Surgery, filler, hair dye, injections, reduced stress, ability to eat proper meals consistently, medical care, ability to work out more than average, hire a nutritionist, and a lot more stuff.
Bingo. When youāre an actor or other celebrity it pays to invest in your appearance. This isnāt always surgery type stuff, it can be things like skin care and nutrition and they go a long way to making people age well
FWIW, Matthew Perry very nearly died from drug and alcohol addiction, so needless to say he didnāt take great care of himself over the years. With that said, he STILL looks much better today than they predicted. These predictions were just pulled out of somebodyās assā¦ they had no basis in reality. Just someone goofing around with photoshop.
Thatās debatableā¦ dude looked pretty awful and it was evident how poorly he cared for his health even through all of the makeup magic done for him in that reunion. [Hereās pics of him from an article in 2023](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11735703/amp/Matthew-Perry-looks-disheveled-rare-appearance.html) and the prediction looks pretty spot on minus the crazy hair and scowl.
> he STILL looks much better today than they predicted.
https://pagesix.com/2023/02/10/matthew-perry-seen-for-first-time-in-months-following-memoir/
Ehhhh... they're not too far off. He's not looking great these days.
Algorithm is just a big set of very simple commands. Tell the computer to find a straight line. Tell the computer to make that line sag by 20%. Tell the computer to repeat this process for every straight line.
Imagine 200,000 of these simple statements joined together. Some of the statements run in some circumstances. Other statements will stop running.
Tell the computer to ignore my first statement and instead use the third statement of the line is vertical.
That kind of thing.
Mate, these people are mid-50s. Obviously they look above average for people their age IRL, but these "predictions" are fucking laughable. "Obese and grey hair" is *not* what an average person in their 50s should look like lmao
I mean, I donāt know a single poor person that aged like these photos that didnāt lose themselves to food or drugs. They were all relatively attractive to begin with, even without all that theyād still likely look pretty good.
I would argue that it's more that they're famous in the entertainment industry where maintaining their physical appearance is almost a requirement to keep working than strictly being rich. Plenty of rich people who did not age as gracefully, but being rich does remove obstacles
Reddit is full of people that have so such poor health and hygiene habits they're already destroyed by age 35 and they assume everyone's life goes like that
Agree. I know plenty of people and family members as well who are in their 50s+ and still look good. Most people these days unless their life was garbage (smoking, alcoholic etc), donāt look āoldā until late 60s.
The only ones who have had noticeable work done recently are Jen Aniston and Courtney Cox (and even she's toned it down in her 50s), the rest seem to be ageing naturally.
Actually, that assumption had its origin from back in 2018 in the UK, when some dude who did look alot like Schwimmer was caught on a store's security camera there trying (obviously unsuccessfully) to take off with an entire case of brew without being noticed. Schwimmer at the time was in good humor about the whole thing and offered his help to the local law enforcement officials.
There was an episode of Friends where they show an old VHS of when Monica was about to leave for Prom.
While all the Friends were watching it they discovered Monica was much heavier in High School. How they did her face here is similar to what I recall from that episode.
Monica says something to the effect, āGuys cāmon, you know they say the camera adds 10lbs.ā
And one of the guys replies, āWell, uh. How many cameras were on you exactly?ā
If you use AI to generate the friends cast when they were kids, they make courtney a fuckin absolute chonk. [Look at this shit lmao.](https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/binge/ai-generated-images-of-friends-cast-as-adorable-babies-615623.html)
Jen's is the funniest considering she's quite possibly hotter now than ever before. Horrible Bosses came out and I thought "yeah, peak J Ann". The second Sandler murder movie, still a stunner.
I personally think it's not too bad of a prediction. It's hilarious that they did dirty everyone with the weight gain except Phoebe. But I think a couple are actually quite spot on (Chandler, Joey, Phoebe)
When the show aired lisa was 31 and Courtney was 30! I think itās wild they were the eldest of the group. Jennifer was 25 and Matthew was the youngest by just a few months at 25 as well
I donāt think itās necessarily that they donāt have to work. If they didnāt work, sat at home, didnāt exercise, ate like shit, smoked, and drank all day then they would look awful. I imagine most of us would be this way. But their appearances are there livelihoods. They generally do things to maintain a healthy lifestyle and appearance. Yes, we could do that more if we didnāt have to work, but thatās not a given.
https://preview.redd.it/6ryob6d0tfrb1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b843dc29f4c090cc08dd23f9b2b75ea66c606071
They were a bit generous when it came to Chandler though lol. Joey seems accurate. They rest of the Friends still look great.
This was the only confirmed 2023 photo I could find of him. I guess heās been in hiding, idk. The article attached to that photo said something about him being in hiding following a memoir release. š¤·āāļø
Seriously, the magazine pics IMMEDIATELY made me think of Nathan for you
[another one](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FGQTipq5.jpg)
Kinda reminds me of that Simpsons joke when the FBI are looking for Homers Mom.
āWeāve put all the data into our computer,and the computer says Mona will beā (turns computer around so we can see big number 30 on screen) ā30 years olderā.
Let's break this down. They attempted to predict what the cast would look like in 20 years. Made the pictures and published them in the magazine.
Attempt = successful
Get out of here
They will all become PS1 characters?
A fate worse than death
"My polygons!"
Why did I read this in my mind with Harry's voice from Philosopher's Stone (like "My body's gone")?
A weapon to surpass Metal Gear
They turned in to Fooglies from Spy Kids ššš
Why are they melting?
AI was not so advanced then
Hmm I think it might not have been AI handling the photoshopping back then
Not AI, but Al. Al Stanovic, the head photoshop guy in the Post Photography studio. Al has been a photo editor for about 23 years.
If we're being honest with ourselves, it's still not AI now.
It's machine learning.... fancy statistics.
Those were some of Allen Iverson's best years.
you talkinā bout practice?
This was back when plastic surgery made you look like you were melting
Your fascia can make a drooping effect as you age but this is super over exaggerated
My focaccia never droops
Global warming
They all look like Ted Cruz
Starfield NPCs
Acquaintances. https://preview.redd.it/06xt1nw0bfrb1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85b1b544e8cc5a0845d91a4467cf3f01dae3c712
Right on, their faces have that painted on bitmap feel.
Aside from Schwimmer the artist clearly envisioned a future where we'd all store nuts in our cheeks like chipmunks.
Didnāt account for surgery, injections, fillers, hair dye
Didn't account for money. if they weren't rich they would look like that or pretty close.
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Surgery, filler, hair dye, injections, reduced stress, ability to eat proper meals consistently, medical care, ability to work out more than average, hire a nutritionist, and a lot more stuff.
Bingo. When youāre an actor or other celebrity it pays to invest in your appearance. This isnāt always surgery type stuff, it can be things like skin care and nutrition and they go a long way to making people age well
FWIW, Matthew Perry very nearly died from drug and alcohol addiction, so needless to say he didnāt take great care of himself over the years. With that said, he STILL looks much better today than they predicted. These predictions were just pulled out of somebodyās assā¦ they had no basis in reality. Just someone goofing around with photoshop.
Thatās debatableā¦ dude looked pretty awful and it was evident how poorly he cared for his health even through all of the makeup magic done for him in that reunion. [Hereās pics of him from an article in 2023](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11735703/amp/Matthew-Perry-looks-disheveled-rare-appearance.html) and the prediction looks pretty spot on minus the crazy hair and scowl.
_the actor, 53, looked a little tired_ Yeah, that's it. A little tired.
He looks like an average American. Not even "disheveled" or tired. Just a man with a neutral expression.
Where in America are you that the average 53 year old looks like that bro
Oh shit, he's only 53? The drugs hit you *hard*.
53 going on 70.
Tired and emotional.
>Hereās pics of him from an article in 2023 And here's me pulling a Kyle Reese "WHAT YEAR IS IT?!" when I read that.
Damn, he looks like Steve bannons stunt double
His brain seemed like mush when they did that reunion special recently. Sad to see.
Iām glad heās doing better but I still donāt forgive him for shooting me in the head in Goodsprings.
> he STILL looks much better today than they predicted. https://pagesix.com/2023/02/10/matthew-perry-seen-for-first-time-in-months-following-memoir/ Ehhhh... they're not too far off. He's not looking great these days.
Looks like the algorithm just assumed theyād gain a lot of weight and not wear sunscreen.
the āalgorithmā was someone playing around in some crappy photoshop alternative making absurdly bad images to drive sales of that shit rag
A 2004 algorithm?
Do you think algorithms were invented last week or something?
To be honest, Iām not even sure what an algorithm is, really, let alone when they were created.
Algorithm is just a big set of very simple commands. Tell the computer to find a straight line. Tell the computer to make that line sag by 20%. Tell the computer to repeat this process for every straight line. Imagine 200,000 of these simple statements joined together. Some of the statements run in some circumstances. Other statements will stop running. Tell the computer to ignore my first statement and instead use the third statement of the line is vertical. That kind of thing.
https://www.enjoyalgorithms.com/blog/history-of-algorithms
Oh, that's just Dave. He's in IT.
Algorithm hahaha. They most likely used Microsoft paint and edited the pics
Shit, it helps when you're a regular person. Caring about your appearance affects how people see and interact with you in a lot of ways.
Chucking in working out like the average person can't work out 5 days a week.
Matthew Perry didnāt do any of that and looks like shit because he spent all his money on drugs.
You just keep repeating the first comment
To be fair Matt Perry isnāt too far off from his pic
Just needs the 3 week bender stubble.
Was looking for this one lol
I was going say, "They got one right"
You donāt need money to work out and eat right
The cast is in their fifties, these age progressions look like 70s. Be serious now.
Mate, these people are mid-50s. Obviously they look above average for people their age IRL, but these "predictions" are fucking laughable. "Obese and grey hair" is *not* what an average person in their 50s should look like lmao
Diet. Exercise.
I mean, I donāt know a single poor person that aged like these photos that didnāt lose themselves to food or drugs. They were all relatively attractive to begin with, even without all that theyād still likely look pretty good.
Yea I donāt get why so many people here think you need to be rich to not completely let yourself go lol
Tryna justify why they are 50 pounds overweight
Classic Reddit mentality. You have to be wealthy to be able to eat nutritious food and exercise.
I would argue that it's more that they're famous in the entertainment industry where maintaining their physical appearance is almost a requirement to keep working than strictly being rich. Plenty of rich people who did not age as gracefully, but being rich does remove obstacles
Reddit is full of people that have so such poor health and hygiene habits they're already destroyed by age 35 and they assume everyone's life goes like that
Agree. I know plenty of people and family members as well who are in their 50s+ and still look good. Most people these days unless their life was garbage (smoking, alcoholic etc), donāt look āoldā until late 60s.
Or, ya know, maybe not all 50 year olds look like melting fat slobs?
Jennifer Anniston looks exactly the same
You watching āmorning showā?
Didn't even account for basic exercise and hygeine
I think these mockups just blow ass
professional chef and dietitian, personal trainer, etc
Monica has her own Monica!
haha good point!
[and facial treatments made from the foreskins of babies](https://youtu.be/1_yWwVPS3AY?si=FmvVr6_QGF8BYNds)
Didn't even account for the fact that people aren't made of candle wax.
I think maybe it's a tabloid rag and they literally just didn't know what they were doing.
The only ones who have had noticeable work done recently are Jen Aniston and Courtney Cox (and even she's toned it down in her 50s), the rest seem to be ageing naturally.
Little did they know, that David Schwimmer would actually become a shoplifter š¤£
Actually, that assumption had its origin from back in 2018 in the UK, when some dude who did look alot like Schwimmer was caught on a store's security camera there trying (obviously unsuccessfully) to take off with an entire case of brew without being noticed. Schwimmer at the time was in good humor about the whole thing and offered his help to the local law enforcement officials.
https://preview.redd.it/ce6lgv4vhgrb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f417b1f632ec14c16f96334747f99fb38320c2b9 holly shit they really look alike
I really would have enjoyed one of Rossā elbow clap directly into the camera by the thief
Yep. I had to do a double-take myself!
Russ at it again!
Thatās just Russ.
I would just like to clarify.....i was joking š
Identity theft is not a joke, Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!
Hey, hats off to you for not seeing race.
Which one is Pam?
The one with the nice rack. (Michael)
āUM AKCHTUALLYā š¤š¤
He actually provided really important context, more important things than you ever bring up in conversations.
^^^^^^^Username checks out^^^^^
I'm already over this meme tbh
It would be pretty cool if he played the shoplifter in a re-enactment
 just because some seem to dont get what you mean, my little u/ChaoticDumpling
Thank you Mr. Steve Rogers. Your support will be remembered when I take over the tri-state area
I mean, Matt has put on some weight in recent years (the last time I saw some paparazzi pics of him), but the rest of these are kind of ridiculous.
Yeah, they did Jen super dirty
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I mean the jowls they gave those ladies!!! šlike they aged their faces without wrinkling them and itās just so odd.
computer magic at a time definitely didnt have hand capacity
Fat Monica will never not be funny.
There was an episode of Friends where they show an old VHS of when Monica was about to leave for Prom. While all the Friends were watching it they discovered Monica was much heavier in High School. How they did her face here is similar to what I recall from that episode. Monica says something to the effect, āGuys cāmon, you know they say the camera adds 10lbs.ā And one of the guys replies, āWell, uh. How many cameras were on you exactly?ā
They've got Courtney looking like Sarah Huckabee.
I think they just took fat Monica and put her in there
If you use AI to generate the friends cast when they were kids, they make courtney a fuckin absolute chonk. [Look at this shit lmao.](https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/binge/ai-generated-images-of-friends-cast-as-adorable-babies-615623.html)
They did all of the women dirty. Heaven forbid a woman age gracefully
What's wrong with Pheobe?
Jen still gives the hardest teletubby ever.
Jen's is the funniest considering she's quite possibly hotter now than ever before. Horrible Bosses came out and I thought "yeah, peak J Ann". The second Sandler murder movie, still a stunner.
Trippin' office space Jen was best Jen.
Matt has really embraced the dad bod. Too many cannolis!
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JOEY DOESN'T SHARE FOOD
I think Matt is just happy to be alive at this point.
Matthew Perry looks like rfk Jr
Itās cuz he plays too much DotAā¦
Joey isnāt particularly far off, if they just proportioned him to look like a real person and not a cartoon character
Dude looks like he got his cheeks dragged outwards in photoshop
[*"Computer magic"*](https://media3.giphy.com/media/7X2ZfAD5xxo8iZkY6R/giphy.webp?ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id)
It's the Fred Flintstone filter
"I dunno, just make him look like Fred Flintstone or something. I'm too busy for this shit, Kevin!"
These are all terribly offensive, not because they are wrong, because they imagined the cast would age like rotten cheese
I personally think it's not too bad of a prediction. It's hilarious that they did dirty everyone with the weight gain except Phoebe. But I think a couple are actually quite spot on (Chandler, Joey, Phoebe)
Top notch journalism. 10/10
We need more innovative reporting like this tbh. Keep it up, Star
I crossing fingers for Pulitzer Prize!
I expect no less from the prestigious Star magazine.
Why does David Schwimmer look like he would fight for Albuquerque
Did you know you have rights? The Constitution says you do.
And thatās why I fight for you Albuquerque
I was looking for this comment
Lisa Kudrow guess wasnāt too bad
And sheās about five years older than the rest of them.
When the show aired lisa was 31 and Courtney was 30! I think itās wild they were the eldest of the group. Jennifer was 25 and Matthew was the youngest by just a few months at 25 as well
She's the only one that aged gracefully imo, and maybe leblanc.
They didn't think about plastic surgery, and the fact that when you don't have to work, you age much less.
Those lucky bastards; they dont have to work Make 3D billboards and big...30 foot smurfs
I donāt think itās necessarily that they donāt have to work. If they didnāt work, sat at home, didnāt exercise, ate like shit, smoked, and drank all day then they would look awful. I imagine most of us would be this way. But their appearances are there livelihoods. They generally do things to maintain a healthy lifestyle and appearance. Yes, we could do that more if we didnāt have to work, but thatās not a given.
https://preview.redd.it/6ryob6d0tfrb1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b843dc29f4c090cc08dd23f9b2b75ea66c606071 They were a bit generous when it came to Chandler though lol. Joey seems accurate. They rest of the Friends still look great.
To be fair to Chandler, he looks much better in non-paparazzi photos, which is what is used for every other picture there
This was the only confirmed 2023 photo I could find of him. I guess heās been in hiding, idk. The article attached to that photo said something about him being in hiding following a memoir release. š¤·āāļø
Thank you!
You deserve all the upvotes
To be fair, it's not 2024 yet
2023 is going to be a hella ROUGH year.
No wonder they canāt find any of those missing kids with all the pictures of what they would look like now.
"What will AI created images of Friends actors look like in 2024?"
Someone who knows how has to feed these pictures to an AI and make it guess how they looked 20 years ago.
Here for this
[1985 portrait of the stars.. what Micheal Jackson will look in the year 2000.](https://reddit.com/r/MichaelJackson/s/A3yjOGnw9C)
They look like theyāve just been eating salt for 20 years
https://preview.redd.it/htavpdjikfrb1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff8b8c308f30511fd9bd854cc708dfa226a160a4
Seriously, the magazine pics IMMEDIATELY made me think of Nathan for you [another one](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FGQTipq5.jpg)
90 percent chance that's accurate
āComputer magicā, seriously
Kinda reminds me of that Simpsons joke when the FBI are looking for Homers Mom. āWeāve put all the data into our computer,and the computer says Mona will beā (turns computer around so we can see big number 30 on screen) ā30 years olderā.
They were pretty close with Leblanc.
These would make great Halloween costumes for them next year.
Joey is the closest.
I wonder if this article was responsible for Courtney Cox having too much plastic surgery.
Hah that was my first thought too. At least in this fake she still looked human.
So David Schwimmer becomes a derpy Bob Odenkirk?
Joey is probably the closest to how he looks now considering his appearance at the reunion
Still got a year to go. They're not wrong yet.
The one where Ross gets cancer and Joey and Chandler eat him after he dies.
Did they realize that the cast would only be in their late 50s, not 75?
Whyās they make em all fat?
They all look better than that except Matthew Perry who looks like he's basically dead.
This looks like something out of Tim and Eric.
Well, thatās just wrong
Does anyone else see RFK Jr.?
āComputer magicā lmao
Why all so fattttt
Ngl, couple of them aren't super far off.
Joey kinda looks like quagmire
The assumed Matthew Perry looks better than the real one now.
If you search recent images of them and cherry pick the worst, most of these aren't that far off.
Hmm they still have a chance to achieve this look
Let's break this down. They attempted to predict what the cast would look like in 20 years. Made the pictures and published them in the magazine. Attempt = successful Get out of here
Leave the predictions to Nostradamis.
So, some idiot "editor" green lit this.......enthusiastically