Going through old pictures usually brings back all sorts of memories. That means both the beautiful times you feel sentimental about and the top-tier cringe-worthy moments. And even though the latter might make you want to disappear into thin air (or close the photo album, at least), looking back at your young self can often be very amusing as well.

Some of the finest examples that can make you laugh and cry simultaneously can be found on the ‘Blunder Years’ subreddit. Dedicated to, in their exact words, “pictures from a regrettable past”, it covers all sorts of disasters, from questionable hairstyle choices (let me remind you, a side fringe bang covering half of your face was a thing back in the day) to the epitomes of “cool” outfits. Today, we invite you to make yourself comfortable and embark on a journey through time, guided by the beautiful messes in these pictures.

#1 It Was The 80s. I Have No Other Excuse

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#2 My Nickname Was “Ronald” In School

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#3 This Pic Won Me “Most Embarrassing” Genx Photo A Few Years Back. Christmas 1989

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#4 Thanks To My Sister, I Completely Embraced Goth Culture In 1998

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#5 My Brother And I, Late 90s

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#6 A Mustache Did Not Look Very Good On Me In Middle School

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#7 Oh College. I’ll Never Be This Cool Again

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#8 Did Anyone Else Have These Weird Hairy Tops? I Thought They Were The S**t

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#9 1999 Tony Hawk Phase (Yes, Those Are Shorts…)

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#10 My Mom Cut My Hair The Day Before Picture Day (Early 90s). For Picture Day We Curled My Very Short Hair Resulting In This Delightfully Puffy Abomination Where I Insisted On Wearing Earrings So “I Didn’t Look Like A Boy” . The Result Is This Delightful Xmas Ornament That I Get To Look At Every Year

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#11 2009, Black Eye Liner & Lime Green Everything. 13 Years Old, Very Questionable Pose With Dads Webcam

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#12 My Mom Wouldn’t Allow Me To Wear This 80s Era Spider-Man Undershirt For Picture Day, But I Snuck It Under My Clothes Anyway

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#13 Family Photo. What A Mood

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#14 Me Circa 2005 Thinking I Was The Absolutely Baddest Thing Around With My Men’s Camo Cargo Short And Corset Combo

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#15 In My Bedroom, 2006. My Sister Was The One Who Wrote ‘Butt’ All Over The Walls

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#16 1991 Obsessed With Michael Jordan

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#17 This Is So Long Ago And Yes I Worked At Hot Topic

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#18 Somehow It Took Me Until My Thirties To Figure Out I’m A Dude Despite Going Through High School Looking Like This

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#19 2003. I Smiled Like This In Every Picture Because I Thought It Looked “Natural.” I Swere I’ve Never Harmed Any Animals

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#20 Me Circa 1995. I Think I Thought I Was Grunge Or Something

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#21 1999 – I Told Dad “I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, And Your Motorcycle”. Only Got The Clothes

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#22 1998. That Was A Knock-Off Fubu Shirt That I Bought From A Gas Station

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#23 Mom, It’s Not A Phase

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#24 Senior Picture; Gamecube Not Pictured

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#25 Recovered This Gem From The “Autobiography” I Wrote When I Was 10

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#26 Found These Pics After Losing My Mom In April. Today, I’m Ready To Share These With The World. I’m 44 Years Old Now, So Please Know That The 80’s Were Not A Forgiving Time

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#27 (Oc) I Was Not A Fan Of That Easter Bunny!

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#28 Leave Some Ladies For The Rest Of Us

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#29 My Senior Yearbook Photo. I Thought That Quote Was So Funny

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#30 That Weird Al Early 00s Look

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#31 Lion King Sisters 1994 I Was 8 Years Old And Lil Sis 4 . 1st Day School 3rd Grade And Kindergarten

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#32 The First Time I Put On My Band Uniform— 2011

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#33 Me When I Was 12 Years Old Buying My First Cd’s

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#34 It Was Not A Good Eyeliner Day, And I Was Trying To Make “Hippie Bands” My Thing. Rip To My Emo Era

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#35 Is This A Blunder Or Old School Cool? All I Know Is, I Was Kicking A*s And Taking No S**t

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#36 Sometime Between 05 And 07, I Remember I Got To Choose The Background And Which Weapon I Posed With

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#37 I Guess Being Able To See Is Overrated

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#38 Frosted Tips, Resident Evil Toys, A Jenny Mccarthy Poster Aka Welcome To 1999

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#39 In My Mind They Were The Real Deal. Check The Bowl Cut

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#40 I Remember Being Obsessed With This Popcorn-Lime Green-Halter Top. Who Let Me Go Out Like This??

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#41 Y’all I Thought I Was Cool Taking These Photos For A Anti Bullying Campaign ? I Did Get In A Magazine Thought (It Was A Contest To Submit Photos For Their Stop Think Feel Initiative)

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#42 Me In 2006, Age 16/17.. Big Myspace Vibes

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#43 1997 Hadn’t Washed My Hair In 6 Months After Braiding It. Dread Wax Applied Every Day. I Thought That Was How You Started Dreadlocks

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#44 You May Not Like It, But This Is Peak 1998. Korn Poster And Shortys Shirt Says It All!

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#45 1997 And My Little Tomboy Heart Hated Everything About This Glamour Shot Look

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#46 1985, I’m Mr.gender Bender Glam Goth And Club Scene Regular. The Whole Time I Secretly Listened To Thrash Music Lol. Will I Ever Live It Down?!

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#47 1987, We Loved The Cure, 7seconds, The Decedents, The Smiths, Etc. We Taped 120 Minutes Off Mtv Every Sunday Night From Midnight – 2 Am. I’m On The Far Left. Can Believe We Weren’t Blind In One Eye After All The Years With The Lopsided Haircuts

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#48 Fake Mullet, Delia’s Shoulder Bag, Paramore Tee, Mountain Dew Can. This Was Peak 2007

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#49 Mom Was Mad But Admittedly Almost Peed Herself Laughing At The Results

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#50 My “Date” To The Eighth Grade Dance

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#51 Me In 2007 — Idk Why I Tried To Photoshop My Face Off, But My Hair Was Cool ?

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#52 Friends Teased Me For This Fb Pfp, But I Knew I Was Iconic

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#53 Haircut From Dad + Kung Fu Shirt From Grandma = ?

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#54 The Year Is 2006. A Hs Teacher Tells Your Friend Group To Stop Standing Around His Classroom, So You Sit Instead. So Smart, So Edgy, So Cool

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#55 Teachers Were A Bit Different Back In The Day

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#56 Yeah, I Wasn’t Proud Of Myself For This Phase Lol

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#57 The Classic ‘Hike Up Your Pants Above The Hemline Of Your Shirt To Look Half Naked’ Trick

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#58 My Hair Was Teased So Much It Had To Be Homeschooled. Wish I Knew Why The Photographer Wanted To Hide My Legs And Feet

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#59 My Dad In 1982. He Had A Lazy Eye As A Child So He Had To Wear These Huge Rimmed Glasses. I Can’t Explain The Haircut, Though

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#60 My Bedroom 11 Years Ago When I Was 14, Be Careful You Don’t Hurt Yourself On All The Edge

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#61 Circa 2006-2007. I Thought I Was The Coolest Guy Out There!

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#62 Pls Enjoy These Pics Of My Younger Self And The Obsession I Had W Michael Jackson Lmao

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#63 During My Late Teens, I Went Through A “Everything Beach-Y” Phase. My Dad Dug This Photo Up The Other Day And I Cringed

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#64 Peaking At The Age Of 13 In 2003 Has Been Tough. What An Outfit. And A Receding Hairline (That Thankfully Grew Back) From Years Of Pulling My Hair Back So Tightly

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#65 ’98 Or ’99, Around 16 Years Old. The Coppery Bleached Hair Was Not My Best Decision

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#66 My Friends And I, Circa 2007. I’m The Guy Throwing Gang Signs With His Green Soda

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#67 Me Not Happy At Having To Wear The Traditional Uniform On Ascension Day, A Rare English Tradition Where Everyone Goes Down To The Wells To Worship The Water…

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#68 High School Art Class

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#69 Who’d Take The Red Pill When You Look This Fly In The Matrix? (2000)

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#70 Junior Year Of Hs, Apparently I Thought Wearing A Suit Coat Holding A Plastic Sword Was Cool

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#71 Thought I’d Share This Gem. 2002. I Was A Ddr Champ

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#72 Christmas 1988. Pretty Sure I Was Listening To Poison: Open Up And Say Ahh On My Walkman

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#73 Just Found These Pictures Of Me At Age 14 In 2009. I Think This Calls For A Rawr Xd

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#74 Told My Cousin About This Sub. He Sent Me This

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#75 13 Years Old In 2007. Probably Couldn’t Get My “Scene Mullet” Right That Day

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#76 Took A Pic After We Found Our Cat That Got Away (2010)

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#77 Just Found This Banger Taken 08

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#78 My 1988 Dark, Moody ‘Madonna’ Phase

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#79 I Didn’t Like Rollercoasters

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#80 This Was Before Big Headphones Became A Thing Again, Maybe 2005. I Wore Them As Earmuffs And Dragged The Cord Along With Me

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#81 My Siblings, Their Former Partners And Me, Ca 2009

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#82 Looking Like I Just Crawled Out Of The Sewer. With My Baby Brother Circa 2008/9 ?

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#83 I Left The National Anthem In The Rosin Dust At My Friend’s Eagle Scout Court Of Honor. (2010)

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#84 Roxanne… You Don’t Have To Put On The Red Tights! Me In 2011 At A Family Picnic

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#85 My Teenage Years Are The Gift That Keeps On Giving

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#86 Erhmagerd, Gersbermps

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#87 My Beany Baby Shame Is Strong (1994)

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#88 Tumblr Era Circa 2012. I Did Not Listen To Pink Floyd

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#89 I, Uhh, May Have Put The Life Jacket On A Little Too Tight

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#90 I Thought I Was So Cool Wearing The Movie Shirt With Mesh Sleeves

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#91 Restricted To Loser Hall (And To 2006)

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#92 My Husband And I, Circa 1991

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#93 Last Round Of Blunder Before I Die Of Cringe. Plus Bonus Current Photo

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#94 I Wish My Mom Told Me I Didn’t Look Like I Was Part Of The Band Kittie, Instead Of Following Me Around The Neighborhood With A Camera For A Photoshoot. I Used My Neighbor’s Black Car To Stand In Front Of At One Point… Yes I Actually Played Guitar

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#95 Dressed In My Easter Best ’98

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