Heh... the via was better than the first post. Although it takes something away, I suppose, to think that many of those girls are my mom's age, still.... teh hawt is teh hawt (nsfw).

it takes something away, I suppose, to think that many of those girls are my mom's age

But why should it take anything away? Sure, many of these women are your mom's age now, and when your mom was that age she'd have been a target for this sort of interest too...why should it make any difference that time has passed since these women posed for their pictures?

I like the site with all the tits! thanks!

Really, Miko?

To me it takes something away because it reminds me how ephemeral youth/beauty can be, and of my own mortality.

It's the same feeling I get when I (and apparently liquorice, judging by her comment) look at this old family photo.

If you'll excuse me, I have to go sit in bed and stare wide-eyed at my ceiling for six hours contemplating this.

Also, less eloquently, the association of an attractive woman with one's mother is disagreeable to many people.

"the association of an attractive woman with one's mother is disagreeable to many people" really? My mom was hot back in the day. Why should I deny her (memory) that? Youth IS ephemeral but beauty sure as hell IS NOT.

"This photo made me very sad. Because it's a moment that doesn't exist any longer." Wow. What a sad point of view. I can't imagine seeing the world that way.

I agree with both points of view. I love the pictures but they do make me a little sad about the fleeting time of youth. But then I feel the same way when I look at pictures of myself and friends from the eighties.

It's funny, I can totally see both sides. On the one hand, I am often super happy that at some point, the world was THAT FUCKING COOL, and it makes me happy. But once in a while, the transient nature of beauty and coolness can strike me as a little sad.

Oddly, I think, one image can never make me feel BOTH ways. That's the part that makes me wonder.

My mom was hot back in the day. Why should I deny her (memory) that?

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant associating a specific attractive woman with one's mother, not saying "acknowledging your mom used to be quite the catch back in the day."

I was struck by the fact that I only saw one set of ribcages.

Ya know, the thing that stuck me as I looked at the via link is how nice it was to see women who look like normal people.

I started looking at the site because I love vintage clothing, and a surprising number of the pictures showed women dressed.

But then I realized how the images of naked women I've been exposed to for most of my adult life seem to involve women with silicon breasts, and that's not how my boobs look, or other women's boobs in the gym room look. So it was super nice to see those pictures and realize how conditioned by silicon and photoshop my mental image of a naked woman has become, and it was nice to realize I think women look better without both of those.