We’re about to blow your minds. Time… it changes everything! And different things are, well, they’re different! [Gasp.] “No way!” you’re probably thinking sarcastically while rolling your eyes and snorting with laughter. Here’s the thing, though—we’re not fully aware of how much time changes people, things, and technology while we’re stuck in our daily routines. And even though we theoretically know that some things are far bigger than others, it’s not the same as seeing it with your own two eyes. It takes a great comparison photo to highlight the immense differences.
If you’ve ever wondered, “Gee whiz, I wonder how Abraham Lincoln looked before and after the American Civil War” or, “I wonder how big a wombat really is,” then this is the list for you, our dear Pandas. If, however, you’ve never entertained thoughts like that, well, this list is perfect for you, too, because you’re about to see some amazing stuff!
Bored Panda has collected some of the most interesting comparisons to show you, so scroll on down, enjoy, and upvote your fave pics. From before-and-after pics of how time changes things to incredibly cool side-by-side comparisons of small and huge things, you’re gonna wanna share ‘em with your friends. Meanwhile, you’ll find our other recent interesting comparison posts here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part4.
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Two Different Doctors Once Told Me I Wouldn’t Live To See My 40th. I Was 500 Pounds At The Time. Today Is My 40th. During That Time I Lost 350lbs
Four Generations In Comparison Next To Each Other
In 2006 My Boyfriend Asked Me For An Epic Painting For His Birthday. I've Tried Again Over The Years. 2006, 2016 And 2020
You dedicated 14 years to perfecting your craft to make a glorious piece of art for your boyfriend. He needs to put a ring on it.
Bored Panda spoke about aging and what has the biggest impact on how people’s looks change over time with redditor Zbf, founder and moderator of the ‘13 or 30’ Reddit community. Zbf has become a real expert on aging and looking young because of the content the subreddit focuses on.
Zbf explained to us all about how our lifestyle impacts how young or old we look. “Drugs, alcohol, and smoking have the largest impact on making someone look older than they are. Getting enough sleep is beneficial in keeping a youthful appearance,” the subreddit founder pointed out that it’s not just what we avoid but also what we do that helps contribute to looking like the years have barely touched us.
This Is The Largest Mural I’ve Ever Painted. Me For Scale
We've Grown Up Together. Though I've Stopped, He Has Not. 1996 To 2013
Strawberry Cycle That My Dad (A Berry Farmer) Sent Me
However, looking young doesn’t just depend on our actions. Genetics plays an important role, too. “Some people are born with features that make them look older or younger than they are when they get to a certain age. We’ve all heard the term ‘babyface.’ At the end of the day, it’s all a matter of perspective,” Zbf said.
In other words, some people are bound to look young no matter how much time passes. Meanwhile, others have more mature features or they appear to age more rapidly. The same genes, passed down along generations, can make someone look just like their great-great-grandmother, for instance.
What Changes In 122 Years? Found A Photo Of My Great Great Grandmother. Thought She Looked Familiar
Same Cat's Eyes: Day vs. Night
Capital Of The Philippines Before And After The Quarantine
According to Zbf, having a so-called ‘babyface’ can have some unintentionally hilarious and embarrassing consequences. They recounted a story about a guy and his girlfriend who were both in their 20s. The woman looked extremely young and kept getting embarrassed at restaurants because she’d always get the kids’ menus.
Be sure to drop us a comment or two to let us know which photos you loved the most and why. And if you’ve got any interesting comparison pics of your own, post them in the comment section waaay down at the very bottom of this post.
Wooden Chair, Before And After
My First Cat Drawing vs. Recent One. If You Are Not Happy With Your Results Right Now, Just Keep Going. Eventually You Will Improve
My Dad Is A Veteran! 18-Years-Old vs. 77-Years-Old
I Rescued The Cat Off The Street. Photos Before And After. One Year Difference
Watched A Crimson Rose Caterpillar Metamorphosize To A Butterfly
2015 vs. 2020. Pencil Sketch Journey Progress
At first I thought the one on the right was a photograph, and was confused as to how this is a comparison at all, but then I read the title.
This Wombat, Human For Scale
Patrick the Wombat! This 29-year-old wombat is the world's oldest living wombat. Given that Patrick has never had children or any partners in general, probably makes him the oldest living wombat virgin as well. Congrats mate.
My Husband’s Fully Reflective Iridescent Rain Set
The Scale Of This Beautiful Place Is Much Smaller When You Compare It To A Man
One, Five And Seven Months Together
I’ve Gone From A Craniotomy To Ninja Warrior In The Span Of A Year
My Dad Sent Over The Blueberry Cycle
Ladies, Hear Me Out
See bigger doesn’t always mean better. It ain’t the size, it’s the way you use it.
My Oil Painting Of A Jar Of Honey Next To A Jar Of Honey Itself
The Dog I'm Dogsitting Looks Exactly Like Her Food
My Painting Progress In Over 4 Months
I am definitely using the Bob Ross method. I am by no means an artist. I can't even draw a good stick figure. I started watching him a few months ago and figured I'll give it a shot. I didn't do too well in the beginning so I just kept practicing.
This is lovely. I enjoy watching Bob Ross because he has such a calming effect on me.
The William Alexander/Bob Ross method is such an excellent way to improve your technique!! Beautiful job!! KEEP PAINTING!!!
Keep up the art work, eventually you'll be able to do it on your own. I love Bob Ross too. He's a great inspiration to a lot of folks.
" I am by no means an artist." Well, thats just plain wrong at this point. If you make something, and you or others enjoys, you're an Artist.
We Adopted Nova 12 Weeks Ago Today And I Wanted To Share With You All How Much He Has Changed Since He Arrived
Caught The Smoke As It Was Spreading Over Our Suburb In Australia
Even though this is a cool photo, it is sad at the same time once you realize which smoke it is.
Restored My Dad's 50 Year Old Hammer As A Christmas Present. Old vs. Restored
Just Realized I Took Nearly The Same Photo On My Honeymoon Today That My Mom Took 43 Years Ago On Hers
This Is What Really Got To Me. 5 Lbs Of Fat Compared To 5 Lbs Of Muscle
As the saying goes muscle weighs more than fat. That is one reason why it is recommended not to just focus on what the scales say but also focus on how your clothes fit, your energy levels etc.
In Northwest China, The Mu-Us Desert, An Area Of 42,200 Square Kilometers, Has Disappeared
93.24% of its territory has been turned into an oasis as a result of years of efforts to combat desertification.
Abraham Lincoln Before And After The Civil War
Two Paintings Based On The Same Photo, But With 2 Years Of Practice In Between
June (2-Months-Old) To February (10-Months-Old)
Mom Compares What Food She Can Buy For £30 vs. What The “£30-Worth” Government Food Package Looks Like
And that is why I have a huge problem with government funded/contracted private companies like that.
My Lockdown Backyard Project. Before And After Comparison
Before And After "Adoption" - 5 Days After I Found It In The Trash This Beauty Is Thriving
Pakistan's Billion Tree Tsunami Making A Difference In Just 6 Years
Before And After Of My Very Own Living Room
First Pic 21 February, Second Pic 23 October
My Prosthetics. All Designed For Different Purposes And Fit The Same Sockets
Mindhunter (2017) The Real Killers vs. Actors Who Play Them
Size Of A Blue Whale's Heart Compared To A Human Height
Apparently the aorta is big enough for a small child to swim through.
The Ring Mirror In My Hotel Bathroom Reflects Differently Off My Glasses Since Each Eye Has Its Own Prescription
I'm sure he doesn't look scary without the ring light but in that picture he sure looks scary.
2019 vs. 2020 Costume
He has mastered the technique of smiling and frowning at the same time.
Before And After I Wear My Fake Eye
My Great-Aunt Uses Her Old Television As A Stand For Her New One. Works As A Comparison Between Them Two
I Got My Huge Pet Snail A Small Pet Snail
World's Largest Dragline Bucket. Moved 650,000 Lbs Per Scoop. Dog For Scale
The Same Wooden Cover On The Building, But One Part Is Under The Balcony. 10 Years Of Weather
Unless light and weather never hits those boards I'd say this is where they stopped pressure washing.
Before And After Processing Of The Andromeda Galaxy From My Backyard
Wow! The andromeda galaxy looks so faint and distant unprocessed, but after some grading you realize how close it is our galaxy. And how huge it is! My favorite fact about galaxies is they are so gigantic you see them not only through space but through time. The part of them that's further away is literally hundreds of thousands years behind in time than the parts closer to us.
Before And After Of My Marathon Of A Backyard Project
Before And After Of This Wall
Kitten Before And After A Bath
My Absolute Unit Of A Baby Brother. For Reference, My Sister Holding Him Was Four. He Was 4 And A Half Months In This Photo
The poor poor mother. My vajayjay hurts just thinking about birthing that child.
My Mom Has Two Vacuums From The Same Company With Nearly A 100 Year Age Difference
I don’t think the second one will last 10 years let alone 100.
A Baby Snake Compared To An Adult Snake Of The Same Species
Oracle, a 17-year-old Southern-Thai king cobra, next to Queek, almost 3-week-old baby Southern-Thai king cobra.
I Ordered 12 Items From The Same Listing On Amazon. This Is How They Arrived Compared To How They Are Being Stored
I Took A Month-Long Class Called "Drawing Is A Learnable Skill". Here's My Self-Portrait, Before And After
The First (1896) And Last (1972) Self-Portraits Of Pablo Picasso
My Brother Likes To Create Miniature Firearms Out Of Matches. This Is A Barret M82 .50 Cal Anti Material Rifle. LEGO Brick For Scale
Standing In The Same Spot 76 Years Later
My Boyfriend Made His Dog Out Of His Husky's Fur After Brushing Him
World’s Largest Wine Barrel, Human For Scale
Femur Of A Patagotitan, One Of The Largest Sauropods To Ever Exist, Compared To A Human
Moonstone Babies Progress In Almost A Year
My University Sent Me A Wallet-Sized Diploma. Hand For Scale
My Daughter Showed Me That She's Been Writing Every Number When She Gets Bored. So I Dug Up My Very Old Notebook
Beginning vs. End Of 2020
My Niece And I Had A Photo Shoot. 3-Months-Old vs. 29-Years-Old
Good thing they put the ages beside them. I was having trouble figuring out which was which...
One Day Difference In Fort Collins Colorado
My Shirt Appears To Be Two Vastly Different Colors In Different Lighting
This Big Lettuce Compared To A Human
This Carrot Compared To An Arm
Many years ago I worked on a supermarket checkout. Two girls came through with their sole purchase being a single largish carrot. I must have looked at it quizzically as one of them giggled "it's not for that!". Now if she'd been buying this one, I don't think there would have been any denying it! ;-)
Restored Leather. Yes, This Is The Same Exact Leather
My Back Yard Chicken's Egg (Orange) Versus A Store Bought Egg
Today I Went To The Park And Found A Giant Leaf! And I Compared It To A Banana, And To Myself
Hail From The Weekend Here In Queensland, Australia Compared To A Tennis Ball
Same Brand, Same Style. Left Was Purchased Pre-Pandemic, Right Is Present Day
Wolf Paw vs. Human Foot
Wolves' paws are bigger in comparison to their bodies than dogs' paws are. One contributing factor to the werewolf legend was that Europeans saw huge wolf prints and thought the wolf must be huge - as big as a person.
The Incredible Size Of A Horses Lungs (Fully Inflated)
Found The Perfect Tortilla Chip And Made The Tiniest Taco (Banana For Scale)
Giant Leaf Compared To A Human
Original Thermostat Was Never Removed, Put My New Thermostat Next To It (House Built 1957)
The original is a General Controls "temp-o-therm" which was pretty deluxe for the time as it automatically switched between daytime and nighttime temperature settings.
My Husband’s MRI Scan Shows His Blind Left Eye As Fully Black
Early LA Compared To 2001 LA
Due To The Difference In Prescription/Lens Thickness, My Left Glasses Lens (-3) Defogs More Quickly Than My Right Lens (-5)
These Two Identical Houses. One In A Great Shape One In A Terrible Shape
Meet My 9-Days Old Nephew! I'm Too Excited! His Hand Is So Tiny Compared To A Grown Up's Hand
thats so cute it's fun to compare their (babies) hands and realize that one day their hands might be as big as yours.
Size Of This Alaskan Malamute Compared To A Girl
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Before And After Baking
Argentinosaurus vs. A Man
I like how they had to cut a hole in the wall just to fit the tail.
Giant Redwood - Avenue Of The Giants. My Family For Scale
It's Called A Ponderosa Lemon. Compared To Human, It's Almost As Big As The Head
Winter vs. Summer Manhattan
The Thorns On The Acacia Erioloba Look Like A Whole New Level Of Pain. Their Size Compared To A Human Hand
My Wife Just Gave Birth To Our Firstborn, And Me And My Son Both Have The Same Weird Genetic Abnormality Where We Have An Extra Large Space Between Our First And Second Toes
Before-And-After Cleaning Of A 300-Year-Old Silver-Inlaid Sword Pommel
The Cord On My Straightener Is Straight And The Cord On My Curling Iron Is Curly
Look At The Size Of These Cables Compared To A Human Hand
This is odd, but for some reason I think those cables are pretty.
Color Difference In Oxygenated And Deoxygenated Blood
This Is A Protective Chain Against Sharp Fragments Of Debris Compared To A Worker
Look How Large This Tree Frog I Found Is. Hand For Comparison
This 250cm (8'2" Ft) Icicle At My House In Spain (Compared To A Human Height)
DC Condos Really Pretend That This Is Ok. 5'7" Man For Scale
Just Realized I Have A Vintage Meat Thermometer And A Modern One, Both From The Same Company
Playstation 1 To Playstation 5 Comparison
Size Difference Between My Hand And The Wife's
For Anyone Wondering What The Actual Size Of A Kiwi Is, Here It Is Compared To A Human Size
On The Left It Is My Grandfather When He Was Young, And On The Right It's Me When I Was 18 Years Old. No One Can Say He Isn't My Grandfather
My Big Toe, Compared To My Wife's Big Toe
Shaq's Size 22 Shoes (Basketball For Scale)
Paintings In The Louvre, My 6’4 Husband For Scale
My Dad Eats One Full Carrot In His Veggie Smoothie Everyday. His Skin Compared To Ours
The Ridiculous Length Of My Shadow, Hand For Scale
My Passport Versus My Wife's New Post Brexit Passport
My Right Boot Shows The Effect Of A Long Term Limp Due To A Bad Left Knee
Before And After Hip Replacement Surgery
The Size Of The Hail Stones In Alberta Today Compared To A Human Hand
These Tiny Decks Of Cards (Compared To A Finger)
Tiny Human For Scale (Lemon)
How Much My Ear Has Grown Over The Last 35 Years
How Small ₹10 Lays Have Gotten, Hand For Scale
Before And After Drying Wet Boots On A Radiator. From Size 42 To This
In school they told me "practice makes perfect". And then they told me "nobody's perfect", so then I stopped practicing. - Steven Wright
A lot (most?) have been posted here before. Over and over. And over.
Load More Replies...Interesting photos. I was expecting, at least one, power washing before after set. They look very different.
In school they told me "practice makes perfect". And then they told me "nobody's perfect", so then I stopped practicing. - Steven Wright
A lot (most?) have been posted here before. Over and over. And over.
Load More Replies...Interesting photos. I was expecting, at least one, power washing before after set. They look very different.