Have you ever felt embarrassed by some of the things you did as a child in an attempt to be “cool”? Well, you’re definitely not alone! When someone on Reddit asked people to disclose what they thought was cool back then but find cringe-worthy now, thousands responded. Here are 12 of the most popular stories on the thread…
12. The Late Nights
“Staying up as late as possible. I often bragged about being up till 3 a.m. and then going to school at 7 a.m. Now I’m in bed at 9.30 pm, and it’s glorious!”
“Middle age is when you are faced with two temptations, and you choose the one that will get you home by nine o’clock.”
11. The Angry Atheism
“Making sure everyone knew I’m an atheist and find their religion laughable.”
“Someone happens to say “God bless you” to a sneeze? **** YOU, that’s a stupid superstition, and there is no God.”
10. The Prank Calls
“Picking up the landline phone, dialing a random number and attempting to prank the caller on the other side!”
“Hello, is Mr Wall there please? He isn’t? Can I talk to Mrs Wall? Are you telling me there are no walls there? What’s keeping the roof up then?”
9. The Unusual Dietary Choices
“Eating ants.”
“When my brother was three, I found him eating ants. I asked why he was doing it, and he said “I’m being Baloo the bear.” This was such a reasonable explanation that seven-year-old me just shrugged and walked away.”
“In second grade, kids would pay me a quarter to eat a lovebug. To this day, one of my friends’ dad refers to me as “bug eater,” so that’s fun.”
8. The Wannabe Jedi
“I’d walk around the neighborhood with a toy lightsaber and challenge any kid I saw to a duel. Same thing when I got a duel disk.”
“One time my neighbor and I did this and for some reason my kid brain was like “What if people see us play fighting?” And he said “I don’t care what they think and neither should you”. Cool words of advice Colin.”
7. The “Distinctive” Fashion Choices
“I used to wear two hollister shirts with both collars popped up all the time. Jesus I hate looking at those pictures in my mom’s house.”
“Apparently bandanas looked cool (was into guns and roses as young teen)…But it wasn’t a proper one, it was my granny’s neck scarf lol.”
6. The “Epic” Dance Moves
“I would breakdance in front of my large family at every event I could. Unfortunately my father likes to film things for memory so every so often I am reminded of my god awful dance moves as a 10 year old when we watch old home videos. I would also do finger guns at the camera afterwards like I was the best dancer ever filmed.”
5. The Incorrect Apparel
“I remember signing up for a martial arts class and wearing a black and red gi and a red belt on my first day thinking I would look totally bad ass. My instructor made me take off the belt and gi top and told me to never do that again.”
4. The Unusual Accessories
“I used to wear padlocks on my belt loops. For extra stupid, they were padlocks I’d busted off the lockers in PE class with a shoe. So there I was walking around with four or so padlocks dangling from the belt loops of my JNCOs.”
3. The Unusual Expressions
“I thought raising my eyebrow at every little thing made me look cool. Looking back, it looked like I had problems.”
2. The Rebellious Exchanges
“Saying bad morning to the teacher.”
“Saying “bad game” when you high-five the opposing team members after a peewee soccer game.”
“I used to say, ‘Not here.’”
1. The Fake Medals
“[In] Grade 1, I took one of those chocolate coins in gold foil, put a hole in it and ran a string through, and tied it around my neck. Went to school bragging I won a medal in a hockey tournament.”
“I “borrowed” my parents dancing medals they won for square dancing and took them to school (this was in 4th grade). I covered one side of them and put them in a plastic bag (so no one would be able to tell they were square dancing medals) and I told everyone I won them for gymnastics in the Olympics. My friends believed me (only one other friend was in on this).”
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