# After/Before

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 6, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853 "2003-09-06T01:21:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![dinoboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dinoboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinoboy)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/21 "2003-09-07T14:51:00Z")

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What’s the big deal? Don’t you all realize we’ve had a portable version of this for CENTURIES!

- Beer

😃

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/22 "2003-09-07T18:06:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by green\_bladder \*  
> \*\*‘Before’ isn’t that bad at all. Something’s up with that bellybutton, though. \*\*

It looks like she’s had the same operation as I have: supra-umbilical hernia.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/23 "2003-09-07T20:14:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ruby \*  
> \*\*OMG. Can that be real? Do all of his studly muscles just relax into his belly when he’s not posing?😕 \*\*

The biggest difference is the fact that he’s slouching in the “before” pictures. Standing up straight can make a big difference in anyone’s appearance.

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