People shared the stupidest things they’ve ever done to ‘look cool’ – 19 cringeworthy confessions
11.
Give yourself a hickey by sucking on your arm. One time I used a vacuum cleaner hose on my neck, but it didn’t work very well.
AlmostPushing50
12.
I was a “not like other girls” girl. I acted like I was sooo different for liking hard rock music, anime and video games even though there was plenty of other girls who were into it too. I could have been making friends with people with similar interests but instead I patted myself on the back for having mostly male friends. I stumbled upon the not like other girls subreddit and I cringed so hard because I used to be one of them.
aflyingfck
13.
Everyday when I would get off the bus I would causally sling my backpack across the yard as the bus was pulling off and then run inside.
After the bus was out of sight, I would go and retrieve my bag.
hottyogurt
14.
I used to wear a rubber band on my wrist and snap it when I had an impure thought. I got the idea from the book Peeps by Scott Westerfeld. I thought I was sooo mysterious for doing that. I was in middle school, it was just cringy and weird.
imcarly
15.
Put a paper clip around my teeth and told people it was a retainer….
coscojo
16.
I smoked candy cigarettes like they were real. I even had an ashtray.
persistentgoldfish
17.
Idk why I thought it was cool but I told kids I was born in China, adopted, and sent to America… I’m Irish, guys. I’ve never met a person paler than me.
ponsies
18.
I printed out a few copies of a “Cool Card”, which was a membership card for a Cool Kids Club that I invented and tried to give the cards out to people in my class. I told them that they weren’t cool unless they had a Cool Card.
Nobody took my stupid fucking card.
RebellionWarrior
19.
I didn’t have any allergies, but there were kids who had the bracelets with the list of what they were allergic to.
I didn’t like watermelon, so I convinced everyone I was allergic to it.
whiskey_agogo
And finally –
I wholeheartedly thought that being shy/antisocial was cool. I would barely talk to people, and if I did, I would use this soft “intimidated” voice. I’m pretty sure I did this because of fictional characters and whatnot. But this kinda just led to me having no friends.
Tsukuwa
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