- Oh, dude! Rhett and Link look much more professional.
- (FBE) We have your first ever profile picture on Facebook
to show now. - Noooo! (laughs)
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- Oh, yes! The 10 Year Challenge. This is a good one.
The glow up is real here. - Ahh, the 2009 versus 2019 thing?
They're all so embarrassing! - I participated in one,
but I kinda trolled mine. I was like, put a trash can
then a trash can. It was a 10-year difference.
- I've seen a bunch of these on Twitter, and it's interesting
how some people look incredibly different.
Then there's a bunch of people who looked like they haven't changed
since they were a kid. - "2009 versus 2019.
My mom used to say, 'You can only go up from here.'"
Ayyy. She's pretty!
- "My mom used to say, 'You can only go up from here.'"
That's so funny that her mom said that to her.
- Your mom's a jerk! That's so messed up.
You're, like, 10 years old. - Who's a cute kid, though?
My 10-year comparison, I would be 12 years old.
Yeah, I'm obviously gonna look pretty [bleep] different
from 12 years old. Like, these two reasons right here.
- Kevin Smith. Oh my gosh. He lost so much weight.
- I didn't even know that Kevin Smith was that big before.
And I didn't even know that he was this fit either.
I always thought he was somewhere in between there.
- Yes! We love a healthy transformation, too.
- Oh, dude. Kevin Smith has had a phenomenal glow up.
He is so in shape, and he still rocks the same sized jacket.
It's hysterical. - Gigi Gorgeous, yes! I love this one.
- "2008 to 2018. Born again, baby."
Whoa! That's amazing! Aww. I'm so happy for her.
- Science is moving fast! Interesting, I guess,
to see the drastic change in people from what they were
to what they are currently.
- Gigi Gorgeous. Oh, oh! 'Cause she transitioned.
This is cool, 'cause it's like, you transition, then you kind of--
you feel yourself now. - Wow!
I saw Nikita Dragun did one too, where she put her before and after.
And then that's really cool, because you see how much
people change in just a span of 10 years.
It's insane. That's a whole new person.
- "I look the same. 2009 versus--"
I mean, probably, but you have a lot of extra hair
in the 2019 picture. - Who's Michael Chaves
and how did he become Hagrid? He went from like, "Hey,
nice to meet you. I'm gonna be your RA"
to "Hey, nice to meet you. I'm gonna play Jason Momoa
in a biopic." (chuckles) - Oh my god. Is that real?
See? Some of these, I'm like, "Wait!"
But I also don't know people well enough to call them out,
so I don't even know if this is the same person or not. (chuckles)
- A lot more trends, I feel like, especially recently,
try to be more outlandish or try to be a lot more...
attention seeking. This one is kinda more just
kinda an innocent one, kinda one that you would see
kinda, like, when people were back on Facebook
a lot more, you know? - "Me in 2009 versus me in 2019."
(gasps) What?! This is a joke!
This is a joke! Oh my god! I bought it for a little bit!
- Workaholics to Post Malone. That's incredible.
I've never thought to compare those two,
but they have the exact same hair.
- "Name a better 2009 versus 2019 glow up."
This one's cute. - "Name a better 2019 glow up."
(chuckles) Regular Ryan Reynolds and the Pikachu Ryan Reynolds.
- That is SO funny! Oh, I'm excited for that movie
to come out, low-key. - I want this glow-up.
I wanna turn into a Pokemon. If I turn into a Squirtle,
holy god. I'll be more liked than the egg.
- (giggles) Okay, this is me. I love this.
"Glow up, lol. I can't believe I used to look like that."
Same. - Another rags-to-riches story.
You're garbage. Now you're shiny garbage.
- Oh, this one came from Twitter. That makes sense. (laughs)
Everyone calls themselves trash on Twitter.
That's where people go to just be miserable.
- Ohh! I would consider this a glow down.
- Now, this is the saddest transformation of them all.
- I like that one. That's a good joke.
- Obama looks good, though! Look at him!
And then you got Trump over here in a little... I'll refrain.
- (FBE) So, that was a compilation of what some are calling
the #2009vs2019 Challenge. Various versions of
these side-by-side photos have been going crazy viral recently.
- I mean, I was debating doing it today. I'm not gonna lie.
I went back to my old Facebook, and I found a bunch of photos.
And I have 'em saved right now. - There's always a bunch
of throwback trends.
I don't know why this one's going super viral.
- I mean, Throwback Thursday is this challenge.
Like, (scoffs) that's it. It's TBT, but everyone's just like
posting it on every day of the week right now.
- (FBE) We have a few more to show you.
- "Good Mythical glow up." Oh, dude!
Rhett and Link look much more professional.
- That glow up is mythical. That can happen to you?
Guys, have hope. Have faith, okay? Changes are coming.
- Oh my gosh! Dude, it's so crazy,
because that's how I remember them, too.
But also, that's how I know them. - I feel like all these
are just... kinda thirst traps.
Not really, but, like, yeah, "I was ugly. Now I'm not."
- That's crazy, though. Watching the people who first
started YouTube, their first videos, and their videos now,
not only have they changed so much, but YouTube and social media
has changed so much. - "Damn, I really let myself go."
she gained, like, (clicks tongue) 100 pounds.
- (laughs) This is so funny. That one's cute.
This one's out of the box. - I like that.
I like when there's just more humor around it in general.
- "Aging has hit Mark Zuckerberg hard. Check out his first profile pic
versus his current one." Who? Oh my gosh!
That's crazy, because I can sort of see it.
- I can't believe this one, because Mark Zuckerberg
is a reptilian. Been proven.
- It would've been funnier if it would've been a lizard picture,
'cause you know how everyone's talking--
everyone tries to say that he's like a lizard person,
you know, whatever? It would've been like, "Okay,
look. Now, he took off his mask. He's a lizard."
- It's really fun. I like how we can use it as a meme culture
and use it as just a normal, "Hey, look at this."
And it's just overall a good-hearted challenge.
- Overall, it's cute. I like it.
I like people who just have no shame
about what they were doing 10 years ago.
There's nothing to be ashamed of.
- (FBE) So, before we dive into a discussion about this trend,
we actually have one more thing for you.
We have your first ever profile picture on Facebook to show you now.
- How did you get that?! (groans)
- I haven't been on my Facebook in, like, three years.
Also, I'm not friends with you on Facebook!
Who stalked me? I haven't been on Facebook in three years!
- Ew. It's gonna be bad. I already know.
See? It's with my mom. We're at the Dodgers game.
My hair is curled. I think this was at the tail end
of when I used to get perms, 'cause I really wanted curly hair.
I think I look kinda the same actually.
- Oh, that's not that bad. Obviously, I've made some hair changes.
- I can see differences in how my face has changed.
I've got facial hair now, and I wear glasses.
Other than that, I'm pretty similar.
- Aww. That's at Disneyland! Aww, I love Disney.
This is cute! I love my outfit.
I love my hair. Look at me!
I'm having such a good time at Disneyland! This is a cute picture.
- My whole face isn't even showing. Literally, all you see is half--
like... this. I don't take pictures
like that anymore. I wear contacts now.
I hate glasses. (laughs) Oh, god. I hate classes.
- I mean, I'm not gonna say that it's cringy.
It's just... it is a little embarrassing.
Look, I'ma take off my hat just for the hell of it.
But look, I've grown my hair substantially since then.
- Oh, no! Baby Chelsea. Oh, so much cringe.
That memory just doesn't seem like it's that far away.
How did 10 years go by already? Life moves so fast.
- Look at that cutie! That's solid seventh grade Beckerman.
Don't look at it, though. Don't actually look at that cutie.
This was also the height of when I was a gymnast,
so I was in such good shape here. And now I'm just...
- NOO! (laughs)
This was my first headshot when I started acting!
I was such a little fetus. They were like, "All right,
look tough." And I was like...
(laughs) I gotta go delete some pictures
on my Facebook. But that's kinda the cool thing.
I treat Facebook and those social media sites
kinda like a time capsule. Like, you know, how old people
have scrapbooks and stuff. I have my Facebook.
So, I hope Facebook doesn't get shut down.
- (FBE) A lot of these 2009 images were taken off users' earlier posts
from social media, often acknowledging how they're embarrassed
by the older-looking photos for one reason or another.
What are your thoughts on how in 10, even 20 years,
the pictures we share on social media might still be there to haunt us
for generations to come? - See, the difference there
is I won't feel haunted, because I find my pictures hysterical.
And the pictures I post, I do it on purpose,
because I think they're funny. - I think it's really cool,
because eventually, I think it would be nice for my kids
to see, like, oh, this awkward phase that you're going through,
Mommy had that awkward phase, too. So, don't worry. You'll get out of it.
- I'm scared that in 20 years, 10 years, I'ma look back
and look at a picture that I post today on Instagram
and be like, "You actually thought that was good.
You actually wanted the whole world to see that."
- (FBE) Some people are pointing out it's possible this trend
has privacy concerns, where all these photos
could be used by social networks to improve their
facial recognition software or recognize aging.
Some groups are pointing out that trends like these
could be used by social media platforms
to collect information about you. - Wow.
I definitely did not think about that.
- (FBE) For your generation, growing up around social media,
do you find security concerns like this worrisome at all?
- I mean, I feel like it's a concern that you can have,
but you also have to realize that, you know, you're the one
that's using the platform. - It's so normal.
It's normalized now to post pictures of yourself willy-nilly,
just not even thinking about precautions and consequences
that could arise from just posting a photo.
- I'm sure that a bunch of our information that we post online
is already being used for stuff like that anyway.
So, I don't really know if challenges like this necessarily make it worse.
- We're willingly giving up all of our information
to a bunch of different companies. And what they do with that information
is up to them. Probably not fair, no.
It's stupid. But... kind of what we do.
I like Facebook. I like Twitter.
- I think because I started on this show so young,
I kind of have more of an awareness
that everything on the internet has ramifications and repercussions.
You just have to keep it in mind, honestly,
'cause it's part of society at this point.
You really can't opt out of it.
- (FBE) So finally, older adults have many different eras
of their lives to look back on. But for you, in your early 20s,
you really only have now and when you were a kid.
Hearing that, when these challenges happen,
do they make you feel old or does it make you realize
that you are still young, even if it doesn't feel that way
in the moment? - I think "adults" and "old"
are both relative terms. Right now, I'm an adult
to my younger self. But I'm sure I also am an idiot child
to my older self. - Looking back on something,
still being like there was a 10-year difference
makes you feel old. - If it was me doing it to myself,
yeah, I would feel really old. I think about all the time
how I wish I was 12 years old again, 'cause I just didn't give a [bleep]
about anything. (chuckles) - Seeing my generation post
basically pictures of them as a child and then pictures of them now
as a young adult, it kind of has reminded me that, oh, yeah,
we're still... I'm still kind of a child.
I pay taxes, but I'm a child still.
- It makes me realize that, you know, I've only been on this earth
for a few years compared to a lot more people, you know?
If I still got that much time left, I got, like, four more lifetimes
of the one that I've already lived left to live, you know?
- Thanks for watching College Kids React.
And shoutout to Maya Avery and Mike Majora.
- Make sure to subscribe and see you in 2029.
- What did you look like 10 years ago?
Let us know in the comments down below!
- Bye! - Hi, guys! JC here,
producer at FBE. Make sure to subscribe
to this channel, but also subscribe to the React Channel to see more
of the reactors gaming, competing, and so much more.
Check us out! Bye, guys.