“In 1987, my mom decided to take me to her hairdresser for a new cut.”
“Looney Tunes waistcoat. Mercifully hidden ponytail. Ready for junior prom. Would have been thirteen here.”
“I really thought I was cool at the moment… Maybe I still do!”
“The shirt says ”Ice Ice Baby” and no, I’d never heard of the song before I bought it.”
“My friend circa 1995. Painting, anyone?”
“First of all, why did my mom think it was okay to let me in this place with no shoes? Like, that’s even worse than the whole outfit…”
“I really thought I had something going here with the squat and everything. This was def a random bike I saw on the side of the road. Feels bad man.”
“I was 12 in this picture. I miss that shirt.”
“14yo me thinking I was fly af. Friend sent me this photo he took on his Nintendo DS”
“Friend gave me permission to post this: “I cried the entire way to the picture place bc I didn’t want to wear the blazer . Mom made me anyway”
“Sometime around 2002 I studied the ways of the fist.”
“2002 warped tour- over tweezed brows, white lipstick, awkwardly posing with The Casualties guitarist”
“2006, organising MCR tickets naturally.”
“My parents dressed me and my sister for a “photo shoot” *1993*”
“Senior photo. 2009. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.”
“16, 25 and now at 34. What a evolution!”
“It was 1989, Batman and bike shorts were legit, and I’d just painted a discount skateboard to look like a cool one.”
“Not me looking 30 in my HS senior photo .”
“I am still upset about this haircut”
“I present to you my peak emo years circa 2006. I’m on the left. ZERO regrets.”
“My mom paid for a professional photoshoot. Even tho i look like burned chicken nugget i still love myself (2010)”
“2005ish? Pop that collar and grab your puca shells, we are going to the mall b#tches!”
“13 years ago. I got the bangs so I could be “kawaii” but I could barely see “
“Most likely to be a pimp? Used car salesman? Fashion icon?”
But relax, this is just a collection of photos where people are laughing at themselves. Try it sometimes - stop being so uptight.