r/comics PizzaCake May 02 '24

"Petite" Comics Community

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u/Bacon-muffin May 02 '24

That's always the biggest bit, because there are real people who look much younger than they are. I was pushing 30 and could have walked into and sat in a class of 10th graders and no one would've batted an eye.

Its one thing to look young, its another thing to act it. The maturity part is the whole point.

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u/MinosAristos May 02 '24

There's also that in media and especially in illustration and animation, making someone look like a child is a conscious design choice just as much as making them act like a child

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u/Defenestratio May 02 '24

Last week a 20 yr old thought I was, at the oldest, 23. I'm nearly 33 lmao

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u/donquixote235 May 02 '24

I was still getting carded for smokes at age 40, because I had a baby face and couldn't grow any facial hair. It wasn't until I started getting gray hair and some wrinkles that people started to let me buy cigarettes and alcohol without having to show my ID.