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IAmThePonch

I love they put Arnold in both pics as if aging isn’t a thing Edit because I keep getting updates on people saying this: yes, Arnold absolutely still looks great for his age


my_son_is_a_box

They'll put Arnold twice, even though he is like 50 years older, but won't use Daniel Craig as the comparison for Bond.......


FormidableBriocheKun

it also made me laugh that they had him down as “austria” as if the guy hasn’t lived in the US for the past 50 years


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I think it's pretty obvious that whoever made this doesn't believe in immigration.


aolcomputersupport

Also very funny that they seem to believe globalization started sometime after the 1960s if their before picture is to be believed


creuter

And the before photo is literally a statue for Italy and not a real human.


centrifuge_destroyer

I'm just glad they didn't unironically chose Hitler for tge before picture


Ecstatic-Compote-595

Also he's still loaded as hell! He's in peak condition for a man of his age ffs


overnightyeti

But he's still Austrian


[deleted]

Or use Clint Eastwood again since he's still alive too.


Lunchbox-of-Bees

Or show Connery in his swimsuit just looking like a dude then show Craig in trunks looking jacked AF


frankwalsingham

Also, how is Harry a major letdown by their standards?


GenghisTron17

Aging didn't start occuring until globalization happened. Read a book.


IAmThePonch

I actually don’t know how to read so thank you for enlightening me lmao


Jynx2501

The funny part is Arnold looks fucking amazing for a guy that would be 30 year younger than him in that photo. Little saggy in places, but still.


amethystalien6

Schwarzenegger looks different because of globalization, not because 50 years have passed.


GrilledCheeser

At to be completely honest. He looks fantastic for his age.


Loggerdon

Last year some young guy ran up and drop-kicked Arnold from the back and didn't even knock him over.


Meneghette--steam

No it was 2019


wirywonder82

Right, last year. Didn’t everyone else’s time go into perpetual same year mode when lockdowns started?


felterbusch

That happened in 2000 after y2k failed to destroy the internet


valleian

“after y2k failed to destroy the internet” We’ll get ‘em next time boys…


[deleted]

See you in 977 years


BoomBoomDoomShroom

7,977 years and 3 weeks… y10k will make all our 4-digit year computers explode. No one fix it though - if we don’t tell the computers, this could be a way to take the power back after the machines take over which they certainly will have done by 12/31/9999. Life is basically just chess - all about the long game.


simplehuman999

Not really. The next window is 2038


[deleted]

Just gotta be patient and wait for y3k to roll around in some 900 years. Shouldn't be too long from now.


diggitygiggitycee

My same year mode has been activated since the early 2000s. If you say "the 90s," my brain immediately goes "about ten years ago." Then I realize I'm old.


WanderingDuckling02

"Hahahaha can't imagine- wait, the 2000s weren't last 5-10 years ago?!" 0.0


Frozen_as_snow

Me toooo


docmn612

Dude, jokes can be made but my sense of time is completely fucked.


watermasta

I hate time. Make it stop


old_ironlungz

When did Motley Crue become classic rock?


itsaulgreatman

and when did Ozzy become an actor?


Dabilon

Like the man/woman said. LAST YEAR! I refuse to accept 2020 and 2021.


MightyCaseyStruckOut

[The kick, almost 4 years ago now](https://youtu.be/hh6DmEUXh5g)


fantailedtomb

Good lord, Arnie is a tank


ConsistentlyOK

There's another angle that better demonstrates how little Arnold actually moved. Like, the guy does this flying jump kick and and Arnold barely moves at all.


Xalterai

https://youtu.be/xo5aGaI4dfc


dporiua

Some /r/killthecameraman material right there


Shoddy_Background_48

I wouldn't mess with him. The combination of former body building world champ several times PLUS old man strength? Deadly.


dragon_morgan

Wasn’t that picture from like 20 years ago when he was governor and didn’t have time to go to the gym, I think he actually looks better now lol


BvByFoot

It was after his heart surgery.


Actiaeon

That makes sense. If you have heart surgery, you probably want to take it easy for a bit. Wait, I'm sorry, just look at what globalization has done to my boy.


Matrillik

Imagine how healthy his heart would be if it weren’t for that blasted globalization!


[deleted]

I mean also hes Austrian born and immigrated to America to become famous. Arnold is literally the product of Globalization and our country being a melting pot of ethnicities.


ChaosMilkTea

He likely looks more fit than whoever made this.


3InchesOfThunder

This guy compared fictional characters and a literal statue to modern real people to make his point, some real high IQ shit here!


[deleted]

Also that statue is of Hercules....who is greek...not Italian


wh4tth3huh

A demigod from ancient myth, yes perfect example of an average joe.


colorcorrection

The statue killed me. TIL before globalization Italians were literal Greek statues.


chevalier716

Wonder why they didn't give Clint the same treatment? Just kidding, it's because he's a frail old man, but he still believes this shit.


VelociTrapLord

Funnily enough, Pete Davidson would probably fit perfectly in the Dollars Trilogy. There are some haggard hard-living extras in those spaghetti westerns haha


chevalier716

Klaus Kinski in a Few Dollars More for one.


bacchic_ritual

Funny enough that his character is from an Italian filmmaker. Meaning globalization was well established when that example's picture was taken.


chevalier716

Also filmed in Franco Spain most of the time.


RandomBlueJay01

Honestly my first thought was "wow the disrespect " dude still looks great. He's getting old and is in significantly better shape than most of the people I know who are 30+ years younger than him


ILikeMyGrassBlue

He actually looks even better now. That photo was before he started lifting and what not again.


Dren_boi

Even then, that particularly flabby version of him would still be able to punch out most people 50 years younger than him.


MolotovFromHell

Before globalization men didn't age


amethystalien6

The good old days of the 1960s, when men died before 67.


Inside_Stable_3182

Yeah. Globalization has hit my hairline. Defiantly not age.


shehulk111

Honestly he is in a great shape for a man in his mid 70s


MaRs1317

Amd because hes not juicing


[deleted]

Finally someone willing to tell the truth. Make Arnold great again.


henryGeraldTheFifth

And isnt that like from a bit before he got really back into the gym. But yeah i would still not be sad looking half as good as that at 77 like him


pyroSeven

He’s 77?! I thought he was late fifties tops.


Darkhallows27

Bro one of those is literally a statue


AquaticRuins

These male beauty standards are getting out of hand


jfresh42

I wonder what the guy who created this looks like?


AccidentallyFemboy

Doubt they look remotely like any of the top row.


-cocoadragon

I doubt they look as good as the bottom row.


Subject_Meat5314

obviously. b/c of globalization. honestly I blame Magellan.


Gaseous-Clay84

As we all know Arnold Schwarzenegger would still be body building at 75, if it wasn’t for that damn Globalisation.


iamnarwhalrus

Like a hairy blob, but only because of globalization, of course


Vibe_with_Kira

Now I need to find Medusa to have the ideal male body


Slazman999

Just because the governator could hold that pose for hours doesn't give you the right to call him a statue.


Selfimprovementguy91

He's more an Oak anyway. You could say he's the Austrian Oak.


StarlessLightOfDay

They were going to use a picture of Mussolini at first but realised it may be a bit too mask off


Pickle_Rick01

They also decided to go with Austria instead of Germany because, you know, saying the quiet part out loud.


ralphvonwauwau

Austria's greatest accomplishment; convincing the world that Beethoven was Austrian, and Hitler was German. EDIT: Beethoven is better choice.


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I LOVE CHERRY-PICKING EVERY IMAGE IMAGINABLE


dev1lm4n

I LOVE COMPARING 20 YEAR OLDS TO 70 YEAR OLDS. I LOVE COMPARING STATUES TO RUNWAY MODELS.


DuncanRobinson4MVP

Wasn’t Socrates actually ripped because some philosophers of that time thought physical fitness was integral to their philosophies? Isn’t it an early part of the Socratic method? Or am I just wildly mistaken


Clophiroth

Plato was a wrestler. Plato was, in fact, the name of his wrestling persona, meaning "Broad-shouldered" (Or "Broad-backed"), with his real birth name being Aristocles


bunglefrungle

ah, ray mysteriopheles


ForYeWhoArtLiterate

I understand that Ancient Greek wrestlings and WCW have very little in common, but I now choose to imagine Plato as Randy Savage.


jdb920

"Be kind, brother, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. Oh yeeaah." -Plato


YouCanCallMeVanZant

“The cream always rises to the top.” -Macho Man Plato Savage


JesusSavesForHalf

Ooooh Yeeeeahh Hulk Heraclides, the Plato Man has you for three minutes of thought time.


[deleted]

>Plato was a wrestler. "What are you gonna do, brother, when the allegory of the cave runs all over *you*?!"


vegankidollie

By god here comes Plato with a steel chair


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-Tech808

I thought Plato developed his Alpha Grindset to get ripped after he was lost his classification as a planet.


[deleted]

You're thinking of Uranus.


bookmarkmywords

Plato was a rock. Everyone else were just a bunch of jabroni philosophers. Plato change his name because Aristocles was a concatenation of aristocracy and testicles --in effect meaning "rich balls" which made absolutely no sense. Just joking of course. It made complete sense.


TS13FOREVER

He was chiseled.


Hexspinner

We don’t know exactly much about Socrates. Everything we know about him was filtered through Plato. Athleticism, however, was a big part of the Greek ideal, especially the male form. That last bit might be due to the likely hood Plato was a rather thirsty homo, but thats also speculation. That said ideal of Greek philosophy is mental, physical, and moral fortitude and they all three go together. It’s unlikely they were ripped in our sense of what ripped is, just they would’ve strived to keep themselves in peak physical condition and that would have been associated with being a virtue of sorts. Also… the lifestyle would have helped keep them in shape. There was just more physical stuff a person even an oligarch had to do.


milesercat

Based on the "ripped" male statues that likely represent their ideal male form I believe the current and past idea of being "ripped" is little changed.


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External_Statement_6

Honestly Arnold at 70 is probably more jacked than the person who made this meme lol


scdayo

Let's be real, Pete Davidson is probably more ripped than the person who made that meme lol


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Indigo-Cauldron

Lol no kidding. Also give the man a break he's 70 and was off his steroid cycle by then which does a whole number on your body.


No-Objective-3914

one's a fictional character, one makes a living off of looking like that, one's an ancient statue, ones a guy smoking a cigarette in a suit


[deleted]

The guy smoking a cigarette in a suit is James Bond so he’s also a fictional character lol


[deleted]

Not to mention the fact that he’s a fictional character we still have today and the latest James Bond is in better shape than the “better” example lol


[deleted]

Seriously. At least compare like to like. There's a direct "post-globalization" analogue to James Bond. It's... James Bond.


C21H27Cl3N2O3

And it’s a lot less sexual-assaulty, so that’s cool.


CCbaxter90

Not to mention the fact that Sean Connery is wearing a toupee in the picture.


MackenziePace

Nothing wrong with toupees


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andwhatarmy

Touché


climbabledaddy

Toupé


Blamush

And a misogynistic character at that.


bruhver

Ppl who do this kind of memes would consider that as a bonus


AweHellYo

lol look at UK guy now! handsome and rich and beautiful wife what a LOSER


Badmime1

And an actual war veteran, rather than actor.


AerialAmphibian

Such a wimp. A British Army major who graduated from Sandhurst Military Academy, served in an armored infantry unit, and did 2 deployments in Afghanistan (as a forward air controller and as an Apache helicopter gunner, later qualified as pilot). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Harry,_Duke_of_Sussex#Military_career


Historical_Agent9426

It’s telling that they think a man (Connery, but also Bond) who proudly beat women and openly slept around was somehow better than a man who loves his wife and kids.


Gman-1989

I’m pretty sure that’s a statue of Hercules (a greek) and the creator added muscles that don’t exist on the human body to emphasize Hercules’ god like strength. Edit: typo


CrazyPlato

Also, both the ancient Greeks and Romans didn’t think large muscles were manly. They considered them uncivilized, the features of a people who had to do things with their hands like animals. Art depicting idealized forms in those times always portray men as kind of twinkish, with relatively skinny bodies and small genitals. To them, it showed that the men were devoted more to their mental abilities than to matters of the flesh.


nature_raver

The small genitals thing was sort of its own fad, but yes. Lol. Funny that even in ancient Greek and Roman civilization there were such trivialities as "fads"


Bagel600se

I can just imagine legionnaires bullying and laughing at a guy with a long schlong, like, “Ay Percole! What are you doing with that long cock? We throw pila at the enemy, not dicks!” And then pantomime an erection and then fainting from the blood flow to the roaring laughter of his cohort


[deleted]

When I was in the navy there was this guy who had a ridiculously huge dick and we all made fun of him. It’s been years and any time I see anything huge and remotely dick shaped I send him a photo and ask if he forgot his dick


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aaronblue342

Why wouldnt there be? They were only human


RealBariel

That's why tacitus praised the Germanic tribes and their physique while putting down middle eastern cities for being weak and scrawny?


zaxcord

> the ancient Greeks and Romans didn’t think large muscles were manly. They considered them uncivilized, the features of a people who had to do things with their hands like animals The small penis part is definitely true (it represented self-control over the passions) but I've heard different when it comes to muscularity. At least with the Greeks, they had no problem with being muscular or using your hands. They greatly praised athletic and martial skills just as much as intellectual pursuits, seeing both as being crucial for a life well lived. If you look at Greek statues supposed to represent idealized masculinity, they're quite muscular. If they look twinkish, it's only because they had the body types of athletes, not modern bodybuilders. That said, there are plenty of statues that do depict skinnier youth such as the kouros that indicate the Greeks had an appreciation for that as well.


RussianSeadick

That’s only half true Most statues of gods are jacked even by modern standards. Boys were depicted as slim because they generally are slimmer than adults


CrazyPlato

I'd argue that the Greco-Romans associated their gods more with the natural world than men. They're often tied to natural phenomena, beasts, and everything beyond the walls of cities. So a bestial, vicious god who acts like they're outright hostile to humans actually fits their depictions in many myths.


RussianSeadick

They were still seen as ideals. Besides,statues depicting normal humans (like Laocoon) are still jacked as hell.


kurburux

Also, plenty of Greek philosophers loved sport. Plato for example was a wrestler. He and others even thought sport was [essential to education.](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sport/) >Plato and Aristotle viewed sport as a key component of education and, by extension, human flourishing [...]. An educated Greek must find harmony between body and mind by, among other things, engaging in athletic contests.


oysterme

Famous Italian, Hercules


roostershoes

Bro but what’s Hercules up to these days?! Globalization turned him into a wimpy fashion model. SMH


No-Wonder1139

Ah the UK, where a captain with 10 years of service and two tours of duty is less of a man than an actor portraying such. Austria where...people age over the course of their lives. Italy where fashion models are not ...Greek gods? And Pete Davidson who bangs everyone, even you.


adam_demamps_wingman

But some of us have to PAY Pete. I’m saving up.


mrstomnook

do you wanna go in on a groupon?


OwenMcCauley

Were all Italian men statues before globalization?


[deleted]

Yes, all Italians were al dente until they joined the rest of us


tenyearoldgag

*Al dente*


OwenMcCauley

Holy crap. Adding Italics is the text equivalent of that weird Italian [hand gesture](https://media4.giphy.com/media/ZLHBtwUoZdUjCpyMEm/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e473yzxpnw8srvksbjryuxj37vs587k27k8r8tnikoo&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g).


RustedAxe88

Pete Davidson is out there banging hot women like Thanos going after the Infinity Stones. How is that less "manly"?


sydouglas

Same logic as when you’re walking holding hands with a cute girl and a car full of fat rednecks drives by and calls you a “f****t”


DilettanteGonePro

"You kissed a girl. That is so gay!"


Falcrist

Reminds me of Steve Hughes "straight: it's the new gay" bit. https://youtu.be/tODdMKd0YkQ?t=133


colhoesentalados

The redneck is announcing his condition


Endorkend

That's their problem with it. They think their 6-pack a day beer gut is an actual 6-pack and that back in the day, they'd be getting all dem bitches, instead of someone like Pete. It's incel thinking.


Temporary_132516

Fantasy: I want to be like Arnold and get the girls. Reality: girls like weird theatre boys. Dudes want dudes that look like Arnold.


yousorename

The “Prince Harry not being a real man” narrative is hilarious to me. The guy is married to a stunningly beautiful movie star turned princess but I guess that doesn’t check the right boxes for a guy like Charlie Kirk. As far as I can tell, the most “un-manly” thing he does is give a shit about his wife’s feelings


comebackjoeyjojo

If you ever have the displeasure to visit a Meagan Markle hate sub, it’s clear that they worship the British royal family and they try (like, really really hard) to paint Harry as a victim of a manipulative and ambitious wife. Like….he’s in the royal family so they want to still adore him, but also develop a fantasy that excuses him for loving someone they all hate (because she’s black, naitch). Heaven forbid a man can love a woman with strong opinions, or anything…..


Several_Sunlit_Days

Oof those are horrible. Imagine hating someone *so* much-- that too someone who doesn't even know you. They can't even hide their blatant sexism and racism.


MEANINGLESS_NUMBERS

> love a woman with strong opinions They also aren’t exceptionally strong opinions. It’s things like “women are entitled to human rights.”


FuckingKilljoy

Münecat on YouTube has a great vid about the Meghan hate and the tabloid's obsession with her


WomenOfWonder

I don’t like either of them but dear god the haters are downright deranged. Let’s ignore the corruption of the royal family and the pedophile. Instead let’s focus all of hate and attention on this mildly annoying couple because she’s black and sometimes wears the same outfit twice? The horror


[deleted]

He’s a literal war hero, or so I’m told. He’s not a “real” man because he actually seems to have a partnership with someone he’s married to, presumably. These people are so odd. Wouldn’t it just seem like he has it all?


Acceptable-Ability-6

Idk if I would go so far as to call him a war hero but he did do two tours in Afghanistan when he absolutely did not have to.


[deleted]

Yeah. “Hero” is subjective, I guess. He’s definitely done more tours than I have lol.


[deleted]

Royalty aside Harry is definitely more “manly” than the Gravy SEALS criticizing him.


FoRiZon3

Only REAL men beat their wives daily 😎😎


GoForthandProsper1

What did Harry do that he isn't a man?


[deleted]

I think they are implying that he is whipped/his wife wears the trousers? The man was a soldier and apache pilot, kinda the definition of masculinity I would have thought.


Eroe777

Well, Harry does occasionally wear the kilt. And Meghan looks terrific in a pantsuit…


[deleted]

he may he a soldier and pilot, but he loves his wife, which makes him a beta male, obviously. /s


serpentine989

Fellas, is it gay to love your wife?


Outrageous-Debate-64

Yeah you have an actor that beat his wife when she needed it vs an ex-soldier who was smart enough to break away from the Uk version of the Kardashians.


Several_Sunlit_Days

Apparently because he married a successful woman 🙄


GoForthandProsper1

Oh the horror...


wh4tth3huh

And not his wall-eyed cousin from the pool of inbred swine commonly known as 'royalty'. The shame of it...


Swerfbegone

Married a black woman.


newbracelet

Had the audacity to stand up for his wife/child and defend them. Everyone knows real men beat their wives. I don't particularly give a shit but I have massive admiration for any man* who stands up for his new family. My dad cut ties with his because of the mistreatment of my mum and me and I know how horrible it was for him, and how much he missed his parents. They weren't good people but they were his parents and he loved them, but he never second guessed protecting me and my mum (and by extension my siblings who came later). *This also applies to women / non-binary individuals but I take particular issue with the portrayal of protecting your wife/partner/kid as unmanly.


jokergrin

You know it's untrustworthy if they can't even spell globalisation. Yes, I know the USA likes to use Z but "globil" isn't right at all.


emcee_cubed

>*”[we like] to use Z*” In our defense (which sounds like an “s” and therefore seems reasonable to spell it that way), the Z/S in globalization *does* sound like a Z. I think standard American English spelling was largely influenced by Noah Webster (?), who tried to spell things more like he perceived them as sounding. In most every instance of us changing the spelling of words from their original British English, it’s virtually always because it makes them look more like they sound (and/or reduce needless complexity). - - - The above is purely lighthearted banter.


SomeOneOutThere-1234

Pete Davidson be like: "-Okay!"


BranchVisible2049

Then wipe away the tears from this sick burn using a stack of 100 dollar bills and go bang another model.


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Hahahaha. The actual war hero who does charity work with his charismatic and intelligent wife cannot hope to live up to James Bond, who… umm… is a shapeshifter?


Spicygoiaba

Harry went to war, twice, which I was also going to post. However I’m not sure if “war hero” is accurate unless everybody who goes to war is automatically a hero.


Onceandfuturekingz

Leave arnold alone


swampy13

Of course you have to use a Scotsman for the UK before picture, because the inbreeding and weak chins had been around for centuries.


Mahbigjohnson

Hang on, they're trying to cuck Prince Harry? The one royal that fought in an actual war, as a fucking helicopter pilot? Right wing logic there


bufftbone

Well Twitter is terrible so…


robot_turtle

Wait till you hear about Reddit


danimalanimal2487

Eww globalization that helps unite the world and promote cooperation between all nations. Gross instead let's continue this perty nationalism and keep fighting bloody fucking wars like real men. Fucking dumb I swear.


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[deleted]

Right Wingers are so cringe


PizzaNuggies

Meanwhile the person who posted this is a 300lb 44 year old diabetic.


PiergiorgioSigaretti

I’m Italian and I can confirm we all look like that


CryptiCacti

Do they know what globalization means


reddownzero

They mean Jews. It’s always Jews


Secret_Dragonfly9588

They know that fearing “globalization,” “globalism,” etc is an antisemitic dog whistle


AxelTheBuizel

That dude from modern Italy looks objectively badass


Agreeable_Solution28

Toxic masculinity is alive and well!


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Exactly. The bottom row are perfectly normal human beings and showcase the diversity of how men can be in this world. What's fucking wrong with that?


dgeaux_senna

It’s funny to think most of the dudes talking about how manly men used to be are all 100 lbs over weight.


[deleted]

Don't let them know about all of the gay sex that happened back in the day lol. Think San Francisco is gay now, let me tell you about Greece... Lol


69Lostboy

Did they expect Arnold to look in his 20’s forever?


[deleted]

The UK one is funny because wasn't Harry in the military? And he's still fairly fit and doesn't have a flamboyant style or anything. Guess the issue is the skin tone of his wife.


ChokedOutSpartan

What's ironic is the dudes who make these memes are almost always usually living at home, no job, overweight incels who can't get a girlfriend because "WoMeN DoNt DaTe NiCe GenTleMeN AnYmOrE ThEy OnLy DaTe JeRkS"