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30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult You were really cool if you were missing a tooth in school. If you’re missing a tooth in adulthood you just look like a crackhead.

stutterguy , pxhere Report

Final score:

201points

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Vorknkx 2 years ago

Well, it is expected to be missing teeth as a kid, since they get changed. As an adult, a missing tooth is an indicator of illness or trauma.

60points

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult In 3rd grade I broke my arm and got a glow in the dark cast, I also had glow in the dark shoes, I think it was the most my peers have ever liked me in my life.

PhrohdohsBabe , bakhar Report

Final score:

166points

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Aldhissla VargTimmen 2 years ago

Even as an adult, I'd totally go for a glow in the dark cast!

214points

77skull , https://www.pexels.com/photo/happy-young-multiracial-friends-smiling-while-walking-on-street-with-takeaway-coffee-6147077/ Report

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Bragging about sex. Did it highschool, friends thought I was cool. Did it as an adult, everyone thought it was gross and my dad threw the family cat at me

Final score:

162points

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Aileen Grist 2 years ago

Poor cat

220points

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Laughing at weird people.
Socially awkward people often make good friends and are very warmhearted.

Timmaele , Keira Burton Report

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160points

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Vorknkx 2 years ago

Indeed. When you have very few friends, you learn to cherish them.

68points

Madkatruss , ZaidimuParduotuveUrmas Report

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult I was cool because I had a DSi in fifth grade. I would flex on my friends by drawing pictures in rainbow on pictochat. I have a nintendo switch now. No gf, no friends, and no rainbow drawings. :(

Final score:

139points

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HOUSE 2 years ago

Lol poor guy

56points

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult I did 1000 bounces on a pogo stick when I was 12. As a 33 year old today, people would probably be concerned for my mental health.

ivl3i3lvlb , Joe Shlabotnik Report

Final score:

137points

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Anya Beboop 2 years ago

They might be concerned for your mental health, but would they be able to be concerned about your physical health?

111points

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Burping really loud in the cafeteria. Kids from other classes knew my name because of that. I haven't tried that in the office, and I don't think I'm going go.

ModularPersona , cottonbro Report

Final score:

133points

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Mistiekim 2 years ago (edited)

It was also cool if you could keep the burp going and recite the alphabet at the same time.I have no idea how those kids did it and whether or not it could carry into adulthood.

53points

When I was eight or nine I found a huge stack of p**n mags in a paper recycling container. I had them hidden away in the woods close to school and would bring friends there to look at them during recess.

Imagining adults doing this gave me a chuckle 😆.

Anders_A Report

Final score:

131points

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Eric G 2 years ago

Don't lick your fingers after flipping stuck together pages.

7points

#10

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Being the "class clown" in any sort of instructional setting. It's funny when you're a kid but seen as obnoxious and attention-seeking when you're an adult

bnoone , Nothing Ahead Report

Final score:

118points

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Peacemaker21 2 years ago

Probably because when you're an adult you want peace and quiet, no distractions like an obnoxious clown but when you're a child you're bored in school and the class clown brightens the mood

55points

#11

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Owning an absurd amount of Pokemon cards.

IDK what more a woman would want than a raquaza EX.

CoochieCacher69 , CLazarom Report

Final score:

104points

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Mistiekim 2 years ago

Some of those cards are worth thousands as collectibles - it’s like collecting baseball cards so I don’t have an issue with it.

87points

#12

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult I was voted "Most Likely to be Out of Dress Code" in high school, because I was always getting detention for breaking dress code. It was a pretty cool honor to have for a senior superlative, because it was about as rebellious as you could get at a Jesuit high school.

As an adult that would just get me fired if I was constantly breaking the dress code of a place that had one.

-eDgAR- , RODNAE Productions Report

Final score:

100points

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Isabella 2 years ago

Dresscodes are pure nonsense. Everywhere,

71points

#13

Bragging about what your parents got you. New clothes, new toys, car, etc. Making kids jealous with the latest stuff
If you're an adult and bragging about still being dependent on your parents...definitely uncool haha

ivelynn Report

Final score:

95points

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Brivid 2 years ago

Any kind of bragging is just immature.

64points

#14

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Playing with beyblades and carrying around the giant arena for them at all times. You never know when a spin battle may ensue.

anon , abbs002 Report

Final score:

93points

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Vorknkx 2 years ago

Never had these in my country... but we did have other popular stuff that was sometimes brought to school.

19points

#15

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult God I used to impress people by smoking cigs up my nose.

I do not see that going over well at all now.

Guzzles , Arghquoi Report

Final score:

90points

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Vorknkx 2 years ago

Not to mention the damage it could do to your nose.

43points

#16

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Knowing someone that would buy alcohol for underage kids.

dreamqueen9103 , Kindel Media Report

Final score:

88points

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Amy Taylor 2 years ago

I remember in the 80's my friend group asking someone in the parking lot of the local liquor store to buy us alcohol and 8 out of 10 they would. Shocking to think about now.

43points

#17

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult At my school, bragging about how drunk you got at the weekend was a thing! People would take pictures/videos if their friends who were falling about the place/passed out etc and everyone would come in on Monday and laugh about what ‘scenes’ they were. At our prom we gave out prizes like ‘most likely to...’ and we had a few drink related categories and there was just generally a vibe that if you didn’t go out every weekend and get really drunk, you were a bit of a weirdo.

Now though (I’m 25), seeing girls tripping over their heals and being so drunk they can’t open their eyes properly/talk without slurring is just embarrassing.

phoral , Isabella Mendes Report

Final score:

83points

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Vorknkx 2 years ago (edited)

I've never found any pleasure in getting drunk to the point of being sick. Or doing something you'd regret when sober.

60points

#18

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Back in the day, Hot Wheels was the s**t. We used to bring them into elementary school, show them off, and trade them.

Anything with gold wheels was hot s**t. Anything that was a model of a real car was too. We used to just make stuff up that "boosted" the rarity of a car. Stuff like, "This one is in metallic white and only 10 were made!"

Collecting Hot Wheels now probably not so cool.

^(Although I still think they are cool.)

2ofSorts , Peak Time Racing Report

Final score:

80points

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BetterBitterButter 2 years ago

I don't know it's cool or not but I definitely love it.A family friend's 4 year old is crazy for these and loved it when he showed me his collection.

45points

#19

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult In high school I sold pages of p**nography out of a briefcase that I named "Bob".

dabbindabzfordayz , Sean Winters Report

Final score:

75points

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Vorknkx 2 years ago

Is this what a "young entrepreneur" means? :D

45points

#20

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Being an overall d**k, or rude to other people made people think you were cool or something. Now you're just an a** and everybody is an adult so they can see it.

BeatleBorg22 , Windo Nugroho Report

Final score:

71points

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General Anaesthesia 2 years ago

Only d**ks thought rude d**cks were cool, even at a young age.

87points

#21

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Pretending to be a 1337 h4x0r by opening command prompt on a school computer, knowing a little bit of HTML and some similar trickery that may look cool until you know that it doesn't really do anything.

anon , Sora Shimazaki Report

Final score:

70points

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Peacemaker21 2 years ago (edited)

YES So relatable

16points

#22

During school lunch when a kid got in trouble I started the Jerry Springer chant and the whole class started chanting "Jerry, Jerry, Jerry".

Farty_Tardy Report

Final score:

63points

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Fabian Bernard 2 years ago

I find that still cool, 100% will do it in certain situations😁

28points

#23

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult In High School, I knew all of the lyrics to a ton of late-90s and early 2000s club banger rap songs. I was known for this throughout my entire school, and people would always dance near me at dances to watch me flawlessly lip sync these songs. I did the rapping hand movements too, and often some of the dances from the music videos, although I was a much better lip syncer than dancer. I am and was a tiny white girl from a small rural village.

It's so embarrassing to think about now. I do occasionally get asked to do it at the weddings of classmates, but I wiggle out of it by sticking to the bar. I can't imagine the brain power I wasted on this, when I should have been focusing on my studies. Probably one of the reasons that I had to take remedial math in college. Thank God I no longer live near where I grew up, I've been hiding from memories of my high school self ever since, I was so cringe.

Hey_its_me_your_mom , MattyB Report

Final score:

60points

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Mistiekim 2 years ago

Why be embarrassed? If you enjoyed it, no reason to. And as adult there are probably groups of people who will think that is fun, and some people who will think it’s stupid. It just depends on your peer group now.

78points

#24

In 8th grade I made sure I had the HIGHEST heels out of all the girls in class. They were these clunky things from Payless. Not sure how I did anything in those considering I can’t even walk in heels as a 32 year old woman today...

ememwhy Report

Final score:

60points

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Benita Valdez 2 years ago

Oh man I wore heels, 4.5 inch platforms, everyday almost when I was 16-17 and even wore them to work at the supermarket. These days as I'm nearing 40 I can wear if low and if I'm not standing much at all.

17points

#25

Blasting a boombox in the hallway.

EMPfeif Report

Final score:

55points

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Mistiekim 2 years ago

The boom box has been replaced by a cell phone, but same thing. And very annoying in a workplace.

41points

#26

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Me and my friends showing up to school/ events dressed the same

Kescac , imgur Report

Final score:

53points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

I've never really understood why people can be so anxious about possibly wearing the same as someone else. I once wore the same shoes as someone else at a festival (which means, out of 20.000 people) and I said to her "Nice shoes! Harhar" and the girl just threw me a death glare.

54points

#27

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Wearing sneakers with your prom tux.

anon , _AndyS_ Report

Final score:

51points

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Alban Bizet 2 years ago

I still do it, nothing wrong with that, just wear some nice ones

26points

#28

Cheating and getting away with it was rad in school but if you cheat the IRS instead of getting cool points you get jail time

lilthickee Report

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47points

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Jason Leaf 2 years ago

I dunno, three generations of the Trump family have been cheating the IRS for a century and, so far, have got away with it.

58points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#29

I was the best club penguin sled racer in my 6th grade class.

Oh_no_its_Joe Report

Final score:

42points

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LinkTheHylian 2 years ago

It'd be really hard to consider this cool now, what with Club Penguin closing down and all.

17points

#30

well, I would have to say trading card games.

In school: Yu-Gi-Oh
Later in life: Magic The Gathering.

Not s******g on MTG, its a great game, but doesnt really come off as "cool" per se

ThePeskyWabbit Report

Final score:

40points

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John Smith 2 years ago

Nothing wrong with non mainstream hobbies. But apparently binge drinking after a random sports team won/lost is the golden standard...

32points

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#31

Putting Pacman and Mario on a f**king graphing calculator. Everyone called me a genius but in adulthood ppl would say I have no life.

VoldyTheMoldy456 Report

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18points

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Autumn 2 years ago

Wait, you can do that????

8points

#32

I won best dressed male in senior year, my wife laughs everytime she sees the little trophy they gave me (that I kept haha).

inf4mation Report

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16points

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#33

I was the sneaker head in my school. I was that kid with the brand new retro Jordan’s and i always be getting everyone’s attentions and even girls. But, I stopped doing all of that because once you’re a adult. No one really gives a f**k. But I might go back to it again as a hobbie, for my own interest :)

Final score:

16points

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Mistiekim 2 years ago

Celebrities seem to care. They release new shoes all the time. Too bad they cost as much as my mortgage.

4points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#34

30 Things That Are Cool When You're A Kid But Are Very Much The Opposite When You're An Adult Selling Weed to kids.

G-lover41 , Elsa Olofsson Report

Final score:

15points

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Peacemaker21 2 years ago

NO! How is this cool, whether you're an adult or a child? There is a reason why drug trafficking has the death penalty in many countries! >:/

-1point

#35

Talking back to authority figures just because you can. In school you're seen as somebody who won't take it lying down, as an adult you're probably just immature.

Final score:

15points

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donna peluda 2 years ago

Depends what authority you dealing with. Authority has to earn respect. That goes for teachers police or whatever. I'm over 50 and I take no s***. Happened to me in lock down. I had to go and get some meds for my mum and I had to deal with some cops on a power trip.

1point

#36

going out with your arms covered in silly bandz

pokemonreds Report

Final score:

15points

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ChickenNugget 2 years ago

I remember having these as a little kid! I didn’t go to school at the time tho so I don’t remember the “going out in as many as possible” part.

1point

#37

in my elementary school, everyone was into My Little Pony and the whole school was divided into two groups bronies (boys) and pegasisters (girls) and there was a group of girls that the school called the original seven and one girl was at the top we will call her Trish she was pretty much in charge of anyone OC if you wanted to make your own character you had to run it by her and there were rules like your family had to be you a spouse and a child and only could have one of each so if you were a regular pony and your spouse was a unicorn then your daughter had to be pegasus and you could have a pet but had to be real and only Trish and a mystical pet a phoenix and she would also draw your character with your family and at the end of the year she drew everybody in one big portrait luckily my sister was part of the original seven so I got some bonuses so yeah overall a good time in elementary school but if i did that know i would be shamed

Final score:

14points

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Tinny 2 years ago

Far out that was hard to read

36points

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#38

It was perfectly fine for a senior to be dating a freshman at my high school. Now it is a lawsuit and jail time waiting to happen.

Cheetodude625 Report

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14points

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Harriet Cotter 2 years ago (edited)

in high school, freshmen are 14 and seniors are 18

4points

#39

made a living ($6ish) by selling cardboard gears and whatnot for use in science projects.

It was really easy, just buy an empty box, use up all of the parts, and sell it back for half the price



Now if you did that as an adult people would think you're broke as hell.

Final score:

12points

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#40

Being good at hacky-sack.

IamMuffins Report

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11points

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Jef Bateman 2 years ago

I am going to disagree with this---an adult who can hack-sack like a boss is still pretty cool to me.

8points

Tami 2 years ago

Hacky-sack is great for your reflexes and coordination, and also gets your heart rate up. I'd love to be good at it at 60.

0points

Vorknkx 2 years ago

In my country, this was known as "heck". I remember some of my classmates playing it.

0points

#41

Playfully messing with girls.

Almost everything would be considered sexual harassment in adulthood.

I_hate_traveling Report

Final score:

9points

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Linda van der Pal 2 years ago

Now if only we could make it uncool for kids, it would solve a lot of problems....

23points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#42

I grew a mustache in 5th grade and a beard in 7th. I wasn't popular but I was obviously well known throughout school. I was hot s**t until halfway through highschool

YeeYeeBrother42 Report

Final score:

8points

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UnpopularPanda 2 years ago

Aren't you like 10 in 5th grade though?

5points

#43

I started living on my own, with my younger sister just as I turned 18. I was considered cool for having parties where people hung out at my place, BYOB, obviously.

If I now tried to invite whole bunch of underage teens to drink cheap beer and to sit on my floor, I'd not only be lame. I'd also be a criminal. (Technically, it was illegal to late the underage people drink back then too, but no officer would have ever charged me since we were so close in age.)

Northern_dragon Report

Final score:

7points

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Gabriel Vonadler 2 years ago

Yes, they will 18 are adult in many countrys

3points

#44

Getting drunk in the morning.

irishamerican Report

Final score:

7points

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Vorknkx 2 years ago

As an adult, this is usually a sign of severe life problems.

8points

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#45

Uhhh drugs, dude. The answer to this for me is always gonna be drugs. I did and sold lots in high school and middle school. It made me super popular and everyone had high opinions of me (pun not intended). Even the staff, because I was so friendly and could get other kids to follow me anywhere. It wasn’t just drugs that made me this popular, but I believe that if it wasn’t for always partying, the door wouldn’t have opened for me socially at my high school.

In adulthood, drugs only make you cool to people who are actual trash. I still smoke too much weed, but that’s it. What I’d give for some Vyvanse though.

turdica00 Report

Final score:

7points

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Mistiekim 2 years ago

If you are the addict, the seller seems pretty cool. Your addicted friends seem cool. And they are not trash. You never know an addicts story, so it isn’t fair to do that.

9points

#46

Making out with underage women.

notnewfoundsoccer Report

Final score:

6points

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Amy Taylor 2 years ago (edited)

When I was around 16 I had a boyfriend who was 21. This was in the mid 80's and no one thought it was odd at all back then.. I cringe now when I think about it. What was he thinking???

8points

#47

Taking s**ts on the floor to make people laugh

Andrews1514 Report

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0points

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Autumn 2 years ago

Wait, who did this in school? I see a ton of posts about people acting like assholes and stuff like this would make you popular but my and my friends would’ve considered you idiots.

24points

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#48

peeing your pants

ChefHannibal Report

Final score:

-6points

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David Schrade 2 years ago

When was that cool again?

25points

#49

I made offensive/racist jokes that were clever but bad

GizmoGeorgie Report

Final score:

-7points

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Susie Elle 2 years ago

Ah, the 80's and 90's where casual racism was considered clever :')

12points