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2020 has been a hell of a journey. That much we know so far. But what if we rewind all the way back to 2015? Was the sun brighter, the grass greener, and the world calmer? That, my dear pandas, we may never truly know.
But Twitter user Charlie D. has realized that we can at least take a look at “how y’all was looking 5 years ago.” So people scrolled back through their image galleries and dug up some old but truly gold pics.
The "2015 vs 2020" thread went viral with 85.7K retweets and comments as well as 21.1K likes, and below, we have the most wholesome, nostalgic, emotional, and fun entries that show just how fast time flies when you think of it.
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Sardonic Scribe 5 years ago
So lucky you completed your weight transformation in your younger years! Everything just kind of pops back into place! Not so much when you're in your early 40's. Lol.
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Monday 5 years ago
She's finally the person on the outside that she was on the inside all along.
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Stacy Sultana 5 years ago
My first time commenting it on this site. You are so lovely, you made my night!
Time flies. It seems like 2015 was yesterday, but five years have gone by. And if you’re starting to feel all nostalgic and everything like I am, let’s take a look at some of the significant things that happened that year.
The year 2015 was a great year for space discoveries. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) found that the Martian slopes have dark streaks. The scientists soon found out these were created by water flow. It also sparked an ongoing discussion on whether Mars could actually support life.
The same year, NASA’s Horizon spacecraft made its first fly-by of Pluto and took photos of both the planet and its largest moon. The images revealed that there are ice mountains and two new moons that weren’t known to us before.
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b_vega15 5 years ago
Thank you so much everyone! I just want to say I appreciate the kind words and not that I have to defend my choices, but to anyone who is feeling the need to be hateful, I wish you well. I’ve lost 113 pounds since last April through healthy eating, exercising 4-5 times a week, and being kind to my changing body. Surgery is a tool, and doesn’t work unless you put in the work. I am grateful for the opportunity to be on this journey to make my body my temple. I accept who I was, but I fully embrace and love who I am today, physically and mentally. 💜☺️
Bored Panda reached out to the girl in the picture who goes by the Twitter handle @b_vega15 to find out more about her incredible transformation as seen in her 2015 vs 2020 image. B, who lives in Sacramento, told us that “In that first picture (2015) I weighed 252 lbs and I was happy to be at my very first Taylor Swift concert, alone.”
She said the past 5 years weren’t easy as she tried “losing weight multiple times, but something inevitably stalled the plan (death of a friend, depression, car accident, etc.)” It's only in 2019 that B got a gastric bypass, but assured us it “wasn’t easy to retrain your stomach and not knowing who you’re staring at in the mirror, working through insecurities you have.”
B wishes that she had been more kind to herself and “gotten out of my own way sooner.” She said that “Being your own worst critic truly is crippling.”
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Five years ago, the landmark decision was made by the US Supreme Court which ruled 5-4 in favor of same-sex marriage nationwide. The then-president Barack Obama praised the decision that legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states, saying it was a “victory for America.”
In the good news department, 2015 was marked by a decrease in extreme poverty worldwide for the first time ever. Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than $1.25 per day. According to The Age, the United Nations reported this year that the number of people below the poverty line had fallen from 1.75 billion in 1999 to 836 million.
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Rissie 5 years ago
It never is. Whether it's direct family or culture imposing it. If you think about it, it serves no use other than to hide parts of your body and the custom is not equal to men and women. The only reason people think that it can be ok to wear it, is because it does no physical harm. But it's what lies beneath. It segregates between cultures and is a physical proof of the inequality that is still very common in the whole world.
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Maryam Siddiqui 5 years ago
idk bout u but i am a muslim woman, and i do not think that a hijab is oppression, being forced to wear it is, but if the person just decided ok id want to wear it, then good for her, idk why ppl be connecting a hijab with oppression immediately smh
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wright vcx 4 years ago
Kudos for breaking the shackles of regressive society. Hope other women also follow the suit. Raise your voice against oppression.
Elise Steinauer 1 year ago
wearing a hijab is only bad if you felt pressured into it . . . I know some women prefer it, and some don't.
Jane Alexander 5 years ago
anyone else seeing purple eyes? -and 5 years later they're brown...
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earringnut 5 years ago
I know what you mean but it looks like you lost 50 pounds of fat and gained 50 pounds of muscle.
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Jennifer Gould 5 years ago
He looks more comfortable with himself! I love this! He is exactly who he was meant to be!
*eats pancake* 5 years ago
heyyy it's mars! he's basically every trans boy's older brother on tiktok
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Justin Mappin 5 years ago
no way i am the only one who thought she was holding his big belly....
Monica Reed 5 years ago
What a gorgeous couple!! Congratulations on the little pumpkin on the way😊
WildBerry 5 years ago
Are these two females? The white one is trans and then is preggers in the last pic? What the hell am I looking at?
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Martti Laurson 5 years ago
Some people just do not age at all. Look at Keanu. Same thing seems to be on those pictures
WildBerry 5 years ago
This guy aged. Look at his forehead wrinkles. Eyes are sagging more too.
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Mark Johanen 5 years ago
A guy I used to work with regularly worked out and devoted considerable effort to keeping himself in shape. He said that one day his wife said to him, "Why are you going to all this effort. You look exactly the same as you did 10 years ago." Well, duh, that was the point.
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Grace 5 years ago
You don't "grow out" of depression. It's not something that dissapears simply because you're older.
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Aski Markup 5 years ago
I don't really think this was a glow up. She was fully glown in the before pic too, lol.
goblin man 5 years ago
yes she is beautiful in both, but i think it's a glow up because she embraced her natural hair :)
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Jos Tiguidou 5 years ago
I'm not one to usually post thirsty comments but...dayum. But what's really the difference between Good looking and huh More Good looking?
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Tiari 5 years ago (edited)
Why not? I think her hair in the 2020 picture is amazing.
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Aimee Simmons 5 years ago
ehem... might be a real name... not that I would know as I don't know the person. but are you willing to go and find out? without proof that it's not his real name, you could be casting aspersions on his honor... He might be a really awesome person, and not just some juvenile a*****e looking to get chicks by saying he has a long d**k.
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Wim Cossement 5 years ago
He probably wears it for being cool... This song is about it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOFz2f3AVHA
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WildBerry 5 years ago
Women all try to look like Groucho Marx with their eyebrows now -- the fatter, the better. Soon, maybe the unibrow will become a fashion statement for some chicks.
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Aimee Simmons 5 years ago
you are beautiful in both pictures. Never be concerned about how others look at your clothes, because it's your soul that shines and dresses you for others to see. :D you are absolutely gorgeous on both.
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Vaida Kuodytė 4 years ago
Yeah. I find it too self-centered and intimidating.
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Aimee Simmons 5 years ago
Congratulations on your build sir. You look great. Please don't forget leg day. Also, more effort into your calves because the larger you get in your upper body, the more spindly you can look in your legs. I hope that wasn't offensive. I am working weights with my husband to try and combat my obesity, and the body beast video's can be sooo destracting when their calves look like toothpicks. I blame my husband for that as he has always had large calves and powerful thighs.
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Conrad Strucker 5 years ago
30 pounds lighter and it turns out all he had to do was take off the backpack
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cassiushumanmother 5 years ago
He just became a random hipster, that's not an improvement. He looked nicer with that smile.
Rissie 5 years ago
In another five years he might realise it :) But sometimes you have to live it yourself to get who and what you are.
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Crystal Pacholko 5 years ago
He went from let me sell you life insurance to I'm going to need bike insurance ....dang!
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Aski Markup 5 years ago
She looks exactly the same to me but, cute kid, and then grown up beautiful girl.... But okay.
Aimee Simmons 5 years ago
adorable. the real test is this. do you like yourself? I hope you do. You are beautiful. Only you know if you are beautiful inside, and that is the hardest struggle. So be assured that I believe you are beautiful both inside and outside. Now you have to CHOOSE to believe it without being arrogant. I wish I had your outer beauty, but God chose a different path for me. :) Be the sunshine that God intended for you to be. and only you can discover what that is.
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Amaranthim Talon 5 years ago
I like that you are smiling in the second one. Other than that, you are beautiful in both.
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deanna woods 5 years ago
I don't know why you got downvoted just for giving your honest opinion.
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Michael Dworkin-Robertson 5 years ago
with your hair up we see your beautiful neck, and bone structure! A bit of Audrey Hepburn; you are gorgeous no matter the picture...
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Ksholmes0603 5 years ago
Looks like she gained confidence... The older photo her head is tilted downward and gives off a shy vibe... You definitely do not get that in the newer photo.
Rissie 5 years ago
It's still very much a pose. To read anything in posture is to look at someone who is not thinking about it.
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Beli Keshini 5 years ago (edited)
I much prefer the first one! Such a sweet and natural look - soo pretty! But the second picture is nice too..
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Lyn Moffett 5 years ago
And why shouldn't she? Nicole Blomkamp. You go girl. Take as many selfies as you want
Aimee Simmons 5 years ago
You are beautiful in both. I just want you to know that your body is not the sum of your value. I wish we could meet just to talk and share our experiences. I would love to learn from you, and share with you what I have learned in return. You are beautiful. You are enough. You are worthy.
Petra Pan 5 years ago
Is you think think those are "sloppy hips", you need to visit your optometrist.
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Hannah Boning 5 years ago
You don't have a say in what random people online wear. She can wear what she wants!
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Elisabeth Moriarty 5 years ago
John-Paul close the door on your way out You look amazing keep up the good work
John-Paul Bitler 5 years ago
Ma'am, actually I'm wearing some right now. There really isn't a major difference here. Just my opinion
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Rissie 5 years ago
To me he looks like someone who didn't know what to do and found some purpose. I want to see him in another five years and hope that he gained the confidence he's looking for :)
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J-Yogi-Temp-Mom 5 years ago
good work!! you are beautiful, so happy you feel that way now as well.
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earringnut 5 years ago
I see your style changed. The pose and lighting makes it difficult to tell if anything else did.
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Grace Kennedy 5 years ago (edited)
Bored Panda, is there anyway that you can remove Ms. Nicole Blomkamp? She has been making ridiculous and demeaning comments on quite a few of these beautiful peoples posts. She has also been upvoting a lot of other negative posts. https://www.boredpanda.com/author/nicoleblom/
Sardonic Scribe 5 years ago
Freedom of speech is discord on both ends of the spectrum. If you don't like what she/he has to say, don't upvote it - it's really as simple as that. As soon as you start silencing people, you head down a very fascist road.
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Lori Spins 5 years ago
Your personality isn't doing anything for your image
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Grace Kennedy 5 years ago
Even though I do partially agree with Ms. Blomkamp down below, I don't think that is the way to say it. Yes, from these pictures it does not seem like she holds much self esteem, but saying it that way is NOT the way that yo help a person gain self esteem, the opposite in fact. Ms. Blomkamp, I suggest that if you don't have anything nice to say about a person that you do not know don't say anything at all.
Lyn Moffett 5 years ago
You must be really unhappy Nicole Blomkamp. Every comment you make is negative. We all have bad days but we don't attack others. Not nice.
John-Paul Bitler 5 years ago
:( I doubt she has a high self-esteem with how she acts in those pictures
Lori Spins 5 years ago
Funny... you're the only one leaving negative comments on women's pictures. Internalized misogyny much?
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Wim Cossement 5 years ago
Right pic is shopped or just way too much make up. I though wearing a hijab was a synonym for modesty... :-p
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Lyn Moffett 5 years ago
You need to see a therapist to help with all your negativity lady. Not one nice comment from you on any of the pics. Old saying Nicole Blomkamp, if you can't say anything nice just say nothing at all
StealTheFruit 5 years ago
She wears make up because she likes it. Isn't that okay? <3 If she likes it and it isn't hurting anyone, it's okay!! <33
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Luna Lovegood 5 years ago
Yeah, and the right one''s at a terrible angle :/
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The dude found a hobby/career that makes him happy and all of you have to c**p on it?! And he's hurting you how exactly?
NoodleBear 5 years ago
I honestly think the before picture looks so much better but that’s just me
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Peter Kunder 5 years ago
Now I feel really weird that I was a male 5 years ago and I am still one today.
Luisa Vasconcelos 5 years ago
😅😂🤣 I feel bad that 5 years ago my hair was all black and now is black with some grey.
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deanna woods 5 years ago
I love to see people growing and becoming a better version of themselves. I believe I have changed a lot in the last five years. I am happier, I think I look better, and I have grown up quite a bit. I am living on my own and I am loving it. My relationships with my family have become better and my mental health has gotten better.
Mild Anxiety! At The Disco 5 years ago
Love seeing the transitions and weight loss ones, very inspiring
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
Now I know what to say when interviewers ask how I see myself in 5 years: bulk up / slim down / change sex / smile more.
Peter Kunder 5 years ago
Now I feel really weird that I was a male 5 years ago and I am still one today.
Luisa Vasconcelos 5 years ago
😅😂🤣 I feel bad that 5 years ago my hair was all black and now is black with some grey.
Load More Replies... deanna woods 5 years ago
I love to see people growing and becoming a better version of themselves. I believe I have changed a lot in the last five years. I am happier, I think I look better, and I have grown up quite a bit. I am living on my own and I am loving it. My relationships with my family have become better and my mental health has gotten better.
Mild Anxiety! At The Disco 5 years ago
Love seeing the transitions and weight loss ones, very inspiring
Yeah, you heard 5 years ago
Now I know what to say when interviewers ask how I see myself in 5 years: bulk up / slim down / change sex / smile more.
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