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30 Times People Found Out Their Parents Were Cooler Than Them And Shared These Pics As Proof
There probably was a time when you thought your parents weren’t cool. That’s quite normal for teens who care about their reputation and status among their peers. You know how parents can be sometimes.
However, interestingly enough, there will come a time when you’ll look at your parents and think “huh, they certainly are cool,” despite them being at that very same, or very similar age in their lives that you were when you thought they weren’t all that cool.
Well, people on Twitter have been doing just that—being in awe at how cool their parents actually were back in their youth (or young adulthood) and sharing pictures.
Image credits: AdamSerwer
Take a look at some of the highlights from the thread below, and while you’re here, why not comment and upvote the submissions you enjoyed the most!
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Jode Mode 4 years ago
I'm Jewish and my mom didn't want me to go to prom in the 90's with a black guy. Godspeed!
Lil 4 years ago
You do know that they are Africans Jews - both in the west and north. They had 2 Holocaust and several rescues from Africa funded by American Jews and the Israeli government. All black, all 100% Jews
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Channon Doughty 4 years ago
Her body language implies she wants away from him. Not so sure they were together
Black Karen 4 years ago
Maybe she had a bad back or farted or was getting ready to sneeze. Literally these are someone's parents so obviously they liked being close at least once and just because they don't show it for the camera doesn't mean you're right. You're Karening too hard here. Your judgemental comment makes me really angry. Go better yourself.
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Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
I am so sorry. She must have had some amazing stories. Right there witnessing music history. Being a part of music history. What a beautiful smile. I am so sorry. Your family must miss her so much.
Anita Pickle 4 years ago
She is so beautiful. Look at that smile! You can feel the kindness through the photo.
Dorothy Parker 4 years ago
Lovely and the coolest. So sorry for your loss. May her memory be a blessing.
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Eagle Girl 4 years ago
old age? this pic is late 50's/60's & they were in their 20's. That's a good life!
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Agamemnon Padar 4 years ago
Looks like a decent man. It is nice to see the parents when them were young.
Not too long ago, writer Adam Serwer tweeted a picture of his parents from the early 1960s. In the picture, the two are seemingly in a restaurant or bar of some sort, having some drinks and socializing.
And now that Adam is all grown up, he felt forced to admit that his parents were actually cooler than him. Around 19,000 people seemingly agreed that they are indeed cool by leaving a like under the photo.
Others started sharing pictures of their own parents and other relatives being cool, artsy, photogenic, what have you, from when they were young back in the ‘50s through to the ‘80s.
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Marky Mark 4 years ago
I know fashions change, but there was something inherently classy about the outfits of that era.
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Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
Fashions were so much more flattering then, and this looks SO classy.
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Víctor Alfonso García Olmo 4 years ago
It's a boina. Idk its name in english, it's a traditional spanish hat
Load More Replies... Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
My heart hurts for you. Looking back at pictures can bring back such wonderful memories. I'm glad you did get to say goodbye.
Agamemnon Padar 4 years ago (edited)
Very sorry to read this. I am now 54 and lost mine 13 years ago. But since that day I often dream of him. Nothing spectacular, we are just doing what we did since early childhood until he left, a walk and talking about everything. When I wake up I feel very good.
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Denny Cwiek 4 years ago
Can't help but notice how many pictures show people holding cigarettes.
fire bug 4 years ago
Almost everyone smoked back in the day. They used to even consider it healthy.
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Pink Floydian Panda 4 years ago
Those are wonderful pictures. Time really is so fleeting. We all need to do more to live in the here and now.
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Pink Floydian Panda 4 years ago (edited)
That is totally bad ass! Is that an old baseball card or a picture? Is that the same Bug Holliday from this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_Holliday ?
Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
Off topic from your post, but one of my brothers is a huge Pink Floyd fan.
Load More Replies... Jolene Kelley 4 years ago
I just looked him up. He was good!! In the World Series repeatedly. NL home run leader. Pretty good batting average and a ton of RBIs. I bet he could tell some stories for sure 😃 I really hope you find his card 😁
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julia 4 years ago
the older sister is on the right, and the one you described sounds like the one on the left, who is the younger sister.
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If you want to see more, or read through some of the stories and comments left by other users, you can find the entire thread here.
Or if you want to check out more cool parent lists, Bored Panda’s got you covered here, here, and here.
But before you go, keep scrolling and let us know what you thought of this in the comment section below. And hey, why not also tell us how cool your parents were back in the day!
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Wistiti 4 years ago
And us? We are good with our underwear when staying-in.
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Dolly_of TheCowboy 4 years ago
Very cool. Looks like a tour promo photo or album cover "Bob Ross and the Woodland Blues Experience Band"
S P A C E S A R E C O O L 4 years ago
omg I literally cannot stop laughing help
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Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
I had a schoolgirl crush on a man who looks like a poor imitation of your very, very foxy father!
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Martin Forbes 4 years ago
Great photo, but why are there two hands coming out of your Grampy's sleeve ?
Everything_Fubar 4 years ago
Lol I think he's holding a tan paper in his right hand
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Sage Gusano 4 years ago
From the tiger's perspective. So....I'm just laying there mindin' my own business...
Load More Replies... Pink Floydian Panda 4 years ago
I thought I was the only one! I am glad to know there is a community of tiger pee survivors after suffering alone in silence for so many years!
Agnes Jekyll 4 years ago
Please, tell all--in the form of a Haiku if necessary
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Tobias the Tiger 4 years ago
One of the zoos near me has a warning by the tiger exhibit that they may urinate on you.
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Eagle Girl 4 years ago
More weddings should be like this. A genuinely happy couple with less fuss.
Sarah 4 years ago
Yes, looks like my parents' 1950s wedding. Although she wore a tea-length bridal gown. Till death did them part.
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Jackie Spencer 4 years ago
Was he in the home guard? That's pretty cool by itself but to be meeting Monty too.
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Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
Love that her dress and veil are blue. It was an "in thing" to have different colored wedding dresses.
Adrienne Gallo-Girard 4 years ago (edited)
Probably a bridesmaid. My parents married in 1968 and the maids had veils that matched their dresses.
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Sean Alaback 4 years ago
I'm pretty sure I just realised those are two different people.
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Mosheh Wolf 4 years ago
He looks a bit like David Thewlis (guy who played Lupin in the HP movies)
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Apachebathmat 4 years ago
You can tell by his smile that she was the girl every guy wanted! Cat that got the cream
Brivid 4 years ago (edited)
Definitely a big age difference. My parents were 12 years apart.
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Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
..and they weren't using filters, photoshop, doing the Pooch Face while looking down cleavage or showing off their asses. It was genuine - real smiles, real faces, real photographers practicing craft that took talent and care. The Good Old Days. You could feel the whole mood and personality of the people. Now you look in the corners to find the wavy-lines mistakes of editing or the "I cry BS" techniques.
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Mary Rose Kent 4 years ago
With all the hairspray she’s got on, dude better watch that she doesn’t just spontaneously combust!
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RoseTheMad 4 years ago
I don't really like sharing personal pictures, but if I didn't have that anxiety, I would have shared an image I have of my great grandmother in her youth (around the 1930's), all dressed up in her ballet wear and looking like a real classic beauty. I never got to meet her, unfortunately.
Soggy Crumpet 4 years ago (edited)
Can I just say that the fashion of the 40s-early 60s was so awesome?! Sometime I think I was born like 50 years too late.
Donna Rakowiecki 4 years ago
It only looks that way because years ago everyone dressed up to leave the house. Now we are too addicted to comfort, nice clothes are really not that comfortable and we couldn't wait to get home and change.
Penny Kemper 4 years ago
I don't really see h the cooler factor here, but I was born in the late 60s. Maybe seeing photos like this my whole life is the difference? Not sure. I also always liked fashion and old movies.
lazy panda 4 years ago
I knew my dad was way cooler than I could ever aspire to be by the time I was 8. He drag raced pretty much from 18-30 and even won a lower-level stock championship by 19. Absolutely gutted me when he threw his trophies away.
ScarlettofHydraIsland 4 years ago
My parents were super good looking in all their old photos, so I’m not sure what happened with me. XD
Suzy the observer 4 years ago
For the most part, these were regular people doing everyday things. Nothing badass about that.
SandraG_lak 4 years ago
In a time before digital cameras when you'd take the picture and not see if it turned out until you got the photos back from having the film developed. Which would take about a week. I don't know if I could revert to that method nowadays. I remember when 1hr photo came out and it was very exciting! My first digital camera was just as exciting. It now is packed away somewhere and hasn't been used in 10 years thanks to cellphone cameras.
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
And then there was the Polaroid camera where when you took the picture it spit out of the bottom of the camera and watched it develope. And black and white photos are cool because that is how things were. It is a true reflection of the past. To you its not cool, but to them it sure was.
Load More Replies... RoseTheMad 4 years ago
I don't really like sharing personal pictures, but if I didn't have that anxiety, I would have shared an image I have of my great grandmother in her youth (around the 1930's), all dressed up in her ballet wear and looking like a real classic beauty. I never got to meet her, unfortunately.
Soggy Crumpet 4 years ago (edited)
Can I just say that the fashion of the 40s-early 60s was so awesome?! Sometime I think I was born like 50 years too late.
Donna Rakowiecki 4 years ago
It only looks that way because years ago everyone dressed up to leave the house. Now we are too addicted to comfort, nice clothes are really not that comfortable and we couldn't wait to get home and change.
Penny Kemper 4 years ago
I don't really see h the cooler factor here, but I was born in the late 60s. Maybe seeing photos like this my whole life is the difference? Not sure. I also always liked fashion and old movies.
lazy panda 4 years ago
I knew my dad was way cooler than I could ever aspire to be by the time I was 8. He drag raced pretty much from 18-30 and even won a lower-level stock championship by 19. Absolutely gutted me when he threw his trophies away.
ScarlettofHydraIsland 4 years ago
My parents were super good looking in all their old photos, so I’m not sure what happened with me. XD
Suzy the observer 4 years ago
For the most part, these were regular people doing everyday things. Nothing badass about that.
SandraG_lak 4 years ago
In a time before digital cameras when you'd take the picture and not see if it turned out until you got the photos back from having the film developed. Which would take about a week. I don't know if I could revert to that method nowadays. I remember when 1hr photo came out and it was very exciting! My first digital camera was just as exciting. It now is packed away somewhere and hasn't been used in 10 years thanks to cellphone cameras.
Miss Frankfurter 4 years ago
And then there was the Polaroid camera where when you took the picture it spit out of the bottom of the camera and watched it develope. And black and white photos are cool because that is how things were. It is a true reflection of the past. To you its not cool, but to them it sure was.
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