How old do you really look? (Microsoft's new website)

[Kirsebaer]

Saw an article about http://how-old.net/ yesterday and decided to try it out. I tried it with several recent photos and got pretty much the same results everytime (24-25 years old) - I'm actually 31

How old do you look according to the site? (no need to post your photo here if u don't want to)

[Inscrutable Banana]

I tried several photos and got ages in the 30-40 range...and I'm 27.

I wonder if my glasses and my generally stoic facial expressions are throwing it off. ¬_¬

[IllusionOfHappiness]

I got 22 and 39 with different pics. Suuuper accurate lol

[Blush]

I'm 22 and got 22, w000t.

[Kirsebaer]

I tried several photos and got ages in the 30-40 range...and I'm 27.

I wonder if my glasses and my generally stoic facial expressions are throwing it off. ¬_¬

I've heard that glasses do affect their results :b

I got 22 and 39 with different pics. Suuuper accurate lol

haha 39?! Did you have glasses on in that photo? Apparently glasses make their face recognition algorithm confused

I'm 22 and got 22, w000t.

so it does work... sometimes! lol

[IllusionOfHappiness]

haha 39?! Did you have glasses on in that photo? Apparently glasses make their face recognition algorithm confused

Haha yup. Kinda mortifying for a first try. I know I don't look 39 though! No glasses, but they were both at odd angles and in the first one (the 39 one) I was also sporting my usual bored/uninterested expression. 22 is pretty close, however.

[IllusionOfHappiness]

I tired a bunch more. Got a lot of 22s, a number of 30-somes. And then this attached picture, which guessed I was 25 (which will be true next month).

I've narrowed the 30-somes down to my eyes. They're just heavy-set. That's about as wide as they open in the attached pic. Add it to the never-ending list of my insecurities surrounding my appearance. Oooor maybe they're detecting my massive eye bags. Do ya sleep? Kinda. Sorta. Maybe. Sometimes. I also know I typically don't look thrilled in pictures, so maybe that's causing my 30-some results.

[Kirsebaer]

I tired a bunch more. Got a lot of 22s, a number of 30-somes. And then this attached picture, which guessed I was 25 (which will be true next month).

I've narrowed the 30-somes down to my eyes. They're just heavy-set. That's about as wide as they open in the attached pic. Add it to the never-ending list of my insecurities surrounding my appearance. Oooor maybe they're detecting my massive eye bags. Do ya sleep? Kinda. Sorta. Maybe. Sometimes. I also know I typically don't look thrilled in pictures, so maybe that's causing my 30-some results.

It's weird that you keep getting ages over 30 - you definitely look younger than 25 :b I wonder what age I'd get if I used a pic of me where I'm not wearing any foundation and we can see the dark circles around my eyes - I'll try that later and post about it here. Can't say I'm not scared of the results lol I feel really insecure going out in public without any foundation on my face. Especially after people I know asked me if I was depressed/tired/whatever. I was absolutely fine, just wasn't wearing any make up.
PS: You look drop-dead gorgeous in that photo!

[Kirsebaer]

Ok so I took a picture of my morning face, no make-up, looking like a meth head and I got.. 21! I call bullshit.
I also tried other pics and this time I got very different results in all of them.
Here's a collage:



If I ever get arrested one day, my mugshot is probably gonna look like pic #4.

[IllusionOfHappiness]

It's weird that you keep getting ages over 30 - you definitely look younger than 25 :b I wonder what age I'd get if I used a pic of me where I'm not wearing any foundation and we can see the dark circles around my eyes - I'll try that later and post about it here. Can't say I'm not scared of the results lol I feel really insecure going out in public without any foundation on my face. Especially after people I know asked me if I was depressed/tired/whatever. I was absolutely fine, just wasn't wearing any make up.
PS: You look drop-dead gorgeous in that photo!

Shanks, Kirse - that was a pre-haircut photo . My hair looks less like straw now. You're looking gorgeous as always ^_^.
I think this website is as bad at guessing peoples' ages as I am. Decades off! To prove that I can't make this up, I'm posting a photo of a photo (I forgot how to internet and can't figure out how to share the actual pic). You guys...I'm FORTY.

[Koalafan]

Aww both you guys look gorgeous!!

[Kirsebaer]

You guys...I'm FORTY.

lol

Aww both you guys look gorgeous!!

merci Koala!

[Sagan]

Said I was 46! How dare they! I'm only 31

[Sagan]

That's better

[Sagan]

Ok so I took a picture of my morning face, no make-up, looking like a meth head and I got.. 21! I call bullshit.
I also tried other pics and this time I got very different results in all of them.
Here's a collage:

If I ever get arrested one day, my mugshot is probably gonna look like pic #4.

Cutest mugshot ever, HA