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Cotton?! 
Why would anyone wear anything that isn't made with smart rubber.
These people from the past getting soaked in any rain. This ain't living seriously... >

That shit sounds like it would melt to your skin if it ever malfunctions lol. >

Only if it lets the rain through >

Do old people dress the same way they did when they were young? >

Yes, and OP totally plagiarized a youtube video that demonstrates this and coined that exact phrase. >

Knew it was gonna be Vsauce. Watched that video recently. >

Except people now are all dressing from the last 6 decades, I feel like there’s much less of a single dominant fashion trend. >

Dominant fashion trends are much easier to spot a decade out from when they were popular. In the moment, it’s hard to differentiate between things that are fads and things that are just what people wear.
The things that date a style are the elements that drop out of favor after a while, and it’s very hard to tell what that’s going to be until after the fact. >

That’s fair >

That's a great point! It's funny because the trends that we think of as being timeless now, like bell bottoms or high-waisted jeans, will probably be seen as dated in a few decades! >

Who has ever considered bell bottoms as timeless ? >

This has been on my mind lately. If you look at high schooler yearbooks of the 70s you can think why do they look so old? But it’s because we associate their styles with old people. Whatever we wear today is one day going to be consider old people’s style. >

Just like we used to have “dad rock”, which is now being replaced by “dad rap”. 😭 >

And then after than “dad trap” ? >

And next comes “trap dad” >

I’m here for it >

I’m in my 40’s and have gradually regressed to similar clothes that I wore in the 90’s, so I also dress like a teenager from the past.
Does that make me a time traveller? 
I’m sure that if me in 1995, present day and 20 years from now met - we’d all be wearing blue jeans, Puma suede’s and a zip up hoodie. >

Though if you had this thought while in the shower, that means old people will all be naked in the future.
I'm not sure I'm looking forward to this future. >

Their 300 year olds, thanks to really advanced biotech/nanotech, can change appearance on a whim. Most of them look more beautiful than anyone who currently exists. >

Oh, well in that case, bring it on! >

Vsauce did a video about did people look older before and that was one of the key factors why we view people in old footage even older. >

Not me, when I get old and wrinkly I'm gonna be a nudist. If I do it now it just looks like I'm showing off /s >

Are you going to hang around gym locker rooms? >

...from the near future.
From the slightly more distant future, we're dressed like cool kids who like vintage styles. >

I am currently wearing a shirt I bought in 1991. I'm dressing like an old person from the present, my dude. >

Here I thought I was wearing an old shirt from 1999/2000ish. >

I spent all this money on lululemon for nothing. 
Goddamnit. >

Let hurry up and bring the early 90s look on girls back. Today. >

Except for those of us who dress like old people from the present. >

I guess not. The people who were the same stuff, they wore when they were in a young age, today, had probably better quality. I have some shirts that are over 10 years old, but no pants, no socks, no jacket survived that long. >

I have often looked at old family photos when they are all in long dresses and thought how fashionable they all were for the fashion back then. Long skirts blouses with high collars and a brooch centre-collar. No way of telling what the colours trends were as the photos are black and white. So the assumption is that the clothes were mainly black. Could be crimson, navy, dark green. They all look black. >

Oh when there's no future
How can there be sin
We're the flowers
In the dustbin
We're the poison
In your human machine
We're the future
Your future