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<p>Most people spend their adolescence trying on different identities, and some of those identities are just plain embarrassing.</p><p>Whether you attempted an at-home hair bleach, a snarky new persona or an ill-advised emo phase, you can look back on your teen years with a mixture of embarrassment and relief that your attempts at edginess didn&#39;t stick.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fp5ona/whats_the_edgiest_thing_youve_ever_done_to_make/">recent Reddit thread</a> asked, &quot;What&rsquo;s the &#39;edgiest&#39; thing you&rsquo;ve ever done to make yourself &#39;look cool&#39; but that actually made you look stupid?&quot; The results are a cornucopia of cringe.</p><h2>1. Hey, at least a wig can be taken off.</h2><blockquote> <p>Purple wig. 14 years old. To classes. - abbylikesoreos</p> </blockquote><h2>2. A lot of millennials can relate to this one.</h2><blockquote> <p>My whole emo phase - dacringeyfangirl</p> </blockquote><h2>3. Oh no, never be that guy.</h2><blockquote> <p>I used to be sunglasses-indoors-and-at-night guy. - onomatopaella</p> </blockquote><h2>4. Why do overly long bangs carry a strange allure when you&#39;re young?<span style="display: none;"> </span></h2><blockquote> <p>When I was around age 10, I thought it was the coolest thing ever to wear my bangs in front of my eyes like an anime character. Like, BOTH EYES. I couldn&#39;t see and it wasn&#39;t cool. - struggleglot<span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>5. It&#39;s a bad sign when looking like a badass comes at the cost of your lung health.</h2><blockquote> <p>started smoking cigarettes - sumza<span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span></p> </blockquote><h2>6. Every school had a few kids like this.<span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span></h2><blockquote> <p>I would always do stupid dares like run directly into a brick wall at full speed or jump off of a small cliff (15-20ft) or run and jump into a patch of thorns and poison ivy. Stupid stuff that no one else had the &quot;balls&quot; to do. - HereForDaGames<span style="display: none;"> </span></p> </blockquote><h2>7. Ah yes, Ugg boots, that iconic <span style="display: none;"> </span>punk rock staple.<span style="display: none;"> </span></h2><blockquote> <p>I wore spastically printed Avril Lavigne/Abbey Dawn pants, a skin tight tee, furry vest, and black knock-off Uggs to school. I had also just messily chopped off my hair. I topped all this off with a garishly fake lip ring and a singular fishnet glove.</p> <p>I thought I was a punk rocker, a la Sheena.</p> <p>I looked like a proper idiot. - murrimabutterfly</p> </blockquote><h2>8. <span style="display: none;"> </span>Ah yes, this is a fine line to tread.</h2><blockquote> <p>I wanted to be like Daria or Kat Stratford but I think I missed the mark and was just acting like a d*ck. - SailorSpoon11<span style="display: none;"> </span></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9. This one really takes the cake.<span style="display: none;"> </span></h2><blockquote> <p>When I was deep in my emo phase I got the webbing of my hands pierced and then cried when my dad had to remove them with his tools two weeks later then both my hands were so infected I could barely move my thumbs. - Nomfield</p> </blockquote><h2>10. Gym class ruined so many incredible hairstyles.</h2><blockquote> <p>Tried having bangs, my front hairs grow straight up and part strongly in the middle. I had to hairspray them into a shield to get them to stay. But sadly I had gym first period and immediately they would part in the middle and stick straight up the whole day. - bigmacluv4<span style="display: none;"> </span></p> </blockquote><h2>11. To be fair this was THE LEWK.</h2><blockquote> <p>Let my mom wax my eyebrows because everyone waxed their eyebrows. My mom loved skinny eyebrows back then and waxed mine into tiny lines that were separated from one another by 2 inches. I look sick in so many photos during middle school because my eyebrows were seemingly nonexistent lol. - bigmacluv4</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12. Many of us had to learn the hard way that arm-shaving is never the answer.</h2><blockquote> <p>Shaved ONE of my arms and hand in entirety. I have more than average hairy arms and hands (more hairy than my fianc&eacute;&rsquo;s at the moment). I used to hate it so I tried to shave one arm to see if it looked better. It was so prickly and I was so nervous a cute boy would bump into me and find out I shaved it - bigmacluv4<span style="display: none;"> </span></p> </blockquote><h2>13. How else were you supposed to do a <span style="display: none;"> </span>smokey eye back when YouTube tutorials didn&#39;t exist?</h2><blockquote> <p>Smearing black/dark grey eyeshadow all over my eyelids when I was 13. Looked like a freaking idiot. I was also homeschooled at the time lol. Probably creeped out the neighbor kids. - curiousdodger18<span style="display: none;"> </span></p> </blockquote><h2>14. All teen girls should seek to emulate Ice Cube.<span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span></h2><blockquote> <p>I used to draw tear drops under my eyes, and come to find out, that was a gang sign......But i saw ice cube with it and that it was an awesome look. Until people kept telling me that i look real dumb. - Neffe2632</p> </blockquote><h2>15. Ah yes, nothing edgier than safety pins.</h2><blockquote> <p>I stuck dozens of safety pins to my jeans. Thought it looked &quot;metal&quot; or something. - Snjdrs</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

15 people share the embarrassing ways they tried to be 'cool' when they were younger.

Most people spend their adolescence trying on different identities, and some of those identities are just plain embarrassing.Whether you attempted an at-home hair bleach, a snarky new persona or an ill-advised emo phase, you can look back on your teen years with a mixture of embarrassment and relief that your attempts at edginess didn&#39;t stick.A recent Reddit thread asked, &quot;What&rsquo;s the &#39;edgiest&#39; thing you&rsquo;ve ever done to make yourself &#39;look cool&#39; but that actually made you look stupid?&quot; The results are a cornucopia of cringe.1. Hey, at least a wig can be taken off. Purple wig. 14 years old. To classes. - abbylikesoreos 2. A lot of millennials can relate to this one. My whole emo phase - dacringeyfangirl 3. Oh no, never be that guy. I used to be sunglasses-indoors-and-at-night guy. - onomatopaella 4. Why do overly long bangs carry a strange allure when you&#39;re young?  When I was around age 10, I thought it was the coolest thing ever to wear my bangs in front of my eyes like an anime character. Like, BOTH EYES. I couldn&#39;t see and it wasn&#39;t cool. - struggleglot   5. It&#39;s a bad sign when looking like a badass comes at the cost of your lung health. started smoking cigarettes - sumza   6. Every school had a few kids like this.   I would always do stupid dares like run directly into a brick wall at full speed or jump off of a small cliff (15-20ft) or run and jump into a patch of thorns and poison ivy. Stupid stuff that no one else had the &quot;balls&quot; to do. - HereForDaGames  7. Ah yes, Ugg boots, that iconic  punk rock staple.  I wore spastically printed Avril Lavigne/Abbey Dawn pants, a skin tight tee, furry vest, and black knock-off Uggs to school. I had also just messily chopped off my hair. I topped all this off with a garishly fake lip ring and a singular fishnet glove. I thought I was a punk rocker, a la Sheena. I looked like a proper idiot. - murrimabutterfly 8.  Ah yes, this is a fine line to tread. I wanted to be like Daria or Kat Stratford but I think I missed the mark and was just acting like a d*ck. - SailorSpoon11  9. This one really takes the cake.  When I was deep in my emo phase I got the webbing of my hands pierced and then cried when my dad had to remove them with his tools two weeks later then both my hands were so infected I could barely move my thumbs. - Nomfield 10. Gym class ruined so many incredible hairstyles. Tried having bangs, my front hairs grow straight up and part strongly in the middle. I had to hairspray them into a shield to get them to stay. But sadly I had gym first period and immediately they would part in the middle and stick straight up the whole day. - bigmacluv4  11. To be fair this was THE LEWK. Let my mom wax my eyebrows because everyone waxed their eyebrows. My mom loved skinny eyebrows back then and waxed mine into tiny lines that were separated from one another by 2 inches. I look sick in so many photos during middle school because my eyebrows were seemingly nonexistent lol. - bigmacluv4 12. Many of us had to learn the hard way that arm-shaving is never the answer. Shaved ONE of my arms and hand in entirety. I have more than average hairy arms and hands (more hairy than my fianc&eacute;&rsquo;s at the moment). I used to hate it so I tried to shave one arm to see if it looked better. It was so prickly and I was so nervous a cute boy would bump into me and find out I shaved it - bigmacluv4  13. How else were you supposed to do a  smokey eye back when YouTube tutorials didn&#39;t exist? Smearing black/dark grey eyeshadow all over my eyelids when I was 13. Looked like a freaking idiot. I was also homeschooled at the time lol. Probably creeped out the neighbor kids. - curiousdodger18  14. All teen girls should seek to emulate Ice Cube.   I used to draw tear drops under my eyes, and come to find out, that was a gang sign......But i saw ice cube with it and that it was an awesome look. Until people kept telling me that i look real dumb. - Neffe2632 15. Ah yes, nothing edgier than safety pins. I stuck dozens of safety pins to my jeans. Thought it looked &quot;metal&quot; or something. - Snjdrs 

Most people spend their adolescence trying on different identities, and some of those identities are just plain embarrassing.  Whether you attempted an at-home hair bleach, a snarky new persona or an ill-advised emo phase, you can look...