# Young Louis CK, hot or not **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562 "2015-04-13T13:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/1 "2015-04-13T13:36:46Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83L8Dep1kII) What do people think? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/2 "2015-04-13T13:45:57Z")
wow, he’s really let himself go. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/3 "2015-04-13T13:53:42Z")
I read the third choice as: Otter So Otter. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/4 "2015-04-13T18:43:25Z")
Um, strange poll. There was no poll option for “older”. It’s impossible for me to see Louie CK in “hot or not” terms. What do _you_ think, OP? Got a little crush? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/5 "2015-04-13T18:54:24Z")
Hot. How on earth did the slacker allow himself to age, in 25 years? ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/6 "2015-04-13T18:56:26Z")
Not unattractive, but not ‘hot’. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/7 "2015-04-13T22:14:01Z")
> [@sandra\_nz](#): > > Not unattractive, but not ‘hot’. Yep. I can’t decide if he looks like a young Mormon or a young marine in that clip, but not hot either way. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/8 "2015-04-13T22:30:31Z")
Damn! What happened? I guess he had 25 years of real livin’. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/9 "2015-04-13T22:31:18Z")
I vote otter too. I’m not attracted to males so that might throw my perception off. I think he looks like a normal guy now. In the clips he looks like a younger normal looking guy. Not ugly but not hot. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/10 "2015-04-13T23:30:15Z")
I voted that I find him attractive. Might be biased because…it’s Louis CK and I worship at his altar! 🙂 I’m definitely attracted to him now, though. (Again, that could be coloring my perception.) ETA: Dammit, I do love me a good otter, though… ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/11 "2015-04-13T23:50:33Z")
Since we’re only given two levels of a scale, I rated him “hot.” But really I’d call him attractive rather than “hot.” His face is quite pleasant, he’s in good shape, and there’s a lot of energy to movement and facial expressions. All of which make him attractive to me. Those are just looks/physical issues, however. Now, if Young Louis CK had had the same intelligence, sense of humor and empathetic persona as he has now (which he didn’t, acc. to him), _then_ he gets the upgrade to _hot._ Current Louis CK isn’t _hot_ but I’m still very attracted to him, primarily because I think his public persona is someone who’s funny as hell, intelligent, compassionate, down-to-earth, has a perspective on life I agree with, and generous toward others. He’s not my physical type but he looks fine enough, and when combined with everything else, that’s more than enough to make me… well, a fangirl. I don’t know if what he projects is the real, private Louis CK; I doubt it. But the guy I see in interviews makes a good catch. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/12 "2015-04-14T00:00:01Z")
Reminds me of Woody Harrellson. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/13 "2015-04-14T00:38:47Z")
He’s hotter now because he wasn’t funny then. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/14 "2015-04-14T00:52:28Z")
I’ve posted about young Louie before. I don’t believe that he can actually be the same person. The voice, the appearance, the comedy, the personality … nothing is the same to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/15 "2015-04-14T11:39:44Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Since we’re only given two levels of a scale, I rated him “hot.” But really I’d call him attractive rather than “hot.” His face is quite pleasant, he’s in good shape, and there’s a lot of energy to movement and facial expressions. All of which make him attractive to me. > > Those are just looks/physical issues, however. Now, if Young Louis CK had had the same intelligence, sense of humor and empathetic persona as he has now (which he didn’t, acc. to him), _then_ he gets the upgrade to _hot._ > > Current Louis CK isn’t _hot_ but I’m still very attracted to him, primarily because I think his public persona is someone who’s funny as hell, intelligent, compassionate, down-to-earth, has a perspective on life I agree with, and generous toward others. He’s not my physical type but he looks fine enough, and when combined with everything else, that’s more than enough to make me… well, a fangirl. > > I don’t know if what he projects is the real, private Louis CK; I doubt it. But the guy I see in interviews makes a good catch. I agree with all of this. He’s not my type at all, but I too am a fangirl. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/16 "2015-04-14T13:00:22Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > wow, he’s really let himself go. > [@panache45](#): > > Hot. How on earth did the slacker allow himself to age, in 25 years? > [@JKilez](#): > > Damn! What happened? I guess he had 25 years of real livin’. 😕 Where is this coming from? He looks like the same guy now, only in his late 40s. He’s put on some weight, but so do most men between age 25 and age 50. The only radical difference I can see is his receding hairline, which (I thank god) can’t be caused by hard living. One would think he looked like the dude who drank from the wrong grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, to hear y’all talk about him! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/17 "2015-04-14T21:49:25Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > 😕 > > Where is this coming from? He looks like the same guy now, only in his late 40s. He’s put on some weight, but so do most men between age 25 and age 50. The only radical difference I can see is his receding hairline, which (I thank god) can’t be caused by hard living. > > One would think he looked like the dude who drank from the wrong grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, to hear y’all talk about him! Not to me. He looks completely different, and sounds different. I would not have recognized him if not for the OP and the video announcing him. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562/18 "2015-04-17T06:53:18Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > 😕 > > Where is this coming from? He looks like the same guy now, only in his late 40s. He’s put on some weight, but so do most men between age 25 and age 50. The only radical difference I can see is his receding hairline, which (I thank god) can’t be caused by hard living. > > One would think he looked like the dude who drank from the wrong grail in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, to hear y’all talk about him! Not true. Bob Odenkirk, for example, has aged pretty well in the last 20 years and looks about the same now vs the 90s. Louie CK did not. Young Louie looks nothing like current Louie other than his voice. > [@Ambivalid](#): > > Um, strange poll. There was no poll option for “older”. It’s impossible for me to see Louie CK in “hot or not” terms. What do _you_ think, OP? Got a little crush? 😃 I’ve got a man crush on current Louie, not young Louie. Reading the youtube comments several people commented on Louie being attractive when he was younger and I wanted to hear people’s input.