People shared the stupidest things they’ve ever done to ‘look cool’ – 19 cringeworthy confessions

Remember that time Gordon Brown claimed to like the Arctic Monkeys? Or when David Cameron started rolling his sleeves up and telling people to call him “Dave”? Or when Theresa May did anything ever? All those are simply proof that politicians are humans and will try to look cool, and fail – just like the rest of us.

Over on Reddit, someone named MinimumPlastic asked

“What stupid things did you do when you were younger to try to look cooler?”

Within hours, the question had hundreds of answers, proving what we already suspected – there are a lot of idiots in the world. Here are 18 answers we thought perfectly illustrated why you should never try to look cool.

There was a whole lotta fakin’ going on.

1.

My cousin would squint his eyes all the time because he wanted to look like Danny from Grease but he ended up being taken to the eye doctor because his parents though he had a problem.
Budasteelers

2.

When I was in elementary school, I thought wearing a bandaid on my knee made me look cool. Having a cut or scrape wasn’t necessary.
Ssslammin123

3.

In elementary school, I thought it was so cool to lose your voice due to sickness. Some days, I’d come into class and pretend I couldn’t speak.
TildeGunderson

4.

When my sister was going through her Helen Keller fan phase, she would fake sign language like a demented mime.
SuzyQP

5.

I ate rocks at the bus stop in order to impress a girl. Didn’t chew, just picked up a handful of thick gravel and shoved it in my mouth and swallowed while making eye contact.
FuzzyElf47

6.

Tried to jump over a group of girls sitting on a couch. Slipped and plowed right into them. I did not look cool. But we had some good laughs about it at least.
symtastic

7.

I wore two watches on one wrist because Corbin Bleu wore three in High School Musical.
AdvocateSaint

8.

When I was in 4th grade I thought that color coordinating every outfit was the way to go. Red shorts with red shirt, blue shirt with blue pants and so on. And yes, I always made sure to tuck my shirt into my shorts.
cricket9818

9.

Wearing my collar popped.
theincrediblebou

10.

When I was 9-10 I smoked a piece of wheat straw(hay). At the time I thought wheat=weed. I remember after inhaling, I coughed and said “man this stuff is strong”

Edit – my brother used this against me for the longest time! He would always threaten to tell our parents that I smoked weed hahaha.
Ntavano