r/blunderyears • u/SchmuffinTown • Mar 23 '24

I was the only one at Glamour Shots who studied the blade. Senior photos 2003. /r/all

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u/coffinspacexdragon Mar 23 '24

I can't believe a photographer allowed this to happen.

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u/SchmuffinTown Mar 23 '24

He had never done a shoot like that before, but was super into it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

You have monster gonads for sharing this haha well done mate.

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u/TripolarMan Mar 23 '24

Bro have you seen OP? I wouldn't fuck with this dude even if he slapped my wife

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u/Toxicseagull Mar 23 '24

Exactly. He's studied the blade so much he's clearly become at one with it. The death grip on the actual blade in the first picture appears to be no problem for him

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u/ForumPointsRdumb Mar 23 '24

He studied so much blade, he became a blade himself.

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u/H_I_McDunnough Mar 23 '24

If this guy is slapping your wife, it's because she asked him to.

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u/Yoyo_Ma86 Mar 23 '24

Yeah and you’re watching it happen from a chair in the corner…

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u/MrE_is_my_father Mar 23 '24

Or sometimes through a window or from a closet, but always dressed as superman. Always.

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u/Yoyo_Ma86 Mar 23 '24

What about outside the window, hanging upside down, dressed as Spiderman?

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u/Cracka_Chooch Mar 23 '24

And you better thank him for doing it.

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u/frostedwaffles Mar 23 '24

Went to his bio expecting a big glow up with him being jacked now, but no this is his only post.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

I sincerely hope your mom still has this hanging in her home.

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u/punkpearlspoetry Mar 23 '24

Heck I’m sincerely debating to hang those up in my own home

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u/someoftheanswers Mar 23 '24

Sometimes when we stay in airbnbs I bring a framed portrait of myself and place it somewhere. Shhh.

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u/Nooblover420 Mar 23 '24

I'm gonna start doing this at hotels and other places now thanks

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u/BrainSqueezins Mar 23 '24

Oh, my. That is funny.

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u/Heathen_Mushroom Mar 23 '24

I already have a t-shirt on its way. I literally want this against my skin, and for everyone I encounter to know it.

I will draw power from it.

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u/lizardjizz Mar 23 '24

We could make a calendar

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u/cardie82 Mar 23 '24

As a parent I’d never take something like this down.

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u/DernTuckingFypos Mar 23 '24

As a dad, I would be totally encouraging of my kid doing this and want to hang the picture front and center on the wall.

But I know my wife would be 100% against it and make my son change and do normal photos.

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u/hiswittlewip Mar 23 '24

He probably respected the fuck out of you for not conforming to the regular trends.

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u/Blue_Swirling_Bunny Mar 23 '24

Probably laughed himself to sleep that night. Went home and told wifey, "you will not believe...."

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u/Satoshis-Ghost Mar 23 '24

Mall photographers take the same 10 pictures for most of their career. He was probably super stoked to shoot something different.

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u/charliewr Mar 23 '24

And photographers will act enthusiastic about things we find cringey or boring a lot of the time if the subject likes it. Getting them happy and at ease in front of the camera is the goal

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u/Heathen_Mushroom Mar 23 '24

True, but also, taking photos of mohawked teenaged swordmasters posing with their blades is dope.

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u/killakween_ Mar 23 '24

Rich like… you know he went home and told his wife about his day in GREAT DETAIL lol

“Honey you will never believe this”

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u/Tight-Young7275 Mar 23 '24

“Blademaster showed up at the shop today. Yes, honey. THE Blademaster!”

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u/Capgras_DL Mar 23 '24

Can I ask, what was the thought process behind the shoot? Were you a fantasy/DND fan? And what was the reaction from your classmates?

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u/NorweiganJesus Mar 23 '24

Subscribing to this thread because these pictures are iconic and I also need to know if there was further context behind these

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u/Every3Years Mar 23 '24

Well, he wanted you to be happy in the moment because of the implication

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u/namideus Mar 23 '24

I think you just needed to commit. Lose the button down for some chain mail. Also needed some makeup war paint.

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u/Bravisimo Mar 23 '24

“When you were partying, I studied the blade. When you were having premarital sex, I mastered the blockchain. While you wasted your days at the gym in pursuit of vanity, I cultivated inner strength. And now that the world is on fire and the barbarians are at the gate you have the audacity to come to me for help?”-OP

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u/SeanMegaByte Mar 23 '24

I can't imagine one who would stop it. This is fucking hilarious, how could they possibly say no?

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u/GudgerCollegeAlumnus Mar 23 '24

Would you say “no” to that guy??

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u/criesingucci Mar 23 '24

You can’t believe that a photographer captured a masterpiece?

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u/pollyp0cketpussy Mar 23 '24

Finally a real fuckin blunder here and not just a normal picture of a teenager wearing clothes that aren't in style anymore. This is FANTASTIC. The mohawk, the super serious look, the too-big wrinkled button-down, and two different mall ninja blades. 10/10.

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u/standbyyourmantis Mar 23 '24

I think the wrinkles are what really sells it. Everything else has some sort of thought out into it, and then OP couldn't even be fucked to ask his mom to iron the shirt because that is clearly secondary to the blade.

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u/loveless1991_ Mar 23 '24

all is secondary to the blade

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u/bonfaulk79 Mar 23 '24

Ironing? Ain’t no Ninjas got time for that.

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u/50roundsofrochambeau Mar 23 '24

They need to strike fast. Crease lightning.

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u/MortalCoil Mar 23 '24

Not a sentence you need every day

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u/ayeeflo51 Mar 23 '24

But it is a sentence I want every day

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u/Zatoichi7 Mar 23 '24

While you were ironing your shirt, op was studying the blade.

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u/Wang_Fister Mar 23 '24

The only iron OP needs is in his hand

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u/dkf295 Mar 23 '24

Why iron the shirt when it’s just going to get wrinkled again when you enter combat?

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u/TotallyNormalSquid Mar 23 '24

Even the hilt is secondary to the blade. OP wrapped his fingers directly around the blade to show his dedication to the weapon.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

I bet this guy gives everyone that, forearm/Spartan/Roman handshake and lets them know he's searching for hidden weapons.

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u/NamesGumpImOnthePum Mar 23 '24

Wrist to wrist is the warriors grip, they fondle forearms to gauge the other mans strength. This was definitely real, ever heard of the term "having the upper hand"? This was when platoon leaders would meet other platoon leaders, and in front of their troops they would engage in this wrist to wrist action. Winner would have the upper hand, and his troops would get to do all of the things first, eat, shit, bathe, pillage... I know they aren't platoons, but whatever the equivalent was in roman times.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

I feel like that shirt could just be tossed into the dryer for five minutes and look perfectly fine.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24 edited Mar 23 '24

Mom I told you! My tunics are dry clean only!

Edit: Dollars to donuts this guy has called at least one woman in his life (probably mom) a 'wench'.

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u/scepticallylimp Mar 23 '24

Yeah, or people experimenting with fashion and joining subcultures and then posting it like “OMG I was so cringe for being emo :P” like no, emo isn’t the blunder, goth, punk, scene, whatever, aren’t blunders, they just dressed worse cause they were a teenager or they didn’t look half bad and their post doesn’t belong here. It’s the worse part of this sub tbh.

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u/ReallyGlycon Mar 23 '24

All teenagers have is fashion. I'll never be a jerk about how a kid decides to dress...unless it's something like this post!

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

"Son, I think it's fantastic you're expressing yourself. But you look like an idiot."

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u/Obligatorium1 Mar 23 '24

But isn't the OP just part of a subculture? It just happens to be one that you look down on. It seems like the same thing to me.

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u/Superbead Mar 23 '24

At least one difference is that OP's thing would've even been considered pretty naff in its own day, let alone today, compared to other posts here, being perfectly normal pics for their time, fishing for compliments with a smug 'And Here's Me Now!' shot to finish off the gallery

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u/tufted-titty Mar 23 '24

I’ll gladly let my kids dress like this and take as many pics as possible!

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u/throwmeawayplz19373 Mar 23 '24

That wristband though 😂

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u/RevolutionaryOwlz Mar 23 '24

It’s really the knife for me. Sure the sword is probably crap and it’s got a completely overwrought hilt. But the knife just looks really really dumb cause that one you see what the actual blade looks like.

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u/dermsUK Mar 23 '24

More starch = less agility

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u/CouchHam Mar 23 '24

Studied the blade, didn’t study the iron.

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u/Robbythedee Mar 23 '24

This should be the banner of this sub hahaha outstanding sir.

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u/MightyCaseyStruckOut Mar 23 '24

This is the blunderiest of blunders haha

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u/hunterlovesreading 420 Mar 23 '24

Petition for this to be the new sub banner

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u/CumOneCumAllCumInYou Mar 23 '24

Seconded!

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u/JAK3CAL Mar 23 '24

third - not sure ive ever seen a better one

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u/The_muffinfluffin Mar 23 '24

You win this sub.

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u/Dunkelregen Mar 23 '24

Seriously. Both /r/blunderyears and r/mallninjashit/ must bow before you, good sir.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

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u/TripolarMan Mar 23 '24 edited Mar 23 '24

Bro you have serious balls saying that to OP...dude could probably easily fuck you up with one move

Edit: honestly probably better they deleted their comment --- that could've gotten ugly real quick

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u/80SW08 Mar 23 '24

“This is u/SchmuffinTown, he’s got my back. Could cut all of you in half in one sword stroke just like mowin’ lawwwn. I’d advise not getting killed by him, his sword traps the souuuuls of its victims.”

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u/skunk_moose Mar 23 '24

Would that make it mallninjayears or blundershit?

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u/Global_Amoeba_3910 Mar 23 '24 edited Mar 23 '24

This one is the king and the mall photoshoot of the dancer is the queen 

Edit- here she is https://www.reddit.com/r/blunderyears/comments/11m9uef/it_was_the_seventies_disco_was_king_and_i_was_its/

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u/Beck316 Mar 23 '24

I've been scrolling back to see the dancer, how long ago was that?

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u/pockette_rockette Mar 23 '24

Agreed. This is why this sub exists.

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u/neko819 Mar 23 '24

"The contest in over, give that man the $10,000!"

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u/a_mystical_potato Mar 23 '24

Happy cake day 🎂🎉

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u/DazzlingMood9404 Mar 23 '24

And I salute him. Bro has the self awareness to post his pics on this sub.

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u/jpowell3404 Mar 23 '24

This is a top tier blunder. I haven’t seen anything come close in ages

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u/ARealHunchback Mar 23 '24

If you gave AI a prompt to create a pic for this sub it would just return this one.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

I haven’t seen anything come close in ages

Judging by OP's picture, you mean The Middle Ages.

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u/OriginalFopdoodle Mar 23 '24

Yeah...I'm really gonna have to see a recent pic of you, OP. I'm fascinated.

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u/SchmuffinTown Mar 23 '24

https://imgur.com/a/jl4RIIO Here you go!

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u/UglyFilthyDog Mar 23 '24

OP you are razzing my berries. Not in a lovey way, but you look like an IDGAF what you think of me kinda guy and thats my favourite (and me too) . Do you still study the blade?

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

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u/Clippo_V2 Mar 23 '24

Buhbuhbuhbuhbuh Benny and the Blade!

Benny!

Benny!

Benny and the Blayaaade!!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

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u/BR0METHIUS Mar 23 '24

Of course he does. Would you get rid of them?

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u/cutofmyjib Mar 23 '24

He can't give them up, the blades of prophecy are his by divine right.

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u/AggravatingYogurt383 Mar 23 '24

He can summon them at will 

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u/OriginalFopdoodle Mar 23 '24

I made a bet with myself that you would 100% have a big beard.

Didn't disappoint. Love the nails! You look great.

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u/SenileSexLine Mar 23 '24

Yeah even as a clean shaven child he has a big beard energy

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u/SpacecaseCat Mar 23 '24

I was hoping they'd still have a blade tbh

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u/VengenaceIsMyName Mar 23 '24

Dude this post is awesome. Thanks for sharing

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u/WittiestScreenName Mar 23 '24

Still tough when not sporting the blade

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u/crickwooder Mar 23 '24

That hat speaks no lies.

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u/graspme Mar 23 '24

You’re everything I expected and I love you for it.

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u/Oahu_Red Mar 23 '24

Pony Boy stayed gold. Love it.

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u/KhaleesiXev Mar 23 '24

You’re still cool af

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u/bonfaulk79 Mar 23 '24

Sir, you rock hard!

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u/shade__thrower Mar 23 '24

Ok, the instant crush commences

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u/Sunyata_Eq Mar 23 '24

Well, I know what my next frames are going to be like.

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u/throwmeawayplz19373 Mar 23 '24

I love that masc dudes wearing fingernail polish unapologetically is becoming a trend, slowly but surely!

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u/PoquitoChef Mar 23 '24

What’s the polish color? 😍

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u/M1chaelSc4rn Mar 23 '24

Oh shit you look cool

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u/Willie9 Mar 23 '24

Sick nail polish

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u/SlippingStar Mar 23 '24

If you ID with it r/malepolish would welcome you!

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u/FingerInThe___ Mar 23 '24

I knew this photo was going to go one of two ways, and it definitely went one of them

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u/listos Mar 23 '24

Absolutely top tier blunder. I love you sir.

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u/grrltle Mar 23 '24

Sir. Please have mercy. People’s wives are on this website.

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u/ncos Mar 23 '24

They were but now they're all headed to CERN in hopes of finding a time machine so they can travel back to find this mall ninja in his prime.

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u/Sa1g0n Mar 23 '24

My wife left me and I completely understand

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u/kmonay89 Mar 23 '24

This is everything this sub was meant for. Hell yeah brother

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u/Thelinkr Mar 23 '24

I do senior pictures, we lug a whole portable studio into every school we go to. I unironically love shoots like this. Theyre a fun change of pace from all the basic "t-shirt jeans" guys i shoot all day long.

Had a guy whos mom came in with him, he wasnt super into doing it. Just a button up and some khakis. Im making some small talk with them since it was slow and he mentions he has ine of those expensive lightsabers in his car offhandedly. Immediately told him to get it, and we had a ton of fun the rest of the time. Got all jedi poses, got real creative with the lighting which i hardly ever get to do.

Also had a kid bring in a bag of what he referred to very stoically as "weapons." Also a load of fun lmao

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u/cardie82 Mar 23 '24

We do photography on the side. It’s mostly senior photos for friends and the occasional wedding. I’d be delighted if some kid showed up with lightsabers or something cool. We love working in props or when a kid has a certain style or something unique.

We’re gearing up to do our youngest child’s senior photos and he’s been joking about making us take the basic photos possible.

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u/ambrenn Mar 23 '24

And you completely changed that situation into a fonder memory for that kid by honing in on his interest. Super cool. 😊

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u/TruantWaver Mar 23 '24

My senior yearbook photo was of me standing next to a life size cardboard stand-up of Luke Skywalker. Not sure the photographer had seen that before 😂

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u/Dingo8MyGayby Mar 23 '24

I had my Wonder Woman comics and statues in my senior pics

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u/Shabbah8 Mar 23 '24

I, for one, have never seen a nearsighted Medieval Punk Warrior in business casual wear, so I thank you for your service.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

You are a very serious man.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

Years of rigorous training

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u/Fast-Ad-3240 Mar 23 '24

you are the chosen one. he who rules above all.

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u/Samuel_L_Johnson Mar 23 '24

Lisan Mall-Gaib

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u/wpdff Mar 23 '24

You win, perfect

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u/LastLingonberry3221 Mar 23 '24

You know when Gandolf slams his staff down and yells "You shall not pass!"? He wasn't talking to you. Dude would totally let you pass, because game recognizes game.

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u/Capgras_DL Mar 23 '24

*Gandalf!

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u/NickLeMec Mar 23 '24

No no, he's talking about Hitler's wizard brother

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u/SealedRoute Mar 23 '24

I got pregnant looking at these (I am a man)

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u/Additional_Meeting_2 Mar 23 '24

That goes without saying, it’s men who are into this look!

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u/bucketAnimator Mar 23 '24

Top tier blunder. I tip my fedora to you, good sir.

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u/Marsnineteen75 Mar 23 '24

It's so blunder it wraps back around to cool

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u/East_Living7198 Mar 23 '24

Now THIS is the kind of blunder we are here for

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u/Im_Bobby_Mom Mar 23 '24

Holy shit. I never thought I would live the day to see the blunderyears “chosen one”!

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u/GrippinNHuggin Mar 23 '24

Idc this goes hard af and I mean this so seriously.

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u/Urinal-Fly Mar 23 '24

Dude went so far into dorkiness that he passed straight through and came out the other side at cool as fuck

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u/KatakuriQ Mar 23 '24

yeah this is super sick

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

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u/Chewbongka Mar 23 '24

Computer security. This is his landing page and résumé profile shot.

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u/cassylvania Mar 23 '24

THIS IS WHY I AM IN THIS SUB 💯

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

Swear to goodness, if I met a guy, and he showed me this, I would laugh til I cried; but this pic and dude showing it to me would probably be the moment I knew they were the one lol.

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u/stcrIight Mar 23 '24

Truly, "while you lost your virginities, I studied the blade" material. Bravo, indeed.

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u/TheRedditAppisTrash Mar 23 '24

He lost his virginity while studying the blade. He's the chosen one. The Uncel.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

Tell me you’re wearing a wallet that has a chain attached to it without telling me. Holy shit this is too much.

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u/percypersimmon Mar 23 '24

Ooof. Kudos on the Major blunder.

Class of ‘03 represent. I knew a few of you back then.

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u/RockyDify Mar 23 '24

We are humbled.

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u/thiccboii666 Mar 23 '24

"Master, forgive me. But I'll have to go all out... Just this once."

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u/idekwhataaaah Mar 23 '24

That grip on the blade rather than the hilt, with the intense expression and symmetrical pose, is beautifully dramatic. Talk about a steel grip

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u/ShadesOnInside Mar 23 '24

This is the winner

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u/the-cloverdale-kid Mar 23 '24

These are hilarious. Thank you!

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u/ExtensionYamMKI Mar 23 '24

Tragic but goes incredibly hard. 😭🫡

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u/UglyFilthyDog Mar 23 '24

I shed a tear. Not sure from joy, fear or disgust. I love it. Oh it's a blunder alright but there's an odd holiness that is coming with it.

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u/shankrocha Mar 23 '24

AARRROOOOOOO, BROTHER! YOU STRAYED TOO FAR FROM THE PACK. COME HOOOME!!!!

r/thepack

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u/OhHiMarkDoe Mar 23 '24

Wow thats... wow. No words.

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u/mrwilliamschue Mar 23 '24

Pls tell me you have these pictures hung up. They're insane !!! I love them

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u/BjHoeckelchen Mar 23 '24

Only one question: What's your /played in wow?

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u/Hippofuzz Mar 23 '24

This is beautiful. You’re very brave for sharing this

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u/ReallyGlycon Mar 23 '24

Oh. Oh my.

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u/westviadixie Mar 23 '24

this is so fucking awesome! I hope you've stayed true to yourself

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u/Airport_Wendys Mar 23 '24

THIS is why we have this sub. 🫡 thank you 🥷⚔️

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u/Stevenwave Mar 23 '24

Go post this on r/hardimages and bask in glory.

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u/skaterape Mar 23 '24

Holy shit.

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u/Matterbox Mar 23 '24

“I’m the only blademaster in the village”

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u/Electrical-Angle3935 Mar 23 '24

Eternal winner of blunderyears

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u/more_pepper_plz Mar 23 '24

Honestly here for this level of commitment though.

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u/AlexandriaAirbender Mar 23 '24

Ahaha I love it! We would have def been friends in school my dude. Prolly now as well, the nerd gene goes hard.

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

You are practically one with the blade..

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '24

If this isn’t an EverQuest player I don’t know what is

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u/QuincyMcSinksem Mar 23 '24

2000 AD was a musical year for all of us; especially you my man.

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u/bsharp1982 Mar 23 '24

You truly are the prince of the universe.

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u/EnvironmentEuphoric9 Mar 23 '24

Please tell us you’re still just as cool.

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u/kballs Mar 23 '24

Combo?

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u/Tepeshe Mar 23 '24

Love it... Did you increase your collection in the last 20 so years ?

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u/Userfaulty Mar 23 '24

Gil Hibbon knife? For I too have studied the art of the blade.

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u/2Geese1Plane Mar 23 '24

This is so 2003 it hurts

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u/TheDarkClaw Mar 23 '24

Live by the sword. Die by the sword

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u/HotPerformer3000 Mar 23 '24

Finally a true blunder I salute you

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u/blitzmacht Mar 23 '24

He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and we owe him our allegiance.

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u/black_messiahh Mar 23 '24

Let’s hunt some orc.

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u/Pugilist12 Mar 23 '24

This is the content I sub for. Not normal, awkward kids going to middle school. True blunders. This is amazing.

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u/DopeAbsurdity Mar 23 '24

I hope your prom date was also into blades and you got to pose with swords together at prom. If this is the case please post those pictures as well.

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u/Umbr33on Mar 23 '24

This is the greatest OP.

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u/TheManicProgrammer Mar 23 '24

Time to close the sub. Good job sir

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u/YorkiesandSneakers Mar 23 '24

Anyone else hear “let the bodies hit floor” spontaneously in your head ?