People Are Posting Their Most Embarrassing Childhood Photos, And It’s Impossible Not To Laugh

All of us have one or two embarrassing childhood photos that we would go to great lengths to hide away from the world. But these people decided to brave the cruel waters of the Internet and share some of the most cringe-worthy shots from their childhoods and youth days. Here’s a list of best throwback photographs for the ultimate cringe effect. From odd hairstyles and accessories to questionable fashion choices, the list contains each person’s bump (or perhaps even a trainwreck) on the road of searching for identity. My Mum Advised Me Not To Leave The House Like This, Didn’t Listen. That Hair! source My Parents Weren’t Surprised When I Came Out. source For My 2nd Grade Photo I Vouched For The Satan’s-Child-Lawyer Look. source That Time In The Early 90s When I Was 12 Going On 54. source Glamour Shot Blunder (7 Years Old) source My 10th Grade Year Book Picture. source In 5th Grade I Was Worried I Would Blink And Mess Up My Year Book Photo. source Just A Girl On A Spring Communist Demonstration In Lviv, Ukraine, 1968. source 2006 Senior Picture. source I Swear It’s Not Square Anymore… source I Was A 40 Year Old Woman At 13. source When You Look Over 40 But You’re Actually 12. source 1996 HS Yearbook Picture. source This Surpasses Even The Fivehead. source My Attire For Homecoming (Male) source Give Me The Sassy Grandma Look. source My (Conservative Christian) College Yearbook Photoshopped My Punk Rock Spikes Into A White Afro. source Playing Starcraft On 56k, Strategizing With My Buddy Pre-Bluetooth/Skype. source A Friend Of Mine Gave Me Permission To Post This Gem. Circa Early-90s. source A Little Known Fact That Prior To Keaton, I Was The Batman. source I Wore This Everyday In Winter In 2013 The Worse Part Is Was 27. source Me And All My Hair In 1988. source My Uncle In The Early 80s. source Everyone Knew Me. source Recently, My Mother Found This Senior Photo Of Me From 1994. I Looked Like Nathan From South Park. source Thought It Would Be Cool To Make Knex Body Armor. source My Very First Job. Spiderman For Kids Parties. source I Had A Warhol-Esque, Pop-Art Phase In High School. Yes, I’m A Guy. source Homecoming 2012. Yes That’s My Real Hair. Yes I Spent An Hour On It Every Day. source 1996, Olan Mills Calls My Roommate Offering A Free Family Sitting. His Family Lived Two States Away, So We Went In To Mess With Them. I’m The Guy On The Right. source Why Yes!! My Vest Was Homemade! Pm Me For Orders!!! 😉 source First Day Of High School, I Was Apparently Going For The 70 Year Old Man Look. source Was Told You Guys Might Appreciate My Boy Greg’s 1992 Year Book Photos. source The Blunder Brothers, Circa 1994. I’m In Purple. source The Triangle Hair And Fake Mole Completes My Senior High School Photo. source I Still Don’t Understand Why Girls Just Wanted To Be Friends In High School (2002) source I See Your Uncle From The 80s And Raise You My Father’s Hair From The 80s. source The Coolest Senior Picture Ever? source “Promo Shot” For My First Band’s Myspace Page. I Was 16 And Wore Women’s Clothing. source Look At Me! I’m A Real Fancy Boy! source My Kindergarten Picture Is Definitely The Most Epic Of All My School Pictures. source Try To Contain Yourselves Ladies!!! source The Shirt Says, “Team Edward: Because Jacob Doesn’t Sparkle” source 12 Year Old Me Thought This Was A Great Everyday Look. source 15-Year-Old Me Was Terrified Of Touching These Car Show Models. I Cringe Every Time I See This. source I Logged Into Myspace After 10 Years… source Two Questions: Have You Accepted Jesus Christ As Your Lord And Savior, And Are You Interested In The Deal Of A Lifetime On A 1987 Plymouth Mercury? source Guitar Guy At Party: Check. Tortured Angst: Check. Wolf T-Shirt: Check. Ignored By Girls: Check. Hole In My Crotch That I Only Noticed Now: Check. Real Life, 1995. source I Was Surfing The Web Back In 2001. source Visiting My Family After Several Years And Going Through Albums. Me At About 12. I’m A Girl. source I Went To School Like This More Than Once. source Curly Mullet, Thrift Store Boy’s Anime Shirt, Inability To Look Normal For A Picture: 2003 Was A Cruel Year For This 11yo Girl. source My Legs And Feet Hit Puberty Before The Rest Of Me. source Nothing Says Cool Like Matching Sweat Suits And A Stuffed Whale On Your Knee. source Since We’re Digging Through Myspace. source I Was 11 Years Old. Too Old To Be Doing Stuff Like This? The School Project Was To Make A Mask, We Weren’t Required To Wear It, Or Make The… Rest… source I Had To Bribe The School Photographer To Let Me Do This My Senior Year. source My Senior Pic Makes Me Cringe So Good. source My All-Time Favorite Christmas Blunder (I’m Top Left) source Just Found My Glamour Shot From 1995. I Was A Sassy 45 Year Old In 7th Grade, Apparently. source Caught Somewhere Between The “Emo” Phase And The Boy Band Phase- Here’s Me On My Way To A Jonas Brothers Concert (2008) source I Thought Listening To Metal Made Me Cool In Middle School. source When My High School Marching Band Was Performing At The Liberty Bowl And I Ran Into Two Guys Who Looked Vaguely Like Me (I’m In The Middle) source ‘Ginger Hair? Freckles? Pale Skin? This Kids Going To Be Too Popular At School. Can You Level The Playing Field A Bit?’ – Parents To Hairdresser. source The Time In Sixth Grade When I Thought It Was Cool To Wear My Naruto Headband Everywhere – Even To School. source In 4th Good Grade, I Was Too Badass For Just One Wristwatch. source Parents Thought I Was Gay. Can’t Say I Blame Them… source 6th Grade Going On 60. source I Grew Up In A Small Midwest Town, My Mom Convinced Me To Take “Urban Hip-Hop” Dance Classes. source I Was 16 Years Old In 1987. source This Is What Happens When Dorks With Cartoon Obsessions Are Allowed To Bring Props To Their Senior Photo Session. Loved Marvin So Much I Used To Joke He Was My Real Dad, The Cringe Factor Is Astronomical. source Nothing Smoother Than Singing The Quadratic Formula. source It Was 1996. I Was Obsessed With Vampires And Phantom Of The Opera…behold My Embarrassing Senior Picture. source I Was About 18 Years Old, And Heading Out For A Night On The Town. Please Note The Nose Ring- It Was Stuck On With Superglue. source On My Way To Steal Ya Man. source Senior Prom 2006, Went Stag. source My Chemical Panic At The Disco. source In Highschool, I Liked To Climb And Wear XXL Shirts Even Though I Weighed 120lbs. source My 18th Birthday. I’m The Goth. Still Great Friends With The Beautiful Girl Next To Me 🙂 source America Was Always Great. source Titanic, Western, Newscaster Glamour Shots: 1998 In A Nutshell. source That Time I Wore Moon Shoes Into Meijer. source This Is What Happened When Ten Years Old Me Started Watching America’s Next Top Model. source When Your “Hardcore Tough Guy Gangster” Picture With Your Homie Turns Out To Look Like The Start Of A Gay Porn Film, But You Post It To Facebook Anyway… Millennial Blunder Years. source They Called Me Professor Snape. source Why Why Why? Am I Boy Or Girl? Why The Balloons? I Made That Shirt. Holy Hell. source My Senior Yearbook Photo.. It Was 2002, Frosted Tips And N*sync Were Actually Cool… source I Was 12, Misunderstood, And Forced To Go To A Nascar Race With My Family. I Wore This In The Sweltering Heat. source They’re Almost Texas Beauty Queen Bangs. source 50% Khaki, 25% Weird Crinkly Tube Top, 25% Platform Sneakers: 100% Confidence. source I Thought The Other Kindergarteners Were Calling Me “Becky.” It Was “Bucky.” Thank God For Braces. source So, I Graduated In And On 92. source 1990 And 11 Years Old. I Just Showed This To My 10 Year Old Daughter And Thought She’d Laugh. Nope. Only Fear. source Senior Photo With Model Cars That Was Supposed To Be ‘Just For Mom’ – Ended Up In Widespread Circulation. source My First Driver’s License Photo. source Reel Me In, Boyz. source Just One Of My Yearbook Photos. source Sup Ladies… Circa 1997. source They Wouldn’t Take The Photo Unless I Smiled. source My Nickname In School Was Spock. source My Huge Pants Helped Me Sail Into Y2k, I Was 16 And I Should Have Known Better. source Right Before A Brutal Transfer From Homeschool To Public School Circa 2007. source Get In Line, Fellas. source 12 In 1. source This Picture Of My Mom And I. This Was 2000. source My Fiancé Got This Leather Jacket When He Was 14. So Naturally He Got His Mom To Do A Photoshoot In His Room. source Being A Rad Dude Is Serious Business. source Double Trouble. source She’s A Maneater. source Not Only Did I Take A Mop To Prom, I Wore Icp Face Paint On School Picture Day In 2002. source For My 30th Birthday, Figured I’d Share My Senior Photo. Class Of 05 Represent! source Me (In Red) And My Much More Photogenic Older Brother. Probably Around 3rd Grade. source My Friend When He Was Younger. Unfortunately He’s Lost His Sense Of Style Since Then. source My Christmas Gift To This Group, My Pleather Jacket At Homecoming In 2002. source My Mom Wasn’t Thrilled That She Had To Pay Lifetouch For This Documentation Of Her 8th Grader’s Pokémon Love. source Zing! (Made It Myself And Put It As My Fb Profile Pic) source Me 16 Years Ago. source I Used To Wonder Why I Was Bullied So Much. source Bowl Cut✔ Gameboy✔ Inflatable Furniture ✔ 90’s Were Awesome. source The Look Of Disappointment On My Mom’s Face As I “Egyptian Dance” With My New Haircut (Because Of Lice) source h/t Bored Panda Support ViraScoop by doing your Amazon shopping through this link.