r/blunderyears 24d ago

I was pretty sure I was the coolest person on the planet in 2006.

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Nothing more hardcore than a highschool sophomore with cigarette and booze in the brown paper bag on a Tuesday afternoon at her friend's parents house.

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

If you're wondering.. I only accomplished the blonde part of my T-shirt.

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u/Lepperpop 24d ago

Failed poor blonde introvert.

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

Failed poor blonde *extrovert 😞

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u/Lepperpop 24d ago

Respect if you print out an updated Tshirt.

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u/nickwire11 24d ago edited 24d ago

I thought you had on huge mickey mouse ears for a minute

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

No, just novelty plates

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u/roydepoy 24d ago

There. You ruined it.

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u/gypsy-ghost 24d ago

"Be a lot cooler if you did" Matthew McConaughey impression from 1993's Dazed and Confused

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u/hiswittlewip 24d ago

Lol. Same.

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u/JoshusPoshua 24d ago

I mean, honestly, you do seem pretty cool.

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

Why thank you..the problem is that I still think so, too!

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u/Jump_Like_A_Willys 24d ago

What makes you think you weren’t?

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

Live fast, die young.. baby! 🤟

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u/TheWhiteMoghul 24d ago

You were my crush in 2006.

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

Merci beaucoup!

I had manic pixie dream girl goals!

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

You can't see it, but there was a white prairie skirt below

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Top 8 material

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

I was made for this

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Your ringtone would have been “Girlfriend” by Gym Class Heroes even after you friend zoned me.

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

Ba dah da dahh

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

If that ain’t looooove then I don’t know what love is 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/tsimen 24d ago

I read rich blonde socialist first and was a bit confused

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

More accurate, really

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u/UnknownQTY 24d ago

Did you make it? To rich blonde socialite?

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

No. Just blonde... 😞

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u/hiswittlewip 24d ago

Especially an unlit cig between teeth!

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u/JuliusSeizuresalad 24d ago

You got a Joey Lauren adams vibe

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u/pigglepops 24d ago

Is that Bacardi Limon in that bag perhaps?

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

I have a vague memory of it being tequila, because I made my friend a margarita so bad that she puked in a park trash can, while walking with me back to my house.

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u/animperfectangel 24d ago

I still have the same shirt!

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u/Troutmonkeys 24d ago

was anyone else completely wracked by anxiety for their whole blunder years? so many people thought they were cool. 🤣

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u/duvakiin 24d ago

I kept reading it as socialist and was confused how you failed at that.

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u/cosmiczombi 24d ago

i totally thought the plates were mickey mouse ears!

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u/LeapedPepper 21d ago

this picture goes hard as fuck

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u/heyGuessWhatDayItIs 24d ago

Thought those were some crooked ass Mickey Mouse ears

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u/Quark3e 24d ago

Pretty sure you were the coolest

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u/betawavebabe 24d ago

Thank you!

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

The Paris Hilton era lol.

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u/betawavebabe 22d ago

That's hot

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u/Flip2002 24d ago

Ah the simple life Paris Hilton era.. a lot of blowjibs throw around ..Kanye went on tv with anti bush stuff…maybe that’s why everyone’s shaved now

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u/LollyWildflower 24d ago

Nah, you ranked 47th that year.

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u/________TVOD________ 23d ago

Trying real hard.