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Why Do People Look Younger for Longer?

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Ben Sixsmith
May 12, 2026
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“Dowód?”

The word is music to my ears. Every time a barman or a shop assistant asks to see my ID, I feel young again. I always get my beer or wine, too, even if I don’t have my ID, because they know that only someone in their thirties would look so glad to be asked.

Objectively, I am not young. I am 35. Next year I will be old enough to have lived for eig…

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