Why don't men look as good as they did decades ago?

[craigos]

People drink spirits like absolute pussies these days as well. Vodka with 80% soft drink, whiskey with cola etc etc. People end up drinking more than 2 litres of softdrink every session and don't realise it. My dad would slap the sh*t out of me if I ever put more than a splash of mixer in a spirit.

And yes, he is tougher than your dad.

 

[Gough]

Damn straight, 3/4 gin, 1/4 tonic is my preferred ratio.

 

[Mofra]

Damn straight, 3/4 gin, 1/4 tonic is my preferred ratio.

TBH it depends on the quality - really good gin only needs a dash of tonic and it becomes a sipper. Cheap gin you can add more tonic and even a dash of bitters for something different.

I'm more of a dark spirit drinker though after being converted to fine bourbons in the US. Do love an old fashioned.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I prefer a Remy Martin straight, sipping it slowly after Genevieve has crossed the room. Like a crosshair from a 1940s German scope, she dashed between the up, down, left and right lines of the vision. I couldn't get her straight. At this point my infuriating ingenue Amylase sidled up to the bar, hitching up the dark green velvet dress which turned a different tone in each angle of light. Puglian skin, almost carrying the Italian heat, sat underneath. I looked, she scoffed, and pull-grabbed my hand.

'Don't do that – you don't want to spill this. This is Remy Martin.'

 

[perthblue]

Drinking beer makes you fat

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Thread = people are fatter now.

Oh really?

There’s been other health advances though. Smoking rates have dropped hugely.

 

[edgie]

People drink spirits like absolute pussies these days as well. Vodka with 80% soft drink, whiskey with cola etc etc. People end up drinking more than 2 litres of softdrink every session and don't realise it. My dad would slap the sh*t out of me if I ever put more than a splash of mixer in a spirit.

And yes, he is tougher than your dad.

Is not!

 

[perthblue]

I find it funny how every 'hunk' these days is supposed to be some manly man. It's pretty unconvincing. Zac Efron, Justin Bieber, those Hemsworths, that absolute ponce Ryan Gosling. All these guys have fit bodies and six packs and big arms but they're pampered rich white guys who sing piss-pants little songs or are in the lamest, tamest, most franchisey movies ever made (literally). They're supposed to be the ideal male? What an absolute joke.

Zac Efron is a good example of somebody with great facial structure and in good shape, but who doesn't look manly. I think it is because of the obsession with hollywood perfection and over-manicuring of people's bodies. Chest shaven, eyebrows sculpted, skin perfectly clear. It looks artificial and sort of feminine.

There are very few guys left in hollywood who can play a convincing 'tough guy'

 

[Gough]

Zac Efron is a good example of somebody with great facial structure and in good shape, but who doesn't look manly. I think it is because of the obsession with hollywood perfection and over-manicuring of people's bodies. Chest shaven, eyebrows sculpted, skin perfectly clear. It looks artificial and sort of feminine.

There are very few guys left in hollywood who can play a convincing 'tough guy'

Zac Efron is one of those actors that Bill Bryson described as when being given the choice between great teeth and acting ability, they go for the teeth every time.

 

[Scotland]

What about Jason Statham? He's pretty massive but not stupidly out of proportion. Pretty convincing tough guy. The Rock on the other hand just looks too big in every movie to be a realistic anything other than professional bodybuilder.

The male physical ideal is probably an Olympic swimmer. Lean and muscular.

 

[Gough]

What about Jason Statham? He's pretty massive but not stupidly out of proportion. Pretty convincing tough guy. The Rock on the other hand just looks too big in every movie to be a realistic anything other than professional bodybuilder.

The male physical ideal is probably an Olympic swimmer. Lean and muscular.

Fun Jason Statham fact, he represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in diving. Maybe Tom Daley can go on to have a career as a Hollywood tough guy. Maybe not.

 

[edgie]

Zac Efron works out to work out/look good.

Chuck Norris actually used his body to accomplish something, and he looked like this. Pictured next to another arse kicker who was not to be triffled with.

 

[perthblue]

What about Jason Statham? He's pretty massive but not stupidly out of proportion. Pretty convincing tough guy. The Rock on the other hand just looks too big in every movie to be a realistic anything other than professional bodybuilder.

The male physical ideal is probably an Olympic swimmer. Lean and muscular.

Jason Statham is a good one. I'd put Tom Hardy as another one. Though Statham is 50 and Hardy is 41, I can't think of any under 40s who might be the next in this regard.

 

[Scotland]

Fun Jason Statham fact, he represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in diving. Maybe Tom Daley can go on to have a career as a Hollywood tough guy. Maybe not.

*England.

He looks weird as a young guy, very clean cut kind of like Chris Grant in his heyday. One of those dudes you are used to seeing bald for so long that when you see them with hair it looks wrong.

 

[edgie]

Bear Grylls is Bear Grylls. He looks like this.

Fun fact, he also did an episode with Zac Efron.

 

[ioppolo]

I don't get why men don't rock body hair like they used to. Shave or wax it off of you can grow it, or they just flat out cannot grow it. Then there's me getting my first lot of back hair at 24.

 

[perthblue]

The answer is simple. Yet no one dares to speak about it; as it goes against the tenants of capitalism and this supposed freedom. There are two main culprits that cause poor development in a human; well it isn’t limited to two but these two are the easiest to identify. And what I about to say apply to both sexes and apply to humans worldwide; as we are all the same.

The biggest cause of maldevelopment or poor development in human is processed food. Refined Sugar, Grains(Weetabix and cereals are poisons) and Industrial Chemicals in Food are truly the downfall of mankind worldwide; processed food strips the body of nutrients, such as protein, minerals, vitamins and other essential building blocks whilst damaging key vital organs and destroying the endocrine system(Aka the design system). Now this point is an easy one, anyone can see this, Dr Weston Price picked up on this 100 years ago, this not up for debate, processed food = poor human development and health. If it wasn’t made by nature; simply don’t eat it. It is that simple, don’t go against nature and you cannot lose. Again, I have to repeat, it is that simple.
Now this is the second biggest cause of maldevelopment in children, both sexes.

Masturbation and sex activity before sexual maturity. Yes, many will scoff at this but many if not all people are oblivious to the damaging impact of losing sexual fluid during the developmental phase 13-21. Once a child ejaculates during their developmental phase, all growth ceases or is impaired greatly and the body uses all new incoming nutrients to replace the lost sexual fluid instead of building the human body. Ancient people, claimed that semen was melted bone and Ancient Indians claim semen is made from bone marrow; which I agree with. And young boys and now young girls are suffering greatly under this pr0n scourge and sexual perversion.

Children and Teenage should be allowed to enjoy their youth before adulthood. Once a child sees sexual activity or its aroused by it; on that day they lost their innocence and youth. Premature sexual arousal is injurious to a developing individual. No sexual activity should be allowed for both sexes at least to 18, preferably 21, than they have the choice whether they want to abuse their body or not. But during development, sexes should be separated(None of this nonsensical teenage love or BF/GF trash), allowed to develop organically than once ripe than shall be allowed for healthy proper sexual expression.


Processed Foods, Chemicals and Mastrubation(Also sex before development) is your answers,

Many will easily agree with the first one but vehemently disagree with the second one. But this is the modern times we live in. Save your children, save our children and save humanity.

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/thre...s-you-have-non-football.957410/#post-24590606

I warned about the ills of masturbation years ago, many laughed at this but as the years passes my words are vindicated

pr0n should be illegal. Sexual perversion should be socially shunned. Sexual activity should be kept silent and a shame should be associated for it. We are more than mere sexual beings, we are human beings,

I think semen retention leading to boosted testosterone is a known fact, but it is interesting to read about sex and masturbation before adulthood. I am not sure about any of that, however I think there is certainly a disastrous psychological effect that pr0n has on the minds of young lads. How or if this manifests itself physically, I'm not sure.

 

[perthblue]

Thread = people are fatter now.

Not at all. The entire 'look' of the average male has warped. Even modern blokes in good health and shape look different.

 

[Scotland]

Jason Statham is a good one. I'd put Tom Hardy as another one. Though Statham is 50 and Hardy is 41, I can't think of any under 40s who might be the next in this regard.

That probably rules out Liam Neeson then.

The superhero movies seem cheesy and aimed at kids so I wouldn't see any of the characters as tough guys. Except for Josh Brolin who is also 50.

Have there been many actors under 40 cast as tough guys recently?

 

[edgie]

I don't get why men don't rock body hair like they used to. Shave or wax it off of you can grow it, or they just flat out cannot grow it. Then there's me getting my first lot of back hair at 24.

Late bloomer mate?

 

[perthblue]

That probably rules out Liam Neeson then.

The superhero movies seem cheesy and aimed at kids so I wouldn't see any of the characters as tough guys. Except for Josh Brolin who is also 50.

Have there been many actors under 40 cast as tough guys recently?

Charlie Hunnam is under 40 guy I just can't buy as a tough dude, both when he was a football hooligan in Green Street Hooligans, or the leader of a bikie gang in Sons of Anarchy.

That reminds me, I re-watched This Is England recently. Stephen Graham is absolute class and somebody I would buy as a tough guy, though he never gets the main gig. Though that has nothing to do with the thread topic, more just a 'actors I like' aside.

 

[edgie]

That probably rules out Liam Neeson then.

The superhero movies seem cheesy and aimed at kids so I wouldn't see any of the characters as tough guys. Except for Josh Brolin who is also 50.

Have there been many actors under 40 cast as tough guys recently?

Ummm... Sam Worthington is 42... how far back is recently?

Kingsman movies are MA but Taron Edginton doesn't strike me as a tough guy...

Oscar Isaac is 40? He was in Triple Frontier recently on Netflix.

 

[Gough]

Charlie Hunnam is under 40 guy I just can't buy as a tough dude, both when he was a football hooligan in Green Street Hooligans, or the leader of a bikie gang in Sons of Anarchy.

That reminds me, I re-watched This Is England recently. Stephen Graham is absolute class and somebody I would buy as a tough guy, though he never gets the main gig. Though that has nothing to do with the thread topic, more just a 'actors I like' aside.

Uber twink in Queer as Folk too.

 

[Billy ray]

Ricky Gervais looks great

 

[Scotland]

Charlie Hunnam is under 40 guy I just can't buy as a tough dude, both when he was a football hooligan in Green Street Hooligans, or the leader of a bikie gang in Sons of Anarchy.

That reminds me, I re-watched This Is England recently. Stephen Graham is absolute class and somebody I would buy as a tough guy, though he never gets the main gig. Though that has nothing to do with the thread topic, more just a 'actors I like' aside.

Charlie Hunnum isn't a very good actor.

Some of the other characters in SoA were pretty convincing badasses. I wouldn't **** with Happy, who is an actual former Hells Angel.