Things you did as a teenager to look 'cool'

Clandestine

Barely out of my teenage years, but I did nothing to look "cool". I never wanted to fit in with any cliques or follow trends and I respect my own individualism too much. I feel that following anything just to"fit in" is betraying myself.

Klim

Clandestine wrote: »

Barely out of my teenage years, but I did nothing to look "cool". I never wanted to fit in with any cliques or follow trends and I respect my own individualism too much. I feel that following anything just to"fit in" is betraying myself.

Wrong thread. This is yours : http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68076528

Grayson

twowheelsonly wrote: »

Apart from that, anyone else chew matchsticks? it was essential to roll them from one side of your mouth to the other for the full cool effect though

My mates Blondie, Tuco and Angel did.

Boggot Globule

I used to intimidate old people.

Clandestine

Klim wrote: »

Wrong thread. This is yours : http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=68076528

Um, no. Not at all

Ruu

Had no shoes to wear one day so had to wear my white slip on shoes (a muddy brown when the day was over after footie) from Communion. I never got as many compliments as I did that day!

Wore a leather jacket, my brother was nicknamed Fonz and I was Little Fonz when I came to primary school.

Galway K9

beefstew wrote: »

Wore those stupid new rock boots that became all the rage for a very brief spell.

the price of those fecking things!! I wish my dad said NO

Auntie Psychotic

'Nope' hoodies
Tying your laces under the tongue of your runners so the couldn't be seen
Scrunchies /shudder
I remember the cuffs of my school jumper being so bad the principal pulling me up on it... So of course that made me extra cool.

suicide_circus

Threw copious amounts of shapes, walking down the street looking like I'd suffered a brain injury.

Karona

I wore these https://marketplace-images.asos.com/dd/55dd885c-ffe9-4e75-af13-41d16e7d3911_large.jpg

These with the laces done exactly like that too http://www.shoetime.ie/Pics/Products/Original/Shoes%20anytime%2053.jpg

These although mine were illiminous orange.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/$T2eC16NHJHQE9nzE)jldBQ9+rVCinQ~~60_35.JPG

I wore these in my hair
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And we hung these around our necks
https://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=dummy+necklace&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45175338,d.ZG4&biw=1366&bih=673&wrapid=tlif136594347437410&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=vKRqUengDpGwhAeyn4DAAw#imgrc=R5aeajxIAqPmFM%3A%3By1XWOUNClpHJvM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.polyvore.com%252Fcgi%252Fimg-thing%253F.out%253Djpg%2526size%253Dl%2526tid%253D17522272%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.polyvore.com%252Fdummy_necklace%252Fthing%253Fid%253D17522272%3B300%3B300

I was a mega cool teenager!

Jester144

I dyed my fringe blonde and the peroxide made my hair fall out. Cool factor -100.

shopaholic01

Layinghen wrote: »

Leg warmers and fingerless gloves :eek:

This, and scrunch dried my hair after applying half a can of mousse. You knew you were doing it right when it took an hour to comb the knots out of your hair after washing it.

P_1

Baggy jeans
Those key chains that hung from one belt loop to another
Long hair with a bald undercut under it
Bizzare attempts at dying said long hair
Only one strap with the schoolbag

Dancor

I was an awful arsonist in my teenage years and once set a church on fire. I was also a liar and am yet to give that up.

loalae

Sun-in to "lighten" my hair

Adidas rip away tracksuit bottoms

Spice girls platforms (shudder)

And for the underage discos a tiny skirt and string top with an umbro zip-up tracksuit top over it. Just so the boys would say "will you get off with me friend?"

Pyr0

NoQuarter wrote: »

I was in a boy band with the lads from my street for about an hour and my nickname was "ice". Its too funny to even cringe about it!

Oh god. This is brilliant.

jojobeans

Cienciano wrote: »

Had the tongue sticking out of my runners

We used to roll up socks and put it inside the socks we had on us so it bumped the tongue out so cool!(not!)

Sirsok

Used to bite holes in all my school jumpers so I could put my thumb through them and give the look of fingerless gloves

Plumpynutt

Karona wrote: »

I wore these https://marketplace-images.asos.com/dd/55dd885c-ffe9-4e75-af13-41d16e7d3911_large.jpg

F*cking lol :pac:

rolliepoley

Have'nt read the thread so dont know if its been mentioned, we used to put a little cut in our jeans at the bottom just above the shoes on both sides.It looked pretty cool when wearing runners.

:cool:

Alter-Ego

Made sure I didn't look like I was trying to look cool.

I looked so cool doing that.

ikarie

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcREOGsO2qlcTgHr8_8sMLMRRdN_KPFD5vLR-kBZn0ktNmtf0Ogk

Miami Vice has a lot to answer for...

DazMarz

Grew my hair out long and then went to a hairdressers to get a mullet. Not the "stylish" modern version. The ignorant, offensive version from the 1980's. I even brought pictures of 1980's heavy metal bands with me to show what I wanted.

Nope, ended up with the modern, "stylish" one. Thought it didn't look too bad. Put up with it for a day, then went to a barber and got a blade 4 all over and sulked for a week. It took me months to grow my hair out long enough and I endured all sorts of ribbing over it, so I was bitter. I've been an advocate of the short back and sides ever since.

I was so swotty and uncool that I never tried to look cool, because I had no confidence that I actually knew what other people thought was cool. I'd have gotten it all wrong and looked even more uncool than usual. There were others like me, but they tried looking cool and always missed the mark, hence underlining their lack of inherent coolness.

So I never tried, and I'm still not cool but I don't care so that's alright.:)

Paramite Pie

*Got bleached highlights in my hair
*Wearing lot's of brylcream. Wet look of course.:p
*Lynx was the only deodorant in existence. Africa or Inca (remember Inca?)
*Wore my bag on one shoulder
*wore addidas and nike everything. You couldn't wear normal clothes, had to be tracksuits all the time..
*Except for chords... i liked those alot
*Being on of the first kids to get mobile phone.
*Boasting about your high score in 'snake'
*bragging about how many over 18 films/games you’ve seen/played
* 14 yr olds discussing whether silk cut blue or purple was better:pac:
*Got an electric guitar but never truly learned to play it. Just needed to be able to talk 'guitar' with the boys in the bands. How about those bar-chords eh?
*Lots of band t-shirts... didn't always listen to the band in question:o
*Had a brief eye liner phase... (I'm a guy..)

lukesmom

Slitting my jeans at the ends
Wearing x works and eclipse dungarees and polo necks
Susst tracksuits
Nike air max
Black body suits with hotpants and tights trying to get into pretty woman in the cinema and they laughed at me and said no chance
Wearing far too much foundation a d eyeliner but no mascara?
Rolling up my school uniform skirt and wearing with platform heels
Drinking ritz and pouring half of it down the sink to make friends think I had drank more than I did
Smoked still do

o1s1n

Dyed my hair black and dressed like I was a member of The Cure.

All I can say is, thank feck digital cameras didn't really exist back in those days :pac:

pablomakaveli

Got my ear pierced when i was 13. Had to be the left one though because the right one was "the gay ear".

Didnt really make me cooler though since most of the lads my age had their ears pierced anyway.

anncoates

Wurly wrote: »

Being a dub, I also used to wear a lot of gold.

Don't blame that on dublin,

Three Seasons

Use bad grammar and refrain from utilising my full vocabulary. Also, punctuating my sentences with ****in every sentence.

castletownman

Showed utter disdain and embarrassment towards my parents.

ToddyDoody

perma sunglasses affixed to top of head, huge headphones, crucifix earing, pants chain, green highlights

Lone Stone

Lots and lots of drugs and drinking and then all that stuff i cant remember because of the prior. What a plonker i was

Savage Tyrant

I was ultra cool... So cool I had 2 gold earrings in my left ear and 1 in my right. Gold bracelet and neck chain.
Nike air max and adidas trackies for hanging around the street.
Ben Sherman shirts for the weekend (bright BRIGHT ones)
Ass-loads of brylcream.
Drinking and smoking.

Jaysus I was a dîck!

lukesmom

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

I was ultra cool... So cool I had 2 gold earrings in my left ear and 1 in my left. Gold bracelet and neck chain.
Nike air max and adidas trackies for hanging around the street.
Ben Sherman shirts for the weekend (bright BRIGHT ones)
Ass-loads of brylcream.
Drinking and smoking.

Jaysus I was a dîck!

Think I went out with you

Smidge

lukesmom wrote: »

Think I went out with you

What gave part of the post gave gave them away??

Was it being a dick?

:pac:

lukesmom

Smidge wrote: »

What gave part of the post gave gave them away??

Was it being a dick?

:pac:

brummytom

lukesmom wrote: »

Think I went out with you

Is it Luke's dad?

lukesmom

brummytom wrote: »

Is it Luke's dad?

Nope

razorgil

liked to ride my bike with no hands!!

OneArt

The only thing I cared about as a teenager was getting out of my hometown.

Now that I've achieved it I have no more goals, no aim in life.

*weeps*

Wurly

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

I was ultra cool... So cool I had 2 gold earrings in my left ear and 1 in my right. Gold bracelet and neck chain.
Nike air max and adidas trackies for hanging around the street.
Ben Sherman shirts for the weekend (bright BRIGHT ones)
Ass-loads of brylcream.
Drinking and smoking.

Jaysus I was a dîck!

You sound like most blokes that frequented 'McGrath's' on Dublin's O'Connell Street in the late 90's. A lovely bit o'rough to be found in there.:)

OldNotWIse

My uncle, a smoker, left behind some cigarette butts in an ashtray, which I stole and then smuggled into school. I went to the bathroom and lit the butts and waved them around me so that there would be a smell of smoke off my uniform and people would think, my she's such a rebel, smoking in the toilet. I still cringe when I think about it

OldNotWIse

Omackeral wrote: »

Pretended I was chewing gum when,in fact, it was my tongue.

Playing it cool with a football when girls came by thinking a few nonchalant flicks would impress them. It didn't. 12 year old girls don't care for technical prowess on the pitch.

As states above, nicked my dad's Brylcreem and lathered it on. Hair would go rock hard after a while.

How many people tried this after reading the post??

Duggy747

Wore a Che Guevara T-shirt.

Binned it when I actually bothered my hole to read up about him, felt like a tit for wearing it.

dark crystal

I used to smoke those long brown menthol cigarettes to look extra cool (Aah, can't remember the name of them now!)

I used to smoke them in coffee shops, drinking cappucinos. I hated coffee, but thought it looked cooler than drinking a soft drink

Wurly

dark crystal wrote: »

I used to smoke those long brown menthol cigarettes to look extra cool (Aah, can't remember the name of them now!)

'More' menthols??:D

Fox_In_Socks

dark crystal wrote: »

I used to smoke those long brown menthol cigarettes to look extra cool (Aah, can't remember the name of them now!)

I used to smoke them in coffee shops, drinking cappucinos. I hated coffee, but thought it looked cooler than drinking a soft drink

How you doin'?


(Might be a few years too late, but there you go...you finally got your intended audience's attention. :P)

I didn’t do anything cool as a teenager. I didn’t what was or wasn’t cool, that’s how out of the loop I was, plus I come from the countryside, so that’s not exactly a recipe for coolness. I did rebel against my peers by making sure my hair was neatly combed and tie done up to strangling tightness.

dark crystal

Wurly wrote: »

'More' menthols??:D

Ha! That was it!!

What an utter twat I must have looked, smoking twigs and grimacing after every mouthfull of coffee!

lukesmom

Oh yeah forgot about the pan stick foundation. I wore layers upon layers of it and all in the palest lightest shade even though I'm sallow skinned?
Over plucking the eyebrows and filling them in with my mothers eye pencil
Robbing (I know) friendship band out of shop
Tour to the cliffs of moher I brought a bottle of whiskey I took from home what am idiot
Wrote whoever I fancied, their name on my schoolbag. Lukesmom 4 ???