Whether we like it or not, most of us will become our parents one way or another - from something as small as the way they laugh or maybe something as profound as the same career path. Some of us crumble at the notion that we could share similarities with our less hip parents - but for the kids of the parents in these vintage photos, the levels of cool exuding from their older generation are something they can only hope to aspire to.

Bored Panda presents a new photo list of times kids came across old photos of their parents only to realize their parents were cooler than them. So scroll down below to check out some old-school photo treasures and upvote your favs. Maybe it will inspire you to ask your own cool parents to show you what they were like when they were young!

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My Favorite Picture Of My Mom. She Was The Only Girl In Her Welding Class In 1984. Byrd High School, Shreveport, Louisiana

My Favorite Picture Of My Mom. She Was The Only Girl In Her Welding Class In 1984. Byrd High School, Shreveport, Louisiana

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    My Mom Flew Helicopters For The Army In The 80s

    My Mom Flew Helicopters For The Army In The 80s

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    My Mother Doing A Handstand On Two Skateboards (Circa 1980's)

    My Mother Doing A Handstand On Two Skateboards (Circa 1980's)

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    My Dad (Front) In Vietnam In 1971. He Didn’t Know This Photo Existed Until I Came Across It Randomly On The Internet. He Cried When He Saw It

    My Dad (Front) In Vietnam In 1971. He Didn’t Know This Photo Existed Until I Came Across It Randomly On The Internet. He Cried When He Saw It

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    My Dad At His First Job At Nasa!

    My Dad At His First Job At Nasa!

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    Chuck Norris Pinned By My Dad

    Chuck Norris Pinned By My Dad

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    My Dad And His Veterinarian Mother, With Their Pet Lion Which They Raised For Two Years, 1959

    My Dad And His Veterinarian Mother, With Their Pet Lion Which They Raised For Two Years, 1959

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    My Dad Diving Off The Starboard Fin Of A Submarine And Into The Pacific Ocean In The Summer Of 1983

    My Dad Diving Off The Starboard Fin Of A Submarine And Into The Pacific Ocean In The Summer Of 1983

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    My Mom Holding Myself Whilst Writing Her Master Thesis On The Macintosh Classic II (1991)

    My Mom Holding Myself Whilst Writing Her Master Thesis On The Macintosh Classic II (1991)

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    My Friends Parents Are Celebrating Their 47th Anniversary This Week. Here's Them Being Badasses In The 70's

    My Friends Parents Are Celebrating Their 47th Anniversary This Week. Here's Them Being Badasses In The 70's

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    My Mom Was A Homicide Detective In The 80s

    My Mom Was A Homicide Detective In The 80s

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    My Mom, Age 15, Smoking At An Allman Brothers Concert With A Broken Arm. Watkins Glen '73

    My Mom, Age 15, Smoking At An Allman Brothers Concert With A Broken Arm. Watkins Glen '73

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    My Parents In 1972 In Front Of Their Store In Paris

    My Parents In 1972 In Front Of Their Store In Paris

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    1969 Vietnam: My Father’s Version Of A Selfie Before Selfies Were A Thing

    1969 Vietnam: My Father’s Version Of A Selfie Before Selfies Were A Thing

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    My Dad A Zoo Keeper In 1992

    My Dad A Zoo Keeper In 1992

    He was the only one at the time who could call the rhinos by name and they would come running like dogs. They enjoy a scratch behind the ear like dogs too.

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    My Father Who Shipped His Bike Over To England And Rode All Over Europe On It - 1973

    My Father Who Shipped His Bike Over To England And Rode All Over Europe On It - 1973

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    #17

    My Mom In The Police Academy, 1984

    My Mom In The Police Academy, 1984

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    My Mom As A Red Cross Volunteer In WWII. She Had Her Own Radio Show In The Pacific Theater To Counteract Tokyo Rose. 1944

    My Mom As A Red Cross Volunteer In WWII. She Had Her Own Radio Show In The Pacific Theater To Counteract Tokyo Rose. 1944

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    My Dad's Graduation Photo. Circa 1970's

    My Dad's Graduation Photo. Circa 1970's

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    My Pregnant Mom At Gunpoint Trying To Get Home - May 1969 Berkeley

    My Pregnant Mom At Gunpoint Trying To Get Home - May 1969 Berkeley

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    Mom Spinning Records At Kwkh, Shreveport - 1977

    Mom Spinning Records At Kwkh, Shreveport - 1977

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    Pretty Rad Picture Of My Dad When He Was 22, In Texas, Taken In 1987. That Ghettoblaster Is Epic

    Pretty Rad Picture Of My Dad When He Was 22, In Texas, Taken In 1987. That Ghettoblaster Is Epic

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    My Mom Fled Saigon In 1975. By The 90s, She Had Joined The US Air Force

    My Mom Fled Saigon In 1975. By The 90s, She Had Joined The US Air Force

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    #24

    One Of My Favorite Photos Of My Parents In The Late 70s

    One Of My Favorite Photos Of My Parents In The Late 70s

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    My Hilarious Father (With The Magazine) And My Grandfather, Grandmother, And Uncle At His Bar Mitzvah In 1972

    My Hilarious Father (With The Magazine) And My Grandfather, Grandmother, And Uncle At His Bar Mitzvah In 1972

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    My Father Halfway Through Motorcycling Across Africa - 1980s

    My Father Halfway Through Motorcycling Across Africa - 1980s

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    My Dad Taking A Smoking Break While Fighting Saddam Husseins Army In The 80s

    My Dad Taking A Smoking Break While Fighting Saddam Husseins Army In The 80s

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    My Dad Fishing... On A Nuclear Submarine 1966

    My Dad Fishing... On A Nuclear Submarine 1966

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    My Mom In The Hospital After Giving Birth To My Sister. Canada 1978. Smokes And Roasted Chicken

    My Mom In The Hospital After Giving Birth To My Sister. Canada 1978. Smokes And Roasted Chicken

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