40+ Trippy Photos That Show The Interesting Ways Time Wears Everything Down
They don’t make them like they used to do they?
Take a look around and you’ll spot signs of time weathering away everything – faded photos on the wall, sunken cushions on the couch, even your own face changes and ultimately loses the battle against time.
And sometimes, that battle is stunning.
The r/WellWorn Reddit group is a 250,000-strong community of people sharing images of the things time wears down.
Sometimes we can see images and really revel in the beauty of loss. Here are some of the best examples from r/wellworn.
1. Dog’s paw has worn down paint job.
2. Years of Paint Build-Up I Chipped Off An Old Trestle At Work
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5. The Way This Tree Grew Over The Railing
6. This Deteriorating Combination Lock I found At The Beach
7. Tree Consuming Children … Sign
8. The Border Of My Tattoo Turned Into A Stretch Mark During My First Pregnancy, Now It Looks 3D
9. This Old Color Pencil Box After Termites Ate All The Wood
10. A Coin Taped In My Father’s Baby Book Stayed Clean Under The Tape Only
11. My Grandfather’s Liberty Dollar He Carried For 50+ Years Because “A Man’s Always Gotta Have A Dollar In His Pocket”
12. Burned Out Microwave Bulb Left This Smoke Pattern Inside
13. Mom Surprised Me With The Brand New Version Of My 27-Year-Old Childhood Stuffed Animal
14. My Sister Has Kept The Same Koosh Ball Chain On Her Keys Since The Early 90s. What It Is Meant To Look Like vs. What It Actually Looks Like Now
15. My ID Left An Impression Of My ID Pic On My Badge Holder
16. This Truck In A Tree I Found While Driving Through The Woods
17. The Uneven Wear On The Knob Of This Human Statue Due To People Stroking It Over The Years Shows That Humans Can’t Resist Stroking Knobs Even If They Are Not Real
18. The Colors Of This Bronze Cristiano Ronaldo Statue Is Fading Where People Touch It The Most
19. They Served Me Well For 6 Years But It Was Time. $220 Plus A $60 Resole A Couple Years Ago From The Local Cobbler. Looking Forward To Another 6 Years
20.This Old Copper Crayon Turned Green
21. This Display In Ashmolean Museum Shows How Touching Artwork Affects Material
22. “Biodegradable” Cups That Were Buried In A Composter For 15 Years. Everything Else Turned To Dirt Except These
23. Can Someone Give Me A Jump Start? Haven’t Driven This Thing In A While
24. My Rotting Goomba Pumpkin Looks More Like Goomba Now Than It Did When It Was Freshly Carved
25. Cubic Crystals Growing In Old Play-Doh
26. Planting 90,000ish Trees Take A Few Inches Of A Shovel
27. My Dogs’ Nerf Frisbee. Still Their Favorite
28. 100 Years Ago Someone Lost Their Coin Purse
29. A Cemetery Of Telephone Booths In The UK
30. Berlin Wall: Graffiti Spray Paint Layers On A Broken Piece
31. This Piece Of Wall That Got Rounded By The Sea
32.The Walls In This Old Coffeehouse Have Shadows Where People Used To Sit
33. Stairs On The Great Wall Of China. How Many People Do You Think Have Walked On Them?
34. One Of The Oldest ‘Beware Of The Dog’ Signs In The World, Found In Pompeii Ruins, Italy
35. My Great Grandfather’s British Army Issue Pocket Watch Along With The German Bullet That It Stopped In France 1914
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225 year old pine floor that’s never been commercially sanded
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My husband's decade old computer chair VS new one the same model I am surprising him with tonight
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Where people have leaned back against the wall at the laundromat.
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41. A Vending Machine that Time Forgot
