In search of our identity, we sometimes make decisions that later in life we aren’t particularly proud of.

But instead of burying them in the past, the subreddit ‘Blunder Years‘ invites people to embrace all the regrettable fashion choices, cringe-inducing hairstyles, and just their “personal brand” in general.

We at Bored Panda agree that finding humor in our idiosyncrasies is a refreshing and liberating approach, so we put together a collection of the most popular recent posts from this wholesome online community.

May they serve as an inspiration for self-discovery and acceptance.

#1 Glamour Shots Photo From 1994. I Was 8 Years Old (Going On 45 In This Pic)

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#2 I Was 14 And Thought I Looked Like Ke$ha. To This Day, My Friend Still Has This Posted In One Of Her Facebook Albums

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#3 Who Wouldn’t Want Training Bras For Their Birthday?

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#4 Senior Year Photo (2010)

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#5 Me In 2006ish. Friend From Highschool Sent Me This

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#6 I Posted This On Facebook When I Was 14 With The Caption “Don’t Look Where You Fall, But Where You Slipped” ???‍♀️

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#7 In My Photoshop Era

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#8 17 Years Old In 2009. I Think I Looked Pretty Damn Good

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#9 Found My Wife’s 1st Grade School Picture

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#10 First Time Mom Let Me Dress Myself For Picture Day

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#11 Circa 2004

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#12 16 Year Old Me Really Thought I Could Be The Next Numa Numa Guy/Star Wars Kid. This Was In My Myspace Bio [2005]

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#13 Cleanest Bowl Cut I Ever Had

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#14 I Was Cast As Rudolph When I Was In Ninth Grade! (2008)

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#15 1997-Ish

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#16 This “Edgy” Photoshoot Was So Cool In My Head

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#17 My Freshman Year Pic, 2013. Anyone Got A Pair Of Hedge Clippers?

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#18 Sophomore Prom Sporting My Hot Topic Best Waiting For My Boyfriend’s Mom’s Minivan

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#19 My Valley Girl Mom Back In ’80s

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#20 I Had To Wear This Bad Boi Throughout Grade Five. I Had To Develop A Personality Fast

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#21 Me In 2012 Filming A Horror Movie That Was Filmed In A Backyard With A Camcorder And I Got Payed With Potato Salad

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#22 I Sure Was An Angsty Little Firestarter

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#23 My Mom Loved This Haircut

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#24 An Edgy “Photoshoot” In My Grandpa’s Flower Garden

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#25 Thinking I Was The Coolest 12y/O Cuz I Could Play The Saxophone

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#26 I Looked Like Tommy Boy As A Little Girl (1995)

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#27 Are We Doing Goth Prom Photos? Here’s Me In 2007. I Made The Dress Myself, As The Cheap Shiny Satin Does Suggest

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#28 My Wife Gave Me Permission To Share This Picture Of Her From The Early 90s. She’s The One On The Left

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#29 Showed This Old Picture Of Myself To My Fiancé, & She Said, “Edward Stopping The Truck From Hitting Bella In Twilight”

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#30 10 Year Old Me Was Way Too Excited To Get A Gophone As My First Phone

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#31 You Will Never Be As Cool As I Thought I Was. (And The Name Of Our Band Was “Menstrual Cycle”)

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#32 When Someone Asks How Your Life Is Going…

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#33 I Thought I Was Hardcore. I Thought I Was A Member Of The Band. Couldn’t Even Play An Instrument

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#34 13 Yr Old Edge-Lord Me Pretending To Be Dead In A Tub??? ?‍♀️why?!

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#35 Grades 3, 6, And 9. Style Has Never Been A Strength Of Mine

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#36 My First Day Of School, Circa 2009

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#37 Me In The 80s. Sadly, The Coolest I Ever Looked

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#38 I Am Still Upset About This Haircut

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#39 It’s 1999, I’m 14 And Mom Let Me Decide My Own Haircut

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#40 Me After Fight Club Came Out (2000)

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#41 11 Year Old Me In 2005

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#42 I Present To You My Peak Emo Years Circa 2006. I’m On The Left. Zero Regrets

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#43 Facebook Reminded Me Of My Twilight Phase In 2009

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#44 It Was The Bicentennial And A “Special” Picture Day. Mom Made My Hair Extra Special Too

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#45 Circa 2014 – Watched Goodfellas Too Many Times, Dressed Like This Every Single Day

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#46 2004 In 6th Grade. My Best Friend Wanted A Pic Of Her Crush, So We Devised A Plan For Her To Pretend To Take One Of Me As He Walked Past. It Was A Success!

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#47 In Celebration Of Star Wars Day, A Picture Of Me Dressing Up As A Jedi For No Apparent Reason. 2002. Not Halloween. Not For A Showing Of Aotc, Just Wearing It To School Because I Thought It Was Cool

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#48 Apparently My High School Blunder Photo I Posted A Year Ago Was Good Enough That A Bot Re-Posted It So Here’s Another Photo From High School. Yes I Wore This Jacket To School, And I’m Pretty Sure I Was On A List With The School Administration For How I Dressed

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#49 Freshly Home From My First Anime Convention, Where I Did Not Shower The Entire Weekend And Spent Every Dollar I Had On That Hat And The Dvds> I Wore That Cheap Hat Til It Basically Melted

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#50 I Used To Be Convinced That Marilyn Manson Was My Soulmate. Anyone Else Remember Those Sticky Club Floors And Smoking Indoors?

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#51 2006 And I Was 17. The Cure Was My Life

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#52 Friend Gave Me Permission To Post This: “I Cried The Entire Way To The Picture Place Bc I Didn’t Want To Wear The Blazer . Mom Made Me Anyway”

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#53 When Your Family Makes You Do Family Stuff With Them But You’re Emo

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#54 Eternally Grateful To Jostens For Capturing That Star Quality. 199-Something

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#55 Back In 1983 When I Was Still A Stud Lady’s Man

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#56 Me, Age 12, Drawing Supernatural Fanart For Tumblr In My Doctor Who T-Shirt Wearing 3D Glasses With The Lenses Popped Out. I Think I Was Going For A “Cute Nerd” Look…ended Up A Bit More “Austin Powers”

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#57 My Mom In 2003 vs. 2023 ?

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#58 My Last Post Here Was Well Recieved, So Here’s Some Classics From My Middle School Instagram

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#59 I’m 33 Now, But Here’s Me At 16 Convinced I Could Be A Special Effects Makeup Artist

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#60 I Took The Fashion From Clueless A Little Too Seriously

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#61 It’s Been 14 Years Since I’ve Looked Like This, But It Feels Like Yesterday

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#62 My Hair Has Never Recovered

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#63 2008 Senior Photo In The Cemetery With My 1976 Cadillac

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#64 Me At 14. Really Thought I Had Something Going With The Cravat, Wasitcoat, Bullet Belt And The Cheap Emo Sneakers

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#65 2003, 19 Years Old, And The First Time I Met A Palm Tree

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#66 My 7th Grade Photo. Life Was Hell!

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#67 My Dad Age 17 Clearly Not Digging The Family Photo

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#68 In 2008 My Best Friend (16m) And I (17f) Swapped Clothes And Took Pictures

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#69 No Idea Why We Needed So Much Leg Room (1998)

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#70 16, 25 And Now At 34. What A Evolution!

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#71 On Christmas Day My Dad Gifted Me A Shirt He Designed To Advertise My Youtube Channel At The Time. The Channel Was About Me(Bosh) And My Dinosaur Puppet(Arnold) Who You Can Both See Together In The Following Picture

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#72 I Was So Proud Of This Costume

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#73 When I Thought It Would Be Classy To Wear A Victorian Suit To Prom ~2010

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#74 When I Had Fake Dreads And Hated Everything Mainstream. From 2005 I Think

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#75 My Mom Never Displayed This School Photo

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#76 Myspace Profile Pic, 2008. Can You Tell My Favorite Movie Was Amelie?

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#77 15 Yo Me Circa 2013. I Loved Chopin, Tim Burton And KFC. Thrift Store Army Jacket + Half The Bottle Of Hairspray And I Was Ready To Hit The Street

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#78 Going Through That Weird Transformation From Bsb To Korn. Probably 1998

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#79 Scene Me In 2007 vs. Today

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#80 Blue Lipstick To Match My Blue Box Dyed Hair, Circa 2016

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