19 Embarrassingly Dumb Things People Did While Trying To Look Cool
We all had an awkward phase in our life, and we all did things that we thought were cool but were actually really cringe. Over at r/AskReddit we found some people with hilarious and interesting stories about things they did they thought were cool, but were really just stupid.
1.
Wore my pants backwards during the 90s when kriss kross was popular, so glad we didn't have social media back then. u/Rocjames77
2.
When I was 8 my sister had her friends over, all teenagers, and trying to be cool I jumped on the trampoline in front of them and told them I’d do a backflip. I’d never done a backflip so I landed on my neck, bounced off the trampoline and broke my wrist. u/Artemis64z
3.
In junior high I wore a hoodie all year because I thought it would make me look gangsta. This included those balmy 90+ degree Texas days. u/Old_Army90
4.
Went to a party and chugged 6 Mike's Hard Lemonades and then threw up for several hours. Nobody else at the party was even a little drunk. u/AdamBombKelley
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Got pulled over for playing my car stereo too loud. Took the ticket, turned it back up. Took another ticket, turned it back up. Took a third ticket, turned it back up. Spent the night in jail. u/[deleted]
6.
Tanning booths. Had a lady friend that was into those. I only did it like 5 times. I was so dark, the grey hair on my chest were literally glowing. u/mrxexon
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Tried to strike a Zippo lighter on my “stubble”. I was about fifteen; it was fluffy hair. Ripped a zit out of my face. Looked like I’d been shot. Still have an odd clump of scar tissue in my cheek. u/goodassjournalist
9.
Spilled my drink to hide that I peed my pants. Was too cool to say I needed a bathroom. u/SnicketyLemon875
10.
Not stupid just mean and regret it. Some of the popular kids were being my friend, or just pretending to be I don't know. I stole one of the nice teachers candy bars out of her cupboard. I didn't get caught, so I saw her take out the empty box, and look around the room disappointed. Felt like garbage. u/HooterEnthusiast
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When I was in 3rd grade, I climbed a tree to get a friend's kite down. I had a crush on her. When I was up pretty high, a branch broke, I fell and broke my arm. I went home acting like everything was cool and cried like a wuss as soon as I got home. u/srk9870
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Tried shotgunning a beer in front of my crush. I sneezed midway through and the beer came out my nose. Hurt really bad. u/Red_Christmas_Lights
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I crashed my father’s BMW in front of my friends on the first day that I got my driving license. u/-ROADRUNN3R-
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When I was about 19 I was in a club with some friends. As we were walking away from the bar, I noticed some girls sitting at a booth. I was having a good time, and wanted to look cool, so I sorted of pointed at them (yeah, sort of full arm stretched, pointing at them) as we walked past them. I suppose I thought I looked like John Travolta or something. Anyway, it became rapidly less cool when I walked directly into a wall because I wasn't looking where I was going. u/dunderproto
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In second grade I forced my mom to sign "Nolan Ryan" on my ball and took it to school to tell everyone I caught it at a game. It didn't take long for it to be pointed out that what I had brought was in fact a softball, not a baseball. u/wandering_nobody
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Rubbed poison ivy all over my face. Last day of school in 7th grade and since I’d never gotten poison ivy before I was convinced that meant it didn’t affect me. So I started bragging really loudly to everyone around me that poison ivy doesn’t affect me and nobody believed me so I grabbed a bunch and rubbed it all over my face. Spoiler alert: it definitely does affect me. That was a rough start to summer vacation u/thumbingitup
19.
Did the worm in front of a crush in elementary school one time. No music or anything, I just got on the floor and did the worm. That one is a mainstay in my nighttime embarrassing memory replay. u/SithSkater03
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