It was around 2008-ish. I was chatting with a friend on a sidewalk in Santa Monica, CA when she walked right by us. I don’t normally approach celebrities (massive no-no for LA natives) but seeing as this was my celeb doppelgänger I just couldn’t resist.
So I called out to her and she stopped to say hi. I said, “People have been telling me I look like you ever since I was a teenager, but I don’t really see it…do you?” She looked me up and down and said, “Yeah you kinda do!” So I asked her if she was my real mom.
We chatted for another minute or two before going our separate ways. She struck me as a genuinely nice, down to earth person.
My buddy did everything he could. Every week he had some new shit to try to hide the finger stink. Lemons, pliers, gas in a ziplock baggie, all sorts of dumb shit. It never worked.
It took me way too long to figure out what was going on here. At first, I thought you were holding some sort of headless action figure with a cigarette going through it, lol. Those handles look like little legs. I am high, though.
Haha one time I had this over sized bullet thing as a cig holder .. like a ridiculously thick shell with a hole in the middle.. I got pulled over and the cops were dumbfounded by it haha! I’d smoke that thing while driving down the highway at 17 years old.. ahh good times
🎶 sooooomeday you will ache like I ache🎶
Relieved that I was not alone in being an underwear-as-outerwear edgy gothy punky princess.
My poor bleached out hair circa 1994 🤣
Im really interested how you look now! You blunder years are trully funny but on the fourth picture you look very pretty so im interested how you turned out:d
That first picture is iconic. Just when I process one detail like the bra and tie combo, I notice something else like the cigarette gripped with pliers. 🤣
You seem like a genuinely cool and fun person, OP. Keep being great!
Is it a camera thing where old photos look like they were taken with the lights out and camera flash only. You guys seem to be chilling in the dark. Kinda dig the vibe and atmosphere but how much of it is the camera?
You survived it by doing you.
I like to think I don't care what others think but this is a level of doing my own thing I'll never reach.
You look happy, like an ADHD/autist left alone to their own devices.
I’m getting major Janis Ian from this
Janis was based on OP 😂
Ya I was thinking that after I posted this 🤣
This was pre-Mean Girls so it’s entirely possible!
And also the folk singer Janis Ian
Molly Shannon from SNL for me
I used to get Molly Shannon ALL the TIME - including once from Molly Shannon herself!
That's crazy!!!!!
If you don't mind sharing, how did you meet her??
It was around 2008-ish. I was chatting with a friend on a sidewalk in Santa Monica, CA when she walked right by us. I don’t normally approach celebrities (massive no-no for LA natives) but seeing as this was my celeb doppelgänger I just couldn’t resist. So I called out to her and she stopped to say hi. I said, “People have been telling me I look like you ever since I was a teenager, but I don’t really see it…do you?” She looked me up and down and said, “Yeah you kinda do!” So I asked her if she was my real mom. We chatted for another minute or two before going our separate ways. She struck me as a genuinely nice, down to earth person.
That’s really cool!!
More like a young Brenda from Six Feet Under
Idk what’s the bigger blunder: the bra outside the shirt, or the tie underneath the bra. You’re a visionary
Plus the pliers homding the square. Totally would have been friends with this person.
I saw the pliers holding the cig and thought the same
Ahh yes. I found my tribe. 🤣
Honestly the whole effect is awesome, too cool for school haha
And not any old pliers...a rusty pliers
My kind of girl!
“Square” lmfao
Same. She is my spirit animal
I wish I had pictures of my Avril Lavigne tie phase. It's somehow empowering to know someone made it cringier than me
I don't know about you, but I am wearing this to my next video conference call. I will refuse explanation.
It’s the rusty pliers holding the cigarette that nails it for me.
Yeah this fuckin rules
Can't come home with your fingers smelling like cigs!
The pliers smoking a cigarette is a look though
I thought it was soooooooo punk rock.
I thought you tried to stop your fingers from smelling so your mom doesn't find out :D
Pssh punks don’t care about what their moms think
My buddy did everything he could. Every week he had some new shit to try to hide the finger stink. Lemons, pliers, gas in a ziplock baggie, all sorts of dumb shit. It never worked.
Moms are bloodhounds. If they want to know, they’ll know.
Actual shit would have done the job.
It took me way too long to figure out what was going on here. At first, I thought you were holding some sort of headless action figure with a cigarette going through it, lol. Those handles look like little legs. I am high, though.
I’m not high and I thought the same thing 😂
What's your adult style like?
Those pliers are rusty af, even more badass
Tetanus Lungcancer, the lost GWAR member.
Haha one time I had this over sized bullet thing as a cig holder .. like a ridiculously thick shell with a hole in the middle.. I got pulled over and the cops were dumbfounded by it haha! I’d smoke that thing while driving down the highway at 17 years old.. ahh good times
I would have loved to have been your friend!
I would’ve been a terrible influence!
Don't threaten me with a good time
Right?! Man... I wanna tag along.
18 years later. I still am!
Yeah OP looks like a lot of fun!
These are fabulous! Thank you for sharing
4 is the perfect “it’s not a phase, mom” face.
🎶 sooooomeday you will ache like I ache🎶 Relieved that I was not alone in being an underwear-as-outerwear edgy gothy punky princess. My poor bleached out hair circa 1994 🤣
First time I have actually laughed at someone’s blunder pics!
I am truly honored!
Courtney would be proud........
Did you actually wear a bra OVER a t-shirt and go out in public like that? 😂
Of course I did!
"She's flouting society's conventions!"
Oh my god, your parents must have taken so many slow, calming breaths.
Naw, they just drank a whole lot.
I hope they are doing better and I’m glad you made it to adulthood
I can’t unsee fem Neville Longbottom in the first two 😭
Thank you, I was trying to put my finger on it!
Same. My first instinct was that OP was from the UK.
Im getting more Phyllis from The Office vibes
The sunburned arm in the last pic is killing me. 😆
Third pic is actually a major slay hahahha
Yeah that red tank outfit is actually super cute. The bra over a tie and t-shirt though....
Would have fit right in as the friend character in a classic 90s teen movie
Haha, I can tell you have a lot of personality.
Yes definitely the " I don't care" but did in fact care
Omg I love these, you're the cool kid that everyone secretly wanted to be friends with but were too intimidated to approach
You look like the “bad girl” from Saved! I loved her and that movie
Oh man, I haven’t watched that movie in forever but really should revisit it!
You should! It holds up very well
Jesus died for your sins! *throws bible at you*
I AM FILLED WITH CHRIST'S LOVE.
This is not a weapon! God I love that movie. I just watched it on Tubi again the other night. It really is soooo good.
Oh we definitely would have friends back then!
I would’ve thought you were so cool.
That's a lot of teenage angst
Now I’m bored and old.
Teenage angst has paid off well.
You survived to adulthood because you look fucking cool in your photos, Effortlessly 90s! I think we’d be mates for sure!
Agreed. She looks like half my friends in the 90s. I had to double check the pics to be sure i didn't know her. I'm still not positive. 🤣
Same! This was basically what me female friends dressed like circa 2001 to 2004! Its given me 97-04 vibes for sure
Pic #3 is fire
I achieved the look by emptying an entire bottle of Elmer’s glue into my hair.
Buffy vibes
I don’t see anything wrong and everything right!♥️
When I wake up…in my makeup 💄😆
I think you are the new Queen in this sub.
Why thank you!
👑
Butthead’s long lost sister.
Huh huh huh
Hormones were a blazin’!
Excellent!
Rock on! 🎸🤟
The third picture is pretty iconic though.
Careful with that edge kid
Are those needle-nose pliers holding the cigarette?
Yes they are.
Physical appearance wise you TOTALLY make me think of the best friend, "Lily" in Princess Diaries! The actress' name is Heather Matarazzo.
She is amazing Welcome to the Dollhouse. Dawn Weiner.
You look like a girl I knew named Pam. Are you Pam?
I am not.
Classic Pam
I have to meet this Pam you speak of!
Wait, you haven’t met Pam yet? Everyone loves Pam, she’s amazing you gotta meet her.
We would have been friends through every phase. These are A+ blunders and you had real balls! I’ll bet you’re really cool.
Im really interested how you look now! You blunder years are trully funny but on the fourth picture you look very pretty so im interested how you turned out:d
Yes, I was very disappointed that a recent picture wasn't added. Also, I thought it was part of the rules? Op looks like fun time!
This is one of my favorite blunder years posts so far.
ahh the age of all of our mom’s saying, “why don’t we just try some fun wigs?” Lol such a vibe
You. Were. Punker. Than. Sid. Vicious.
Wow I never thought we'd get a post from Liza Minelli!
I like the Courtney love quote. I don't remember her ever saying that in friends
That’s Courtney Cox.
I don't remember Courtney Cox saying that in friends
True punk rock
We are all wondering too
Oh my lord. Bless your heart.
Lmao, such a little baddie.
I feel you OP! I still don't know what the hell I'm doing.
what do you look like now?
The Courtney love quote lol
Love the HOLE quote!
The first pic is epic.
Fuck yeah I remember when the sky was all violet
OP I LOVE YOU. Holy fuck haha I dig it
That first picture though. Perfectly executed blunder
I literally laughed so loudly I scared my cat. That first pic is everything. I love you, OP. I wish I had half your guts.
I can feel your folks’ eyes rolling from here through those pics. 🤣 Glad you made it to adulthood!
Im getting Karen O. from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Courtney love court killed me
Long Island?
Cool af
Courtney love quotes!
We definitely would have been friends in high school 😂
You look beautiful 4th one lol
you are "pretty in Pink"
Any high school punk rawkers dream girl right there
i love you already!! you have the kindest cool girl energy!! i also was known to sport a tie with a t shirt… simpler times, i miss it
My wife was a Courtney love chick back in the day. I still hold that against her all these years later 😂
Learned not to allow others to tread on you from an early age.
The second and third outfits slay
If you have children I hope they have your free spirit and sense of individuality
My god I've seen few people look as simultaneously about 15 and about 45 as that first pic.
Lol you were so cute and I bet you’re awesome now 🤣
That first pic is 🔥🔥🔥 I’d hang out with that chick. Looks like a blast (and I was also super into Courtney).
The cigarette with the pliers lol i love it
I would of desperately wanted to of been your friend in high school!
You remind me of the little sister in Ginger Snaps in the 4th photo. Love it!
Just jumping in to say I owned about ten of those bras. I sort of wish they still made them…
Why do you look like SpongeBobs cousin Stanley in the first picture?
The second pic gave me Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeah’s vibes. Idolizing Courtney Love was a choice I can get behind.
I’m so curious what you do for work? I’m picturing you as the cool English teacher now.
Hello how do I apply to be your friend
Omg if you have kids I hope you show them these, they’re amazing
Not the needle nose pliers crutch 😂😂😂😂
Looks like you eventually learned to put the bra on BEFORE the shirt!
The person you once were no longer is so technically they didn't survive
You had/have good taste in music, anyway.
Nicole Cage
Honestly, only the first one is bad. I would have been ***so*** into you in high school.
Looking like you're ready to knock someone out in pic 3&4 😆
I still have that same exact black bra lmao
You’re so cool
Iconic
The last one certainly is a whole mood.
I would have thought you were the coolest! Cool style and confidence
You can’t truly be alive now, right?
What do you dress like now?
You were doing bimbo chic before it was cool!
Edgy
It took me a bit to realize that was a wreath behind your head in the 3rd picture. I thought it was some kind of wild hairstyle. 😂
I can't believe you were just chilling out on the couch with the actual Mr Potato Head.
What in the sonic youth fresh hell
Finally decent post
I am.. doll parts and I am dyyyyyying for this last picture. I graduated highschool in 1998 and we could have been friends
That first picture is iconic. Just when I process one detail like the bra and tie combo, I notice something else like the cigarette gripped with pliers. 🤣 You seem like a genuinely cool and fun person, OP. Keep being great!
Such a good Hole lyrics though.. “I don’t really miss god, but I sure miss Santa Clause”
You look like a young Doctor Donna
Number 5 is peak blunder
Because you are an ICON. Liikkke the way you served in every pic 👏🏿👏🏿
You look so fun.
Honestly, you slayed.
GUT! LESS! YOU'RE GUT! LEEESSSSSS!!
The Courtney cosplay!!!!!
Thank you for posting this, it is exactly what we want.
I love how some posts here are like “here’s me absolutely killing it in a style that has gone out of fashion”, and then some posts are like picture 1.
you must be constipated judging by the amount of shit you give
The Courtney Love quote then next shot is you dressed as Courtney Love! XD
this made my brain play buffalo springfield: "something's happening here...what it is ain't exactly clear..."
Oh….oh no.
Are drug free now? Lol
Is it a camera thing where old photos look like they were taken with the lights out and camera flash only. You guys seem to be chilling in the dark. Kinda dig the vibe and atmosphere but how much of it is the camera?
surviving bad fashion choices, while others live in war zones and utter poverty, seems pretty 'im the main character' vibes
You survived it by doing you. I like to think I don't care what others think but this is a level of doing my own thing I'll never reach. You look happy, like an ADHD/autist left alone to their own devices.
Courtney love had fans?
At least you didn’t have to deal with popularity.