Recently, a BuzzFeed News cohost shared a vintage photo of his grandfather declaring him “a goddamn stunner.”
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Fitzgerald’s next tweet invited others to share photos of their grandparents. Soon came a flood of images of grandpaps and nonnis, all looking amazing and virile enough to grab some elk on the way home for dinner.
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Grandpa sure was rugged.
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And had a spirit for adventure.
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Our grandparents were quite glamorous. No one wore their pajamas on the street. Imagine.
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Someone even began restoring a few of the old photos just to be nice.
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Twitter saw many wedding photos that looked like Hollywood events. The Kardashians should look so good.
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What was it about that long ago era that made everyone look like they stepped out of a magazine? Any way to get that kind of mojo back? We could use it.