18 Internet Users Compared Their 2009 & 2019 Photos To Find How The Decade Has Changed Them

With the decade coming to a close, people are participating in a new trend of the decade sharing photos of themselves from 2009 next to a photo of them taken this year. This new Internet trend is quite simple. You just have to post a photo of yourself in 2009 beside a current picture from 2019. Many people used the opportunity to show off their agelessness. The pictures from 2009 are washed out, generally unflattering, and poorly angled with all dull skin and different fashion sense. The 2019 ones are completely unrecognizable. Some lost the extra weight, some changed their fashion tastes and someone changed their lives dramatically. The pictures range from hilarious and inspiring but it’s amazing to see how much people can change over the span of 10 years.

1. “Took me a decade to find a decent-fitting blazer.”

2. “Spot the differences!”

3. “10 years ago, I took the first selfie after I got fired from a pizza restaurant. This year, I took the second selfie on the plane before headlining my second European tour. I don’t smile much, lol, I should change that.”

4. “I guess I won this challenge.”

5. “The thing is, it turned out that I hid my 2003-2010 photos so well, that I spent 30 minutes trying to find them myself! I don’t know who managed to grow up to become attractive, but my haircut changed and I realized that smiling is not my thing.”

6. “I realized it is better to smile with a closed mouth or to not smile at all.”

7. Choose your glasses wisely.

8. “So my teeth grew back and I grew a couple of inches.”

9. “I have become more optimistic.”

11. A regular boy could turn into Mr. Perfect.

12. “Many things have changed in 10 years.”

13. “Here’s to all my classmates who called me ugly for 5 years for donating 14 in of hair (especially to the people who wrote it over my photo in the yearbook).”

14. “Maybe I’m not too late for this challenge.”

15. “33-43. Abandoned the hair dye”

16. “Me as a massively-depressed addict at the start of 2010 vs A happier, cleaner, redder me in 2019. I prefer 2019 me.”

17. “I discovered eyebrows exist. From 10ish to 20 years old”

18. “2010, graduated from the University of East London with a master’s degree in innovative technology vs 2019, left my job to travel around the world on my motorcycle!”