Now and then, it's good for us all to shake up our perspective. We each have our own unique lenses formed through various experiences - but this list of side-by-side comparison photos might make you look at the world differently.
Sure we have all seen before-and-after pictures, maybe between old and young or weight loss, but these aren't the only awe-inspiring cool photos. What about different locations during different seasons? Or size comparisons of creatures and their anatomy? Or even some good stories with rough starts and the best possible outcomes? This Bored Panda interesting things round-up will include all of these and more, and it is sure to challenge your perspective. Don't forget to upvote your favorites!
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Then And Now: Cancer Patient vs. Cancer Survivor
The Day After Asher Was Adopted In 2012 vs. Today
A Friend On Facebook Shared This Slide From Her Class. The Difference Between Urban, Suburban, And Rural
Chinese Explorer Zheng He's Ship Compared To Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria. They Both Lived In The Same Era
Ski Trail Sign In Summer vs. In Winter
We Have Two Skinny Cats, And One Fat One
The Difference 11 Days Can Make For This Maple Tree
11 more days and they will be dark purple! Love maples in the fall!
B2 Stealth Bomber Compared To A Falcon
My Wife’s Face On Our Wedding Day Compared To When She Met Rob
Movie vs. Real Life
Size Comparison Of My Maine Coon To My American Shorthair
My Brother And His Friend, Both Age 13. We Loved The Difference In Height
The Size Of A Tornado Compared To The Size Of Wind Turbines
At The Beach vs. Cleaning Feet After
Coming Home vs. Leaving
Smoker vs. Non-Smoker
Barcelona During The Day vs. During The Night
Graphics Then vs. Graphics Now
Nearly 25 Years After The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, The Difference In Types Of Light Bulbs Can Still Be Seen From Space
Shark’s Brain vs. Dolphin’s Brain
World's Smallest Computer Compared To A Grain Of Rice
This computer measures 0.33mm on each side! According to my pal Google: "Currently, the tiny computer serves as a precision temperature sensor. It uses electronic pulses to convert temperatures into timed intervals. The result, for example, is the ability to report temperatures in a cluster of cells within a tumor with an error rate of around 0.1 degrees Celsius. 'Since the temperature sensor is small and biocompatible, we can implant it into a mouse and cancer cells grow around it,' said Gary Luker, a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering. 'We are using this temperature sensor to investigate variations in temperature within a tumor versus normal tissue and if we can use changes in temperature to determine success or failure of therapy.' https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/worlds-smallest-computer-dwarfed-by-rice-grain/
Fluffy Corgi vs. Regular Coat
Breed standards were a byproduct of the eugenics movement in the 19th century. (See https://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/videos/pure-bred-dogs-are-genetic-monsters.html it's a tv Episode but they give all their citations) Genetic hybrids are healthier and usually super cute!
Human Skeleton Compared To Gorilla Skeleton
We Live Next To The Ocean, Here's The Comparison Between The Outside And Inside Doorknob
The outside doorknob can double as a salt lick for any passing deer or cows.
Eagle Claws Are Pretty Big Even In Comparison With Mammalian Predators
Microscopic Look At Bee Stinger vs. Needle
You Can See The Difference Between The Tap Water And The Sparkling Water That I Poured Over It
The Difference Between A Norwegian Soldier 75 Years Ago And Today
Japan’s Highest Bridge’s Height Is Compared To Godzilla
Before And After Comparison Pics Of A Street In Surf City, NC After Florence
And then there's one president denying climate chance, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and allowing American companies to continue or even to expand their environmentally-polluting activities. Because climate change is invented by the Chinese to harm American competitiveness.
My Jeans vs. My Wife’s Jeans. I’m 6’ 3”and She’s 5’ 2”
Whenever Somebody Posts A Photo Of The Milky Way, People Invariably Ask "Is That How You See It With The Naked Eye?". Here's A Representation Of What You Do See Compared To What Comes Out Of The Camera
This photo was taken at the Pinnacles Desert in Western Australia, the moon had just set below the horizon and the core of the Milky Way was rising towards the east and was at about 40 degrees. This obviously isn't a perfect representation but it's pretty close. You won't see any color as our eyes can't determine color very well in low light.
The photo you see on the left is directly out of the camera, no post processing has been done at all and you can see quite a bit of green towards the horizon and some orange and magenta hues in the core. My camera's white balance was set to auto and this is a 30 second exposure. ISO was set at 3200 and aperture was f2.8.
edit Ok it seems some people are able to distinguish color in the Milky Way and some aren't. Though it's more common to not see any color. I did quite a bit of research and almost every time this question was posed, people had varying views on what they could and couldn't see. No color - some color - lots of color. So I came to the conclusion that there are just too many variables to accurately depict what you can see, you can only approximate what the average person can see. Yes, some will see it more vividly, some will see it less vividly but the average person will see it similarly to what I showed in my photo. Oh and of course the location plays a large factor.........not everybody is able to sail 100 miles off shore to get the absolute best view possible so it's a bit pointless to use that as the standard bearer :) One other factor you should bear in mind is the technology we choose to portray these images on. Computer monitors. Again there are way too many variables at play here, especially when it comes to contrast and brightness. What I see on my computer monitor is most likely to be different to what another person sees.
Earth Compared To Its Water And Air
Stairs Built In 1829 vs. 2005
View From My House Of California Normal vs. California With Fires
My Mom’s Phone From 1998 vs. My Phone From 2018
'Chernobyl' Actors vs. The Real-Life People They Played
The Comparison Of Right Handed And Left Handed People At My High School
$10 vs. $400 Lightsaber
Shoe That Is On The Longboard vs. The Shoe That Does All The Pushing
Ken 1985 vs. Ken 2018
That's because he didn't look like Justin Bieber back then.
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I prefer old ken, got more style and an air of sophistication about him. new ken is just blegh.
There is this whole thing about us over sexualizing youth. Like when you see a 12 year old on Instagram and you are outraged that they look like an 19 year old and are sexually attractive. But I think this is a good illustration of us just lowering the age of attractiveness. The new Ken resembles a 14-16 year old while the old Ken looks to be mid-20s. The standards for beauty have always been associated with youth but I kind of think that more and more the standards are more towards young teenagers than young twenty year olds. Creepy.
Now Ken can date Barbie's little sister since he looks like a child. Orrr maybe her brother? :/
This is so unfair. Barbie's hair can be combed, reshaped, ribboned even cut. His is solid plastic.
There used to be Kens whose hair you could style, in the 70s. Some were pretty awful. I can't link it but if you do an image search for Ken rooted hair you'll see what I mean.
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Looked like the Crocodile Hunter in the earlier version. Emo teen idol in the second.
I think he’s closer to a 80’s era Robert Redford.
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The new Ken actually looks like he had a few too many plastic surgery operations..
When did Ken get guyliner?! They're covering those pretty baby blues, poor fella.
Why did they make Ken so pretty? He’s supposed to be a man, not a 14 year old boy.
I remember Ken always losing his head. Looks like he keeps it better today.
Barbie on her show/blog/whatever is younger so it makes sense that Ken would look younger now.
Oh please going all transgender? he looks like a girl that is not masculine at all.
When are we doing to outlaw side-parts on men? Reminds me of Richie Cunningham every time.
1. where is his earring; 2. where are his tats; 3. where is his beard?
The one on the left looks like a man... The one on the right looks like a girl lol
Okay, Im pretty sure 80's Ken is young Willem Dafoe in my Mom's pajamas, which is obviously rad AF... and 2018 Ken is actually Stephan from my Starbucks who just had his top surgery and is sporting his nipple free chest with pride. You go Mattel! BAdass to be getting ahead of the demand for gender neutral action figures. I think I might actually want to play with dolls now.
There's something off about the one on the right but I can't pin it down
His bone structure was better before. His face now is too delicate and feminine.
The Tan Of My Hand Compared To My Foot
My Mood Every Day During 2018 Compared To 2017
Size Of The Moon Compared To USA
again one, where I was whishing for the link "here are more pictures that we tok out of the post"
Were there more than 44 earlier? I only just now scrolled this one
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This was pretty cool. It's interesting to see how things have changed over the years, especially if they have changed for the better like the graphics for video games. Also interesting to see comparisons between things like the claws/talons for the animals.
again one, where I was whishing for the link "here are more pictures that we tok out of the post"
Were there more than 44 earlier? I only just now scrolled this one
Load More Replies... This was pretty cool. It's interesting to see how things have changed over the years, especially if they have changed for the better like the graphics for video games. Also interesting to see comparisons between things like the claws/talons for the animals.
