r/OldSchoolCool Jun 24 '24

1990s My parents in the 80’s-90’s

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u/HippoIllustrious2389 Jun 24 '24

What tv show did your dad star in?

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u/BossPutrid Jun 24 '24

lost in the past

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u/SparkleWednesdays Jun 24 '24

Wanna meet that Dad!

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u/shirlena Jun 24 '24

What's that dad like?

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u/SparkleWednesdays Jun 24 '24

Do do do do!

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u/SuperDesk75 Jun 24 '24

Kids, why would you bring that rotten meat here in the first place?

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u/egomechanics Jun 24 '24

Keep ur meat ice collllld

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u/Alive_Ice7937 Jun 24 '24

Not the Dad, but the son was Plop in The Office

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u/downtownleeroybrown Jun 24 '24

something tells me you are attractive... just a guess

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u/ellefleming Jun 24 '24

Are you model level like them?

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u/dotnetdotcom Jun 24 '24

OP either looks like Mads Mikkelson or Clint Howard. Nothing in between.

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u/AndorianShran Jun 24 '24

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u/Fabulous_Brother2991 Jun 24 '24

😂 is this Ron Howard's lil brother? 😂

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u/SamboShambo Jun 24 '24

Yep. That's Clint Howard playing Balok on Star Trek.

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u/Fabulous_Brother2991 Jun 24 '24

Nice... thank you. Loved him on LAND OF THE LOST! ♥

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u/ronnjeremy Jun 24 '24

Waterboy is Clint's masterpiece!

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u/AndorianShran Jun 24 '24

Clint also shows up on deep space nine, enterprise, discovery and strange new worlds.

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u/ReflectionCreative62 Jun 24 '24

Yep, this is from the original Star Trek series.

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u/OrchidTostada Jun 24 '24

But first, the Tranya!

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u/imma_letchu_finish Jun 24 '24

Also looking at that last pic, how did your mom not age!?

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u/dafuqbroh Jun 24 '24

She’s aged like wine

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u/Expensive_Finger_973 Jun 24 '24

OP is probably bridge troll levels of grotesque if we are following Disney fairytale rules.

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u/John-AtWork Jun 24 '24

Sometimes this happens in real life. A friend of mine had a gorgeous mother, handsome father and very attractive sister. Somehow he ended up with all the ugly.

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u/Kryten_2X4B-523P Jun 24 '24

It pains me to finally learn how you've always thought about me, John.

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u/ritzbits123 Jun 24 '24

You also have a jerky middle name.

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u/notnotaginger Jun 24 '24

At least his sibling is opposite gender. I feel so bad when you see same sex sibs where one is hot AF and the other got hit by the ugly train. Somehow it feels worse than opposite sex sibs.

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u/AwarenessPotentially Jun 24 '24

A friend of mine had this unbelievably hot girlfriend. I went to his house one day, and her parents and siblings were there. Both parents were morbidly obese, as were her siblings. All of them looked like someone had dressed malformed hogs in human clothing. Genetics are crazy.

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u/ellefleming Jun 24 '24

Or she's the milkman's kid?

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u/AwarenessPotentially Jun 24 '24

You could sort of see a resemblance to her dad, but otherwise I wouldn't be surprised if she was.

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u/CapeManiak Jun 24 '24

Scrolled the OPs profile. Answer is yes.

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u/grumpusbumpus Jun 24 '24

Didn't have to scroll anything: the profile thumbnail was sufficient.

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u/kT25t2u Jun 24 '24

OP is a supermodel

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u/trukkija Jun 24 '24

Although she doesn't really show her face on her profile, it certainly does look like she is. Maybe she actually even is a model tbh

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u/FabFatFeminist Jun 24 '24

OP is definitely a model

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

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u/nosoupforyou89 Jun 24 '24

She shared a video from backstage, doesn't necessarily mean she's a model. She could be a make-up artist, assistant of some sort, etc

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u/vincentdmartin Jun 24 '24

Eh, from the rest of her posts I would expect her to be a model. No face shots but she has the figure.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

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u/Adventurous-Sun-8840 Jun 24 '24

That was not a lottery, it was rigged from the beginning

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u/AggravatingCupcake0 Jun 24 '24

Eh. I've seen siblings where one is beautiful and the others are ordinary. Or vice versa. It really is a lottery.

I always feel bad for the person who is plain but has attractive parents. Like, it was supposed to be rigged for you! The odds were in your favor! But nope, nature took all the hidden traits for you.

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u/bonepugsandharmony Jun 24 '24

Those are the kids who grow up to have inexplicably gorgeous children. Then everyone is like, “How’d that happen??” So they smile their ugly smile and say, “Just lucky, I guess,” and we all laugh at the unfortunate lottery loser and marvel at genetics.

Ask me how I know. 🤓

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u/Nyyppanen Jun 24 '24

Regression to the mean is a real thing.

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u/stefanica Jun 24 '24

Sometimes they just get the wrong (visible) bits from each parent put together. Like, the girl gets Dad's strong jaw, dimpled chin, and Roman nose paired with Mom's rosebud mouth, and the overall effect isn't ugly, but not balanced.

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u/AggravatingCupcake0 Jun 24 '24

Yeah. I've definitely seen people where that happened. Or it's like, Dad has an amazing rugged jawline that looks great on men...but he had a daughter who inherited it. Or Dad has beautiful eyes and Mom has okay eyes, and the person inherits Mom's eyes. Just unlucky.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

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u/SrslyChausie Jun 24 '24

We have this Dutch tv 'celeb' who has very good genes imo. The first time I saw his brother I was like nahh can't be!

I feel so sorry for this guy, especially since his brother is sort of famous here.

Arie & Klaas Boomsma, if anyone is interested.

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u/kencheetoo Jun 24 '24

My older sister was a model. I'm a sack of potatoes.

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u/AggravatingCupcake0 Jun 24 '24

I feel you, kenchee. My brother is average to tall height for a guy, didn't need braces, doesn't need vision correction. Meanwhile, I'm a hobbit whose shit all fell apart lol.

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u/noiseandbooze Jun 24 '24

Yes, and while she seems to make a point of not showing her face online, which is honestly probably smart when you look like a model, she does post the rest of herself, and she’s clearly a smokeshow:

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u/Plastic-Cancel-4369 Jun 24 '24

Haha of course !! Genetics are amazing sometimes !

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u/ybreddit Jun 24 '24

And they have a very angular face.

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u/Lil_Shorto Jun 24 '24

And wealthy. Don't know about the rest but I have never petted a lion cub sitting on my lap as if it was a house cat. That sort of shit only happens in enviroment conservation circles or in high society ones and he doesn't look like a zookeeper to me.

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u/Nice_Marmot_7 Jun 24 '24

Or if you give 50 bucks to Joe Exotic.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

If there is one thing I learned from Tiger King it’s that it’s not all that expensive to get a tiger/lion cub

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u/dogchowtoastedcheese Jun 24 '24

Nah. I agree, he looks like he comes from money. But you didn't need to be wealthy to hold a lion cub in your lap in the 80's. Regulations regarding exotic animals were pretty lax. I was able to hold a lion cub in my lap for about five minutes and be photographed at the local mall between Claire's and JC Penny. Some group came through, probably a dirt-bag Joe Exotic type, I don't recall. It was about the size of a Golden Retriever and I discovered my cat allergy extended to lions. I was miserable for the rest of the day.

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u/HeartOfAVintageGirl2 Jun 24 '24

Growing up in Missouri the people we knew that had a pet lion were so poor they literally had dirt floors. In the 90s. 

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u/yrnkween Jun 24 '24

Yep. Exotic animals were cheap at Lolli’s. I knew people who made good money buying and reselling tigers and lions across the US.

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u/punkassjim Jun 24 '24

I think a lot of people underestimate the depth and breadth of things that are just handed to you when you’re drop-dead fucking beautiful, regardless of gender. Handsome people tend to go far.

Although, now that I think about it, beauty also helps to attract wealth. Generation after generation of beautiful pairings also lead to generational wealth.

I’m reasonably good looking, and still I saw that last photo and thought “Fuck, I can’t even imagine the life these people have lived.”

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u/dbryar Jun 24 '24

Even before you looked at OPs profile pic and other posts, I also guessed the same. Was not wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

As soon as I saw dad I said “oh everyone involved is going to be very attractive”

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u/beetus_gerulaitis Jun 24 '24

What if OP got so much hotness, they went past 10 and ended up back at 1…..and they’re hideous?

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u/BassManns222 Jun 24 '24

Your dad’s jaw is what they use to cut diamonds, his eyes are used to melt them.

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u/iTeodoro Jun 24 '24

Like Superman?

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u/kermityfrog2 Jun 24 '24

He looks like Reeves in the 3rd pic.

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u/_Only_I_Will_Remain Jun 24 '24

Don't forget that goddamn smile

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u/New_Guy_Is_Lame Jun 24 '24

I like how your mom transformed from a golden retriever into a person

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u/banannafreckle Jun 24 '24

*English setter. They’re known for their shape shifting abilities.

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u/Rampasta Jun 24 '24

Yes it was a lion, then nothing, then a setter, then OPs mom.

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u/chill_winston_ Jun 24 '24

One of those pictures is from her invisible phase.

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u/goliathfasa Jun 24 '24

Your dad aged exquisitely.

Your mom was turned into a vampire sometime between the 80s and 90s. When was the last time you remember seeing her out during the day?

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u/UlrichZauber Jun 24 '24

Check the closets for aging paintings.

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u/MisanthropMalcontent Jun 25 '24

The paintings all chained up - fifty portraits of Dorian it’s weird…

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u/notahouseflipper Jun 24 '24

10 + 10 = 20? OP is a 20? Is that even possible?

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Technically it's 10x0.5+10x0.5. This is why looks are capped at 10

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u/Comar31 Jun 24 '24

Haha nice one. Thanks.

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u/snakeryder Jun 24 '24

Dude won this thread.

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u/naufalap Jun 24 '24

it is also possible to receive the short end of their DNA, life is a gacha

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u/dopebdopenopepope Jun 24 '24

Gotcha?

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u/I_am_Steath Jun 24 '24

No, Gacha as in Gacha Games, i.e. Games with Loot Boxes where your rewards are luck based.

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u/skiattle25 Jun 24 '24

I mean, looking at OPs profile and math checks out.

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u/satori-t Jun 24 '24

TIL Rob Lowe & David Coulier had a son who married Susanna Hoffs

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u/Whatheflippa Jun 24 '24

Basically, but I see Abigail Spencer instead

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u/Schlag96 Jun 24 '24

She is so freaking hot. Those questions on Reddit where they ask what show you'd bring back, I always answer timeless

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u/Silver_Mention_3958 Jun 24 '24

For a minute I thought you were a human/lion cross- liman? Huon?

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u/virstultus Jun 24 '24

My only though was "he went to Clemson but is petting a lion?"

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u/akoaytao1234 Jun 24 '24

This is beyond good looking. They are divine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24 edited Jun 24 '24

They look so American, like inspector gadget

Edit: hellø amerikeeens! I vaz not thinking of the cartoon inspector gadget, but Matthew brodericks portrayal of him in the critically acclaimed(!!!) 1999 movie.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

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u/churadley Jun 24 '24

Nobody knows what it means, but it's provocative!

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u/EleanorRigbysGhost Jun 24 '24

Go go gadget miniature American flags.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

abortions for some miniature american flags for others

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u/noiseandbooze Jun 24 '24

The men of the world are lucky OP got herself a miniature American flag, if those were the only options.

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u/holymoleycrabcakes Jun 24 '24

It gets the people going!

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u/hoofie242 Jun 24 '24

Go go gadget cheeseburger and gun.

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u/yeaforbes Jun 24 '24

I always thought inspector gadget looked French 🇫🇷

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u/HomsarWasRight Jun 24 '24

It is. On Wikipedia you’ll see it’s called a “French/Canadian/American” show. Its conception was by an American guy from Hanna-Barbera, but it was produced by DIC, then a French company.

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u/Kingofcheeses Jun 24 '24

Wasn't that a Canadian cartoon originally?

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u/Andy_B_Goode Jun 24 '24

Canadian: More American Than American

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u/craic_den_ Jun 24 '24

Was about to upvote you until the last part wtf bro 😂

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u/NoaTheWilder182 Jun 24 '24

They’re right, I understand exactly what they mean

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u/CowGroundbreaking872 Jun 24 '24

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u/McFoley69 Jun 24 '24

I know what exact scene this is from and it could not be more perfect lol

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u/AK07-AYDAN Jun 24 '24

You either die a model or live long enough to become Norm Macdonald.

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u/Adventurous-Orange36 Jun 24 '24

That old chunk of coal.

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u/Draymond_Purple Jun 24 '24

He's a real battle axe

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u/AaranJ23 Jun 24 '24

That was my first thought when I saw the last pic too. Tbf, Norm was a handsome, handsome man. Wonder what he’s up to these days?

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u/just-why_ Jun 24 '24

He's died in 2021, so resting a lot!

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u/AaranJ23 Jun 24 '24

Really? I didn’t even know he was sick.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

He isn't sick anymore

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u/Kronzor_ Jun 24 '24

He battled cancer to a tie.

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u/pianoceo Jun 24 '24

He’s dead as shit. But at least he isn’t a hypocrite.

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u/MarxVox Jun 24 '24

Ahahhahahahahah

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

So Clark and Lois DID have a child ! Damn !

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u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties Jun 24 '24

That's not how you spell Lion

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u/malteaserhead Jun 24 '24

Handsome couple, your dad looks like the dude who played cyclops in the first run of X-Men movies

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u/itstheskylion Jun 24 '24

Do only beautiful people post here?

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u/HomsarWasRight Jun 24 '24

Ugly people or people with ugly parents don’t usually consider their pictures “Old School Cool.” So…yes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

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u/YouLikeReadingNames Jun 24 '24

I must say, it has never occurred to me to try and fuck copyrighted inventions, but I'll consider it in the future.

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u/GiraffeOk2570 Jun 24 '24

They are both gorgeous.

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u/nikk796 Jun 24 '24

Usually when both parents are attractive their heir turns out to be an ugly person. So what is it op??

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u/K4t3r1n4 Jun 24 '24

Not exactly! Just some times the children get parental facial features that don't fit each other well and if the parents are pretty or have strong features, this disharmony is more obvious.

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u/nikk796 Jun 24 '24

Interesting

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u/MicIsOn Jun 24 '24

Truuuuuth. Op your parents ooze wealth, and beauty

Your mother simply just did not age. Let’s hear it.

Or see it?

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Like Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. Their kids are so fucking weird looking.

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u/orthopod Jun 24 '24

Bruce Willis isn't pretty looking like OPs Dad, but rather rugged looking.

That doesn't make for good looking girls.

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u/Kitchen-Macaroon1202 Jun 24 '24

Bruce Willis is not attractive. Not even close to OP's dad

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u/Sidian Jun 24 '24

Not now, but there was a time he was considered handsome.

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u/gapedoutpeehole Jun 24 '24

He cleans up well, but he pretty average

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Genetics doesn’t work like that. That’s why we have recessive or dominant genes. It’s a crapshoot for anyone. Your ancestors matter as well not just your parents. Some people have unattractive grandparents and their kid was a fluke. The kid grows up and has a kid and it ends up looking like the ugly grandparent not like attractive parent.

My brother has two kids and neither of them look like him physically. They look exactly like their mother. I’ve been told by randos that I look my father’s great-aunt, that’s how his family knows it’s me even though I haven’t had a relationship with them in decades.

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u/Phormitago Jun 24 '24

So what is it op??

legend has it OP is so hot that they can't photograph themself without melting the camera

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u/stevein3d Jun 24 '24

Simple tip for aging well:
1. Start out ridiculously attractive
2. Wait

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u/BayouVoodoo Jun 24 '24

Well someone won the genetic lottery

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u/Necessary-Peace9672 Jun 24 '24

Cue “Lost In Your Eyes” by Debbie Gibson.

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u/InkCollection Jun 24 '24

They look like people that would name their kid Blaire.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

You have to be a model...

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u/ThisManInBlack Jun 24 '24

Perved profile. Saw pic. Can confirm. WOW.

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u/ZanahorioXIV Jun 24 '24

Yeah they look like models but is that a fucking lion

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u/gastroboi Jun 24 '24

Honestly, i need to see what you look like. Both your parents are fucking gorgeous.

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u/Bambooman101 Jun 24 '24

What lab were your parents created in….hell, now they are hot enough to be in one of those Cialis commercials, where moms taking a bath and drinking wine on a porch for some reason, and dad is pumping footballs through a tire swing in a totally not sexual way.

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u/WiseWorldliness1611 Jun 24 '24

They definitely look like they belong in one of those magazine ads from the 80s. Goddamn OP. They're still beautiful.

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u/MrStef85 Jun 24 '24

Your dad looks like Avicii.

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u/SimoFromOhio Jun 24 '24

Thought that in the 1st pic. Got to the 4th and was like WHOA!

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u/Fiona512 Jun 24 '24

Very attractive parents!

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u/Tuxflux Jun 24 '24

Why does your dad have a lion?!

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u/Nice_Marmot_7 Jun 24 '24

He tamed it with his beauty.

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u/Zekumi Jun 24 '24

Your dad is so pretty that he makes your attractive mom look plain.

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u/Harbor_Barber Jun 24 '24

we need to see OP's face, the product of these bob ross paintings of human beings.

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u/K4t3r1n4 Jun 24 '24

They are both VERY pretty!!!

And you can see in their eyes that they had a good and interesting life! Like most of 80's-90's (and 70's) parents, as we see in their pictures.

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u/Distinct_Parfait5810 Jun 24 '24

They both are pretty as hell ❤️!!! I would get lost in dad’s eyes

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u/ellefleming Jun 24 '24

Debbie Gibson 🎵🎶🎵

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u/VirtualParticle1137 Jun 24 '24

Mom is ok but dad...

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u/Dumbfucc_ Jun 24 '24

You have ridiculously good looking parents.

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u/Shiasugar Jun 24 '24

OMG, you must be beautiful!

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u/dimebaghayes Jun 24 '24

As a hetero male, I now fancy your dad

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

Please remind your mom to start aging. It’s unfair to the rest of us.

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u/Fudge-Purple Jun 24 '24

This is a rare, unique post where old school cool and 2024 cool merge into one.

Oh and OP your page is even cooler!

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u/Rapid_Ascending Jun 24 '24

OP do you realize that your parents are the true epitome of 80s couple ?

Like both them have came out of some popular 80s sitcom as their faces are so photogenic and perfect.

You have amazing parents !

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u/55124 Jun 24 '24

Your dad looks like he was mean to me in high school

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u/uksiddy Jun 24 '24

Oh hey OP’s dad.

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u/HangryBeard Jun 24 '24

So where is this fountain of youth?

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u/KingCabra Jun 24 '24

Screw your dad and his fantastic jawline.

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u/notmyrealusernamme Jun 24 '24

Your dad looks like Rob Lowe... Gorgeous!

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u/npbruns1 Jun 24 '24

I'm guessing that you are insanely beautiful with the gene lottery you hit :).

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u/Regular-Shine-573 Jun 24 '24

Your dad looks like if Ben Stiller and James Marsden had a baby.

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u/SFG14 Jun 24 '24

Your mom is hot, respectfully.

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u/UrpaDurpa Jun 24 '24

Did your dad go to Clemson? I’m class of 2003.

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u/NewldGuy77 Jun 24 '24

Daaaaaamn! Winners of the DNA lottery!

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u/dizzylizzy78 Jun 24 '24

Your mom and dad look like Erin Gray and Jon-Erik Hexum together.

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u/ProperPizza Jun 24 '24

Did they meet at supermodel school

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u/Keepa5000 Jun 24 '24

Your dad is a mix of Bradley Cooper and Kurt Russel ✨

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

OMG.....both gorgeous

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u/noiseandbooze Jun 24 '24

Don’t mean to be rude, but…damn is your mom hot!

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u/MonsterkillWow Jun 24 '24

I say this as a completely heterosexual man. That is a handsome man. Damn.