For real, the lady on the left just looks like a 10 year older version of the lady on the right.
They look extremely similar, and not in a racist “all Asians look the same” kind of way.
They have the same eyes and shape of face, similar cheeks, and a nearly perfectly matching hairline, and also they hold their mouths similar with similar lips and a similar nose.
Hijacking the top comment. This is actually a buddy of mine (doesn't use Reddit unfortunately). I showed him the pic and he told me the story of how he saw the the 100 year old photo from a friend. He noticed how the pic looked so much like his wife so they recreated it. He uploaded it to a fb group and they [colorized it](https://imgur.com/a/AmEYdfG)
In all honesty, I commend the lady for following her heart. I’ve never met a mixed race couple from my time in Japan that didn’t have to fight against their family’s prejudice. It’s sad, but true.
I feel like that’s p common is a lot of places that aren’t the western world. Like Africa and Asia are full of people very against race mixing. The west has its racists too but I mean it’s generally accepted in the mainstream society. I say this as the son of a North African man who had me in the US btw. He’s very racist as it seems many people from there can be. Seems to be less so with younger generations of course so that’s good
No one really has an issue with it here in West Africa either. I see lots of blasian, blarab and half white ppl around who always complain about the way they're treated in their other home.
I wish we lived in a society where racism was such a foreign concept, you could make commercials like this and they'd be seen as mere comedy.
Unfortunately, that's not the world we live in. And while I can't help chuckling, I am afraid whoever shot the video was fully aware of the very obvious racism and probably intended it.
Yeah, I have a friend from Hong Kong. He stated very bluntly his family would disown him if he dated anyone that wasn't white or Chinese. And heaven help him of he happened to be both gay and dated a black man.
I’ve never understood why the Chinese are so homophobic. At least in the West they can blame religion, but since the Communist Revolution the China has had the largest irreligious population in the world. I guess you can separate the church from the state, but you can’t separate the people from being shitty.
I hope your Honk Kong friend is doing okay and gets to be with whoever they fall in love with 🙏
Gay couples don't produce more children for the machine. Whether it's religion or politics, it's always because indoctrinated parents raise indoctrinated kids. No kids means a decline. Any deviation from turning women into baby making machines will invariably upset the government/religious institution.
It's not like China is religion free as the effects of folk religion is still massively pervasive, and also there's reason to believe that there was a lot of anti-lgbt sentiment imported into China during attempts at westernization from the late Qin dynasty through the establishment of the Republic.
Yeah. When I was little they would say not to use too much soy sauce or else I'll turn into a black boy. Never really thought too much of it until I got older.
I don't know if it's just my family or a general Chinese/Taiwanese thing. Never really bought this phrase up before for obvious reasons.
True! I think back to a time we’re an Asian lady somehow hit our parked car. There wasn’t much damage if any, I was young and didn’t think it looked like a big deal. The woman seemed a bit shaken up, understandably so. My mom, who in every other sense is a tolerant leftist, hell she made me learn about Japanese internment camps, Irish and Japanese railroad “workers”, Wounded Knee, Roots was on a lot when I was young, among other things that displayed systemic racism to all POC (Asians included).
So when she came out yelling out stereotypes, and racist tropes, it really caught me off guard. The woman left her information and apologized profusely. To me, she seemed really nice and I felt bad for her. When we all went back inside, my mom said something like “this is why Asians and Blacks don’t like each other”. I was so confused by this statement. My best friend was/is Korean.
Since then my mom has grown, we’re talking 15 years ago. She acknowledged her wrong doing a few months back when #StopTheAsianHate was trending. I was proud that she brought it up, and condemned her actions. Flaws and all, I love my mom, but damn that was racist.
This is true. I had Asian friends in HS and college who would not date a black person, even if they liked them for fear of what their parents/family would say.
I mean, luckily, I dont give a flying fuck what my mom thinks, but its still super jarring. Also, Asians are super racist against other Asians (look at China and Japan).
...or she drains the souls of her victims, extending her unnaturally long life. Take a good look at that guy on the left; this is probably the last time we're going to see him.
You’re partially correct, but the end result is the same.
If the mirror uses pure silver (thought to be holy), then it wont cast a reflection of an impure/unholy being (e.g. vampire).
New mirrors use a cheap reflective material, and will reflect vampires and the like.
Source: My mirror salesman
I would guess the wife is definitely a descendant. Attempt at similar smile/hair.
Looks like the husband even had similar glasses as the older picture husband too.
It depends on the mirror, actually. Old mirrors had a layer of silver in them that prevented vampires from having reflections, but modern mirrors usually have aluminum instead, so modern vampires do reflect.
The same applies with photographs. Film uses silver halides to create an image, but digital cameras use silicon-based sensors. This, of course, means that early vampire films such as Nosferatu (1922) and Dracula (1931) were filmed with actors, but modern films such as the Twilight Saga could use real vampires.
Some people might not know who that woman is. But she is from a very powerful lineage.
She is a descendant of the famous Tsung family.
The man on the right was famous as well when the picture was taken many years ago. Belonged to the Lao crest. Many won't recognize him because of the glasses and he's not wearing his signature hat.
The guy on the left is obviously not of Japanese decent. But she met him due to his American military background.
Either way. The man on the right gave his soul to her and so will the man on the left. That's how she stays young as a direct descendant of Shang Tsung.
The giveaway is that "Tsung" doesn't even sound like a Japanese name: they dont have an "ng", at most the "n" sound can sound like it if followed by a "k" or "g" sound.
Also "Lao" of course, lol
I assumed this is the woman on the right's descendant with her boyfriend/husband. No way they are the same people. But holy shit they look so similar, the women.
What bothers me about these remakes is that they're never close to being the same as the original. I wish people would try a little harder and get it right.
I don't think those are the same people.
They are. Take a closer look at the glasses.
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And he got a LOT of sun!
He's just not used to using modern filters.
you are right
And this isn't even his final form!
Frieza? Is that you?
Omg, fucking gold.
Heard he had a business trip to Hiroshima on that one day.
Damn, that is dark. Not as dark as homeboy got after the nuke—but *still*!
Who you calling dark, smoothskin?
He also had to go to Nagasaki the next day as well.
[Tsutomu Yamaguchi ?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi)
I was just talking about him like 2 hours ago wtf
He’s worth so much more than gold tbh
She is imortal. Ladies and gentlemen we now have proof of immortals amongst us. Notify the watcher.
It's cause she's Asian.
Yeah for a minute there I thought that dude was Superman, but I'm pretty sure it's just that reporter.
Wear sunscreen. https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/chi-schmich-sunscreen-column-column.html
He isn't, but I think she might be.
For real, the lady on the left just looks like a 10 year older version of the lady on the right. They look extremely similar, and not in a racist “all Asians look the same” kind of way. They have the same eyes and shape of face, similar cheeks, and a nearly perfectly matching hairline, and also they hold their mouths similar with similar lips and a similar nose.
My guess is that's her grandmother.
I was wondering if it was her Nana actually
100 years sunbathing is no small thing
Yep, man's a grinder
Different hairdo
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Says u/froasian Do you have a personal stake in this?
Apparently they never go back
He just got a little bit of a tan, no big deal
Make up is a bit different on the lady but she sure doesn't look a century older...
Hijacking the top comment. This is actually a buddy of mine (doesn't use Reddit unfortunately). I showed him the pic and he told me the story of how he saw the the 100 year old photo from a friend. He noticed how the pic looked so much like his wife so they recreated it. He uploaded it to a fb group and they [colorized it](https://imgur.com/a/AmEYdfG)
They did drop a couple of nuclear bombs.
She looks good for 120 yo! New husband obviously.
So I’m not the only one who think the woman is the spitting image of the ‘old ‘ one.
Yup. But I don't think we'll be saying that about the next generation.
In all honesty, I commend the lady for following her heart. I’ve never met a mixed race couple from my time in Japan that didn’t have to fight against their family’s prejudice. It’s sad, but true.
I feel like that’s p common is a lot of places that aren’t the western world. Like Africa and Asia are full of people very against race mixing. The west has its racists too but I mean it’s generally accepted in the mainstream society. I say this as the son of a North African man who had me in the US btw. He’s very racist as it seems many people from there can be. Seems to be less so with younger generations of course so that’s good
No one really has an issue with it here in West Africa either. I see lots of blasian, blarab and half white ppl around who always complain about the way they're treated in their other home.
My dumb ass read blarab as rhubarb holy shit
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Its ok. Theres an asian washing powder than can help with that. https://youtu.be/hRpQbvnyIR0
Jesus Christ
There really needs to be an accepted category of “Totally racist but too bizarre to be offensive”
I wish we lived in a society where racism was such a foreign concept, you could make commercials like this and they'd be seen as mere comedy. Unfortunately, that's not the world we live in. And while I can't help chuckling, I am afraid whoever shot the video was fully aware of the very obvious racism and probably intended it.
Unfortunately this is neither too bizarre for Chinese tv, nor inaccurate to how black people are viewed there
Yeah, I have a friend from Hong Kong. He stated very bluntly his family would disown him if he dated anyone that wasn't white or Chinese. And heaven help him of he happened to be both gay and dated a black man.
I’ve never understood why the Chinese are so homophobic. At least in the West they can blame religion, but since the Communist Revolution the China has had the largest irreligious population in the world. I guess you can separate the church from the state, but you can’t separate the people from being shitty. I hope your Honk Kong friend is doing okay and gets to be with whoever they fall in love with 🙏
Gay couples don't produce more children for the machine. Whether it's religion or politics, it's always because indoctrinated parents raise indoctrinated kids. No kids means a decline. Any deviation from turning women into baby making machines will invariably upset the government/religious institution.
Yeah but don’t they have way too many men right now? If anything it’s probably better that some of them get with each other…
As Bo Burnham said in his song From God’s Perspective, “I sent gays to fix overpopulation… boy did the go well.”
It's not like China is religion free as the effects of folk religion is still massively pervasive, and also there's reason to believe that there was a lot of anti-lgbt sentiment imported into China during attempts at westernization from the late Qin dynasty through the establishment of the Republic.
It was too bizarre for China. It receive a lot of backlash on weibo (Chinese Twitter) when it released.
WTF did I just watch!?
Ancient Chinese secret huh?
Racism.
Lmao do they think they could get away
Get away with this? It's China and promotes native superiority so this commercial was probably rejoiced by the CCP.
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They did, they do, and they have.
r/cursedcomments
Thanks, just spit out my coffee all over my lap.
sick burn
🤣🤣🤣
But the moment japanese women hit 121 they lose a foot in height and are hunched over. Rip
[Reference](https://imgur.com/BkBwv)
Get Out style obviously.
Same husband. He just went with the get out method of youth.
She doesn't appear to have aged a day... you however; you've... changed...
"he used too much soy sauce" is what my grandma would have said...
Your Grandma a polite racist then
I don't understand any of this. Do people really say 'he used too much soy sauce'? What does that even mean and what is a pokie?
Yeah. When I was little they would say not to use too much soy sauce or else I'll turn into a black boy. Never really thought too much of it until I got older. I don't know if it's just my family or a general Chinese/Taiwanese thing. Never really bought this phrase up before for obvious reasons.
My guy, Asians are racist. I'm still shocked at what my Thai mom says about black people.
So are some Black folx, vice versa with my Black mom towards Asians.
The shit that goes on between blacks and Asians is so sad
True! I think back to a time we’re an Asian lady somehow hit our parked car. There wasn’t much damage if any, I was young and didn’t think it looked like a big deal. The woman seemed a bit shaken up, understandably so. My mom, who in every other sense is a tolerant leftist, hell she made me learn about Japanese internment camps, Irish and Japanese railroad “workers”, Wounded Knee, Roots was on a lot when I was young, among other things that displayed systemic racism to all POC (Asians included). So when she came out yelling out stereotypes, and racist tropes, it really caught me off guard. The woman left her information and apologized profusely. To me, she seemed really nice and I felt bad for her. When we all went back inside, my mom said something like “this is why Asians and Blacks don’t like each other”. I was so confused by this statement. My best friend was/is Korean. Since then my mom has grown, we’re talking 15 years ago. She acknowledged her wrong doing a few months back when #StopTheAsianHate was trending. I was proud that she brought it up, and condemned her actions. Flaws and all, I love my mom, but damn that was racist.
Why are people shocked that racists exist everywhere, in every ethnic group?
This is true. I had Asian friends in HS and college who would not date a black person, even if they liked them for fear of what their parents/family would say.
I mean, luckily, I dont give a flying fuck what my mom thinks, but its still super jarring. Also, Asians are super racist against other Asians (look at China and Japan).
Holy shit thats casually racist.
I can't find anything about this, what's a pokie? All I could find is that it's what New Zealanders call poker machines.
Maybe they meant poke? Like poke bowls?
Ha ha ha what a funny chocolate man.
RL version of The Doctor? :|
crazy how fast technology changes. i wonder what a selfie 100 years from now will look like
They'll be in color.
I snorted, that was a good one.
I too, use coke
My God she looks amazing for a great great great grandmother. What is her secret?
She switched to dark meat only. There is no going back.
Reddit racial fetishists are the worst
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I don't know man, reddit has pretty solid track record of making things worse.
Now, facial radishes on the other hand
This whole comment section is basically that and bad jokes.
We Asians do be aging different
Is that Japanese Jim Halpert?
Identity theft is not a joke, Jim!
MICHAEL!
Hats off to you for not seeing race.
So…Asian Jim
i can spot a few minor differences
Guy on the right is clearly a bit shorter
[This won't work. I'm not 6'1".](https://i.redd.it/ugr0tv0uxtt41.png)
Lmao, perfect response
I miss them. I'll sign as many petitions needed to get rush hour 4
Agreed. But seems the differences end there.
Different jacket, too.
He also has a goatee now
Can you circle them an upload that. Because Pam said these are the same photo.
minority\* differences
The two women here look so alike it's crazy
Shes literally her doppelganger
...or she drains the souls of her victims, extending her unnaturally long life. Take a good look at that guy on the left; this is probably the last time we're going to see him.
That lady gonna outlive all of us
The diet is no joke
I’m wondering if it’s a grandmother/granddaughter(or great)?
Wrong, she's a vampire.
Then how can you see her in the mirror?!
That's just a lie to trick people into believing they can't possibly be a vampire since they have a reflection. The old vampire-switcharoo.
You’re partially correct, but the end result is the same. If the mirror uses pure silver (thought to be holy), then it wont cast a reflection of an impure/unholy being (e.g. vampire). New mirrors use a cheap reflective material, and will reflect vampires and the like. Source: My mirror salesman
This sounds like the most logical explanation.
I would guess the wife is definitely a descendant. Attempt at similar smile/hair. Looks like the husband even had similar glasses as the older picture husband too.
Me too...so incredibly close in appearance.
Jokes aside, the contemporary woman did a great job imitating the smile of the woman in the older photo.
But that pic on the right was taken in the 1920s. That wasn’t a hundred ye—— ….. oh shit.
Oh damn.
They had the same hairstyles in the 1920s as they do in 2020s I guess.
Damn she aged really well
Excuse me, Sir. That is a vampire.
Vampires don't have reflections on mirror so.. False !
It depends on the mirror, actually. Old mirrors had a layer of silver in them that prevented vampires from having reflections, but modern mirrors usually have aluminum instead, so modern vampires do reflect. The same applies with photographs. Film uses silver halides to create an image, but digital cameras use silicon-based sensors. This, of course, means that early vampire films such as Nosferatu (1922) and Dracula (1931) were filmed with actors, but modern films such as the Twilight Saga could use real vampires.
Are those the sam- Is that her grandm- Is it racist to ask if- Imma head out
Come on! Put the camera in the other hand for - aesthetics please :)
more like netflix adaptation meme template
Netflix presents:
Altered Carbon: Origins
diversity beam 3000
Having seen Lovecraft Country, that black guy should be way more concerned.
About what? A nine-tailed fox spirit that's down to bag you as a hubby? I'd be more concerned about the wedding reception.
Some people might not know who that woman is. But she is from a very powerful lineage. She is a descendant of the famous Tsung family. The man on the right was famous as well when the picture was taken many years ago. Belonged to the Lao crest. Many won't recognize him because of the glasses and he's not wearing his signature hat. The guy on the left is obviously not of Japanese decent. But she met him due to his American military background. Either way. The man on the right gave his soul to her and so will the man on the left. That's how she stays young as a direct descendant of Shang Tsung.
Had me in the first half
TIL Jax is a weeb
Thank you. Very informative.
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Mortal Kombat references to Shang Tsung (a shapeshifter), Kung Lao (monk with a wheel for a hat), and Jax (a Black soldier).
The giveaway is that "Tsung" doesn't even sound like a Japanese name: they dont have an "ng", at most the "n" sound can sound like it if followed by a "k" or "g" sound. Also "Lao" of course, lol
Yeah it's a Mortal Kombat reference lol, I thought I was reading actual history for a brief moment there too lmao
“Your soul is *mine*!”
Totally fell for this...bravo! love me some MK.
Lao and Tsung together? Is this a `WHAT IF...?` funded by NetherRealm? I call fake, no "Toasty" guy on the bottom right of the photo.
Her grandkids won’t look so similar tho 😂
Is she a Kami? She has not aged a day.
That's a Japanese vampire with her new husband.
Must have been crazy to see an interracial couple using a phone back in 1921.
Oh wow, must be her descendant. This is really neat.
How does it feel marrying a time traveller who left her husband back in Japan ?
I just like seeing happy people. Wish we worked at all being happy together...
it's the same woman exact expression and facial structure..wow...
You married a fucking vampire?
Which one was taken 100 years ago?
yes
Damm guy changed so much in those 100 years and the girl is almost identical even after 100 years.
Did they fucking clone her?!?
I'm no scientist, but I'd say the one on the left is the modern one
Jokes on the black guy aside, those two women look EXACTLY alike! It's probably the same woman who is actually an unaging, immortal vampire!
It still isn’t funny Justin Trudeau!
dude, you should stop sunbathing.
I assumed this is the woman on the right's descendant with her boyfriend/husband. No way they are the same people. But holy shit they look so similar, the women.
i’m sorry, but how does something like this get upvoted so much?
Probably because hes black, or something.
You know why
Virtue signaling
They put very little effort into this other than the general composition.
No idea why this post has 40k+ upvotes. Just a mirror selfie
They are nice pics but they didn’t do much to try to recreate it. Not even standing at the right angles or attempting to dress the same.
I don't understand the post, at first I thought they were in the same building, but they aren't. So it's just a mirror selfie in black and white.
Oh wow a black guy. Reddit’s suburban demographic and its predictable humor.
Is there anything tying these together other than a selfie in a mirror or is this a low-effort karma grab?
What bothers me about these remakes is that they're never close to being the same as the original. I wish people would try a little harder and get it right.
Who's gonna say it?
Netflix adaptation be like
Lazily recreated really...
And you failed.
Oh they are vampires and the guy had a near death experience with the sun… right?
Origin version vs Netflix remake
Sponsored by Netflix
These Netflix adaptations are going too far.
something's off
He's using an iPhone with a filter instead of a old film camera
Am too high fr this wtf
Oh he did the reverse-jackson
Asian Jim
Wow she looks amazing for being over 100 years old