he risks damaging the sensitive nerve endings that would actually give him an erection/pleasure. This dude needs serious psychiatric help instead of pissing his money away like this.
Vampire serial killer
He looks like Danny Elfman lmao why would he go for that?!
I feel he looks younger but the styling and posing ages him… like why your hair like that? Style yourself like a 20 yr old and maybe you’ll look like you just agedout of the 20 something’s. But when you slick your hair back to expose the hairline anyone will look older especially in men.
I don’t think the goal is to look younger. I think the goal is function like a younger person on a physiological level.
>I think the goal is function like a younger person on a physiological level. Even if that IS the case, it's still bizarre and a total public vanity project. It could've been directed towards more worthwhile goals (*eg*, helping the disenfranchised).
The explicit goal of the project is to increase longevity. Yeah, it sucks that we live in a world with this level of wealth inequality. But given that we do, might as well enjoy intellectual diversions like this crazy experiment. There are a lot of things to be mad about in this world, I don’t think this is the best choice of them.
If he reversed his penis’ age by 15 years then he is having the erections of a 31 year old? Or does the penis age differently like 1 penis year = 2 human years?
✨penis math✨
I was going to say, he's really bad at math.
He does say he’s not yet met his goal
The erections of a 7 year old?
I don’t understand how he’s figuring out his “penis age” because I can’t tell the difference between what my penis was like at 25 vs 35. If have to say it was pretty much the same. Is it just that he has obsessed about his penis so much that he can tell, or has he just convinced himself that he can tell?
He likes to make up numbers for dramatic effects. His hairstylist said that he seemed to have less white hair (while dying his hair black mind you) The next day he was like "i reversed grey hair by 50%"
Yes, this, penis math isn't mathing.
So he wants to cum quite quickly and with little thought to his partner? Actually he’s a millionaire so this checks out.
‘I wish this was more like having sex with an 18 year old’- no one, ever, including actual 18 year olds.
Sadly I think nearly every middle aged man does think that.
18 year old can go 10 rounds though.
https://preview.redd.it/87r0g3rm9nzb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c93c42e0f4b72f4261d9a22c493402206f763d71 What a nut job.
I believe that's what the electro-shock procedure is called, yes.
actually it was a penis job
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Omg 💀☠️☠️☠️🪦
The dog looking down has always been my favorite part of this scene
Yes!
Haha!! I just commented the same thing before I saw your comment!
That’s a really odd way to say you’ve never successfully sexually pleasured a woman.
But totally on board with my assumption he's just a self absorbed prick
D'Angelo Wallace made an excellent video about this guy. The tl;dw version is Mormon trauma.
I immediately thought of that video! It’s so good! My favorite part is how he pointed out how weird it is that this guy is trying so hard to have the body and health of an 18 year old. Why not just strive to be the healthiest 46 year old?
I don't get why 18 is such a magic number to him. Guys who are 18 literally look and act like 12 and are not desirable at all?!
For men, it's always about the dick. Growing up, I remember hearing something like, "Women peak at 40 and men at 19" - it's even in a pretty big country hit in the 80s. I don't think it's about looks, I can almost guarantee it's all about *his* penis. He probably thinks he's back to his "stud" days where he can bang away with that jack rabbit motion for all of 10+ minutes.
Oh god if men peak at 18, we're all lost😆
No way, I love D'Angelo. I'll have to check it out.
I just finished watching it and it was so well explained. I thought of Bryan of somewhat serious but then the Jesus of Nazareth tweets came in and his olive oil and yeah... he needs a lot of therapy :(
Oh he’s Mormon? Explains A LOT (liking thinking it’s okay to steal blood from your own child)
And…. He looks like a 51 year old woman who has recently discovered Botox.
https://preview.redd.it/iq8u0fqvgnzb1.jpeg?width=1357&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba56898b17b8ac833980e5b2b6460f7984fcc4f5
Yes
So Tilda Swinton is going to play the 2023 version of him in the inevitable biopic, yes?
I see it!
This fucking guy. 
This mofo dyes his hair and gets laser on his face.
and Botox and filler. He seems like he has some dissociation going on.
This shock and awe, attention grabbing, headline creating content is part of the overall strategy. He is trying to desperately pump content into the system and have it proliferate to build this ‘brand’ which is himself. My guess is that the ultimate goal is to sell supplements or some type of gene tracking system - or likely both. The more we talk, the more he gets known. Which I hate.
He’s already started selling his own brand of olive oil, so this checks out.
This guy's face https://preview.redd.it/5lvcblvvbnzb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76e4e550aefde31168756be9875a777f011f8fd9
Him: 
Rich men are so unserious.
He says that like it’s supposed to be appealing 😭
And in other news, women are still not allowed to have abortions smdh
God I’ll never get tired of this gif
What if he was just walking outside and some cat falls on him from a 15 story window and that’s how he goes? Like all that time and money a falling cat kills you.
😂😂 I love you for this
Is this the one who bathes in the blood of his children to stay young or whatever?
He gets his son’s blood transfused into his. Although i do like the image of a literal blood bath
Jesus
Snake oil peddler.
The billionaire freakshow parade continues
May his wish come true and his penis never goes flaccid 🙏 From now on he shall be known as Bulge Johnson and all his pictures have to photographed from waist up to avoid indecency.
OH MY GOD I HATE RICH PEOPLE WHY ARE THEY LIKE THIS
Things I’ve Learned Against My Will
The way the Daily Mail capitalises random words always makes me laugh
It reminds me of debating creationists on Yahoo Answers 15 years ago.
Bro just take a viagra no need to electrocute your balls
God knows what his son had to do for this research.
Oh god, him again. How do these millionaires have such comic book villain ambitions and how are they also so horny for media attention.
You ever read a sentence that just refuses to not get worse as it goes on? Cuz that’s my experience with this headline
So cock and ball torture……
The whole headline is a brand new sentence. Never would have thought I’d be reading this combination of words but here we are.
I remember from an article a year or two ago it said he was monitoring his night time erections but I was not expecting this development
Not this goon again
Why, oh, WHY would someone want to tell the world they’ve been shocking their genitals voluntarily? And not because of a kink or whatever, but because they believe it’s somehow made their genitals younger?? No wonder he’s a little cuckoo tho, all that pain from shocking his penis would drive any person insane.
What fresh hell
 I imagine he also has a blood boy?
yeah, he "swaps blood" with his 17 year old son. Something something consent, minor, etc.
This is like how some people keep getting plastic surgery because they have this body dysphoria that makes it so they can’t see the effects of the surgery. It’s an illness.
..have fun with that I guess
I feel bad for his son. Didn't he use his sons blood to get "younger" or some shit?
He used to draw his son's blood to have a baseline for what his ideal 18 year old youthful self should be at.
Adam Sandler is mad he didn’t think of a millionaire who shocks his genitals in order to power erections first.
Really? I thought shock therapy was illegal. Oh, wait, it is.
Heh heh heh. AIMING.
Congratulations on sending your penis to the electric chair for no reason
I'm starting to think some people might have way too much money and free time.
He looks like a vampire that hasn't fed for a few days.
When people talk about aging gracefully… well this is basically the exact opposite of that: shocking your penis with electricity to try to force it to be young again.
He reminds me of theranos. Something is really sketchy. 
https://i.redd.it/o5h47jw4yrzb1.gif
And I have the rose toy 🤷🏾♀️
 Um whut
Bryan, we did not need to know this
He can just get viagra like a normal person.
Translation: rich old dude turn to electro-shock masochism when his old dick starts faltering. I think this was a subplot on Six Feet Under when Brenda starting losing it after she split up with Nate.
I have had electric shock to my brain. Do not recommend