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50 Times People Who Went Through The ‘Blunder Years’ Phase Posted These Absolutely Hilarious Pics (New Pics)
Although long gone are our careless teenage years, with the oldest millennials turning 40 this year (you gotta be kiddin’ me, right?!), the blunder years still come back to haunt us. Usually they come in the form of school pics stacked somewhere in our parents’ houses.
But the tendency about those pics is clear, they reemerge out of nowhere during the least expected moments, like a family reunion, or during dinner meant to introduce your love interest to your parents. Most importantly, our skin has toughened quite a bit, but the blunder pics still make us blush like it was yesterday.
So today we’re diving into the hilariously brilliant r/BlunderYears community where people share one thing we all have in common: the old pictures of ourselves that prove going through major ups and downs, twists, and loop-de-loops when it comes to our identities is only human! Sit back, relax and get ready to chuckle for this relatable selection below, and be sure to check out our previous posts with pics from blunder years here, here and here.
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#1
My Poor Parents... Being Nice To Me Back In 1987 During My Billy Idol Skateboarding Phase
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#2
I Thought I Was The Coolest Cat There Ever Was. 1994
#3
Late 70's. No Idea What I Was Thinking. Made The Suit Myself
#4
My Girlfriend's Childhood Family Picture. She Was Really Excited About Being A Rat In The Nutcracker
#5
I Was Evidently The Reference Model For The Kid From Up! Circa 1985
#6
Middle School Was... An Interesting Time
#7
Matronly 40-Year Old Korean Librarian? Nope! Just Me, A 12-Year Old Boy
#8
Me Back In 2005... Techno Interested Me
#9
Groovy Baby!
#10
Mall Rat Days
#11
4 Going On 40 With This 90s Glamour Shot
#12
I Had Embraced My Nerdy Outcast Status And Went To School Like This, Sadly The Trench Coat Was Soon Banned After '99
#13
Got A Disposable Camera As A Child And Decided To Take A Selfie. I Was Very Pleased With It After Getting It Developed
#14
1993 Senior Pic, I Wore Those Boots To Hs The Entire Year. Iowa Winter And All
#15
I Was So Proud When I Made The Yearbook. When I Got Home And Showed My Mom She Said I Would Regret That Later In Life
#16
My Husband (Right) And His Brother (Left). Prom 2006
#17
That Year My School Photos Fell On The Day I Had To Get 2 Teeth Removed
Andy Acceber 5 years ago
I'm glad you convinced the photographer that no, you weren't in fact having a stroke.
#18
Welcome To My Weird Childhood
Michelle M 5 years ago
This looks like the beginning of a horror movie. 'Little did Betty know that her look alike doll.....'
#19
I Legit Don’t Even Cringe On This One, 2006, I Want To Learn To Channel That Spirit
#20
I Wanted To Be A Child Actor So Mom Took Me To Sears For Some Dope Headshots
#21
My Parents Built Me A Cross So I Could Play Christ In 1998
#22
Unintentionally Brought Back The Heavy-Hairspray Hairstyles Of The 80’s While Trying To Cope With My Receding Hairline During My Senior Year In High School
#23
We Were Allowed To Bring An Object To Hold For Class Picture Day. Some Kids Used A Football, Tennis Racket, Musical Instrument... I Chose A Hamster. It Wasn’t Even My Hamster
#24
10 Year Old Me Idolised Avril Lavigne
#25
My Mom Just Wanted A Nice Picture In Paris
Chucky Cheezburger 5 years ago
Damn...were they planning in stealing the Effiel Tower in those pants?
#26
Circa 2010. No It Was No Halloween. I Was Going To The Airport. Yes The Iron Man Triangle Lit Up
#27
Senior Photo...
#28
Spent An Hour Doing My Hair Every Day. Circa 2006
#29
Friend Shared This On Facebook; I'm Sharing All Of Her 90s Glory With Reddit (With Her Permission)
#30
I Remember Thinking I Was The Absolute Coolest Chick Walking Around La On Fam Vacation. Circa 2002
#31
7 Years Old In 1997, Growing Out What Was A Bowl Cut That My Mom Loved, Rocking My Pink Power Ranger Shirt To Make Sure People Knew I Was In Fact A Girl
#32
I’m Not The Cute Cat Or The Little Chef... I’m The Sandwich!
#33
13 Year Old Me In 2011, Right Smackbang In The Middle Of The “I’m Soooo Random :3” Phase
#34
As A Kid I Was Really Obsessed With The Amish
#35
Me, 1995, In Venice, Backpacking Across Europe In Search Of My True Identity. At Least I Wasn't Too Obvious About The Whole Situation
Mad Dragon 5 years ago
And now all the theatre people are inwardly singing, "I'm Jean Valjean!"
#36
Circa 3rd Grade, 1980: My Dad Cut My Hair And I Wore A Shirt With My Own Face On It
#37
Me (In The Middle) At 17... Dudes Wanted Nothing To Do With Me Until 21. In Retrospect, This Makes Sense, As My Biggest Fashion Inspiration Was Tank Girl...
#38
I'm Not Sure What's Worse. The Hair Or The Suspenders. It's Probably The Hair
#39
I Got A Lot Of Love For My Pigtails, So Here's Some More! Cheers!
#40
I Will Raise Your 2nd Grade Picture With This. In High School
Aria Whitaker 5 years ago
Nothing says "badass" like a flaming tiger background and cheap katana acquired from the mall kiosk....
#41
My Mom Cut & Styled My Hair For Picture Day. I Never Let Her Touch My Hair Ever Since
#42
My Mom Paid Money To Have This Very Professional Photo Taken At An Anime Convention In 2006. The Page Protector It Was Put In Really Helped Preserve The Quality
#43
Me (Left) And My Friend, Just A Couple Of 13 Year Olds Being Cool Guys, Not Looking At Explosions. Please Do Notice The Horrible Editting I Did Back Then
Happiness is Hippo 5 years ago
That's such a cool photo! I love it and I don't think it belongs on this list at all
#44
Me, A Straight Female, Trying To Impress My Crush By Being One Of The Guys. I’m On The Right
#45
I See Your Tuba And I Raise You One Saxophone
#46
One Thing I Still Believe: Always Dress Up, Whether You're Going Out Or Just Doing Chores!
#47
Me Showing Off My Vampire Books In My Mr. Bean Shirt
#48
Me, Around 12 Years Ago. Emo Phase Hit Me Hard
Mallory m. Brewer 5 years ago
They look like that sim from the Sims 4 vampires pack. I think his name was Caleb.
#49
Year 2 In 2003, That’s My Teacher On The Left. Nothing Says Cool In Primary School Quite Like Having An Identical Haircut To Your 60 Year Old Teacher...
#50
2004. This Still Keeps Me Up At Night...
#51
In High School, I Lost My Driver's License And Was Really Into Alfa Romeos. So, I Thought This Senior Picture Would Be Both Funny And Cool
#52
Back In 2013 I Liked Doctor Who Instead Of Having A Personality
#53
My Mom Had To Go To Walmart After She Picked Me Up From A Convention
#54
Yup, Full Mullet And A Tux For The School Prom, Honestly Thought I Was Rocking It Too
#55
Did Someone Say Dance Class? 15 Years Ago I Participated In An Ice Age Themed Competition
#56
My Mom Insisted I Show Off My Braces. I Think She Was Hoping For Better Results
#57
Why The Hell Did I Think Any Of This Was Okay? The Shirt, The Hair... Oh God
#58
My Godmother Just Sent Me This. Circa 1985 Dampier, Australia
#59
My Sister Was Really Interested In Fashion In The Mid-2000s. Our Mom And Grandma Maybe Encouraged Her Too Much
#60
2007, Taking Back Sunday T-Shirt, Dickies Backpack, Skinny Jeans, Converse, Gas Station...?
#61
Circa 1999... I Know That Hair Clip Still Thinks About Me
#62
Senior Prom. We Thought We Were So Cool
#63
Not Terrible, But I Spent 4th Grade Cosplaying As Jimmy Neutron With That Helmet Of Hair. I’m A Girl Btw
#64
I Thought I Nailed That Edit Lmao. Translated Caption : "I'm Really Black And White In The Deepness Of My Heart, I've Never Really Seen Colors, Except Black, White And Gray"
#65
This Is The Better Quality Shot Of My Christian Rock Band In 2007. Surprisingly We Were Not Very Successful
Jill Pulcifer 5 years ago
You guys look like a Buzzfeed article detailing bad fashion trends of the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's.
#66
Class Of ‘07 Represent
#67
Puka Shell Necklace And Spiked Hair For My School Photo! I Think This Was 2002
#68
I Thought I Was So Cool And Sophisticated (Ft. Family Portrait In My Mom’s Bedroom)
#69
Posing In A Tree With My Cousin’s Bike, Trying To Look “Casual”
#70
My Facebook Profile Picture In 2014. The Caption Was “Yasuo Incarnate”...i Played A Lot Of League Of Legends
#71
In 3rd Grade I Really Wanted To Be Sonic The Hedgehog For Holloween. This Was The Result
#72
I Wish I Still Had The Confidence Of 2010 Me. I Think The Jacket Was From Avril Lavigne's Collection And I Wore It Everywhere.... All The Time
Inga Paškevičiūtė 5 years ago
Man, I think we all want to have that confidence we had when we were kids lol
#73
This Indian-Ass "Photoshoot" I Had. My Mother Sent It To Me To Humble Me And Remind Me Of My Origins
#74
White Girl Dreads, Speed Dealer Sunglasses, Slogan Tee And Zip Capri Pants. The Year 2000 Was Glorious
#75
My Shirt Says "I'm A Dinosaur, So Like Rawr And Stuff." And The Hello Kitty Ears. So Random
#76
Back When 8 Year Old Me Discovered The Morphing Function On My Ds Camera, So I Morphed Myself With Our Bathroom Tiles. Graphic Design Is My Passion
#77
Here’s Me At 12, Going To See Good Charlotte And Eve 6 With My Dad. I Thought I Looked Very Badass
Helen Haley 5 years ago
Again, for the time, you did. This is nowhere near out there or awkward.
#78
Instead Of Braces, My Grandpa Gave Me His Bb Gun And My Grandma Gave Me Her Receding Hairline
#79
Me On My Very First Date. Pretty Sure She Went Because My Mom Rented A Limo
Frauke Knothe 5 years ago
The size ratio between them is really strange. Not only the height, comparing their heads, he looks like a giant.
#80
First Day Back To School 2008. I Was An Ugly Child But I Felt "Trendy" For Once In This Outfit
Happiness is Hippo 5 years ago
I don't think you were an ugly child at all. I zoomed in on you to double check! I hope you feel better about yourself now x
#81
The Year Was 2008, And I Had Just Discovered How To Find A Scene Hair Tutorial On Youtube
#82
My Middle School Quote Was So Bad The School Actually Added The Last Sentence Without Telling Me
Michelle M 5 years ago
It's funny how many countries allow their students to write anything on their yearbook. Here, you have to have a very meaningful quote. Mine was 'Hardwork is best' or something along that line.
#83
My Friend And I Messing Around On Webcam, Edited Using Ms Paint, Circa 2007
#84
This Travesty From My Senior Photos From 2010
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Ruby 5 years ago
Man, reminds me of my emo phase at 15. Tried so hard to look like all the cool emo people in bands and on internet, but we didn't have any shops to sell these type of clothes and couldn't order online. Tried to find all the black clothes, big smudge eyeliner, wearing freaking shoelaces around my wrists because I didn't have good bracelets. But it made me happy lmao
Jalus S 5 years ago
How To Be A Success At Life. Step One:: Let other people do what makes them happy, mind your own business, and do what you need to do to make yourself happy. - Good on you, Ruby!
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Sheila Stamey 5 years ago
I really enjoyed this. We all went through it. Some lesser, some greater. Some inside, some outside.
Ruby 5 years ago
Man, reminds me of my emo phase at 15. Tried so hard to look like all the cool emo people in bands and on internet, but we didn't have any shops to sell these type of clothes and couldn't order online. Tried to find all the black clothes, big smudge eyeliner, wearing freaking shoelaces around my wrists because I didn't have good bracelets. But it made me happy lmao
Jalus S 5 years ago
How To Be A Success At Life. Step One:: Let other people do what makes them happy, mind your own business, and do what you need to do to make yourself happy. - Good on you, Ruby!
Load More Replies... Sheila Stamey 5 years ago
I really enjoyed this. We all went through it. Some lesser, some greater. Some inside, some outside.
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